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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 22. Chapters: Adolf Seebass, Alexander Sperling, Alfred Flatow, Alfred Schwarzmann, Alfred Staats, Andreas Toba, Andreas Wecker, Anita Barwirth, Anja Brinker, Anna Dogonadze, Arno Glockauer, Camilla Pfeffer, Carl Schuhmann, Conrad Bocker, Dagmar Kersten, Daria Bijak, Eberhard Sorge, Elisabeth Seitz, Erna Burger, Ernst Winter, Fabian Hambuchen, Franz Beckert, Friedl Iby, Friedrich Wolf (gymnast), Fritz Hofmann (athlete), Gustav Flatow, Hans Roth, Hans Werner, Heinrich Pahner, Helmut Bantz, Hermann Weingartner, Innozenz Stangl, Irene Abel, Isolde Frolian, Jana Berezko-Marggrander, Janine Berger, Johannes Buder, Johannes Reuschle, Josef Kramer, Julie Schmitt, Julius Keyl, Karl Jordan (gymnast), Karl Richter (gymnast), Kathe Sohnemann, Kim Bui, Konrad Frey, Kurt Reichenbach, Lisa Ingildeeva, Marcel Nguyen, Martin Worm, Matthias Volz, Nadine Jarosch, Oksana Chusovitina, Paula Pohlsen, Paul Fischer (sportsman), Philipp Boy, Ralf Buchner, Regina Weber, Rudolf Korner, Sebastian Krimmer, Steffi Kraker, Sven Tippelt, Sylvio Kroll, Trudi Meyer, Ulrike Klotz, Valery Belenky, Walter Engelmann, Walter Jesinghaus, Walter Steffens (gymnast), Wilhelm Brulle, Willi Stadel. Excerpt: Oksana Aleksandrovna Chusovitina (Russian: born June 19, 1975 in Bukhara, Uzbek SSR, USSR) is an Olympic medalist and World Champion gymnast who has competed for Germany since 2006. She was formerly a citizen of, and a competitor for, the Soviet Union (before 1993) and Uzbekistan (1993-2006). To date, Chusovitina's career in elite gymnastics has spanned more than 20 years. She won the USSR Junior Nationals in 1988 and began competing at the international level in 1989, before many of her current rivals were even born. She is the only female gymnast ever to compete in six Olympic Games, and is one of only two female gymnasts to compete at the Olympics under three different national teams: the Unified Team in 1992; Uzbekistan in 1996, 2000 and 2004; and Germany in 2008 and 2012. Chusovitina has also competed in 10 World Championships, three Asian Games and three Goodwill Games. In addition, Chusovitina holds the record for the most individual world championships medals on a single event (9, on the vault). Chusovitina is also one of only a handful of women, along with Cuban Leyanet Gonzalez, Soviet legend Larisa Latynina, and Dutch Olympian Suzanne Harmes, to return to high-level gymnastics and international competition after becoming a mother. Australia's head women's coach, Peggy Liddick, said Chusovitina is a role model and an inspiration. Chusovitina began gymnastics in 1982. In 1988, at the age of 13, she won the all-around title at the USSR National Championships in the junior division. By 1990, Chusovitina was a vital member of the Soviet team, and was sent to compete in various international meets. She was the vault gold medalist at the 1990 Goodwill Games and nearly swept the 1990 World Sports Fair in Japan, winning the all-around and every event except the uneven bars. The following year she won the floor exercise gold at the 1991 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and placed second on the vault. In 1992 Chusovitina competed at the Olympics with the U
