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Oksana Aleksandrovna Chusovitina (Russian: Оксана Александровна Чусовитина; born 19 June 1975) is an Uzbek artistic gymnast. Chusovitina's career as an elite gymnast has spanned more than three decades.
Born in Bukhara, Uzbekistan in 1975, Oksana Chusovitina competed in her first Olympic Games at Barcelona 1992, winning gold with the Unified Team – 12 former Soviet republics who chose to compete together following the break up of the Soviet Union for whom Chuso had originally competed.
Jun 7, 2024 · Olympic gymnastics fans may not have seen the last of the legendary Oksana Chusovitina of Uzbekistan. The 48-year-old recently was forced out of the final Olympic qualifier – the Asian Championships – due to injury, ending dream of a ninth Olympic Games after having competed at the last eight in-a-row.
May 23, 2024 · Chusovitina, 48, the Uzbekistani gymnast who has competed in eight consecutive Olympic Games beginning with the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, announced Thursday that she sustained an...
Sep 28, 2023 · Switching from horses to bicycles, running on rooftops and bringing enough stray animals home to supply an entire neighbourhood in Bukhara – Olympics.com had a candid conversation with the eight-time Olympian to discover the life experiences and lessons that shaped her into the person she is today.
May 24, 2024 · Uzbekistan gymnast Oksana Chusovitina had been aiming to compete at her ninth consecutive Olympic Games later this year, but the 48-year-old’s hopes of securing a spot in Paris have been...
Jul 25, 2021 · Almost 30 years after making her Olympic debut, and having faced rivals younger than her son, Oksana Chusovitina said a tearful farewell to gymnastics on day two of the Tokyo Games.
Jul 25, 2021 · Oksana Chusovitina, at 46, gets a standing ovation at her last Olympics. The gymnast who competes for Uzbekistan has participated in eight Games.
Jul 25, 2021 · Uzbekistan's Oksana Chusovitina is retiring, at the age of 46, after competing in her record-extending eighth Olympic Games in Tokyo on Sunday. (Loic Venance/Getty Images) With tears in her eyes...
Sep 29, 2023 · 48 years old Uzbekistan’s Oksana Chusovitina, at left, stands near younger competitors at the Artistic Gymnastics Women’s Vault event of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. Oksana Chusovitina competed in her first Olympics in 1992 in Barcelona.
