Maria Filatova
Because four of her teammates scored higher than she did and only three gymnasts per team were allowed to compete in the all-around, she did not advance to the AA finals in spite of her high placement.Following the Olympics and the retirements of several high-profile gymnasts, including Ludmilla Tourischeva and Olga Korbut, Filatova emerged as one of the leaders of the Soviet team.At the 1980 Olympics, Filatova served as the lead-off gymnast on several events and contributed to the team's gold medal.As Korbut, Filatova was known for her enthusiastic, expressive floor exercise routines and her difficult acrobatic skills.Following her retirement in 1982, Filatova worked for several years with the British Gymnastics Federation (in Belfast) before moving to the United States.
Maria Filatova (footballer)Leninsk-KuznetskyKemerovo OblastRussian SFSRRochester, New YorkWomen's artistic gymnasticsSoviet UnionOlympic Games1976 Montreal1980 MoscowUneven BarsWorld Championships1978 Strasbourg1981 Moscow1979 Fort WorthWorld Cup FinalEuropean Championships1977 PragueRussiangymnast1980 Olympics1976 Summer OlympicsMontrealLudmilla TourischevaOlga Korbut1981 World ChampionshipsUniversiadeInternational Gymnastics FederationWayback MachineSummaryNetherlandsGermanyCzechoslovakiaRomaniaUnified TeamUnited StatesSvetlana GrozdovaNellie KimElvira SaadiYelena DavydovaYelena NaimushinaNatalia ShaposhnikovaStella ZakharovaWorld Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Women's Team CompetitionSwedenRussiaElena MukhinaOlga BicherovaNatalia IlienkoEuropean Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Women's Floor ExerciseLarisa LatyninaPolina AstakhovaMirjana BilićVěra ČáslavskáOlga KarasyovaNadia ComăneciMaxi GnauckEcaterina SzaboYelena ShushunovaDaniela SilivașSvetlana BoginskayaGina GogeanLilia PodkopayevaLavinia MiloșoviciSvetlana KhorkinaCorina UngureanuLudivine FurnonAlona KvashaCătălina PonorIsabelle SeverinoSandra IzbașaVanessa FerrariBeth TweddleLarisa IordacheKsenia AfanasyevaGiulia SteingruberAngelina MelnikovaMélanie de Jesus dos SantosJessica GadirovaManila EspositoInternational Gymnastics Hall of FameNikolai AndrianovLeonid ArkayevVladimir ArtemovAlbert AzaryanMax BangerterFrank Bare Sr.Valery BelenkyOctavian BelluDmitry BilozerchevMiroslav CerarViktor ChukarinBart ConnerStoyan DeltchevAlexander DityatinYukio EndōShun FujimotoArthur GanderMitch GaylordEberhard GiengerBruno GrandiSavino GuglielmettiJack GünthardKoji GushikenFabian HambüchenPaul HammTakuji HayataIvan IvankovBéla KárolyiShigeru KasamatsuSawao KatōEizo KenmotsuIhor KorobchynskyiYuri KorolyovKlaus KösteLi NingLi XiaopengLi YuejiuValeri LiukinEugen MackZoltán MagyarFranco MenichelliAkinori NakayamaAlexei NemovTakashi OnoHeikki Savolainen