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Born May 3, 1942 • PragueCzechoslovakia
Died August 30, 2016 (aged 74) • PragueCzech Republic
Awards And Honors Olympic Games

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The most-decorated American gymnast
Simone Biles
American gymnast
Nikolai Andrianov
Nikolai Andrianov
Soviet gymnast
Larisa Latynina at the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games
Larisa Latynina
Soviet athlete
Shilese Jones
Shilese Jones
American gymnast
Suni Lee on the balance beam at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Suni Lee
American gymnast
Nadia Comăneci
Nadia Comăneci
Romanian gymnast
Katō Sawao
Katō Sawao
Japanese gymnast
Ludmilla Tourischeva
Ludmilla Tourischeva
Soviet gymnast
Kōhei Uchimura at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
Kōhei Uchimura
Japanese gymnast
Belarusian gymnast Vitaly Scherbo
Vitaly Scherbo
Belarusian athlete
Olga Korbut at the Munich 1972 Olympic Games
Olga Korbut
Soviet gymnast
Gymnastics champion Viktor Chukarin
Viktor Chukarin
Soviet athlete
Mary Lou Retton
Mary Lou Retton
American gymnast
Li Ning
Chinese gymnast and entrepreneur
Bart Conner
Bart Conner
American gymnast
Nastia Liukin
Nastia Liukin
American gymnast
Gabby Douglas
Gabby Douglas
American gymnast
Dmitri Bilozerchev
Russian athlete
Joe Frazier
Joe Frazier
American boxer

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