Knowra Yelena Shushunova Yelena Shushunova Yelena Shushunova was a Soviet artistic gymnast who won the women's individual all-around gold medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics and the 1985 world all-around title.
1988 Summer Olympics : The Summer Olympic Games held in Seoul, South Korea, from September 17 to October 2, 1988. Shushunova won the individual all-around and helped the Soviet women's team take gold in Seoul.
Women's artistic gymnastics : A gymnastics discipline in which women compete on vault, uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise. This was the Olympic discipline in which Shushunova competed.
Daniela Silivaș : A Romanian artistic gymnast who won three gold medals at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Silivaș tied Shushunova for the Olympic all-around score, with the tiebreak giving Shushunova gold.
Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Olympics : The Soviet delegation that competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Shushunova's individual victory formed part of the delegation's wider Olympic success.
1985 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships : The 1985 world championships in artistic gymnastics, held in Montreal, Canada. Shushunova won the all-around title, establishing herself as a leading Soviet gymnast.
Gymnastics all-around : A gymnastics competition that combines scores from every apparatus in a discipline. The all-around title rewarded Shushunova's performance across all four women's events.
Nelli Kim : A Soviet artistic gymnast who won five Olympic gold medals between 1976 and 1980. Kim was a celebrated Soviet champion whose generation preceded Shushunova's.
Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics : A team of athletes from former Soviet republics that competed at the 1992 Olympics. Its post-Soviet competition contrasts with the unified Soviet team Shushunova represented in 1988.
1987 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships : The 1987 world championships in artistic gymnastics, held in Rotterdam, Netherlands. She won the all-around silver and contributed to the Soviet team's title.
Vault (gymnastics) : An artistic gymnastics event in which athletes sprint, spring from a board, and perform an aerial movement over a table. Vault was one of the four apparatus scores contributing to her all-around result.
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