- Galima Shugurova
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gymnastname= Galima Shugurova
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medaltemplates=Galima Shugurova (Russian: Галима Ахметкареевна Шугурова) is a Soviet Individual Rhythmic Gymnast born in
Omsk in1955 . She was the third Soviet Rhythmic Gymnast to become World All-Around champion and the first ever European All-Around champion in1978 . Shugurova is an ethnicTatar . She first appeared on the world stage inVarna ,Bulgaria in 1969 at 14 years of age, by the end of her debut she had two golds - rope and ball.Four years later she had enormous charisma and an excellent standard of gymnastics. In
Rotterdam ,Netherlands in 1973 she shared the world crown with the BulgarianMaria Gigova . Both of their Ribbon routines at this Championship were to the same music - a piece fromBizet 's ballet "Carmen ".External links
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* [http://lnx.ukraine-rg.com/images-new/history/shugurova.jpgImage from Ukraine RG]
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