- Margarita Nikolaeva
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Margarita Nikolaeva Country represented Soviet Union Born September 23, 1935 Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics Medal recordOlympic Games Gold 1960 Rome Vault Gold 1960 Rome Team Margarita Nikolaeva (September 23, 1935 – December 21, 1993) was a Soviet gymnast and Olympic champion.
She competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome where she received a gold medal in vault, and also a gold medal with the Soviet team.[1]
References
- ^ "1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy – Gymnastics" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on June 12, 2008)
1952: Ekaterina Kalinchuk | 1956: Larisa Latynina | 1960: Margarita Nikolaeva | 1964: Věra Čáslavská | 1968: Věra Čáslavská | 1972: Karin Büttner-Janz | 1976: Nellie Kim | 1980: Natalia Shaposhnikova | 1984: Ecaterina Szabo | 1988: Svetlana Boginskaya | 1992: Lavinia Miloşovici / Henrietta Ónodi | 1996: Simona Amânar | 2000: Elena Zamolodchikova | 2004: Monica Roşu | 2008: Hong Un-Jong
Categories:- 1935 births
- 1993 deaths
- Soviet female artistic gymnasts
- Gymnasts at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gymnasts of the Soviet Union
- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics
- Artistic gymnast stubs
- Soviet Olympic medalist stubs
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