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Svetlana Leonidovna Boginskaya (also spelled Boguinskaia (according to French transliteration) and Boginskaia, Belarusian: Сьвятлана Леанідаўна Багінская, Russian: Светлана Леонидовна Богинская, born February 9, 1973 in Minsk) is a Soviet/Belarusian gymnast. She was called the "Belarusian Swan" and the "Goddess of Gymnastics" due to her height, balletic grace, and long lines. She is especially renowned for the drama and artistry she displayed on floor exercise. Boginskaya is a three-time Olympic Champion, winning gold medals in Vault in 1988, and Team golds in 1988 and 1992. Gymnastics has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics. ... is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. ... Location of Minsk, shown within the Minsk Voblast Coordinates: Country Subdivision Belarus Minsk Founded 1067 Government - Mayor Mikhail Pavlov Area - City 305. ... Soviet redirects here. ... Gymnasts are people who participate in the sports of either artistic gymnastics or rhythmic gymnastics. ... The vault, formerly known as vaulting horse, is an artistic gymnastics apparatus. ... you are such a dumb noob and the red sox rule Size = 200 | Optional caption = | Host city = Seoul, South Korea | Nations participating = 159 | Athletes participating = 8,465 (6,279 men, 2,186 women) | Events = 263 in 27 sports | Opening ceremony = September 17, 1988 | Closing ceremony = October 2, 1988 | Officially opened... The 92 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were held in 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ...

Boginskaya was a figure skater for several years, but began gymnastics at age eight. Two years later she moved from Minsk to train full-time at the Moscow Round Lake Gymnastics Center. By age fourteen she was a member of the Soviet national team. She won her first medal, a bronze for balance beam, during the 1987 World Championships. She became one of the best gymnasts on the Soviet team and was expected to place very well at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea. She finished the games with 4 medals--team gold, gold on Vault, silver on the Floor and the All-Around bronze. It was a huge accomplishment for the young athlete in an Olympic Games that revolved around the duel between her teammate Elena Shushunova and Romania's star Daniela Silivaş. Figure skating is an ice skating sporting event where individuals, mixed couples, or groups perform spins, jumps, and other moves on the ice, often to music. ... The Balance Beam is an artistic gymnastics apparatus only used by female gymnasts. ... The 24th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Rotterdam, Netherlands, in 1987. ... Seoul is the capital of South Korea and is located on the Han River in the countrys northwest. ... A Canadian gymnast trains on a floor. ... Yelena Shushunova (born April 23, 1969 in Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg) is a Russian (former Soviet) gymnast, two times Olympic Champion. ... Viorca Daniela Silivas-Harper (born May 9, 1972) is a Romanian gymnast who is most famous for winning six medals (three Gold, two Silver, and one Bronze) in Womens Artistic Gymnastics at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea. ...

However, the joy from her success would be short-lived. Svetlana's long-time coach Lyubov Miromanova tragically committed suicide just three days after the Olympics. Miromanova had been a surrogate mother to Sveta, as she coached and cared for Boginskaia since she moved from Minsk to train full-time in Moscow. Boguinskaya has always been reluctant to discuss this devastating time in her life. To this day, Lyubov's suicide remains a mystery, as no one could confidently say what drove her to take her own life.

A heartbroken Svetlana pressed on, and began training with a new coach, Ludmilla Popkovich. Under her tutelage, Boginskaya became World Champion in 1989 and later dedicated her performance to her late mentor. The 25th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Stuttgart, West Germany, in 1989. ...

In 1990, Boginskaya became only the third woman to sweep the European Gymnastics Championships(after Vera Caslavska of Czechoslovakia in 1965 and 1967, and Ludmilla Tourischeva of the USSR in 1973), winning the gold medal in every individual event. In doing so, she defended her titles in the All-Around, Vault, and Floor Exercise, and added titles in the Uneven Bars and Balance Beam. In 1991, in a controversial finish, Boginskaya fell short of defending her world title, losing the gold medal to Kim Zmeskal of the United States. However, she earned gold medals in the Team and Balance Beam competitions. The uneven bars or asymmetric bars is a artistic gymnastics apparatus. ... Kimberly Lyn Zmeskal (Burdette, born February 6, 1976 in Houston, Texas) is an American gymnast and coach. ...

