Stock Photo - The Soviet gymnast Larissa Latynina, recorded during the 5th European Women's Gymnastics Championships in Sofia in May 1965. Larissa Latynina only stayed in Sofia four times silver and one bronze (horse jump). The Czechoslovakian _áslavská was the second athlete after Latynina to win all five EM gold medals in individual devices and in all-round competitions in 1957. With 18 medals won at the Summer Olympics (1956_1964), including nine gold medals, Larissa Latynina is the second most decorated Olympic athlete in history after US swimmer Phelps. In addition, she was nine times world champion and seven times European champion. Photo: Karlheinz Friedrich. - Sofia/Bulgaria