Lyubov Burda

Lyubov Burda
— Gymnast —
Full name	Lyubov Viktorovna Burda
Country represented	Soviet Union
Born	(1953-04-11) April 11, 1953 Voronezh
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Medal record Competitor for  Soviet Union Olympic Games Gold 1968 Mexico City Team Gold 1972 Munich Team World Championships Gold 1970 Ljubljana Team Bronze 1970 Ljubljana Vault

Lyubov Viktorovna Burda (Russian: Любовь Викторовна Бурда; born April 11, 1953 in Voronezh) is a Russian artistic gymnast who competed for the Soviet Union. She was a member of the Soviet team who won the Team gold medal at the 1970 World Championships. Individually, she is the 1970 World bronze medalist on vault, a medal she tied for with teammate Ludmilla Tourischeva. Burda represented the Soviet Union at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics, and was a member of the All-Around gold medal winning teams at both Olympic Games.

In individual events at the 1972 Summer Olympics, she placed 5th in the all-around competition, 4th in the vault competition, and tied for 5th on the floor exercises with Angelika Hellmann of East Germany.

She was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2001.^[1] She was married to Nikolai Andrianov until his death in March 2011.

References

• Sports-reference profile
• FIG profile

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 1972:  Soviet Union (URS), Ludmilla Tourischeva, Olga Korbut, Tamara Lazakovich, Lyubov Burda, Elvira Saadi, Antonina Koshel

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 2014:  United States 1970:  Soviet Union (URS), Lyubov Burda, Olga Karasyova, Tamara Lazakovich, Larisa Petrik, Ludmilla Tourischeva, Zinaida Voronina