In 1992, Boginskaya, then 19 years old, had a disappointing performance at the 1992 European Championships, falling on her final event, floor exercise. She finished in fifth place, while her young teammate Tatiana Gutsu won the all-around title. Nevertheless, she was still a favorite to win the all-around title at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Tatiana Konstantinovna Gutsu (born September 5, 1976 in Odessa) is a Ukrainian (and former Soviet) gymnast, winner of the 1992 Olympic all-around title. ...

Gymnastics fans anticipated a duel between Boginskaya and her nemesis, American Kim Zmeskal. However, while Boginskaya won her third Olympic gold medal in the team competition, she finished fifth in the Individual All-Around. Instead of the anticipated showdown between Boginskaya and Zmeskal (who faltered on floor and beam in the all-around), Tatiana Gutsu and Shannon Miller provided one of the most dramatic competitions in Olympic history. Kimberly Lyn Zmeskal (Burdette, born February 6, 1976 in Houston, Texas) is an American gymnast and coach. ... Tatiana Konstantinovna Gutsu (born September 5, 1976 in Odessa) is a Ukrainian (and former Soviet) gymnast, winner of the 1992 Olympic all-around title. ... Shannon Lee Miller (b. ...

Boginskaya retired after the 1992 Olympics, but decided to make a comeback in 1995. She said that she was inspired by Katarina Witt who had made a memorable comeback of her own at the 1994 Winter Olympics. She stunned audiences worldwide by competing with more difficult routines than ever before, and with an endlessly positive attitude. In 1996, the 23-year-old Boginskaya nearly won the European All-Around Title, placing second behind then-defending World All-Around Champion (and future Olympic All-Around Champion) Lilia Podkopayeva of Ukraine. She then progressed to the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta where she delighted the crowds and was one of a number of 'older' gymnasts competing. Svetlana led her Belarus team to sixth place and competed in the all around and vault finals, though medals were not forthcoming. Katarina Witt (December 3, 1965, Staaken) is a German figure skater, in Germany commonly affectionately called Kati Witt. Won two Olympic Gold Medals for East Germany, first in the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics and the second in 1988 at the Calgary Olympics. ... The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway. ... Lilia Alexandrovna Podkopayeva (Russian: ; Ukrainian: ; alternative transliteration Lilia Oleksandrivna Podkopaieva; born August 15, 1978 in Donetsk) is a retired Ukrainian gymnast who became the 1996 Olympic all-around champion. ... (Redirected from 1996 Olympics) Categories: 1996 Summer Olympics ... This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ...

Svetlana Boginskaya is one of very few women in gymnastics history to have competed in three Olympic games: others include Larissa Latynina, Věra Čáslavská, Ludmilla Tourischeva, Svetlana Khorkina, Dominique Dawes, Lisa Skinner and Oksana Chusovitina (It should be noted however, that Svetlana Boguinskaya is the only one of the three-time Olympic participants in recent history to have competed where Compulsories were a requirement at each Olympic Game she participated in and that she was the only gymnast who competed on 3 olympic teams: Soviet Union, Unified Team, and Belarus). She was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2005. ^[1] Larisa Semyonovna Latynina (Russian: Лариса Семёновна Латынина; born December 27, 1934 in Kherson, Ukraine, U.S.S.R.) was a Soviet gymnast. ... VÄ›ra ÄŒÃ¡slavskÃ¡ (born May 3, 1942) is a Czech (formerly Czechoslovakian) gymnast. ... Ludmilla Ivanovna Turischeva (Russian: Ð›ÑŽÐ´Ð¼Ð¸Ð»Ð° Ð˜Ð²Ð°Ð½Ð¾Ð²Ð½Ð° Ð¢ÑƒÑ€Ð¸Ñ‰ÐµÐ²Ð° alternate spellings: Lyudmilla Turischeva, Ludmilla Tourischeva, born July 10, 1952 in Grozny) is a former Russian gymnast and a nine-time Olympic medalist for the Soviet Union. ... Svetlana Vasilievna Khorkina (Russian: Ð¡Ð²ÐµÑ‚Ð»Ð°Ð½Ð° Ð’Ð°ÑÐ¸Ð»ÑŒÐµÐ²Ð½Ð° Ð¥Ð¾Ñ€ÐºÐ¸Ð½Ð°, born January 19, 1979 in Belgorod, Russia) is by far Russias most successful female gymnast after the breakup of the Soviet Union> Not only is she the winner of several world championship events and Olympic medals. ... Dominique Margaux Dawes (born November 20, 1976, in Silver Spring, Maryland) is a United States gymnast. ... Lisa Skinner is an Australian gymnast, born in 1981. ... Oksana Aleksandrovna Chusovitina (Russian:ÐžÐºÑÐ°Ð½Ð° ÐÐ»ÐµÐºÑÐ°Ð½Ð´Ñ€Ð¾Ð²Ð½Ð° Ð§ÑƒÑÐ¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‚Ð¸Ð½Ð°)(born June 19, 1975, Bukhara, Uzbek SSR) is an Uzbek (and former Soviet) gymnast. ... Logo The International Gymnastics Hall of Fame, located in Oklahoma City, USA, is a Hall of Fame dedicated to honoring the achievements and contributions of the worlds most greatest competitors, coaches and authorities in artistic gymnastics. ...

