Larissa Latynina
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|birthdate= {{birth date and age|1934|12|27}}
|birthplace= Kherson, Ukrainian SSR
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|discipline=Women's artistic gymnastics
|level=Senior international
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|gym=Round Lake national training center; Burevestnik Voluntary Sports Society
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{{MedalGold | [[1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Melbourne]] | [[Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics|Team competition]]}}
{{MedalGold | 1956 Melbourne | All-around}}
{{MedalGold | 1956 Melbourne | Vault}}
{{MedalGold | 1956 Melbourne | Floor exercise}}
{{MedalGold | [[1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome]] | [[Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics|Team competition]]}}
{{MedalGold | 1960 Rome | All-around}}
{{MedalGold | 1960 Rome | Floor exercise}}
{{MedalGold | [[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]] | [[Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Team competition]]}}
{{MedalGold | 1964 Tokyo | Floor exercise}}
{{MedalSilver | 1956 Melbourne | Uneven bars}}
{{MedalSilver | 1960 Rome | Uneven bars}}
{{MedalSilver | 1960 Rome | Balance beam}}
{{MedalSilver | 1964 Tokyo | All-around}}
{{MedalSilver | 1964 Tokyo | Vault}}
{{MedalBronze | 1956 Melbourne | Team, portable apparatus}}
{{MedalBronze | 1960 Rome | Vault}}
{{MedalBronze | 1964 Tokyo | Uneven bars}}
{{MedalBronze | 1964 Tokyo | Balance beam}}
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{{MedalGold|[[1954 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1954 Rome]]|Team}}
{{MedalGold|[[1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1958 Moscow]]|Team}}
{{MedalGold|[[1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1958 Moscow]]|All-around}}
{{MedalGold|[[1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1958 Moscow]]|Vault}}
{{MedalGold|[[1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1958 Moscow]]|Balance beam}}
{{MedalGold|[[1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1958 Moscow]]|Uneven bars}}
{{MedalGold|[[1962 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1962 Prague]]|Team}}
{{MedalGold|[[1962 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1962 Prague]]|All-around}}
{{MedalGold|[[1962 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1962 Prague]]|Floor exercise}}
{{MedalGold|[[1966 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1966 Dortmund]]|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1958 Moscow]]|Floor exercise}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1962 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1962 Prague]]|Vault}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1962 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1962 Prague]]|Balance beam}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1962 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1962 Prague]]|Uneven bars}}
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{{MedalGold|1957 Bucharest|All-around}}
{{MedalGold|1957 Bucharest|Vault}}
{{MedalGold|1957 Bucharest|Balance beam}}
{{MedalGold|1957 Bucharest|Uneven bars}}
{{MedalGold|1957 Bucharest|Floor exercise}}
{{MedalGold|1961 Leipzig|All-around}}
{{MedalGold|1961 Leipzig|Floor exercise}}
{{MedalSilver|1961 Leipzig|Balance beam}}
{{MedalSilver|1961 Leipzig|Uneven bars}}
{{MedalSilver|1965 Sofia|All-round}}
{{MedalSilver|1965 Sofia|Uneven bars}}
{{MedalSilver|1965 Sofia|Balance beam}}
{{MedalSilver|1965 Sofia|Floor exercise}}
{{MedalBronze|1965 Sofia|Vault}}
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'''Larissa Semyonovna Latynina''' ({{lang-ru|Лари́са Семёновна Латы́нина}}; born [[December 27]], [[1934]] in [[Kherson]], [[Ukrainian SSR]]) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[gymnastics|gymnast]] who was the first female athlete to win nine [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[gold medal|golds]]. She still holds the record for being awarded the [[List of multiple Olympic gold medalists|most Olympic medals]] at 18 (nine gold medals, five silver and four bronze).
