(MENAFN) Olga Korbut, the Soviet gymnast who charmed the world at the 1972 Munich Olympics, has sold her medal haul and other trophies in a US auction.
The sale of seven lots - including two golds and a silver from the Munich Games - fetched $183,300 ("147,000) for Korbut. The most expensive item was her team gold ($66,000).
Born in Belarus, she moved to the US in 1991. Now 61, she lives in Arizona.
Russia's Gazeta.ru news reports that she has had financial difficulties.
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