She has quite the record!
. However, Larisa Latynina, who formerly represented the Soviet Union at three Olympics between 1956 and 1964, remains the most decorated Olympian in women's gymnastics with 18 medals, nine of which are gold.
Latynina, who has a background in ballet, received team gold medals at the 1956 Melbourne, 1960 Rome, and 1964 Tokyo Games. Other highlights include two Olympic all-around titles and three consecutive Olympic gold medals on floor. She's currently 86, and when she competed in Tokyo at her last Olympics,
; though the difficulty level of the four-event sport drastically increased with time, competing at that age even back then is an impressive feat given the physical demand of artistic gymnastics.
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