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Mark your calendar to join us from 6pm - 9pm, June 5 at The Sunflower Cafe located at 7704 E. Doubletree Ranch
Rd.
(between Scottsdale Rd. and Hayden
Rd. about a quarter mile
east of the Gainey Ranch Hyatt Hotel and in the same complex
as Un-Bacio Ristorante) Please note that
the
Sunflower Cafe has created a Special Soiree Members
only
menu at a specially reduced price.
or see
www.baroncapital.com.
My
Special Guest this week is the legendary Soviet Union
gymnast
Olga Korbut. Considered the
greatest female gymnast
ever!
To contact Olga:
E-Mail
contact@olgakorbut.com
Web
Site
www.olgakorbut.com
 
Honors
Medals Medals Total:
Olympics: 4 Gold, 2 Silver World Championships: 2 Gold, 3 Silver European Championships: 1 Silver Most folks over 40 (the rest of
us have to rely on documentaries
and listening to our elders) are very much aware of who the
great
Olga Korbut is and what an
incredible impact she had on the world
in the 1972 World Olympics.
The cold war was very cold indeed with
nuclear proliferation
running out of control. Détente was the buzz word of
the day
but it
was Olga Korbut who gave it
meaning. Olga melted the
hearts of all those who watched her perform as she humanized
the struggle between east and
west.
 Olga, who immigrated to the United States
in 1991 and now lives
in Atlanta, is in town to promote the
"Scottsdale Gymnastics &
Cheerleading
School" owned by fellow Soiree friends, Arthur
and
Linda
Cooper. Olga will be teaching
the first of a two week long
summer
camp for kids. It was Arthur's idea to feature Olga as our
Soiree Special Guest. So when you see Arthur and Linda please
thank them for sharing Olga with us. If you have kids and would
like to keep them busy in a fun, healthy, productive way at a low cost
you
should consider enrolling them in
the Cooper's two week long
Gymnastic Summer Camp!
 Following is a bullet point list of "some"
of Olga's incredible achievements.
To learn much more see Olga's web site at
www.olgakorbut.com
In 1975, the United
Nations named Olga "Women of
the Year"
for her ability to bring the world
together, and awarded her the "Gold Tuning Fork". Also in 1975, Olga was selected as "Athlete of the
Year" by Women's Sport Foundation.
Olga continued to amaze the athletic
community when she won
her fourth Olympic Gold Medal at
Montreal in 1976, after
which she made the transition to coaching
the Soviet team. Thus leaving the industry of competitive
gymnastics as an undisputed
champion and a pioneer of such advanced techniques, that many
of her techniques are still considered "impossible".
In
1988 Olga Korbut was inducted into the International
Gymnastics Hall of
Fame as the first inductee.
Here are a few pictures to give you a
flavor for the incredible
talent and achievements of Olga
Korbut. Olga and her coach,
Renald Knysh,
invented numerous moves now used in gymnastics
and a few
that only Olga has been able to achieve to this
day.
  It is with great
pleasure that, the great
former Soviet Union Gymnast,
Olga Korbut,
will be my Special Guest this
week.
Please plan on joining us to socialize and meet new friends! BBB |
