Korbut

American  

[kawr-buht] / ˈkɔr bət /

noun

1. Olga, born 1955, Soviet gymnast, born in Belarus.

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Korbut British  

/ ˈkɔrbʊt /

noun

1. Olga (ˈɔljɡə). born 1955, Soviet gymnast: noted for her highly individualistic style, which greatly increased the popularity of the sport, esp following her performance in the 1972 Olympic Games

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Example Sentences

The USSR’s Olga Korbut, dubbed “the sparrow from Minsk,” became an international celebrity after stunning performances on the balance beam, floor exercises and uneven bars.

From Washington Post • Sep. 5, 2022

Forty-four years ago, pint-size Olga Korbut took the 1972 Munich Games by storm with the revolutionary difficulty of her routines.

From Slate • Aug. 9, 2016

At the Munich Olympics in 1972, Olga Korbut, then seventeen, made acrobatic use of her eighty-five-pound frame, dismounting the uneven bars by standing atop one bar and backflipping over the other.

From The New Yorker • May 23, 2016

"It's nice to have relief from all of the sports," said Carillo, whose non-British specific feature on the old Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut aired Sunday morning.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 5, 2012

And I was way too tall to be Olga Korbut.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides