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Also Known As Larisa Semyonovna Latynina
Born December 27, 1934 (age 91) • Kherson • Ukraine
Awards And Honors Olympic Games

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Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina performs a floor routine, leaping with one leg extended, during the women's compulsory exercises at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics.
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