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Please [[User:DOI_bot/bugs|report any bugs]]. {{MedalTopPic|Ludmilla Tourischeva.png|150px}} {{MedalSport| Women's [[Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics|Artistic Gymnastics]]}} {{MedalGold|[[1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Mexico City]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics|Team competition]]}} {{MedalGold|[[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Team competition]]}} {{MedalGold|[[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics|All-around]]}} {{MedalGold|[[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Team competition]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Floor exercise]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Vault]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Floor exercise]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Vault]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Individual all-round]]}} {{MedalWorldChampionships}} {{MedalGold|[[1970 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1970 Ljubljana]]|All-around}} {{MedalGold|[[1970 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1970 Ljubljana]]|Team competition}} {{MedalGold|[[1970 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1970 Ljubljana]]|Floor exercise}} {{MedalGold|[[1974 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1974 Varna]]|All-around}} {{MedalGold|[[1974 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1974 Varna]]|Team competition}} {{MedalGold|[[1974 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1974 Varna]]|Floor exercise}} {{MedalGold|[[1974 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1974 Varna]]|Balance beam}} {{MedalSilver|[[1970 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1970 Ljubljana]]|Uneven bars}} {{MedalSilver|[[1974 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1974 Varna]]|Vault}} {{MedalBronze|[[1970 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1970 Ljubljana]]|Vault}} {{MedalBronze|[[1974 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1974 Varna]]|Uneven bars}} {{MedalEuropeanChampionships}} {{MedalGold|1971 Minsk|All-around}} {{MedalGold|1971 Minsk|Vault}} {{MedalGold|1971 Minsk|Floor exercise}} {{MedalGold|1973 London|All-around}} {{MedalGold|1973 London|Vault}} {{MedalGold|1973 London|Uneven bars}} {{MedalGold|1973 London|Balance beam}} {{MedalGold|1973 London|Floor exercise}} {{MedalSilver|1971 Minsk|Uneven bars}} {{MedalSilver|1971 Minsk|Balance beam}} {{MedalBronze|1969 Landskrona|All-around}} {{MedalBronze|1969 Landskrona|Uneven bars}} {{MedalBronze|1969 Landskrona|Floor exercise}} {{MedalBronze|1975 Skien|Floor exercise}} {{MedalBottom}} '''Ludmilla Ivanovna Tourischeva''' (Russian: ''Людми́ла Ива́новна Тури́щева'' alternate spellings: ''Ludmilla Turischeva; Ludmilla Tourischcheva; Ljudmila Ivanovna Turichtchieva;'', born [[July 10]], [[1952]] in [[Grozny]]) is a former [[Russia]]n [[gymnastics|gymnast]] and a nine-time Olympic medalist for the [[Soviet Union]]. Tourischeva began gymnastics in [[1965]] and began competing for the Soviet team as early as in [[1967]]. Coached by [[Vladislav Rastorotsky]] (who later trained [[Natalia Shaposhnikova]] and [[Natalia Yurchenko]]), she represented the [[USSR]] at the [[1968 Summer Olympics]] just after her sixteenth birthday, sharing the gold medal with the [[USSR at the Summer Olympics|USSR team]] and placing 24th in the all-around. Two years later Tourischeva would become the leader of the Soviet team. From [[1970]] to [[1974]] she dominated almost every major international competition, winning the [[World Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] all-around gold in [[1970 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1970]] and [[1974 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1974]], the European Championships in [[1971]] and [[1973]] and the World Cup in [[1975]]. She was considered to embody the classic Soviet style: grace, elegance, impeccable form and strong technique. At the [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Olympics]] in [[Munich]], Tourischeva was a medal favorite, but found herself overshadowed by the sudden popularity of her telegenic compatriot [[Olga Korbut]]. After Korbut fell from the [[uneven bars]], however, Tourischeva won the all-around gold medal. She was