Olga Strazheva

Olga Vladimirovna Strazheva (Russian: Ольга Владимировна Стражева; Ukrainian: Ольга Володимирівна Стражева; born 12 November 1972) is a retired gymnast from Ukraine who won world and Olympic gold medals for the Soviet Union.

In the optional team final, she suffered a torn ACL on the balance beam and therefore was unable to compete on the final event, floor exercise, or attend the gold medal ceremony.

[2][3] She won another gold with the Soviet team at the 1989 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, along with two individual bronze medals.

[3] She retired in 1990 due to injuries and later joined a circus company in Germany, where she performed together with her daughter Anna, a rhythmic gymnast.

[2] She married twice, second time in 2008 to Ivan Vanyuk, a colleague from the university where she teaches physical education.