==Early life==
Born '''Larisa Dirij''', she first practiced [[ballet]], but turned to gymnastics after her [[choreographer]] moved out of town. She graduated from high school in 1953 and moved to [[Kiev]] to attend the [[Lenin Polytechnic Institute]] and continue training. There Latynina trained at the [[Burevestnik (society)|Burevestnik]] [[Voluntary Sports Societies of the USSR|Voluntary Sports Society]]. At the age of 19, she debuted internationally at the [[1954 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1954 Rome World Championships]], winning the gold medal in the team competition.
==Gymnastics career==
At the [[1956 Summer Olympics]], she competed with [[Ágnes Keleti]] of [[Hungary]] to become the most successful gymnast of the Olympics. Latynina beat Keleti in the all-around event, and the Soviet team also won the team event. In the event finals, Latynina won gold medals on the floor (shared with Keleti) and vault, a silver medal on the uneven bars, and a bronze medal in the now discontinued team event with portable apparatus. Keleti also won six medals: four golds and two silvers.
After a very successful [[1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] in 1958 (winning five out of six titles despite competing whilst pregnant), Latynina was the favorite for the [[1960 Summer Olympics]] in [[Rome]]. In the all-around event she led the Soviet Union to take the first four places, thereby also securing a win in the team competition by a margin of nine points. Latynina also successfully defended her floor title, took silver medals in the balance beam and uneven bars events, and bronze in the vault competition.
Latynina won all-around titles at the [[1962 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1962 World Championships]], beating [[Věra Čáslavská]] of [[Czechoslovakia]]. Still the defending World Champion at the [[1964 Summer Olympics]], she was beaten by Čáslavská in the all-around competition. Latynina did however add two more gold medals to her tally, winning the team event and the floor event both for the third time in a row. A silver medal and two bronzes in the other apparatus events brought her total of Olympic medals to eighteen — nine gold medals, five silver and four bronze. She won a medal in every event in which she competed.
==Retirement==
Latynina retired after the [[1966 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1966 World Championships]] and became a coach for the Soviet national gymnastics team, a position she held until 1977. She organized the gymnastics competition at the [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Olympic Games]] in [[Moscow]], and around the year 2000 appeared in the "Soviet Sports Wars" episode of the [[PBS]] documentary ''The Red Files'', discussing her experiences as a gymnast and Soviet coach.
She is a citizen of [[Russia]], and lives (as of 2004) in her estate near the town Semenovskoye, [[Moscow Oblast|Moscow region]].
==Awards and honors==
1989: Olympic Order (silver), [[International Olympic Committee]]<BR>
1998: Inducted into the [[International Gymnastics Hall of Fame]]<ref name="hof">{{cite web | title = LARISSA LATYNINA | work = International Gymnastics Hall of Fame | url = http://www.ighof.com/honorees/honorees_latynina.html | accessmonthday = May 12 | accessyear = 2007 }}</ref>
==Bibliography==
{{cite book|title=The Balance|author=Larissa Latynina|publisher=Molodaya gvardiya|year=1975|location=Moscow|language=Russian|url=http://www.sportlib.ru/books/gimnastika/latinina/}}
==References==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/profiles/bio_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=11260 International Olympic Committee's profile on Latynina]
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*[http://www.intlgymnast.com/legends/latynina.html International Gymnast's profile on Latynina]
*[http://www.gymn-forum.net/bios/women/latynina.html Gymn Forum: Complete list of Latynina's competitive results]
*[http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=LATYNLAR01 profile on DatabaseOlympics.com]
*{{ru icon}} [http://www.smsport.ru/expo/katalog/sportgymnast/latinina/ Larissa Latynina's profile in the Modern Museum of Sports] includes photos of her and some of her decorations
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[[Category:1934 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Artistic gymnasts]]
[[Category:Olympic gymnasts of the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Gymnasts at the 1956 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Gymnasts at the 1960 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Gymnasts at the 1964 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Soviet gymnasts]]
[[Category:World champion gymnasts]]
[[Category:Burevestnik athletes]]
[[Category:Medalists at World Gymnastics Championships]]
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