POLINA ASTAKHOVA
GYMNASTICS
NET WORTH: $1 MILLION

Polina Astakhova and her team earned the gold medal in the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Olympic Games — it was an achievement she shared with Larysa Latynina. They received credit as the first gymnasts to be part of three gold medal-winning teams. Astakhova also won gold in the parallel bars competition and finished third in the individual all-around in both 1960 and 1964. In 1960 and 1964, she won silver medals in the floor exercises, and her final Olympic medal count was 10 medals, of which five were gold, three silver, and two bronze.

Astakhova was born in the Ukrainian SSR on Oct. 30, 1936. During the Second World War, her family relocated several times and ended up in the polar town of Severouralske. There Polina was afflicted with tuberculosis. Doctors suggested that she move to a warmer area, and her family went to Donetsk. Polina began gymnastics at the age of 13 and was trained by Vladimir Smirnov.