Sofia Muratova 4504120 212378185 2008-05-14T16:15:07Z NBSPb 4554961 /* World Championships and Olympics */ {{MedalTop}} {{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]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics|All-around]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics|Vault]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Melbourne]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics|Team, portable apparatus]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Melbourne]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics|All-around]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Melbourne]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics|Uneven bars]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics|Balance beam]]}} {{MedalWorldChampionships}} {{MedalGold|[[1954 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1954 Rome]]|Team competition}} {{MedalGold|[[1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1958 Moscow]]|Team competition}} {{MedalGold|[[1962 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1962 Prague]]|Team competition}} {{MedalSilver|[[1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1958 Moscow]]|Vault}} {{MedalSilver|[[1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1958 Moscow]]|Balance beam}} {{MedalBottom}} '''Sofia Ivanovna Muratova''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]: Софья Ивановна Муратова) ([[July 13]], [[1929]] in [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]] - [[September 25]] [[2006]]) is a former [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] gymnast, who competed in the 1950s and 1960s, training at [[Dynamo (sports society)|Dynamo]] in [[Moscow]], and won eight Olympic medals. ==Early life== Muratova's childhood passed in [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]] during the [[Siege of Leningrad|Siege]], her mother died there. In 1941 Muratova was evacuated from the city, but due to the war, she had not the ability to go to school regularly. Meanwhile, going in for sports became dominant in her life from the very beginning. She began [[artistic gymnastics]] in 1943, entering a children's sports school, and just three months later she competed in the [[Russian SFSR]] Championships for girls. In 1944 Muratova went to [[Moscow]], where she continued training sessions at the [[Young Pioneers Stadium]]. Her trainer was Igor Zhuravlev. ==First successes== In 1945 Muratova won her first major competition, the USSR Junior Championships, and four years later enjoyed the first international success, winning in the team competition event at the [[Hungary]] vs USSR Dual Meet in [[Budapest]]. She became one of the strongest Soviet gymnasts, and finally became the only one to win five all-around titles in the USSR Championships. At the same time, she was sometimes fatally unlucky in the major international events. ==World Championships and Olympics== Muratova missed the [[1952 Summer Olympics]] due to injury, but one of the most disappointing was her injury at the [[1954 World Championships in Artistic Gymnastics]]. Muratova won gold in the Team Competition event and was a leader on all apparatus in the all-around, but had broken her arm during the warming-up and was out. Her husband Valentin Muratov, who competed in the men's competition, swore to win a gold medal for her and had kept his word, becoming the all-around champion. She debuted at the [[1956 Summer Olympics]], winning the Team gold and two bronze medals in the all-around and on the [[uneven bars]]. At the rather unsuccessful [[1958 World Championships in Artistic Gymnastics]] in [[Moscow]] Muratova won the team gold and two bronzes on [[vault (gymnastics)|vault]] and on the [[balance beam]]. Injuries haunted her on the way to the [[1960 Summer Olympics]], and many people didn't believe her participation there. But with the help from the professor [[Zoya Mironova]] ([[:ru:Миронова, Зоя Сергеевна]]), who operated Muratova just three months before the Olympics, she managed to compete there and even won three medals — the team gold, all-around silver and bronze on the beam. She presented her gold medal to Zoya Mironova as a token of gratitude. She also successfully competed in the Nationals, where she won seven all-around titles, including the 1955 USSR Cup, held for the first time. Sofia Muratova finished her competitive career in 1965 and worked as a coach for 34 years. She was awarded [[Order of the Red Banner of Labour]] in 1957. Muratova died on September 25, 2006, her husband Valentin Muratov died on October 6 of the same year. ==Achievements (non-Olympic)== {| border=1 cellpadding=1 cellspacing=2 style="border-collapse: collapse; text-align:center; font-size: 95%;" |- ! 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]] ! width=30px|[[Gymnastics rings|R]] |- |rowspan="1"|'''1949'''||align=left|USSR Championships||||||bgcolor=gold| 1st ||||||bgcolor=silver|2nd|| |- |rowspan="1"|'''1950'''||align=left|USSR Championships||||||bgcolor=gold|1st||||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=silver|2nd|| |- |rowspan="1"|'''1951'''||align=left|USSR Championships||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd|||||||||||| |- |rowspan="2"|'''1954'''||align=left|[[1954 World Championships in Artistic Gymnastics|World Championships]]||||bgcolor=gold|1st|||||||||| |- |align=left|USSR Championships||bgcolor=gold|1st||||||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=silver|2nd||||bgcolor=silver|2nd |- |rowspan="2"|'''1955'''||align=left|USSR Championships||bgcolor=gold|1st||||||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd||bgcolor=gold|1st|| |- |align=left|USSR Cup||bgcolor=gold|1st|||||||||||| |- |rowspan="1"|'''1956'''||align=left|USSR Championships||bgcolor=silver|2nd||||||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd|||| |- |rowspan="1"|'''1957'''||align=left|USSR Championships||bgcolor=gold|1st||||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=silver|2nd|| |- |rowspan="2"|'''1958'''||align=left|[[1958 World Championships in Artistic Gymnastics|World Championships]]||||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=silver|2nd||||bgcolor=silver|2nd|||| |- |align=left|USSR Championships||bgcolor=silver|2nd||||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd||||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd|| |- |rowspan="1"|'''1959'''||align=left|USSR Championships||bgcolor=silver|2nd||||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=silver|2nd|||||| |- |rowspan="1"|'''1960'''||align=left|USSR Championships||bgcolor=gold|1st||||||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd||bgcolor=gold|1st|||| |- |rowspan="2"|'''1962'''||align=left|[[1962 World Championships in Artistic Gymnastics|World Championships]]||||bgcolor=gold|1st|||||||||| |- |align=left|USSR Championships||bgcolor=silver|2nd|||||||||||| |- |rowspan="2"|'''1963'''||align=left|USSR Championships||bgcolor=gold|1st||||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd||bgcolor=silver|2nd|||| |- |align=left|USSR Cup||bgcolor=silver|2nd||||||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd|||| |- |rowspan="2"|'''1964'''||align=left|USSR Championships||||||||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd|||| |- |align=left|USSR Cup||bgcolor=gold|1st|||||||||||| |} ==External links== *{{fig|id=4860|name=Sofia Muratova}} *[http://www.gymn-forum.net/bios/women/muratovs.html Valentin Muratov and Sofia Muratova at Gymn Forum] *{{ru icon}} [http://www.biograph.comstar.ru/bank/muratova.htm Biography] {{NavigationOlympicChampionsArtisticGymnasticsWomenTC}} {{NavigationWorldChampionsArtisticGymnasticsWomenTC}} {{gymnast ru}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Muratova, Sofia}} [[Category:Soviet gymnasts]] [[Category:Gymnasts at the 1956 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Gymnasts at the 1960 Summer Olympics]] [[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:Medalists at World Gymnastics Championships]] [[Category:Dynamo sports society athletes]] [[Category:Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour]] [[Category:People from Saint Petersburg]] [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2006 deaths]]