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Maria Gorokhovskaya

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Soviet-Israeli artistic gymnast (1921-2001)

Lived 1921 to 2001 · aged 79
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Maria Kondratyevna Gorokhovskaya was a Soviet gymnast of Jewish descent. At the 1952 Summer Olympics, she was the first woman to win seven medals at one Olympics.

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2021International Gymnastics Hall of Fame
1991International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR

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Maria Kondratyevna Gorokhovskaya was a Soviet gymnast of Jewish descent. At the 1952 Summer Olympics, she was the first woman to win seven medals at one Olympics. That is the highest number of medals won by a woman in a single Olympics, which is an achievement shared by only one other female athlete, the Australian swimmer Emma McKeon, who achieved that at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in 2021.

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Lived 1921 to 2001 · aged 79
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