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Oxana Chusovitina
Competitor for  Unified Team Olympic Games Gold 1992 Barcelona Team World Championships Bronze 1992 Paris Vault Competitor for  Germany Olympic Games Silver 2008 Beijing Vault World Championships Silver 2011 Tokyo Vault Bronze 2006 Aarhus Vault European Championships Gold 2008 Clermont Vault Silver 2011 Berlin Vault Silver 2012 Brussels Vault Bronze 2007 Amsterdam Vault Competitor for  Soviet Union World Championships Gold 1991 Indianapolis Team Gold 1991 Indianapolis Floor Exercise Silver 1991 Indianapolis Vault Competitor for  Uzbekistan World Championships Gold 2003 Anaheim Vault Silver 2001 Ghent Vault Silver 2005 Melbourne Vault Bronze 1993 Birmingham Vault Bronze 2002 Debrecen Vault World Cup Final Gold 2002 Stuttgart Vault Bronze 2002 Stuttgart Balance Beam Asian Games Gold 2002 Busan Vault Gold 2002 Busan Floor Exercise Silver 2002 Busan All-Around Silver 2002 Busan Balance Beam Silver 2014 Incheon Vault Bronze 1994 Hiroshima Vault Bronze 1994 Hiroshima Uneven Bars Oksana Aleksandrovna Chusovitina (Russian: Оксана Александровна Чусовитина; born 19 June 1975) is a world and Olympic champion gymnast who competed for the Soviet Union (until 1992), Uzbekistan (1993–2006; 2013–present) and Germany (2006–2012). Chusovitina's career in elite gymnastics has spanned more than 20 years. She won the USSR Junior Nationals in 1988 and began competing at the international level in 1989, before many of her current rivals were even born. She is the only female gymnast ever to compete in six Olympic Games, and is one of only two female gymnasts to compete at the Olympics under three different national teams: the Unified Team in 1992; Uzbekistan in 1996, 2000 and 2004; and Germany in 2008 and 2012. Chusovitina has also competed in 10 World Championships, three Asian Games and three Goodwill Games. Chusovitina holds the record for the most individual world championships medals on a single event (nine, on the vault). Chusovitina is one of a few women, along with Cuban Leyanet Gonzalez, Soviet Larisa Latynina, and Dutch Suzanne Harmes, to return to international competition after becoming a mother. Australia's head women's coach, Peggy Liddick, said Chusovitina is a role model and an inspiration.

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