Tourischeva, Ludmila (1952–)
Tourischeva, Ludmila (1952–)
Soviet gymnast. Name variations: Liudmila or Ludmilla or Lyudmila Turishcheva, Turischeva, or Turitscheva. Born Ludmila Ivanovna Tourischeva, Oct 7, 1952, in Grozny, USSR; m. Valery Borzov (track-and-field champion).
Won USSR Cup (1967); at Mexico City Olympics, won a gold medal in team all-around (1968); at World championships, won gold medals in allaround (1970, 1974), balance beam (1974), and floor exercises (1970, 1974); won European championships (1971, 1973); at Munich Olympics, won a bronze medal in vault, a silver medal in floor exercises, and gold medals in team and indiv. all-around (1972); won USSR championships (1972, 1974); won World Cup (1975); at Montreal Olympics, won a bronze medal indiv. all-around, silver medal in vault and floor exercises and gold medal in team all-around (1976); battled Nadia Comaneci and Olga Korbut for the spotlight toward the end of career; became head of the Ukrainian Gymnastics Federation. Awarded Order of Lenin.
See also V. Golubev, Liudmila Turishcheva (Moscow, 1977); and Women in World History.