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Olga Korbut Biography

Olga Korbut, Athlete
Born asOlga Valentinovna Korbut
Occup.Athlete
FromRussia
BornMay 16, 1955
Hrodna, then in Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Age69 years
Early Life
Olga Valentinovna Korbut was born on May 16, 1955, in Grodno, a city in what was after that the Soviet Union's Byelorussian SSR (now Belarus). Growing up in a loving household, Olga's dad, Valentin Korbut, was a railway designer, while her mommy, Anastasia Korbut, was a cook. Olga was the oldest of four kids, with two siblings and a sis.

As a young girl, Olga revealed an all-natural affinity for sporting activities and also balancings. When she was 8 years old, she started training in gymnastics under her initial trainer, a local trainer called Renald Knysh. This partnership would certainly become one of one of the most considerable in her life-- Knysh gave both the training and also the mentorship Olga required to get to the global phase.

Rise to Fame
Olga Korbut made her initial significant look on the worldwide scene at the 1970 World Championships in Ljubljana, where she won a gold medal with the Soviet team. However, it was the 1972 Munich Olympic Games that really launched her into stardom.

At just 17 years of ages, Korbut belonged to the USSR's gymnastics group contending in Munich. She had a frustrating begin, dropping while doing her trademark move, the Korbut Flip, on the irregular bars. Nonetheless, she swiftly recouped and won three gold medals (Balance Beam, Floor Exercise, as well as Team Competition) as well as one silver medal (Uneven Bars).

Her virtuosity, grace, and bold relocations, in addition to her vibrant look as well as captivating personality, astounded a worldwide target market. Olga Korbut became a sign of ability and grace, which made her worldwide recognition, including the nickname "The Sparrow from Minsk".

Later On Career as well as Retirement
Korbut remained to compete after the 1972 Olympics, winning a group gold as well as individual silver on the equilibrium light beam throughout the 1974 World Championships. She also took part in the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games, where she included another silver and gold medal to her collection-- this moment for team competitors as well as equilibrium beam occasions, specifically.

After the Montreal Olympics, Korbut decided to relinquish affordable acrobatics at the age of 21. Following her retirement, she eventually worked out in the United States, becoming a popular train for aspiring gymnasts as well as a goodwill ambassador for the sport.

Personal Life
In 1978, Olga Korbut married Leonid Bortkevich, a Belarusian singer, with whom she had actually a kid named Richard. The pair later on divorced, as well as she went on to wed American entrepreneur Alex Voinich in 2000, however they likewise split ways later on. Throughout her life, Korbut has been associated with numerous charitable undertakings and also altruistic tasks, utilizing her fame to help others in demand.

Heritage
Olga Korbut's groundbreaking performances throughout the 1972 Munich Olympic Games changed the sporting activity of gymnastics, showcasing the potential of balancings as well as advancement integrated with creative sophistication. Her style and approach have actually gone on to influence generations of gymnasts that followed, making her a long-lasting motivation and also a real legend in the sport.

Our collection contains 24 quotes who is written / told by Olga.

Related authors: Lawrence Taylor (Athlete)

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24 Famous quotes by Olga Korbut

