How much is a 1972 gold medal won by Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut worth ... Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images Korbut, nicknamed "The Sparrow from Minsk," sprang onto the Olympic scene by performing ...

USSR champion Olga Korbut, aged 17, performs on the beam on September 9, 1972, during the Olympic Gymnastics individual event in Munich where she captured four gold medals. USSR champion Olga ...

In 1972, the young, tiny, and fiercely athletic 17-year-old Russian gymnast Olga Korbut captured the world’s attention at the Munich Olympic Games with bold stunts never before seen on the ...

(AP Photo/John Marshall) AP Five of gymnast Olga Korbut‘s six Olympic medals were auctioned for a total of $229,200 over the weekend. Korbut earned six medals combined for the Soviet Union at the 1972 ...

The stunt so scary it had to be banned? The Korbut Flip, a move first performed at the 1972 Olympics in Munich Olga Korbut from Belarus — representing the Soviet Union — debuted this legendary ...

Olga Korbut won three golds and a silver at the 1972 Munich Olympics Olga Korbut, the Soviet gymnast who charmed the world at the 1972 Munich Olympics, has sold her medal haul and other trophies ...

Olga Korbut, the gymnastics darling of the 1972 Munich Olympics who has apparently fallen on hard times, has sold off her Games medals and other trophies through a US auction house. In this August ...

Olympic gymnastics great Olga Korbut was arrested on charges she shoplifted ... winning three gold medals for the Soviet Union at the 1972 Munich Olympics. She won a fourth gold medal at the ...

But back in 1972, he was just a teenager ... making this the "serene Olympics." The beginning of the Games was spectacular, featuring such stars as Olga Korbut and Mark Spitz.

Olga Korbut, a former artistic gymnast from Belarus, made her Olympic debut at the 1972 Munich Games at the age of 17, where she won three golds and a silver. She clinched golds in team all-around ...

How much is a 1972 gold medal won by Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut worth ... Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images Korbut, nicknamed "The Sparrow from Minsk," sprang onto the Olympic scene by performing ...