Uzbek gymnast and eight-time Olympian, the only gymnast to compete at eight Olympic Games across more than three decades.
Background
Born in Bukhara, Uzbek SSR, Oksana Chusovitina represented the Soviet Union, the Unified Team, Uzbekistan, and briefly Germany during her unparalleled career.
Career
She won her first Olympic medal in 1992 in Barcelona and her last individual Olympic medal at age 33 in 2008 in Beijing, competing through Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 as a vault specialist.
Style of play
A vault specialist later in her career, Chusovitina was known for the powerful Yurchenko-style entry and consistency on landing, sustaining elite vaulting technique into her late forties.
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