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Oksana Chusovitina - competing for Germany at Worlds
Chusoviitna recently got her German citizenship and will be competing for Germany; Uzbekistan allowed her to compete for Germany in 2003, but she had to live in Germany for 3 years to be eligible for citizenship and then to compete. She's 4 times olympian!! And, 31 years old. Chusovitina's medals: "Chusovitina has nine world medals to date: gold medals on vault at the 2003 worlds, on floor exercise (tie) and in the team competition at the 1991 worlds; and silver medals on vault in 1991, 2001 and 2005. She won the bronze medal on vault in 1992, 1993 and 2002. She won a gold medal with the Unified team at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona." Full article from IG: "Chusovitina to Compete for Germany" --> http://www.intlgymnast.com/news.html#chusovitina
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another article on her, with Q & A: "Chusovitina Germany's newest gymnast" - http://wcsn.com/article/news.jsp?ymd=20061012&content_id=8508&vkey=gymnastics_news&id=34012&dpre= "At 31 years old, Oxana Chusovitina is a phenomenon in women's artistic gymnastics and the best proof that this sport is not only for teenagers. Chusovitina is a four-time Olympian (Barcelona '92, Atlanta '96, Sydney '00 and Athens '04). She is already a mother and a wife, but she keeps competing and winning medals at major championships. World champion on floor in 1991 in Indianapolis and on vault in 2003 in Anaheim, Oxana has won numerous gold medals since her first international competition in 1981. Last year in November, Oxana won the silver medal on vault at the World Championships in Melbourne, Australia."
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