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Lyudmila Gromova
Personal information
Born (1942-11-04) 4 November 1942 (age 82)
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 place 1964 Tokyo Team allround

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.

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. 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.

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
Olympic Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Women's Team All-Around
Summary
1964:  Soviet Union (URS), Larisa Latynina, Polina Astakhova, Tamara Manina, Yelena Volchetskaya, Tamara Zamotaylova, Lyudmila Gromova
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