Yelena Shushunova, the 1988 Olympic all-around champion, died Thursday at age 49, according to Russia’s gymnastics federation.
Shushunova died of complications from pneumonia, a Russia gymnastics federation official said, according to TASS.
Shushunova earned two golds, a silver and a bronze at the Seoul 1988 Games at age 19, beating Romanian Daniela Silivas by .025 of a point in the all-around.
She also earned 11 medals between the 1985 and 1987 World Championships in one of the most impressive Olympic cycles for a gymnast.
She made the Soviet national team in time for the 1984 Olympics before the nation boycotted the Los Angeles Games.