Olga Korbut
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Olga Valentinovna Korbut[nb 1] (born 16 May 1955) is a retired Belarusian gymnast who competed for the Soviet Union. Nicknamed the "Sparrow from Minsk", she won four gold medals and two silver medals at the Summer Olympic Games, in which she competed in 1972 and 1976 for the Soviet team,[1] and was the inaugural inductee to the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1988.
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Full name | Olga Valentinovna Korbut | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | Sparrow from Minsk[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1955-05-16) 16 May 1955 (age 68) Hrodna, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union (USSR) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Scottsdale, Arizona since 2002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 4 ft 11 in (150 cm)[citation needed] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 84 lb; 38 kg (6 st)[citation needed] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Soviet Army Grodno[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Renald Knysh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eponymous skills | Korbut flip | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1977 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Korbut retired from gymnastics in 1977 at the age of 22, considered young for gymnasts of the period,[2] but her influence and legacy in gymnastics were far-reaching.[3] Korbut's 1972 Olympic performances are widely credited as redefining gymnastics, changing the sport from emphasising ballet and elegance to acrobatics, as well as changing gymnastics from a niche sport to one of the most popular sports in the world.[2][4] She emigrated to the United States in 1991, where she lives and trains gymnasts, and became a citizen in 2000.