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Polina Astakhova is one of three gymnasts to be a 2x Olympic gold medalists on the uneven bars, and the only one to do it in the 20th century. She was also a ruthlessly effective All-Arounder. Polina is one of the few WAGs to have multiple Olympic AA medals.

World Championships & Olympic Competition:

Results:

1955
USSR Championships: 20th-AA
Warsaw International: 1st-AA (Junior Division)

1956
Olympics: 1st-Team, 17th-AA
USSR Spartakiade: Participant
USSR Championships: 3rd-AA, 3rd-UB, 3rd-FX

1957
USSR Championships: 13th-AA

1958
World Championships: 1st-Team, 7th-AA, 3rd-UB

1959
USSR Cup: 2nd-AA, 1st-UB, 3rd-BB, 1st-FX
European Championships: 7th-AA, 1st-BB
URS-GDR Dual Meet: 1st-Team, 2nd-AA
USSR Championships: 1st-AA, 1st-UB, 2nd-BB, 1st-FX

1960
USSR Cup: 1st-AA
Olympics: 1st Team, 3rd-AA, 6th-VT, 1st-UB, 2nd FX
USSR Championships: 4th-AA, 1st-UB, 2nd-BB, 1st-FX

1961
USSR Cup: 5th-AA, 2nd-UB, 1st-BB
European Championships: 2nd-AA, 1st-UB, 1st-BB, 2nd-FX
USSR Championships: 2nd-AA, 5th-VT, 2nd-UB, 1st-BB, 2nd-FX

1962
USSR Championships: 3rd-AA, 2nd-UB, 5th-BB, 3rd-FX
USSR Cup: 4th-AA
World Championships: 1st-Team, 8th-AA, 4th-UB, 4th-FX

1963
USSR Championships: 3rd-AA, 1st-UB, 4th-BB, 2nd-FX
USSR Cup: 1st-AA, 2nd-VT, 1st-UB, 2nd-BB, 1st-FX

1964
USSR Cup: 5th-AA
URS-SWE Dual Meet: 1st-Team, 2nd-AA
Olympics: 1st-Team, 3rd-AA, 1st-UB, 4th-BB, 2nd-FX
USSR Championships: 2nd-UB, 1st-FX

1965
USSR Cup: 1st-AA
USSR Championships: 2nd-AA, 3rd-BB

1966
USSR Championships: 3rd-AA, 6th-BB, 4th-FX
USSR Cup: 8th-AA
Tiflis Invitational: 3rd-AA
World Championships: 2nd-Team, 13th-AA, 5th-UB

1967
USSR Championships: 4th-AA, 3rd-UB, 4th-BB
USSR Spartakiade: 4th-AA

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Results are taken from Score for Score, The Gymternet, GymnasticGreats, My Meet Scores, Gymn-Forum, the official websites of various national gymnastics federations, newspaper clippings, classic gymnastics magazines, and in some cases, were provided by the gymnasts themselves. An explanation for the meaning of these symbols can be found here.