Ludmila TURISCHEVA

"The main thing for a gymnast is total concentration while competing. At such moments one has to put everything else behind. I know that other gymnasts can do so with a smile but I can't. And I don't even try to."

Her trainer Vladislav Rastorotsky discovered her in 1963 and coacher her throughout her career. Although her teammate Olga Korbut was more popular with the public, Turischeva was the top gymnast in the early 1970s. For her many sports successes, she was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor and the Order of Lenin. After retiring after the 1976 Olympics, she married champion Olympic sprinter Valery Borzov. Their daughter Tatiana was born in 1978. Today, Turischeva is head of the Ukrainian Gymnastics Federation and is a brevet judge.

Medal Total

Olympics: 4 Gold, 3 Silver, 2 Bronze
World Championships: 7 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze
European Championships: 8 Gold, 2 Silver, 4 Bronze
World Cup: 5 Gold

27 September 2003, Budapest: IOC honour: "Woman at Sport" (NOB kitüntetés - "Nők a sportban")

Year	Competition	Team	AA
1967	USSR Cup USSR Spartakiade	- -	1 5	- -	- -	- -	- -
1968	19. Olympic Games Jr. Friendship Tourn. (Druzhba)	1 1	24 1	- -	- -	- -	- -
1969	7. European Championship USSR Championships	- -	3 3	4 -	3 -	4 -	3 -
1970	17. World Championships USSR Championships USSR Cup	1 - -	1 4 3	3 - -	2 - -	- - -	1 - -
1971	8. European Championships Chunichi Cup USSR Spartakiade	- - -	1 2 4	1 - -	2 - -	2 - -	1 - -
1972	20. Olympic Games Chunichi Cup USSR Championships USSR Cup	1 - - -	1 3 1 2	3 - - 1	4 - - 1	5 - - -	2 - - -
1973	9. European Championships	-	1	1	1	1	1
1974	18. World Championships USSR Championships	1 -	1 1	2 -	3 -	1 -	1 -
1975	Chunichi Cup 10. European Championships USSR Spartakiade World Cup	- - - -	2 4 3 1	- 5 - 1	- - - 1	- - - 1	- 3 - 1
1976	21. Olympic Games USSR Cup	1 -	3 2	2 -	- -	4 -	2 -

Date of birth	7 October 1952		Hometown
Place of birth	Grozny		Profession	Coach, judge
Height		cm	Children	1 daughter: Tatiana (b:1978)
Weight		kg	Start gymnastics
Gender	Female		Club
Nickname			Head coach	Vladislav RASTOROTSKY
Maiden name	Valeri BORZOV		Favourite apparatus

Ludmila Ivanovna TURISCHEVA

Soviet Union (URS)

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