Small: Thank god, and now all I have are, twenty one years together, in January and, you know, I, you know I f
"Thank god, and now all I have are, twenty one years together, in January and, you know, I, you know I forgot this all about things. And anyway the first place is good thing"
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Small: I would say this is not negative this is h, a hard part in gymnastics. You cant eat, whatever you want
"I would say this is not negative this is h, a hard part in gymnastics. You can't eat, whatever you want to eat. And what kind of meal you're supposed to have, you can't"
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Small: How many people in the world is, each of them is individual. And I like to eat bread, somebody dont lik
"How many people in the world is, each of them is individual. And I like to eat bread, somebody don't like that. You know this is the same in gymnastics"
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Small: And we lost a lot because of that, and I think this is future gymnastics to separate ages. Because kids
"And we lost a lot because of that, and I think this is future gymnastics to separate ages. Because kids can do it more than adult. A woman and adult woman can show more than the small kids"
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Small: Up to nineteen seventy six when I quit gymnastics I was very, disappointed because I didnt have anythin
"Up to nineteen seventy six when I quit gymnastics I was very, disappointed because I didn't have anything which is, live with. I didn't have a friend so I didn't have a coach anymore"
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Small: Then I was lucky I met with my future husband, and I started new life with my husband, and I was happy
"Then I was lucky I met with my future husband, and I started new life with my husband, and I was happy again. He was a musician. I start to travel with him through Europe also and around the former Soviet Union"
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Small: Its better to have a rich soul than to be rich
"It's better to have a rich soul than to be rich"
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Small: But probably this is helps to win, to win, to gold, more gold medals, and to win most my important meda
"But probably this is helps to win, to win, to gold, more gold medals, and to win most my important medal, heart of people. This is most important for me"
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Small: But let me do I will show the world what gymnastics looks like. Well may be this is a future gymnastics
"But let me do I will show the world what gymnastics looks like. Well may be this is a future gymnastics"
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Small: And I suggested to change very simple way to Olympic Games, in one competition, two different levels.
"And I suggested to change very simple way to Olympic Games, in one competition, two different levels. Separate from, until sixteen, and after sixteen years old"
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Small: I think this is all my life. Because if I was split gymnastics and something else like far, fun or to g
"I think this is all my life. Because if I was split gymnastics and something else like far, fun or to go with friends. No, this, you're supposed to one go, one straight road and to do every day. And touch the wall, of the goal"
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Small: I think if I wasnt in very high level, I never will be in the team. Cause I was high, in very high leve
"I think if I wasn't in very high level, I never will be in the team. Cause I was high, in very high level"
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Small: But, I couldnt live without creation gymnastics
"But, I couldn't live without creation gymnastics"
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Small: And, in nineteen seventy two Olympic Games I wasnt really going to be a star, and overnight I became a
"And, in nineteen seventy two Olympic Games I wasn't really going to be a star, and overnight I became a star"
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Small: I feel great. I feel younger. And I dont feel anything at all. I dont know who knows, but right now Im,
"I feel great. I feel younger. And I don't feel anything at all. I don't know who knows, but right now I'm, how, how many years have I, fifty five, something like that. Forty three years old. And I feel like seventeen, like twenty five years ago"
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Small: Finally I almost dropped gymnastics because I couldnt live without create, and you know, and then, all
"Finally I almost dropped gymnastics because I couldn't live without create, and you know, and then, all public in the world start to say, we don't want to see gymnastics without OLGA"
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Small: Anyway I will go same road because I, I was born in gymnastics. This is my, how to say, my life and my
"Anyway I will go same road because I, I was born in gymnastics. This is my, how to say, my life and my duty"
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Small: Remember before nineteen seventy two Olympic Games I was total skinny, I was small, very strong, they m
"Remember before nineteen seventy two Olympic Games I was total skinny, I was small, very strong, they may be don't like to see a gymnastics like that. I don't know but, gymnastics, might. Nineteen seventy two supposed to be change somewhere"
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Small: I am not interested in medals or titles. I dont need them. I need the love of the public and I fight fo
"I am not interested in medals or titles. I don't need them. I need the love of the public and I fight for it"
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Small: Because up to sixteen years old you feel gymnastics more. You can show your emotion, grace, like woman
"Because up to sixteen years old you feel gymnastics more. You can show your emotion, grace, like woman gymnastics, not kid's gymnastics. I feel I have good shape, and I can do it elements everything, but, it's not competition for me"
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Small: And in nineteen seventy two I almost wasnt, on the team, but I knew about it just before Olympic Games
"And in nineteen seventy two I almost wasn't, on the team, but I knew about it just before Olympic Games for three months before this why this is was not very good for me. I'd been ready to go, you know"
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Small: This is probably why, my life is easier, and my family is very happy, because we never lie each other.
"This is probably why, my life is easier, and my family is very happy, because we never lie each other. This is probably all people supposed to feel each other, so be always in all of the world they'll be peace"
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Small: Id been ready too, because before Olympic Games, I wasnt compete in big competition like, World Champio
"I'd been ready too, because before Olympic Games, I wasn't compete in big competition like, World Championship, like European Championship. I just competed in national competition"
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Small: And from that nineteen sixty four, this was my goal to go to Olympic Games. And I realized what does it
"And from that nineteen sixty four, this was my goal to go to Olympic Games. And I realized what does it mean, Olympic Games, like big celebration"
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