The collection of the Jewish Soviet Olympic gold medal winning gymnast Maria Gorokhovskaja to be sold for the benefit of The Haverim-Friends for Healt

The collection of the Jewish Soviet Olympic gold medal winning gymnast Maria Gorokhovskaja to be sold for the benefit of The Haverim-Friends for Health Organisation in Israel for medical treatment of her great grandson Lior Pop who has cerebral palsy, comprising: i) a Helsinki 1952 Olympic Games gold first place winner's medal awarded for the women's individual overall gymnastics competition, with ribbon and original case of issue, areas of loss of gilding due to over-cleaning ii) a Helsinki 1952 Olympic Games silver second place prize medal, with ribbon and original case of issue iii) a Helsinki 1952 Olympic Games second place diploma, VOIMISTELUVAPAALIIKE iv) Maria Gorokhovskaja's Helsinki 1952 Olympic Games official ID card v) a Rome 1954 World Gymnastics Championships bronze third place prize medal, in original case of issue, distressed vi) A Rome 1954 World Gymnastics Championships third place diploma; sold together with a Power of Attorney from the daughter of the late Maria Gorokhovskaja giving power of attorney to the current vendor to sell the collection; a document in Hebrew confirming the mother-daughter relationship; Maria Gorokhovskaja's Death Certificate; and a photostat from the book Jewish Sports Legends with a feature on Maria Gorokhovskaja The Haverim-Friends for Health Organisation provides comprehensive voluntary help for the benefit of sick and disabled people in Israel - making no distinction between religion, race and nationality - and fighting for equality in the health services. It creates close partnerships with private and commercial philanthropists for the benefit of the sick. Maria Gorokhovskaja was a Soviet born gymnast of Jewish descent born 17th October 1921 in Yevpatoria (''Little Jerusalem'') in the territory recently incorporated by Russia from Ukraine as the Republic of Crimea. Maria Gorokhovskaja still holds the record for the most medals won by a woman at a single Olympic Games, being seven comprising two gold and five silver. This total has only been exceeded by two other Olympians, Michael Phelps who won eight medals at Athens and at Beijing, and the Soviet gymnast Alexander Diryatin at Moscow in 1980. Maria Gorokhovskaja retired from gymnastics after the 1954 World Championships and later became an international judge. In 1990 she emigrated to Israel and was elected into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame the following year. Maria Gorokhovskaja died in Tel Aviv 22nd July 2001. The Helsinki 1952 Olympic Games were the first too see the 'Soviet Union' competing under this banner, the USSR Olympic Committee having been formed in April 1951.