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Polina Astakhova

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Soviet gymnast (1936–2005)

Polina Astakhova
Полина Астахова
Polina Astakhova at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Full namePolina Grigoryevna Astakhova
Поліна Григорівна Астахова
Полина Григорьевна Астахова
Born(1936-10-30)30 October 1936
Zaporizhzhia,Ukrainian SSR,Soviet Union
Died6 August 2005(2005-08-06) (aged 68)
Kyiv,Ukraine
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented Soviet Union
ClubShakhtar Donetsk,
Avangard Kyiv,
CSKA Kyiv

Polina Ghrighorievna Astakhova (Ukrainian:Поліна Григорівна Астахова; 30 October 1936 – 5 August 2005) was aSoviet andUkrainian artistic gymnast. She won ten medals at the1956,1960 and1964 Summer Olympics.[1]

Biography

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Astakhova became interested inartistic gymnastics at age 13, after she had watched the gymnastics championships inDonetsk, where their family moved a short time before. She trained in the local gymnastics sports club Shakhtyor under Vladimir Alieksandrovitch Smirnov.

Astakhova earned a nicknameThe Russian Birch inWestern countries for her exceptional grace, and at the 1960 Olympics she was even calledMadonna by the Italian journalists. Between 1956 and 1966 Astakhova was on top of many international and national competitions especially on theuneven 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 the1956 Summer Olympics. She was the youngest team member and contributed to the team's gold. At the1960 Summer Olympics in Rome she led in the all-around, but lost a whole point for a fall onbeam, 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 thefloor and bronze in the all-around. She recovered after the 1961 European Championships, where she won gold medals on the bars and on beam.[2] Competing in the1964 Summer Olympics, Astakhova contributed to the team's gold, won on the bars, was second on the floor and third in the all-around.[3] She became the first gymnast to defend her Olympic gold medal in the uneven bars event. Her feat was only matched in2000 bySvetlana Khorkina and later in2016 byAliya Mustafina.

After retiring from competitions, since 1972 Astakhova worked as a national coach in Ukraine. In 2002, she was inducted into theInternational Gymnastics Hall of Fame.[4] Astakhova spent the last years of her life inKyiv before her death at age 68 from pneumonia.

Non-Olympic achievements

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YearEventAATeamVTUBBBFX
1956USSR Championships3rd3rd3rd
1957USSR Championships3rd
1958World Championships1st3rd
USSR Championships3rd3rd2nd3rd
1959European Championships1st1st
USSR Championships1st1st2nd1st
USSR Cup1st1st3rd1st
1960USSR Championships1st2nd1st
USSR Cup1st
1961European Championships2nd1st1st2nd
USSR Championships2nd1st2nd
USSR Cup2nd1st
1962World Championships1st
USSR Championships3rd2nd3rd
1963USSR Championships3rd1st2nd
USSR Cup1st2nd1st2nd1st
1964USSR Championships2nd1st
1965USSR Championships2nd3rd
USSR Cup1st
1966World Championships2nd
USSR Championships3rd
1967USSR Championships3rd

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