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    Věra Čáslavská. Věra Čáslavská at the International Gymnastics Federation Věra Čáslavská at the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame Věra Čáslavská at...
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  • Czechoslovakian gymnast Věra Čáslavská quietly turned her head down and away during the playing of the Soviet national anthem. The action was Čáslavská's silent protest...
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  • gymnast to have been World Champion in every event. Larisa Latynina and Věra Čáslavská have been a World Champion or Olympic Champion in every event. Lavinia...
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  • won at least eight medals at the Olympic Games: Larisa Latynina (18), Věra Čáslavská (11), Ágnes Keleti (10), Polina Astakhova (10), Nadia Comăneci (9),...
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    overall, after Larisa Latynina (USSR, 1956), Agnes Keleti (HUN, 1956), Věra Čáslavská (CZE, 1968) and Szabo. Biles became the sixth female gymnast to have...
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  • 1958 World Champion while pregnant with her daughter. Czech gymnast Věra Čáslavská, who followed Latynina to become a two-time Olympic all-around champion...
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  • 1968 Olympics Black Power salute 1968 Summer Olympics – Czech gymnast Věra Čáslavská looked away when the Soviet anthem was playing NOH8 Campaign 2011 Belarusian...
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    gymnast. Shushunova was one of five women (alongside Larisa Latynina, Věra Čáslavská, Ludmilla Tourischeva and Lilia Podkopayeva) who have won all-around...
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    Championships, beating Věra Čáslavská of Czechoslovakia. Still the defending World Champion at the 1964 Summer Olympics, she was beaten by Čáslavská in the all-around...
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  • her second at 26; she became world champion in 1958 while pregnant. Věra Čáslavská of Czechoslovakia, who followed Latynina and became a two-time Olympic...
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    Czechoslovakian gymnast Věra Čáslavská quietly turned her head down and away during the playing of the Soviet national anthem. The action was Čáslavská's silent protest...
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  • 21 Matt Biondi  United States Swimming 1984–1992 Summer M 8 2 1 22 Věra Čáslavská  Czechoslovakia Gymnastics 1960–1968 Summer F 7 4 0 23 Viktor Chukarin...
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    Polina Astakhova - 10 Olympic medals Simone Biles - 5 Olympic medals Věra Čáslavská - 11 Olympic medals Nadia Comăneci - 9 Olympic medals Gabby Douglas...
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  • An often glossed-over fact when discussing the Perfect 10 is that Věra Čáslavská of Czechoslovakia was the first gymnast to achieve perfect 10s at a...
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    and is only the third female gymnast ever, after Larisa Latynina and Věra Čáslavská, to win at least one World Championships or Olympic title on all four...
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    originally, Čáslavská won outright. After the competition was concluded, Petrik's prelims scores were changed to let her tie with Čáslavská, an action...
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  • details Věra Čáslavská  Czechoslovakia Larisa Latynina  Soviet Union Polina Astakhova  Soviet Union 1968 Mexico City details Věra Čáslavská  Czechoslovakia...
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    Polina Astakhova Svetlana Boginskaya Lyubov Burda Karin Büttner-Janz Věra Čáslavská Cheng Fei Oksana Chusovitina Nadia Comăneci Yelena Davydova Dominique...
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    Boris Shakhlin  Soviet Union Gymnastics 1956–1964 Summer M 7 4 2 13 18 Věra Čáslavská  Czechoslovakia Gymnastics 1960–1968 Summer F 7 4 0 11 19 Viktor Chukarin...
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    athletics, is considered one of the top athletes in Czechoslovak history. Věra Čáslavská was an Olympic gold medallist in gymnastics, winning seven gold medals...
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  • Verka or Vierka (Slovakian), Verochka (Russian). Other languages: Véra (French), Věra (Czech), Veera (Finnish), Veer, Veerle (Dutch), Wiera (Polish), Vira...
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    after Maria Gorokhovskaya (1952), Larisa Latynina (1960, 1964) and Věra Čáslavská (1968). As of 2024, Silivaș is the last gymnast, male or female, to...
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  • Polina Astakhova Svetlana Boginskaya Lyubov Burda Karin Büttner-Janz Věra Čáslavská Cheng Fei Oksana Chusovitina Nadia Comăneci Yelena Davydova Dominique...
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    During the time period of 1958-1962, Bosakova and her famous teammate Věra Čáslavská were always the two highest-scoring Czechoslovakian women gymnasts at...
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  • originally, Čáslavská won outright. After the competition was concluded, Petrik's prelims scores were changed to let her tie with Čáslavská, an action...
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    part in 64 events in 13 sports. The most successful competitor was Věra Čáslavská (one of only 9 women in crew) with 4 medals - 3 gold and one team silver...
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  • 1958 World Champion while pregnant with her daughter. Czech gymnast Věra Čáslavská, who followed Latynina to become a two-time Olympic all-around champion...
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    Polina Astakhova Svetlana Boginskaya Lyubov Burda Karin Büttner-Janz Věra Čáslavská Cheng Fei Oksana Chusovitina Nadia Comăneci Yelena Davydova Dominique...
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    two athletes were subsequently expelled from the Games by the IOC. Věra Čáslavská, in protest against the 1968 Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia,...
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    Polina Astakhova Svetlana Boginskaya Lyubov Burda Karin Büttner-Janz Věra Čáslavská Cheng Fei Oksana Chusovitina Nadia Comăneci Yelena Davydova Dominique...
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