Věra Čáslavská. Věra Čáslavská at the International Gymnastics Federation Věra Čáslavská at the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame Věra Čáslavská at...

gymnast to have been World Champion in every event. Larisa Latynina and Věra Čáslavská have been a World Champion or Olympic Champion in every event. Lavinia...

Czechoslovakian gymnast Věra Čáslavská quietly turned her head down and away during the playing of the Soviet national anthem. The action was Čáslavská's silent protest...

won at least eight medals at the Olympic Games: Larisa Latynina (18), Věra Čáslavská (11), Simone Biles (11), Ágnes Keleti (10), Polina Astakhova (10), Nadia...

greatest Olympians of all time. With 11 Olympic medals, she is tied with Věra Čáslavská as the second-most decorated female Olympic gymnast, and has the most...

1958 World Champion while pregnant with her daughter. Czech gymnast Věra Čáslavská, who followed Latynina to become a two-time Olympic all-around champion...

and Uganda won their nations' first Olympic medals. Artistic gymnast Věra Čáslavská of Czechoslovakia was the most successful competitor at the games, winning...

Championships, beating Věra Čáslavská of Czechoslovakia. Still the defending World Champion at the 1964 Summer Olympics, she was beaten by Čáslavská in the all-around...

1968 Olympics Black Power salute 1968 Summer Olympics – Czech gymnast Věra Čáslavská looked away when the Soviet anthem was playing NOH8 Campaign 2011 Belarusian...

gymnast. Shushunova was one of five women (alongside Larisa Latynina, Věra Čáslavská, Ludmilla Tourischeva and Lilia Podkopayeva) who have won all-around...

Verka or Vierka (Slovakian), Verochka (Russian). Other languages: Véra (French), Věra (Czech), Veera (Finnish), Wiera (Polish), Vira (Ukrainian), Viera...

her second at 26; she became world champion in 1958 while pregnant. Věra Čáslavská of Czechoslovakia, who followed Latynina and became a two-time Olympic...

only the third female Romanian gymnast ever, after Larisa Latynina and Věra Čáslavská, to win at least one World Championships or Olympic title on all four...

two Olympic all-around titles after Larisa Latynina (1956–1960) and Věra Čáslavská (1964–1968) and the first to do so non-consecutively. Lee became the...

after Maria Gorokhovskaya (1952), Larisa Latynina (1960, 1964) and Věra Čáslavská (1968). As of 2024, Silivaș is the last gymnast, male or female, to...

originally, Čáslavská won outright. After the competition was concluded, Petrik's prelims scores were changed to let her tie with Čáslavská, an action...

Polina Astakhova - 10 Olympic medals Simone Biles - 5 Olympic medals Věra Čáslavská - 11 Olympic medals Nadia Comăneci - 9 Olympic medals Gabby Douglas...

Polina Astakhova Svetlana Boginskaya Lyubov Burda Karin Büttner-Janz Věra Čáslavská Cheng Fei Oksana Chusovitina Nadia Comăneci Yelena Davydova Dominique...

originally, Čáslavská won outright. After the competition was concluded, Petrik's prelims scores were changed to let her tie with Čáslavská, an action...

Bosáková, Věra Čáslavská, Matylda Matoušková-Šínová, Hana Růžičková, Ludmila Švédová, Adolfína Tkačíková 1964 – Silver medal Věra Čáslavská, Marianna...

details Věra Čáslavská  Czechoslovakia Larisa Latynina  Soviet Union Polina Astakhova  Soviet Union 1968 Mexico City details Věra Čáslavská  Czechoslovakia...

(1948–1969) – protester against Soviet invasion of 1968 (self-immolated) Věra Čáslavská (1942–2016) – Olympic athlete Leoš Janáček (1854–1928) – composer Alois...

Boris Shakhlin  Soviet Union Gymnastics 1956–1964 Summer M 7 4 2 13 21 Věra Čáslavská  Czechoslovakia Gymnastics 1960–1968 Summer F 7 4 0 11 22 Viktor Chukarin...

Czechoslovakian gymnast Věra Čáslavská quietly turned her head down and away during the playing of the Soviet national anthem. The action was Čáslavská's silent protest...

23 Matt Biondi  United States Swimming 1984–1992 Summer M 8 2 1 24 Věra Čáslavská  Czechoslovakia Gymnastics 1960–1968 Summer F 7 4 0 25 Allyson Felix...

score barrier in the post-1952 era, presaging the perfect 10s that Věra Čáslavská would score the next year at the 1967 European Championships and the...

933, at the 1966 World Championships in the floor exercise finals. Věra Čáslavská of Czechoslovakia was the first gymnast to achieve perfect 10s at a...

Colombians regarding them as terrorists rather than freedom fighters. Věra Čáslavská won seven Olympic gold medals before she was forced into retirement...

she qualified for the balance beam where she finished seventh. At the Vera Caslavska Grand Prix, she helped the Hungarian team win the bronze medal, and...

Polina Astakhova Svetlana Boginskaya Lyubov Burda Karin Büttner-Janz Věra Čáslavská Cheng Fei Oksana Chusovitina Nadia Comăneci Yelena Davydova Dominique...