Olga Mostepanova

Olga Vasilyevna Mostepanova (; born 3 January 1969) is a retired former Soviet gymnast. She won three gold medals at the World Championships.

Personal life Mostepanova's birth year has been variously reported as 1968 or 1969. She herself stated that she was born on 3 January 1969 in Moscow.

She is married and the mother of five children.

Mostepanova was considered an excellent medal prospect for the 1984 Olympics; however, due to the Eastern Bloc boycott, she did not compete in the Games. She led the Soviet team at the Friendship Games (also known as Olomouc, after the city in which the gymnastics competition was held; or the Alternate Games), the "alternative Olympics" for countries that had participated in the boycott. Olomouc was an exceptional competition for Mostepanova. In the all-around, she became the only gymnast in history to earn 10.0 scores on all four events in a major international competition, finishing the session with a perfect mark of 40.0. She nearly achieved this feat in both the qualifying round and the team finals as well, earning 10.0s on three of her four events. In total, Mostepanova earned twelve 10s in Olomouc and left with five of the six possible gold medals: team, all-around, vault, balance beam and floor exercise. ApparatusNameDescriptionDifficultyFloor exercise Mostepanova Handspring forward with 1/1 turn (360°) after hand support or before C (0.3)

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