Trademarks

Svetlana was noted for having more artistic and wildly different choreography than most of her other competitors, especially on her floor exercise routines.

Another of her trademarks included dismounts in which she would land with one foot placed in front of the other.

Trivia

After the 1992 Olympics, Svetlana appeared alongside compatriot Vitaly Scherbo in the music video, "Revolution Earth," by The B-52's. Vitaly Scherbo (born January 13, 1972 in Minsk, Belarus) is a Belarusian gymnast and is the most successful male gymnast of all time. ... The B-52s are a New Wave rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, an important center of alternative rock. ...

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Olympic champions in artistic gymnastics – women's team competition

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World champions in artistic gymnastics – women's team competition

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Larisa Semyonovna Latynina (Russian: Лариса Семёновна Латынина; born December 27, 1934 in Kherson, Ukraine, U.S.S.R.) was a Soviet gymnast. ... The 15th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Prague, the capital of Czechoslovakia, in 1962. ... Larisa Semyonovna Latynina (Russian: Лариса Семёновна Латынина; born December 27, 1934 in Kherson, Ukraine, U.S.S.R.) was a Soviet gymnast. ... The 16th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Dortmund, West Germany, in 1966. ... VÄ›ra ÄŒÃ¡slavskÃ¡ (born May 3, 1942) is a Czech (formerly Czechoslovakian) gymnast. ... The 17th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, in 1970. ... Ludmilla Ivanovna Turischeva (Russian: Ð›ÑŽÐ´Ð¼Ð¸Ð»Ð° Ð˜Ð²Ð°Ð½Ð¾Ð²Ð½Ð° Ð¢ÑƒÑ€Ð¸Ñ‰ÐµÐ²Ð° alternate spellings: Lyudmilla Turischeva, Ludmilla Tourischeva, born July 10, 1952 in Grozny) is a former Russian gymnast and a nine-time Olympic medalist for the Soviet Union. ... The 18th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Varna, Bulgaria, in 1974. ... Ludmilla Ivanovna Turischeva (Russian: Ð›ÑŽÐ´Ð¼Ð¸Ð»Ð° Ð˜Ð²Ð°Ð½Ð¾Ð²Ð½Ð° Ð¢ÑƒÑ€Ð¸Ñ‰ÐµÐ²Ð° alternate spellings: Lyudmilla Turischeva, Ludmilla Tourischeva, born July 10, 1952 in Grozny) is a former Russian gymnast and a nine-time Olympic medalist for the Soviet Union. ... The 19th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Strasbourg, France, in 1978. ... Elena Mukhina Elena Vyacheslavovna Mukhina (Russian:Ð•Ð»ÐµÐ½Ð° Ð’ÑÑ‡ÐµÑÐ»Ð°Ð²Ð¾Ð²Ð½Ð° ÐœÑƒÑ…Ð¸Ð½Ð°) (June 1, 1960-December 22, 2006) was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR) is a former Soviet gymnast who won the All-Around title at the 1978 World Championships at Strasbourg, France. ... The 20th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Fort Worth, USA, in 1979. ... Nellie Vladimirovna Kim (Russian: ; b. ... The 21st Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Moscow, the capital of the USSR, in 1981. ... Olga Bicherova Olga Anatolyevna Bicherova (Russian: ÐžÐ»ÑŒÐ³Ð° ÐÐ½Ð°Ñ‚Ð¾Ð»ÑŒÐµÐ²Ð½Ð° Ð‘Ð¸Ñ‡ÐµÑ€Ð¾Ð²Ð°) (born October 26, 1967 or October 26, 1966 in Moscow, Russian SFSR) was a Soviet gymnast, who won womens all around gold medal at the 1981 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. ... The 22nd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, in 1983. ... Natalia Vladimirovna Yurchenko (Russian: ÐÐ°Ñ‚Ð°Ð»ÑŒÑ Ð’Ð»Ð°Ð´Ð¸Ð¼Ð¸Ñ€Ð¾Ð²Ð½Ð° Ð®Ñ€Ñ‡ÐµÐ½ÐºÐ¾) (born January 26, 1965 in Norilsk, Russian