less successful in the event finals, qualifying for all four, but winning only a silver and a bronze. Tourischeva was one of the first female gymnasts to use two separate pieces of music for her floor exercise routines at an international competition. For the team competition there was March from movie ''[[Circus (movie)|Circus]]'' by [[Isaak Dunaevsky]], while for the all around - the music to the film ''Die Frau meiner Träume'' by Franz Grothe. At the 1975 European Championships, Tourischeva lost the all-around competition, placing third to thirteen-year old Nadia Comaneci, who also won the vault, bars, and beam apparatus finals. Tourischeva's teammate, Nelli Kim, placed second and won the floor exercise competition. Nevertheless, Tourischeva rebounded later that year to sweep the World Cup. After struggling with a back injury, Tourischeva competed in her third Olympic Games in [[Montreal]] in [[1976]], winning her third team gold with the Soviet squad. In the all-around she finished third behind [[Romania]]'s [[Nadia Comaneci]] and her teammate [[Nellie Kim]]. Although Tourischeva lost to Kim on both [[Vault (gymnastics)|vault]] and [[floor exercise]] in the event finals, she overcame Comaneci on them and won silver medals, bringing her total Olympic medal count to four gold, three silver and two bronze. [[Image:Ludmila Turishcheva UB Collapsed 1975WCAA.jpg|thumb|left|Uneven bars are collapsing. Tourischeva salutes the judges]] In [[1980]], British journalist [[David Hunn]] wrote of Tourischeva, "(she) never had the cheek of some of her rivals, but for serenity she was supreme."<ref name="hunn">{{cite book | author = Hunn, David; | title = The Complete Book of Gymnastics | location= London | publisher=Ward Lock Ltd | year = 1980 | id = ISBN 99903-963-2-9 }}</ref> Indeed, she was renowned for her cool head in competition. In one of Tourischeva's most well-known performances, the [[1975]] World Cup at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]] in [[London]], all people were amazed by the loud sound of the broken metal hook, which held support cables. The [[uneven bars]] literally fell apart and crashed to the ground at the end of her routine, right as she completed her dismount. Tourischeva saluted the judges, and calmly walked off the podium without even turning around to look at the remains of the apparatus. She went on to win the all-around and every single event final gold. After many years she said, that at that moment she remembered only one thing - she must complete her routine and "stick it".<ref name="op">{{cite journal | year = 1990 | month = July-September | title = And the steel was broken | journal = Olympic Panorama | volume = | issue = 3 | pages = 33–34 | id = {{ISSN|0204-2177}} }}</ref> Her trainer Vladislav Rastorotsky said about her: "Ljudmila would fight to death in any situation".<ref name="vr">{{cite news | title=National Property | publisher=Novaya sportivnaya gazeta | date=[[2003-03-26]]}}</ref> Tourischeva was also known for her gracious demeanor. At the [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Olympics]], she walked around the podium to personally congratulate champion Nadia Comaneci and shake her hand before accepting her own medal.<ref name="comaneci">{{cite book | author = Comăneci, Nadia | title = Letters to a young gymnast | location= New York | publisher=Basic Books | year = 2003 | id = ISBN 0-465-01276-0 }}</ref> In [[1977]], she married the sprinter [[Valeri Borzov]], a two-time Olympic champion in [[1972]]. She was elected to the Women's Artistic Gymnastics Technical Committee of the [[International Gymnastics Federation]] (FIG) in 1981<ref name="or">{{cite journal | year = 1981 | month = April | title = Within International Federations | journal = Olympic Review | issue = 162 | pages = p. 253 | id = | url = http://www.aafla.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1981/ore162/ORE162x.pdf | accessdate = 2006-04-11 }}</ref> Tourischeva has remained involved in gymnastics as a coach, an international judge and an official with the [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] gymnastics federation. One of her proteges was [[Lilia Podkopayeva]], the [[1996]] Olympic all-around gold medalist. Tourischeva has received many honors for her contributions to gymnastics, including the ''Women In Sport'' trophy by the [[International Olympic Committee]]. In [[1998]] she was inducted into the [[International Gymnastics Hall of Fame]].