14 Facts About Ludmilla Tourischeva

Ludmilla Ivanovna Tourischeva is a former Russian gymnast, Ukrainian gymnast coach, all-round Olympic champion and a nine-time Olympic medalist for the Soviet Union.

Ludmilla Tourischeva won the gold medal with the team and placed 24th in the all-around.

Two years later, Ludmilla Tourischeva became the leader of the Soviet team.

At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Ludmilla Tourischeva won the all-around gold medal but was overshadowed by the sudden popularity of her younger compatriot Olga Korbut.

Ludmilla Tourischeva was one of the first female gymnasts to use two separate pieces of music for her floor routines at an international competition.

At the 1975 European Championships, Ludmilla Tourischeva placed fourth in the all-around behind 13-year-old Nadia Comaneci of Romania, her own teammate Nellie Kim and Annelore Zinke.

Ludmilla Tourischeva won silver medals on vault and floor exercise in the event finals, losing to Kim but overcoming Comaneci, bringing her total Olympic medal count to four gold, three silver, and two bronze.

Ludmilla Tourischeva went on to win the all-around and all four event finals.

Ludmilla Tourischeva is one of only two women, the other being Yelena Shushunova, who have won the "grand slam" of all-around titles: Olympics, World Championships, World Cup, and European Championships.

Ludmilla Tourischeva is one of only two women to win four gold medals at a single World Championships.

In 1977, Ludmilla Tourischeva married the sprinter Valeriy Borzov, a two-time Olympic champion, in 1972.

Ludmilla Tourischeva was elected to the Women's Artistic Gymnastics Technical Committee of the International Gymnastics Federation in 1981, and has remained involved in gymnastics as a coach, an international judge, and an official with the Ukrainian gymnastics federation.

Ludmilla Tourischeva has received various honors for her gymnastics career, including the Women in Sport trophy from the International Olympic Committee.

Ludmilla Tourischeva has one eponymous skill listed in the Code of Points.