Larisa Petrik

— Gymnast —
Larisa Petrik in 1966
Personal information
Full name	Larisa Leonidovna Petrik
Born	(1949-08-28) 28 August 1949 Dolinsk, Sakhalin, Russia
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Club	Dynamo Vitebsk
Medal record Competitor for  Soviet Union Olympic Games Gold 1968 Mexico City Team Gold 1968 Mexico City Floor exercise Bronze 1968 Mexico city Balance beam World Championships Gold 1970 Ljubljana Team Silver 1966 Dortmund Team Bronze 1966 Dortmund Balance beam Bronze 1970 Ljubljana Balance beam European Championships Bronze 1965 Sofia Balance beam

Larisa Leonidovna Petrik (Russian: Лариса Леонидовна Петрик; born 28 August 1949) is a former Soviet gymnast and Olympic champion. Petrik competed at the 1966 World Championships where she shared in the team silver medal (gold went to the Czechoslovakians) and earned an individual bronze medal on the beam. She also competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, where she received a gold medal in floor exercise (shared with Věra Čáslavská), a gold medal in team combined exercises, and a bronze medal in balance beam.^[1][2] Her gold medal on floor was very controversial because originally, Čáslavská won outright. After the competition was concluded, Petrik's prelims scores were changed to let her tie with Čáslavská, an action which caused Čáslavská to publicly defy the Soviets who had recently invaded her home country.

After marrying the Olympic gymnast Viktor Klimenko she changed her last name to Klimenko (Russian: Клименко).^[2] She has two sons: Vladimir and Viktor; Vladimir is a gymnast and Viktor is a ballet dancer.

References

v t e Olympic Champions in Artistic Gymnastics - Women's Team All-Around     1928 Netherlands 1936 Germany 1948 Czechoslovakia 1952 Soviet Union 1956 Soviet Union 1960 Soviet Union 1964 Soviet Union 1968 Soviet Union 1972 Soviet Union 1976 Soviet Union 1980 Soviet Union 1984 Romania 1988 Soviet Union 1992 Unified Team 1996 United States 2000 Romania 2004 Romania 2008 China 2012 United States 1968:  Soviet Union (URS), Ludmilla Tourischeva, Zinaida Voronina, Larisa Petrik, Lyubov Burda, Olga Karasyova, Natalia Kuchinskaya

v t e World Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Women's Team Competition     1934:  Czechoslovakia 1938:  Czechoslovakia 1950:  Sweden 1954:  Soviet Union 1958:  Soviet Union 1962:  Soviet Union 1966:  Czechoslovakia 1970:  Soviet Union 1974:  Soviet Union 1978:  Soviet Union 1979:  Romania 1981:  Soviet Union 1983:  Soviet Union 1985:  Soviet Union 1987:  Romania 1989:  Soviet Union 1991:  Soviet Union 1994:  Romania 1995:  Romania 1997:  Romania 1999:  Romania 2001:  Romania 2003:  United States 2006:  China 2007:  United States 2010:  Russia 2011:  United States 1970:  Soviet Union (URS), Lyubov Burda, Olga Karasyova, Tamara Lazakovich, Larisa Petrik, Ludmilla Tourischeva, Zinaida Voronina