Polina ASTAKHOVA

Polina was born on October 30, 1936 in the Ukranian SSR. During World War II. the family had to move several times, and ended up in the polar town of Severouralske. There Polina was diagnosed with a form of tuberculosis. Doctors recommended that she move to a warmer climate, and the family went to Donetsk. At age 13, Polina began gymnastics. She competed in three Olympic Games, and became a coach of the USSR women's team. She lives in Kiev, in a small three-room apartment the Soviet government awarded her in 1960.

Year	Competition	Team	AA
1954	USSR Championships	-	28	-	-	-	-
1955	USSR Championships	-	20	-	-	-	-
1956	16. Olympic Games USSR Championships	1 -	17 3	- -	- 3	- -	- 3
1957	USSR Championships	-	13	-	-	-	-
1958	14. World Championships USSR Championships	1 -	7 3	- 3	3 2	- 4	- 3
1959	2. European Championships USSR Championships USSR Cup	- -	7 1 2	- - -	1 1 1	- 2 3	1 1 1
1960	17. Olympic Games USSR Championships USSR Cup	1 - -	3 4 1	6 - -	1 1 -	- 2 -	2 1 -
1961	3. European Championships USA-USSR Dual Meet USSR Championships USSR Cup	- 1 - -	2 1 2 5	- - 5 -	1 - 2 2	1 - 1 1	2 - 2 -
1962	15. World Championships USSR Championships USSR Cup	1 - -	8 3 4	- - -	4 2 -	- 5 -	4 3 -
1963	USSR Championships USSR Cup	- -	3 1	- 2	1 1	4 2	2 1
1964	18. Olympic Games SWE-USSR Dual Meet USSR Championships USSR Cup	1 1 - -	3 2 - 5	- - - -	1 - 2 -	4 - - -	2 - 1 -
1965	USSR Championships USSR Cup	- -	2 1	- -	- -	3 -	- -
1966	Tiflis Invitational USSR Championships USSR Cup USSR World Trials 16. World Championships	- - - - 2	3 3 8 3 13	- - - - -	- - - - 5	- 6 - - -	- 4 - - -
1967	USSR Spartakiade USSR Championships	- -	4 4	- -	- 3	- 4	- -

Date of birth	30 October 1936		Hometown	Kiev
Place of birth	Ukraine		Profession
Height		cm	Children
Weight		kg	Start gymnastics	1949
Gender	Female		Club
Nickname			Head coach
Spouse name			Favourite apparatus

Polina Grigorjevna ASTAKHOVA

Soviet Union (URS)

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