Larisa Petrik
Petrik in 1966
Personal information
Full nameLarisa Leonidovna Petrik
Born (1949-08-28) 28 August 1949
Dolinsk, Sakhalin, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
ClubDynamo Vitebsk
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1968 Mexico City Team
Gold medal – first place 1968 Mexico City Floor exercise
Bronze medal – third place 1968 Mexico city Balance beam
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1970 LjubljanaTeam
Silver medal – second place 1966 DortmundTeam
Bronze medal – third place 1966 DortmundBalance Beam
Bronze medal – third place 1970 LjubljanaBalance Beam
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1965 Sofia Balance beam

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 team combined exercises, and a bronze medal in balance beam.[1][2] Her gold medal on floor was very controversial because originally, Čáslavská won outright. After the competition was concluded, Petrik's prelims scores were changed to let her tie with Čáslavská, an action which caused Čáslavská to publicly defy the Soviets who had recently invaded her home country.[3]

After marrying the Olympic gymnast Viktor Klimenko she changed her last name to Klimenko (Russian: Клименко).[2] She has two sons: Vladimir and Viktor; Vladimir is a gymnast and Viktor is a ballet dancer.

References

  1. ↑ "1968 Summer Olympics – Mexico City, Mexico – Gymnastics" Archived 2008-09-29 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on October 20, 2008)
  2. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Larisa Petrik". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  3. ↑ "'I will sweat blood to defeat invaders' representatives' - 1968's forgotten Olympic protest". BBC Sport.
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