List of Famous people with last name Mukhina

Elena Mukhina

First Name Elena

Last Name Mukhina

Born on June 1, 1960

Died on December 22, 2006 (aged 46)

Born in Russia

Height 152 cm | 5'0

Elena Vyacheslavovna Mukhina was a Soviet gymnast who won the all-around title at the 1978 World Championships in Strasbourg, France. Her career was on the rise and she was widely touted as the next great gymnastics star until 1979 when a broken leg left her out of several competitions, and the recovery from that injury combined with pressure to master a dangerous and difficult tumbling move caused her to break her neck two weeks before the opening of the 1980 Summer Olympics, leaving her permanently quadriplegic.

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Vera Mukhina

First Name Vera

Last Name Mukhina

Born on July 1, 1889

Died on October 6, 1953 (aged 64)

Born in Latvia

Vera Ignatyevna Mukhina was a prominent Soviet sculptor and painter. She was nicknamed "the queen of Soviet sculpture".

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