Olga Korbut
Awards And Accomplishments
| 1968 | Gold medal, Spartakiade championship |
| 1969 | Introduced Korbut Flip, Soviet national gymnastics championships |
| 1970 | Reserve competitor, world championships |
| 1971 | Placed fourth, Soviet national championships |
| 1972 | Team gold, individual gold (2) and individual silver, Olympic summer games |
| 1972 | Named "Athlete of the Year," ABC Wide World of Sports |
| 1972 | Youngest person named Honored Master of Sport, Soviet Union |
| 1973 | Named "Athlete of the Year," Associated Press |
| 1974 | Won five medals at world championships |
| 1975 | Named "Woman of the Year," United Nations |
| 1976 | Team gold and individual silver, Olympic summer games |
| 1988 | First inductee, Gymnastics Hall of Fame |
| 1994 | Named one of the top athletes of past 40 years, Sports Illustrated |
| 1996 | Official attaché of Belarus, Olympic summer games |
| 1999 | Named among the best sportswomen of the twentieth century, by Italian news agency ACHA |
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