SFSR) was a Soviet gymnast, who won womens All Around gold medal at the 1983 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. ... The 23rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Montreal, Canada, in 1985. ... Yelena Lvovna Shushunova (Russian: Ð•Ð»ÐµÐ½Ð° Ð›ÑŒÐ²Ð¾Ð²Ð½Ð° Ð¨ÑƒÑˆÑƒÐ½Ð¾Ð²Ð°) (born April 23, 1969 in Leningrad) is a Russian (former Soviet) gymnast, World, European, and Olympic Champion. ... Oksana Aleksandrovna Omelianchik (Russian:ÐžÐºÑÐ°Ð½Ð° ÐÐ»ÐµÐºÑÐ°Ð½Ð´Ñ€Ð¾Ð²Ð½Ð° ÐžÐ¼ÐµÐ»ÑŒÑÐ½Ñ‡Ð¸Ðº) (also known as Oksana Omelyanchik; Oksana Omeliantchik, born January 2, 1970 or December 31, 1969; Ulan-Ude, USSR) is a retired Soviet gymnast and the all-around gold medalist of the 1985 World Gymnastics Championships. ... The 24th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Rotterdam, Netherlands, in 1987. ... Aurelia Dobre on the cover of International Gymnast magazine Aurelia Dobre (born November 16, 1972 in Bucharest) is a former artistic gymnast from Romania, who was the 1987 World Champion. ... The 25th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Stuttgart, West Germany, in 1989. ... The 26th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Indianapolis, USA, in 1991. ... Kimberly Lyn Zmeskal (Burdette, born February 6, 1976 in Houston, Texas) is an American gymnast and coach. ... Shannon Lee Miller (b. ... Shannon Lee Miller (b. ... Lilia Alexandrovna Podkopayeva (Russian: ; Ukrainian: ; alternative transliteration Lilia Oleksandrivna Podkopaieva; born August 15, 1978 in Donetsk) is a retired Ukrainian gymnast who became the 1996 Olympic all-around champion. ... Logo The 33rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1997. ... Svetlana Vasilievna Khorkina (Russian: Ð¡Ð²ÐµÑ‚Ð»Ð°Ð½Ð° Ð’Ð°ÑÐ¸Ð»ÑŒÐµÐ²Ð½Ð° Ð¥Ð¾Ñ€ÐºÐ¸Ð½Ð°, born January 19, 1979 in Belgorod, Russia) is by far Russias most successful female gymnast after the breakup of the Soviet Union> Not only is she the winner of several world championship events and Olympic medals. ... Maria Olaru (born June 4, 1982, Falticeni) is a retired Olympic gymnast from Romania. ... The 35th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Ghent, a city in Belgium, in 2001. ... Svetlana Vasilievna Khorkina (Russian: Ð¡Ð²ÐµÑ‚Ð»Ð°Ð½Ð° Ð’Ð°ÑÐ¸Ð»ÑŒÐµÐ²Ð½Ð° Ð¥Ð¾Ñ€ÐºÐ¸Ð½Ð°, born January 19, 1979 in Belgorod, Russia) is by far Russias most successful female gymnast after the breakup of the Soviet Union> Not only is she the winner of several world championship events and Olympic medals. ... Logo The 37th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Anaheim, a city in the U.S., in 2003. ... Svetlana Vasilievna Khorkina (Russian: Ð¡Ð²ÐµÑ‚Ð»Ð°Ð½Ð° Ð’Ð°ÑÐ¸Ð»ÑŒÐµÐ²Ð½Ð° Ð¥Ð¾Ñ€ÐºÐ¸Ð½Ð°, born January 19, 1979 in Belgorod, Russia) is by far Russias most successful female gymnast after the breakup of the Soviet Union> Not only is she the winner of several world championship events and Olympic medals. ... Logo The 38th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia from the 21st to the 27th November 2005. ... Chellsie Marie Memmel (born June 23, 1988 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is a U.S. gymnast. ... 39th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Aarhus (Denmark) from October 13 to October 21, 2006 in NRGi Arena. ... Vanessa Ferrari with her Gold Medal from the 2006 Gymnastics World Championships. ...

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