Olga Korbut
Chronology
| 1955 | Born May 16, in Grodno, Belarussia (now Belarus) |
| 1963 | Begins gymnastics training |
| 1967 | Enters Belarussian junior championship |
| 1969 | Competes in first Soviet national championship |
| 1972 | Represents Soviet Union at Olympic summer games, Munich, Germany |
| 1976 | Represents Soviet Union at Olympic summer games, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| 1977 | Retires from competition |
| 1978 | Marries Leonid Bortkevich (divorced, 2000) |
| 1979 | Gives birth to son, Richard |
| 1986 | Becomes active in relief efforts following Chernobyl nuclear accident |
| 1991 | Relocates to U.S. |
| 1993 | Becomes gymnastics coach |
| 2001 | Marries Alex Voinich; becomes gymnastics instructor in Dunwoody, Georgia |
| 2002 | Arrested for shoplifting and investigated for counterfeiting |
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