Larisa Semyonovna Latynina is a former Soviet artistic gymnast from southern Ukraine, a Russian citizen. Between 1956 and 1964 she won 14 individual Olympic medals and four team medals. She holds the record for the most Olympic gold medals by a gymnast, male or female, with 9. Her total of 18 Olympic medals was a record for 48 years. She held the record for individual event medals with 14 for 52 years. She is credited with helping to establish the Soviet Union as a dominant force in gymnastics.
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad and commonly known as Moscow 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russia. The Games were the first to be staged in Eastern Europe, and remain the only Summer Olympics held there, as well as the first Olympic Games to be held in a Slavic language-speaking country. They were also the only Summer Olympic Games to be held in a communist country until 2008 in China. These were the final Olympic Games under the IOC Presidency of Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin.
Viktor Hennadiyovych Ruban is an Olympic gold medal winning former world number one Ukrainian archer.
Darrell Owen Pace is a former archer from the United States, who won two individual Olympic and World Championships titles each during his career. In 2011, as part of the World Archery Federation's 100th anniversary celebration, he was declared as by the WAF as "Archer of the Century"
The Central African Republic competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. This marked sixth appearance of the nation at a Summer Olympics. The country entered three competitors; Henriette Youanga in the women's individual archery, Mickaël Conjungo in the men's discus throw and Maria-Joëlle Conjungo in the women's 100 metres hurdles. None of those athletes advanced out of their heats.
Russia, also known as the Russian Federation, has competed at the modern Olympic Games on many occasions, but as different nations in its history. As the Russian Empire, the nation first competed at the 1900 Games, and returned again in 1908 and 1912. After the Russian revolution in 1917, and the subsequent establishment of the Soviet Union in 1922, it would be thirty years until Russian athletes once again competed at the Olympics, as the Soviet Union at the 1952 Summer Olympics. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia competed as part of the Unified Team in 1992, and finally returned once again as Russia at the 1994 Winter Olympics.
Boris Grigoryevich Onishchenko is a former Soviet modern pentathlete who competed at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics.
Mark Semenovich Rakita is a famed Russian two-time Olympic champion sabreur and coach from the Soviet era.
Juri Fyodorovich Kashkarov is a former Soviet biathlete.
Juris Silovs was a Latvian athlete from Krāslava who competed for Soviet Union from 1970 til 1978, mainly in the 100 metres. He trained at the VSS Vārpa in Riga.
Yakov Anufrievich Rylsky was an Olympic champion and three-time world champion sabre fencer of the Soviet Union. He competed in three Olympiads, and won two medals for the Soviet Union's fencing team.
Vladimir Nikolaevich Artemov is a former Russian gymnast, Olympic champion and world champion who competed for the Soviet Union. He is considered to be one of the greatest parallel bars workers of all time.
Khatuna Lorig is an American archer of Georgian origin.
Vladimir Nikolaevich Eshinov is a Russian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Pavel Serafimovich Lednyov was a Soviet modern pentathlete and Olympic Champion. He won a total of seven Olympic medals in modern pentathlon, more than any other player to date. He won four individual World Championships, and two gold medals as a member of the Soviet team.
Richard John Priestman is a British archer who was a member of the British squad that won the team bronze medals at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics His ex-wife Vladlena Priestman competed in archery for Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Steven Leslie Hallard is a British archer who was a member of the British squad that won the team bronze medals at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics
A total of 22 nations competed in the men's team event at the 1988 Summer Olympics as part of the archery programme. The ranking round score for a team was the sum of the three scores earned by the individual archers in the individual ranking round. The top twelve nations competed in the semifinals, with the top eight advancing to the finals.
Xing Yu is a Chinese archer. At the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics he competed for his country in the Men's individual and team events. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he finished reached the second round of the men's individual, where he lost to Khairul Anuar Mohamad. In the team event, the Chinese men's team finished in 7th, losing to Italy in the quarter finals. At the 2016 Olympics, he lost in the first round to Riau Ega Agatha. The men's team finished in 4th, losing the bronze medal match to Australia.
Inna Yakovlevna Stepanova is a Russian archer of Buryat ethnicity. Stepanova is a student of Physical Education at Buryat State University.
