Ruža Vojsk (born 31 March 1930), also known as Rose Voisk, is a

Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...

n former

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. She represented

Yugoslavia , common_name = Yugoslavia , life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation , p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia , flag_p ...

at the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus cau ...

in London, finishing seventh with the team and 48th all-around. Following the Olympics, she moved to Germany and then Paris before settling in New York City in 1968. Since 1976, she has attended 11 editions of the Summer and Winter Olympic Games.

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1930 births Living people Olympic gymnasts for Yugoslavia Gymnasts at the 1948 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Maribor Slovenian female artistic gymnasts {{Slovenia-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub