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Olga Korbut Biography
Olga Korbut is one of the most popular and richest Gymnast who was born on May 16, 1955 in Grodno, Hrodna, Belarus. Soviet gymnast who took home Olympic gold medals in 1972 Munich and 1976 Montreal Olympic games, in the Team as well as the Balance Beam and Floor Exercise events.
She as well as She and Amanda Borden are both gymnasts who went on to win Olympic gold medals. are both gymnasts who went on be the recipients of Olympic silver medals.
Korbut was born in Grodno to Valentin and Valentina Korbut. After World War II, the family moved to Grodno from Dubniaki (small town near Kalinkavichy). She started training at age 8, and entered a Belarusian sports school headed by coach Renald Knysh at age 9. There, Korbut’s first trainer was Elena Volchetskaya, an Olympic gold medalist (1964), but she was moved to Knysh’s group a year later. Initially he found her “lazy and capricious” but he also saw potential in her great talent, unusually supple spine, and charisma. With him, she learned a difficult backward somersault on the balance beam. She debuted this at a competition in the USSR in 1969. The same year, Korbut completed a backflip-to-catch on the uneven bars; this was the first backward release move ever performed by a woman on bars.
She finished fifth at her first competition in the 1969 USSR championships, where she was allowed to compete as a 15-year-old. The next year, she won a gold medal in the vault. Due to illness and injury, she was unable to compete in many of the competitions before the 1972 Summer Olympics.
The son of her, Richard, was born in 1979. Her husband was Leonid Bortkevich between 1978 and 2000.
| Name | Olga Korbut |
| First Name | Olga |
| Last Name | Korbut |
| Occupation | Gymnast |
| Birthday | May 16 |
| Birth Year | 1955 |
| Place of Birth | Grodno |
| Home Town | Hrodna |
| Birth Country | Belarus |
| Birth Sign | Taurus |
| Full/Birth Name | |
| Parents | Valentina Korbut, Valentin Korbut |
| Siblings | Zinaida Korbut, Lyudmila Korbut, Irina Korbut |
| Spouse | Leonid Bortkevich , Alex Voinich |
| Children(s) | Richard Bortkevich |
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At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Korbut’s acrobatics and open high-level gymnastics brought her much fame. To this day, the back tuck and Korbut Flip are still very popular (2003 world beam champion Fan Ye performed both in her routine).
Olga Korbut Net Worth
Olga Korbut is one of the richest Gymnast from Belarus. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Olga Korbut's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Her first trainer was Olympic Gold medallist Elena Volchetskaya.
She was awarded four gold and two silver medals in gymnastics at the Olympics.
Olga Valentinovna Korbut (born 16 May 1955) is a former gymnast who competed for the Soviet Union. Nicknamed the “Sparrow from Minsk”, she won four gold medals and two silver medals at the Summer Olympic Games, in which she competed in 1972 and 1976 for the Soviet team, and was the inaugural inductee to the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1988.
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Gymnast |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
In a Peanuts comic strip published on May 15, 1973, the character Snoopy is seen doing balance beam positions with flawless precision on top of his doghouse for three panels until coming to a rest in the fourth one saying: “Olga Korbut has been bugging me for lessons!”
Korbut is most famous for her uneven bars and balance beam routines, as well as her charismatic performances that captivated audiences. Her Olympic achievement earned her ABC’s Wide World of Sports title of Athlete of the Year. In 1973, she won the Russian and World Student (i.e., University) Games, and a silver medal in the all-around at the European Championships.
