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Larisa Petrik

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Larisa Leonidovna Petrik (Russian: Лариса Леонидовна Петрик; born 28 August 1949) is a former Russian gymnast and Olympic champion. Petrik competed at the 1966 World Championships where she shared the team silver medal (gold went to the Czechoslovaks) and earned an individual bronze medal on the beam. She also competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, where she received a gold medal in floor exercise (shared with Věra Čáslavská), a gold medal in the team final, and a bronze medal in balance beam. Her gold medal on floor was very controversial because originally, Čáslavská won outright. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Larisa Petrik is the 85th most popular gymnast (down from 76th in 2019), the 1,963rd most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,012th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Russian Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Larisa Petrik ranks 85 out of 370. Before her are Haruhiro Yamashita, Georg Brustad, Gösta Åsbrink, Shuji Tsurumi, Margarita Nikolaeva, and Leonard Peterson. After her are Yuri Titov, Per Bertilsson, Franco Menichelli, Oswald Holmberg, Ladislav Vácha, and Bjarne Pettersen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Larisa Petrik ranks 508. Before her are Alexander Maltsev, Valeri Vasiliev, Olivier Roy, James Rivière, Paruyr Hayrikyan, and Lori Sandri. After her are Marion Hänsel, Naseeruddin Shah, Dominic Sena, Ian Charleson, Kayahan, and Pavel Lungin.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Larisa Petrik ranks 1,963 out of 3,761. Before her are Pyotr Durnovo (1842), Sergei Solovyov (1944), Mikhail Artamonov (1898), Yevdokiya Mekshilo (1931), Islam Makhachev (1991), and Fyodor Cherenkov (1959). After her are Artur Yusupov (1960), Irina Antonova (1922), Yevdokiya Bershanskaya (1913), Aleksandr Privalov (1933), Alexander Rosenbaum (1951), and Yury Sharov (1939).

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Among GYMNASTS In Russia

Among gymnasts born in Russia, Larisa Petrik ranks 9. Before her are Veikko Huhtanen (1919), Mikhail Voronin (1945), Valentin Muratov (1928), Yelena Shushunova (1969), Aleksanteri Saarvala (1913), and Margarita Nikolaeva (1935). After her are Yuri Titov (1935), Viktor Klimenko (1949), Yelena Davydova (1961), Sofia Muratova (1929), Ekaterina Kalinchuk (1922), and Tamara Lazakovich (1954).

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