Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,911,149,524 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

Liudmila Turishcheva

    0.01 sec.
Turishcheva, Liudmila Ivanovna 

Born Oct. 7, 1952, in the city of Groznyï. Soviet athlete. Honored Master of Sport (1970).

Turishcheva was all-around gymnastics champion of the USSR (1972, 1974), Europe (1971, 1973), the world (1970, 1974), and the Olympics (1972). She was champion of the USSR six times between 1970 and 1974 and European champion six times between 1971 and 1973. She was also world champion three times between 1970 and 1974 and Olympic champion in separate competitions of combined events in 1972. She won the World Cup in 1975 and the USSR Cup five times between 1967 and 1974 in combined events. As of Sept. 1, 1976, she had won 39 medals in official international competitions, including 24 gold medals, three of which were for team championships at the Olympics in 1968,1972, and 1976.

Turishcheva has been a member of the Central Committee of the Komsomol since 1974. She has been awarded the Order of Lenin and the Order of the Red Banner of Labor.



Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Feedback
Mentioned in?   Encyclopedia browser?   Full browser?
No references found
 
 
 
Encyclopedia
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Advertise with Us | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.