Olga Mostepanova

Information about Olga Mostepanova

Olympic medal record
Artistic Gymnastics
World Championships
Gold1983 BudapestTeam competition
Gold1983 BudapestBalance beam
Gold1985 MontrealTeam competition
Silver1983 BudapestAll-around
Silver1983 BudapestFloor exercise
Olga Vasilyevna Mostepanova (Russian: Ольга Васильевна Мостепанова) (born January 3, Moscow, Russia) is a retired prominent Soviet gymnast. Her birth year has been variously reported as 1968 or 1969, but Mostepanova herself has stated that she was actually born in 1970.

Mostepanova placed seventh in the all-around at the 1979 Junior USSR championships, her first national competition. Over the next few years she would become a leader of the Soviet team, competing in various junior international events, including the 1980 Champions All meet and the 1982 Junior European Championships, where she won the balance beam title, placed second on the vault and third in the all-around.

Praised for her classic balletic style, difficulty and strong technique, Mostepanova had a strong senior debut, winning two gold medals (team, balance beam) and two silvers (all-around, floor exercise) at the 1983 World Championships.

Mostepanova was considered an excellent medal prospect for the 1984 Olympics, however, due to the Eastern Bloc boycott, she did not compete in the Games. Instead, she led the Soviet team at the Friendship Games (also known as Olomouc, after the city in which the gymnastics competition was held; or the Alternate Games), the "alternative Olympics" for countries that had participated in the boycott.

Olomouc was an exceptional competition for Mostepanova. In the all-around, she became the first and only gymnast in history to earn 10.0 scores on all four events in a major international competition, finishing the session with a perfect mark of 40.0. She nearly achieved this feat in both the qualifying round and the team finals as well, earning 10.0s on three of her four events. In total, Mostepanova earned a total of twelve 10s in Olomouc and left with five of the six possible gold medals: team, all-around, vault, balance beam and floor exercise.

After the Friendship Games, Mostepanova continued to compete, sharing in the team gold medal at the 1985 World Championships. She qualified for the all-around, however, she and teammate Irina Baraksanova were pulled from the competition by the team coaches and replaced by Oksana Omelianchik and Elena Shushunova. This would be her last major meet for the USSR.

Mostepanova is now married and the mother of five children. In a recent poll in Inside Gymnastics magazine, she was voted one of the "Top 10 All-Around Gymnasts of All Time."

Achievements

Year Event AA Team VT UB BB FX
1982USSR Championships3rd3rd2nd3rd2nd
USSR Cup3rd3rd2nd
1983World Championships2nd1st1st2nd
USSR Championships2nd
USSR Cup2nd1st1st
1984Friendship Games1st1st1st1st1st
USSR Championships2nd1st3rd1st
USSR Cup1st
1985World Championships1st

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World champions in artistic gymnastics – women's team competition
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The 22nd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, in 1983.

Medals


 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 9 5 1 15
2  China 3 2 4 9
3  Romania 1 5 2 8
4  Japan 1 1 2 4
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The 22nd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, in 1983.

Medals


 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 9 5 1 15
2  China 3 2 4 9
3  Romania 1 5 2 8
4  Japan 1 1 2 4
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The 23rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Montreal, Canada, in 1985.

Medals


 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 11 3 2 16
2  China 3 3 1 7
3  East Germany 2 2 6 10
4  Romania 1 3 0 4
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The 22nd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, in 1983.

Medals


 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 9 5 1 15
2  China 3 2 4 9
3  Romania 1 5 2 8
4  Japan 1 1 2 4
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The 22nd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, in 1983.

Medals


 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 9 5 1 15
2  China 3 2 4 9
3  Romania 1 5 2 8
4  Japan 1 1 2 4
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The Balance Beam is an artistic gymnastics apparatus. In most circumstances, it is only used by female gymnasts.

Urban legends suggest that male gymnasts do not compete on the balance beam because of the potential of injury to the testicles.
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vault, formerly known as vaulting horse in some places, is an artistic gymnastics apparatus. It is used by male as well as female gymnasts.

In gymnastics, the term "vault" is a noun that refers not only to the piece of apparatus itself, but to the skill the gymnast
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In gymnastics, the floor refers to a specially prepared exercise surface, which is considered an Aparatus. It is used by both male and female gymnasts.

Dimensions

Measures of the apparatus are published by the FIG in the Apparatus Norms brochure.
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The 22nd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, in 1983.

Medals


 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 9 5 1 15
2  China 3 2 4 9
3  Romania 1 5 2 8
4  Japan 1 1 2 4
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The Friendship Games or Druzhba Games or Druzhba-84 Competition was an international multisport event that was held in 1984 in nine different countries under the motto: "Sport, Friendship, Peace".
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The 23rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Montreal, Canada, in 1985.

Medals


 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 11 3 2 16
2  China 3 3 1 7
3  East Germany 2 2 6 10
4  Romania 1 3 0 4
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Olympic medal record
World Championships
Gold 1985 Montreal Al-around
Gold 1985 Montreal Team
Gold 1985 Montreal Floor exercise
Silver 1987 Rotterdam Team
European Championships
Gold 1985 Helsinki Balance beam
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Olympic medal record
Women's gymnastics
Gold 1988 Seoul Team competition
Gold 1988 Seoul All-around
Silver 1988 Seoul Balance beam
Bronze 1988 Seoul Uneven bars
World Championships
Gold 1985 Montreal All-around
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vault, formerly known as vaulting horse in some places, is an artistic gymnastics apparatus. It is used by male as well as female gymnasts.

In gymnastics, the term "vault" is a noun that refers not only to the piece of apparatus itself, but to the skill the gymnast
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The uneven bars or asymmetric bars is an artistic gymnastics apparatus. It is used only by female gymnasts. It is made of a metal or steel frame. The bars are made of wood, plastic, or composite materials.
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The Balance Beam is an artistic gymnastics apparatus. In most circumstances, it is only used by female gymnasts.

Urban legends suggest that male gymnasts do not compete on the balance beam because of the potential of injury to the testicles.
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In gymnastics, the floor refers to a specially prepared exercise surface, which is considered an Aparatus. It is used by both male and female gymnasts.

Dimensions

Measures of the apparatus are published by the FIG in the Apparatus Norms brochure.
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The 22nd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, in 1983.

Medals


 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 9 5 1 15
2  China 3 2 4 9
3  Romania 1 5 2 8
4  Japan 1 1 2 4
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The Friendship Games or Druzhba Games or Druzhba-84 Competition was an international multisport event that was held in 1984 in nine different countries under the motto: "Sport, Friendship, Peace".
..... Click the link for more information.
The 23rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Montreal, Canada, in 1985.

Medals


 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 11 3 2 16
2  China 3 3 1 7
3  East Germany 2 2 6 10
4  Romania 1 3 0 4
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