Lyudmila Gromova

Lyudmila Pavlovna Gromova (Russian: Людмила Павловна Громова; born 4 November 1942) is a retired artistic gymnast from Russia. She competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a gold medal in the team allround competition. Individually her best result was 16th place in the floor exercise.[1]

Lyudmila Gromova
Personal information
Born (1942-11-04) 4 November 1942
Miass, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
SportArtistic gymnastics
ClubCSKA Moscow
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1964 TokyoTeam allround

She was born as Lyudmila Permyakova, then changed her last name to Gromova, and later to Aseeva. She has a sister, Valentina (b. 1947); they lost their father in World War II.[2] In 1957, Lyudmila moved to Moscow, married, graduated from an institute of pedagogy in Moscow Oblast in 1975, and later worked as a gymnastics coach.[3][4]

References
  1. Lyudmila Gromova. sports-reference.com
  2. А. Струин. Ей аплодировали королевы гимнастики. Glagol №16 (1668), 6 March 2009, p. 3
  3. Громова Людмила Павловна. Olympic Encyclopedia (2006).
  4. Громова, Людмила Павловна. dic.academic.ru
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