Nearly two decades, the first German Olympic gymnastics champion in reunited Germany, Andreas WECKER - who is celebrating his 55th birthday today - has been in a completely different life. At his third Olympic Games in 1996, he won Olympic gold in Atlanta after he had caused a sensation at the top of the world for almost a decade: At the age of 18, he won Olympic team silver with the...
Just one week before her 104th birthday, Hungary's five-time Olympic champion Agnes KELETI fell asleep peacefully on New Year's Day after a short illness. Until then, she was the most successful Jewish sportswoman and also the longest-living Olympic champion in sporting history. The gymnast won her last Olympic gold on the balance beam in Melbourne in 1956. She had previously become world champion on the uneven bars in Budapest in...
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Immediately after Christmas, on 27 December 2024, the world's most successful female Olympian celebrates her 90th birthday: Larissa LATYNINA was the absolute Olympic champion in 1956 in Melbourne and 1960...
Four-time Olympic champion Igor RADIVILOV (UKR) has announced his retirement from international gymnastics at the age of 32. He was a member of the Ukrainian senior national team for almost a decade and a half, with whom he also won two European team titles, but from now on he wants to concentrate on coaching. Radivilov was a strong jumper, but also possessed enormous strength on the rings. The Mariupol-born gymnast first attracted attention at the age of 19...