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{{MedalSport|Women's [[Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics|Artistic Gymnastics]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Melbourne]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics|Team competition]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics|Team competition]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics|Uneven bars]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Team competition]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Uneven bars]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics|Floor exercise]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Floor exercise]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Melbourne]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics|Team, portable apparatus]] }}
{{MedalBronze|[[1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics|All-around]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics|All-around]]}}
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{{MedalGold|[[1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1958 Moscow]]|Team competition}}
{{MedalGold|[[1962 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1962 Prague]]|Team competition}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1966 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1966 Dortmund]]|Team competition}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1958 Moscow]]|Uneven bars}}
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{{MedalGold|1959 Krakow|Balance beam}}
{{MedalGold|1961 Leipzig|Balance beam}}
{{MedalGold|1961 Leipzig|Uneven bars}}
{{MedalSilver|1961 Leipzig|All-around}}
{{MedalSilver|1961 Leipzig|Floor exercise}}
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'''Polina Ghrighorievna Astakhova''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]:Полина Григорьевна Астахова) ([[October 30]], [[1936]], in [[Dnepropetrovsk]], [[Ukrainian SSR]] - [[August 5]], [[2005]] in [[Kiev, Ukraine]]) was a [[Soviet]]/[[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]] [[gymnast]] who won ten medals (five gold medals, two silver medals and three bronze medals) at the Summer [[Olympic Games|Olympics]], where she participated as a member of the [[USSR at the Summer Olympics|USSR team]] in [[1956 Summer Olympics|1956]], [[1960 Summer Olympics|1960]] and [[1964 Summer Olympics|1964]].
Astakhova became interested in [[artistic gymnastics]] at age 13, after she had watched the gymnastics championships in [[Donetsk]], a city, where their family moved a short time before. She trained in the local gymnastics sports club Shakhtyor, where her trainer was the Honoured Trainer of the USSR Vladimir Alieksandrovitch Smirnov.
Astakhova earned a nickname ''The Russian Birch'' in [[Western countries]] for her exceptional grace, and at the 1960 Olympics she was even called ''Madonna'' by the [[Italy|Italian]] journalists. Between 1956 and 1966 Astakhova was on top of many international and national competitions especially on the [[gymnastics uneven bars|uneven bars]] apparatus event. She was a member of the USSR team between 1955 and 1968.
In 1954 Astakhova competed in the USSR Championships for the first time and in a year she made the USSR National team at the [[1956 Summer Olympics]]. She was the youngest team member and contributed to the team's gold. At the [[1960 Summer Olympics]] Olympics in [[Rome]] she led in the all-around, but lost a whole point for a fall on [[balance beam|beam]], which was the seventh routine of eight contested. She was very disappointed by the accident and even did not compete that year, although in Rome she won the gold in the team competition and on the bars, silver on the [[floor (gymnastics)|floor]] and bronze in the all-around. She recovered after the 1961 European Championships, where she won gold medals on the bars and on beam. {{ref|Legends}} Competing in the [[1964 Summer Olympics]], Astakhova contributed to the team's gold, won on the bars, was second on the floor and third in the all-around.
After she finished her career, since 1972 she worked as the USSR State Trainer for [[Ukrainian SSR]] for some time. In 2002 she was inducted into the [[International Gymnastics Hall of Fame]]. {{ref|hof}} Astakhova spent the last years of her life in [[Kiev, Ukraine]] before her death at age 68 from undisclosed causes.
==Achievements (non-Olympic)==
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! 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]]
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|rowspan="1"|'''1956'''||align=left|USSR Championships||bgcolor=CC9966| 3rd ||||||bgcolor=CC9966| 3rd||||bgcolor=CC9966| 3rd
|-
|rowspan="1"|'''1957'''||align=left|USSR Championships||||||||bgcolor=CC9966| 3rd||||
|-
|rowspan="2"|'''1958'''||align=left|[[1958 World Championships in Artistic Gymnastics|World Championships]]||||bgcolor=gold| 1st||||bgcolor=CC9966| 3rd||||
|-
|align=left|USSR Championships||bgcolor=CC9966| 3rd||||bgcolor=CC9966| 3rd||bgcolor=silver|2nd||||bgcolor=CC9966| 3rd
|-
|rowspan="3"|'''1959'''||align=left|European Championships||||||||bgcolor=gold| 1st||||bgcolor=gold| 1st
|-
|align=left|USSR Championships||bgcolor=gold| 1st||||||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=gold|1st
|-
|align=left|USSR Cup||bgcolor=gold|1st||||||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd||bgcolor=gold|1st
|-
|rowspan="2"|'''1960'''||align=left|USSR Championships||||||||bgcolor=gold| 1st||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=gold| 1st
|-
|align=left|USSR Cup||bgcolor=gold|1st||||||||||
|-
|rowspan="3"|'''1961'''||align=left|European Championships||bgcolor=silver|2nd||||||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=silver|2nd
|-
|align=left|USSR Championships||||||||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=silver|2nd
|-
|align=left|USSR Cup||||||||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=gold|1st||
|-
|rowspan="2"|'''1962'''||align=left|[[1962 World Championships in Artistic Gymnastics|World Championships]]||||bgcolor=gold| 1st||||||||
|-
|align=left|USSR Championships||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd||||||bgcolor=silver|2nd||||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd
|-
|rowspan="2"|'''1963'''||align=left|USSR Championships||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd||||||bgcolor=gold|1st||||bgcolor=silver|2nd
|-
|align=left|USSR Cup||bgcolor=gold|1st||||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=gold|1st
|-
|rowspan="1"|'''1964'''||align=left|USSR Championships||||||||bgcolor=silver|2nd||||bgcolor=gold|1st
|-
|rowspan="2"|'''1965'''||align=left|USSR Championships||bgcolor=silver|2nd||||||||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd||
|-
|align=left|USSR Cup||bgcolor=gold|1st||||||||||
|-
|rowspan="2"|'''1966'''||align=left|[[1966 World Championships in Artistic Gymnastics|World Championships]]||||bgcolor=silver| 2nd||||||||
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|align=left|USSR Championships||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd||||||||||
|-
|rowspan="1"|'''1967'''||align=left|USSR Championships||||||||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd||||
|}
==References==
*{{note|Legends}} {{ru icon}} {{cite web
| title = Polina Ghrighorievna Astakhova
| work = Legends of the Soviet sports
| url = http://sportlegend.kulichki.net/gymnastics/astahova.htm
| accessmonthday = May 2
| accessyear = 2006
}}
*{{note|hof}} {{cite web
| title = POLINA GHRIGHORIEVNA ASTAKHOVA
| work = International Gymnastics Hall of Fame
| url = http://www.ighof.com/honorees/honorees_astakova.html
| accessmonthday = May 12
| accessyear = 2007
}}
==External links==
*[http://www.gymn-forum.net/bios/women/astakhova.html Biography and achievements]
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[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union]]
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[[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:Ukrainian gymnasts]]
[[Category:People from Dnipropetrovsk]]
[[Category:Medalists at World Gymnastics Championships]]
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