Olga Korbut

Olga Valentinovna Korbut (born 16 May 1955) is a former 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.

The banned "Dead Loop" of Olga Korbut, 1972. It was the first and last time the trick was documented. https://twitter.com/fasc1nate/status/1678458257936117760

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