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

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Vera Caslavska, wearing a red leotard, performs a routine on the uneven bars during Olympic gymnastics competition.
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The most-decorated American gymnast
Simone Biles
American gymnast
Nikolai Andrianov
Nikolai Andrianov
Soviet gymnast
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.
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
Soviet gymnast Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin
Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin
Soviet athlete
Olga Korbut at the Munich 1972 Olympic Games
Olga Korbut
Soviet gymnast
Gymnastics champion Viktor Chukarin
Viktor Chukarin
Soviet athlete
Mary Lou Retton smiles and poses in a red, white, and blue leotard with stars and stripes, during a gymnastics competition.
Mary Lou Retton
American gymnast
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Li Ning
Chinese gymnast and entrepreneur
Bart Conner
Bart Conner
American gymnast
Nastia Liukin, wearing a red leotard, leaps with arms and legs extended during the floor exercise at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Nastia Liukin
American gymnast
Gabby Douglas
Gabby Douglas
American gymnast
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Dmitri Bilozerchev
Russian athlete
Joe Frazier
Joe Frazier
American boxer

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