Lyudmila Yegorova
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | 24 February 1931 Lomonosov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Died | 21 May 2009 (aged 78) Kaliningrad, Russia |
Sport | |
Sport | Artistic gymnastics |
Club | SKA Leningrad |
Medal record |
Lyudmila Borisovna Yegorova (Russian: Людмила Борисовна Егорова; 24 February 1931 – 21 May 2009) was a Russian artistic gymnast. She competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics, finishing within top 10 in all artistic gymnastics events, except for uneven bars. She won a team all-around gold medal and a bronze medal in the now-defunct team portable apparatus exercise.
She won four national titles in acrobatics in 1950–1953, and was a runner up in the vault and all-around in 1955 and 1956. She later graduated from the Institute of Physical Education in Saint Petersburg and worked as a gymnastics coach. At the time of her death she headed the Kaliningrad branch of Russian Athletes' Union.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ Lyudmila Yegorova. sports-reference.com
- ^ Егорова Людмила Борисовна, Great Soviet Encyclopedia
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- Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
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- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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