<ref name="hof">{{cite web | title = LUDMILLA TOURISCHEVA | work = International Gymnastics Hall of Fame | url = http://www.ighof.com/honorees/honorees_ludmilla.html | accessmonthday = May 12 | accessyear = 2007 }}</ref> ==Achievements (non-Olympic)== {| border=1 cellpadding=1 cellspacing=2 style="border-collapse: collapse; text-align:center; font-size: 75%;" |- ! align=center|Year ! align=center|Event ! width=30px|AA ! width=30px|Team ! width=30px|[[Gymnastics vault|VT]] ! width=30px|[[Gymnastics uneven bars|UB]] ! width=30px|[[Gymnastics balance beam|BB]] ! width=30px|[[Gymnastics floor|FX]] |- |rowspan="1"|'''1967'''||align=left|USSR Cup||bgcolor=gold|1st|||||||||| |- |rowspan="1"|'''1968'''||align=left|USSR Cup||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd|||||||||| |- |rowspan="3"|'''1969'''||align=left|European Championships||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd||||||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd||||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd |- |align=left|USSR Championships||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd||||bgcolor=silver|2nd||||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=silver|2nd |- |align=left|USSR Cup||bgcolor=gold|1st|||||||||| |- |rowspan="3"|'''1970'''||align=left|[[1970 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd||bgcolor=silver|2nd||||bgcolor=gold|1st |- |align=left|USSR Championships||||||||bgcolor=gold|1st||||bgcolor=gold|1st |- |align=left|USSR Cup||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd|||||||||| |- |rowspan="3"|'''1971'''||align=left|European Championships||bgcolor=gold|1st||||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=gold|1st |- |align=left|USSR Championships||||||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd||||bgcolor=silver|2nd |- |align=left|USSR Cup||bgcolor=gold|1st|||||||||| |- |rowspan="2"|'''1972'''||align=left|USSR Championships||bgcolor=gold|1st||||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=gold|1st|||| |- |align=left|USSR Cup||bgcolor=silver|2nd|||||||||| |- |rowspan="3"|'''1973'''||align=left|European Championships||bgcolor=gold|1st||||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=gold|1st |- |align=left|USSR Championships||||||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=gold|1st|||| |- |align=left|USSR Cup||bgcolor=gold|1st|||||||||| |- |rowspan="3"|'''1974'''||align=left|[[1974 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=gold|1st |- |align=left|USSR Championships||bgcolor=gold|1st|||||||||| |- |align=left|USSR Cup||bgcolor=gold|1st|||||||||| |- |rowspan="3"|'''1975'''||align=left|World Cup||bgcolor=gold|1st||||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=gold|1st |- |align=left|European Championships||||||||||||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd |- |align=left|USSR Championships||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd||||bgcolor=gold|1st|||||| |- |rowspan="1"|'''1976'''||align=left|USSR Cup||bgcolor=silver|2nd|||||||||| |} ==References== <references /> ==External links== *{{fig|id=4891|name=Ludmilla Tourischeva}} *[http://www.gymn-forum.net/Articles/SL-Turish.html Article from "Soviet Life"] *[http://www.gymn-forum.net/bios/women/turischeva.html Full list of competitive results] {{NavigationOlympicChampionsArtisticGymnasticsWomenTC}} {{Footer olympic champions individual all-round women}} {{NavigationWorldChampionsArtisticGymnasticsWomenTC}} {{NavigationWorldChampionsArtisticGymnasticsWomenAA}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tourischeva, Ludmilla}} [[Category:1952 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:World champion gymnasts]] [[Category:Medalists at World Gymnastics Championships]] [[Category:Artistic gymnasts]] [[Category:Olympic gymnasts of the Soviet Union]] [[Category:Gymnasts at the 1968 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Gymnasts at the 1972 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Gymnasts at the 1976 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Soviet gymnasts]] [[Category:Dynamo sports society athletes]] [[Category:People from Grozny]] [[de:Ljudmila Iwanowna Turischtschewa]] [[es:Ludmilla Tourischeva]] [[fr:Ljudmila Ivanovna Turichtchieva]] [[pl:Ludmiła Turiszczewa]] [[ru:Турищева, Людмила Ивановна]]