| Larisa Petrik | |
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 Petrik at the 1968 Olympic Games | |
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Full name |
Larisa Leonidovna Petrik |
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Country represented |
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Born |
August 28 1949 |
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Current status |
Retired |
Larisa Leonidovna Petrik (born 1949) is a former Soviet gymnast and Olympic champion.
Petrik competed at the 1966 World Championships where she shared in the team silver medal (gold went to the Czechoslovakians) 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 (shared with Věra Čáslavská), a gold medal in team combined exercises, and a bronze medal in balance beam. Her gold medal on floor was very controversial because originally, Vera Caslavska won outright. After the competition was concluded, Petrik's prelims scores were changed to let her tie with Caslavska, an action which caused Caslavska to publicly defy the Soviets who had recently invaded her home country.
Medal Count[]
| Year | Event | TF | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 1964 | USSR Championships | 1st | |||||
| 1966 | Dortmund World Championships | 2nd | 3rd | ||||
| USSR Cup | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |||
| USSR Championships | 1st | 2nd | |||||
| 1967 | USSR Championships | 6 | 2nd | 3rd | 4 | 2nd | 6 |
| 1968 | Mexico City Olympic Games | 1st | 3rd | 1st | |||
| USSR Cup | 4 | ||||||
| USSR Championships | 1st | 3rd | |||||
| 1969 | USSR Championships | 2nd | |||||
| 1971 | USSR Cup | 4 |