Olga Strazeva

 

 

                                             

 

 

Olga Stazeva was a member of the 1988 Soviet Olympic Team.  She won a gold medal with her team but on the balance beam, in her second to last rotation, she injured her knee and was unable to continue the competition.  She came back in 1989 at World Championships earning a gold medal in the team competition, bronze on the AA and uneven bars competition.  She will best be remembered for her unique interpretatin of her floor rutine "Rite of Spring" one of the most inovative and original rutines of her time.