Olga Korbut
Olga Korbut
Olga Valentinovna Korbut, also known as the "Sparrow from Minsk", is a Belarusian former gymnast who won four gold medals and two silver medals at the Summer Olympic Games, in which she competed in 1972 and 1976 for the Soviet team...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionGymnast
Date of Birth16 May 1955
CityGrodno, Belarus
CountryRussian Federation
gymnastics creation
But, I couldn't live without creation gymnastics.
lying people world
This is probably why, my life is easier, and my family is very happy, because we never lie each other. This is probably all people supposed to feel each other, so be always in all of the world they'll be peace.
fighting needs titles
I am not interested in medals or titles. I dont need them. I need the love of the public and I fight for it.
husband europe lucky
Then I was lucky I met with my future husband, and I started new life with my husband, and I was happy again. He was a musician. I start to travel with him through Europe also and around the former Soviet Union.
gymnastics want world
Finally I almost dropped gymnastics because I couldn't live without create, and you know, and then, all public in the world start to say, we don't want to see gymnastics without Olga.
kids gymnastics years
Because up to sixteen years old you feel gymnastics more. You can show your emotion, grace, like woman gymnastics, not kid's gymnastics. I feel I have good shape, and I can do it elements everything, but, it's not competition for me.
gymnastics tape life-is
Life is marvelous now because I have a tape recorder.
games competition world
I'd been ready too, because before Olympic Games, I wasn't compete in big competition like, World Championship, like European Championship. I just competed in national competition.
courage giving-up thinking
I've never wanted to be anything but a gymnast. Maybe it is dangerous-but when you start thinking about danger, you might as well give up.
stars games two
And, in nineteen seventy two Olympic Games I wasn't really going to be a star, and overnight I became a star.
mean games goal
And from that nineteen sixty four, this was my goal to go to Olympic Games. And I realized what does it mean, Olympic Games, like big celebration.
gymnastics world may
But let me do I will show the world what gymnastics looks like. Well may be this is a future gymnastics.
gymnastics people world
How many people in the world is, each of them is individual. And I like to eat bread, somebody don't like that. You know this is the same in gymnastics.
simple years games
And I suggested to change very simple way to Olympic Games, in one competition, two different levels. Separate from, until sixteen, and after sixteen years old.