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| Full name | Lyubov Viktorovna Burda | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 April 1953 (1953-04-11) (age 71) Voronezh, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 42 kg (93 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Spartak Voronezh | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lyubov Viktorovna Burda (Russian: Любовь Викторовна Бурда; born 11 April 1953) is a retired Soviet artistic gymnast.
Career
In 1967 Burda placed 3rd in the all-around at the USSR Championships (also the USSR Spartakiade that year) as well as placing 2nd on balance beam and floor exercise. At the end of the year, Burda won the junior all-around competition at the USSR Cup as well as winning gold medals in the balance beam and floor exercise finals, which combined junior and senior gymnasts. In 1968 Burda placed 5th in the all-around and 4th in the team competition at the USSR Championships. In July of that year, Burda placed 2nd in the all-around at the USSR Cup.
In 1969 Burda won the gold medal in the all-around at the USSR Championships. At the USSR Cup, Burda placed 2nd in the all-around and 1st on uneven bars. In 1970 Burda won her second all-around title at the USSR Championships as well as a bronze medal with her team. That Summer, Burda won the gold medal at the USSR Cup, as well as a bronze medal on vault. Burda was a member of the Soviet team that won the gold medal at the 1970 World Championships. Individually, she won a bronze medal on vault, shared with teammate Ludmilla Tourischeva. She also placed 5th in the all-around, 4th on uneven bars and 6th on floor exercise. In 1971 Burda won the silver medal in the all-around at the USSR Cup. In 1972 Burda placed 4th in the all-around at the USSR Cup as well as winning silver medals on vault and floor exercise.
Burda was a member of the Soviet team that won the gold medal at the 1970 World Championships. Individually, she won a bronze medal on vault, shared with teammate Ludmilla Tourischeva. In 1972 Burda placed 5th in the all-around at USSR Championships as well as winning silver medals on vault and floor exercise and placing 4th on balance beam and 6th with the team. Individually she had her best international results at the 1972 Olympics, when she placed fifth in the all-around competition, fourth in the vault, and tied for fifth place on the floor.
In 1973 Burda placed 5th in the all-around at the USSR Championships.
Eponymous skill
Burda has one eponymous skill listed in the Code of Points.
| Apparatus | Name | Description | Difficulty | Added to the Code of Points |
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| Uneven bars | Burda | Underswing on high bar or low bar with 1½ turn (540°) to hang | C | 1968 Olympic Games |
- Valid for the 2022-2024 Code of Points
Post-retirement
She was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2001. She was married to Nikolai Andrianov until their divorce in the early 2000s.
Competitive history
| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 1967 | RSFSR Championships |  |
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| 1968 | USSR Championships | 5 | |
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| USSR Cup | 6 | ||||||
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| 1970 | Chunichi Cup | |
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| 1971 | Spartakiade of the Russian Federation | |
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| 1972 | Chunichi Cup | 7 | |||||
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| USSR Championships | 5 | |
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| USSR Cup | 4 | ||||||
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| 1973 | RSFSR Championships | |
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| USSR Championships | 5 |
References
- Lyubov Burda. Sports-reference
- "2022-2024 Code of Points Women's Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation. p. 97, 208. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- "LJUBOV BURDA". International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.
- Семикратный олимпийский чемпион Николай Андрианов: Из Монреаля провожали с вертолетами. sovsport.ru. 27 July 2008
- "Lyubov Burda (USSR)". Gymn Forum. 27 September 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
External links
- Lyubov Burda at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Lyubov Burda at the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame
- Lyubov Burda at Olympics.com
- Lyubov Burda at Olympedia (archive)
- 1953 births
- Living people
- Soviet female artistic gymnasts
- Gymnasts from Voronezh
- Olympic gymnasts for the Soviet Union
- Gymnasts at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Gymnasts at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
- Summer World University Games medalists in gymnastics
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for the Soviet Union
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
- Medalists at the 1973 Summer Universiade