Olga Strazheva

{{Short description|Soviet artistic gymnast (born 1972)}}

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{{MedalGold|1988 Seoul|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1989 Stuttgart|Team}}

{{MedalBronze|1989 Stuttgart|All-around}}

{{MedalBronze|1989 Stuttgart|Uneven bars}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|1989 Brussels|Uneven bars}}

{{MedalBronze|1989 Brussels|All-around}}

{{MedalCompetition|Goodwill Games}}

{{MedalGold|1986 Moscow|Team}}

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Olga Vladimirovna Strazheva ({{langx|ru|Ольга Владимировна Стражева}}; {{langx|uk|Ольга Володимирівна Стражева}}; born 12 November 1972) is a retired gymnast from Ukraine who won world and Olympic gold medals for the Soviet Union.

She competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics. In the optional team final, she suffered a torn ACL on the balance beam and therefore was unable to compete on the final event, floor exercise, or attend the gold medal ceremony.

She won another gold with the Soviet team at the 1989 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, along with two individual bronze medals. The same year she collected two more individual medals at the European championships. She is the first female gymnast to perform a double frontal salto on the floor.

She retired in 1990 due to injuries and later joined a circus company in Germany, where she performed together with her daughter Anna, a rhythmic gymnast. She married twice, second time in 2008 to Ivan Vanyuk, a colleague from the university where she teaches physical education.

References

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[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418015722/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/olha-strazheva-1.html Olha Strazheva]. sports-reference.com

[http://www.gymn.ca/gymnasticgreats/wag/strazheva.htm Olga Strazheva (URS)]. gymn.ca (29 April 1999)

[http://gymn-stands.com/profiles/olgastrazheva.htm Olga Strazheva Olga Strazheva]. gymn-stands.com

John Crumlish (9 July 2009) [http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=2:news&id=1025:strazheva-return-glory-to-ukrainian-gymnastics&Itemid=53 Strazheva: 'Return Glory to Ukrainian Gymnastics!'] International Gymnast Magazine

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Category:1972 births

Category:Living people

Category:Soviet female artistic gymnasts

Category:Gymnasts at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic gymnasts for the Soviet Union

Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union

Category:Olympic medalists in gymnastics

Category:Gymnasts from Zaporizhzhia

Category:Ukrainian female artistic gymnasts

Category:Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR

Category:Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Category:Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

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