Irina Alexandrovna Viner-Usmanova (russian: Ирина Александровна Винер-Усманова; born July 30, 1948) is an Uzbek-born Russian
rhythmic gymnastics
Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, flexible, agile, dexterous and coord ...
coach who is head coach of the Russian national team, president of the
Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation
The Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation (russian: Всероссийская федерация художественной гимнастики, lit=All-Russian Federation of Rhythmic Gymnastics) is the governing body of rhythmic gymnastics i ...
, and former vice president of the Rhythmic Gymnastics Technical Committee of the
International Gymnastics Federation
The International Gymnastics Federation (French: Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique, FIG) is the body governing all disciplines of competitive gymnastics. Its headquarters is in Lausanne, Switzerland. It was founded on July 23, 1881, in ...
.
In 2015, Viner was awarded the
Olympic Order
The Olympic Order, established in 1975, is the highest award of the Olympic Movement. It is awarded for particularly distinguished contributions to the Olympic Movement, i.e. recognition of efforts worthy of merit in the cause of sport. Traditi ...
in recognition of her outstanding achievements in global sports, making Viner the first gymnastics coach in history to receive the award.
Thomas Bach
Thomas Bach (born 29 December 1953) is a German lawyer, former Olympic foil fencer and Olympic gold medalist, serving as the ninth and current president of the International Olympic Committee since 10 September 2013. He is also a former memb ...
, the President of the
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ...
, personally handed her the necklace and presented the award.
Viner is one of the most successful gymnastics coaches of all time, her pupils include five of the last six Olympic all-around champions:
Margarita Mamun
Margarita Mamun (russian: Маргарита Мамун; born 1 November 1995) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast of Bangladeshi-Russian descent. She is the 2016 Olympic All-around champion, two-time (2015, 2014) World All-arou ...
(2016),
Evgeniya Kanaeva
Evgeniya Olegovna Kanaeva Order For Merit to the Fatherland, OMF (russian: Евгения Олеговна Канаева; born 2 April 1990) is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the only individual rhythmic gymnast in history to wi ...
(2008, 2012),
Alina Kabaeva
Alina Maratovna Kabaeva or Kabayeva (russian: Алина Маратовна Кабаева, ; tt-Cyrl, Әлинә Марат кызы Кабаева; born 12 May 1983) is a Russian politician, media manager and retired individual rhythmic gym ...
(2004), and
Yulia Barsukova
Yulia Vladimirovna Barsukova (russian: Ю́лия Влади́мировна Барсуко́ва, born 31 December 1978) is a Russian retired individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2000 Olympic champion in the All-Around, the 2000 Grand Pri ...
(2000).
She is married to
business magnate
A business magnate, also known as a tycoon, is a person who has achieved immense wealth through the ownership of multiple lines of enterprise. The term characteristically refers to a powerful entrepreneur or investor who controls, through perso ...
Alisher Usmanov
Alisher Burkhanovich Usmanov (russian: Алишер Бурханович Усманов; born 9 September 1953) is an Uzbek-born Russian businessman and oligarch. By 2022, Usmanov had an estimated net worth of $19.5 billion and was among the ...
, formerly Russia's richest man, who has a net worth of more than $20 billion.
Early and personal life
Viner was born in
Samarkand
fa, سمرقند
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, settlement_type = City
, image_skyline =
, image_caption = Clockwise from the top:Registan square, Shah-i-Zinda necropolis, Bibi-Khanym Mosque, view inside Shah-i-Zinda, ...
,
Uzbek SSR
Uzbekistan (, ) is the common English name for the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (Uzbek SSR; uz, Ўзбекистон Совет Социалистик Республикаси, Oʻzbekiston Sovet Sotsialistik Respublikasi, in Russian: Уз ...
,
Soviet Union
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.
Her father, Alexander, was a People's Painter of Uzbekistan. Her mother, Zoya, was a doctor. Viner is
Jewish
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, and in an interview she gave t
Russia's Hello! magazineat her home, she has said that she reads about
Kabbalah
Kabbalah ( he, קַבָּלָה ''Qabbālā'', literally "reception, tradition") is an esoteric method, discipline and Jewish theology, school of thought in Jewish mysticism. A traditional Kabbalist is called a Mekubbal ( ''Məqūbbāl'' "rece ...
, though she doesn't speak
Hebrew
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. Among her many state awards, she was given the "Living Legend" prize by the
Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia
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in 2007.
Viner is currently married to Russian tycoon
Alisher Usmanov
Alisher Burkhanovich Usmanov (russian: Алишер Бурханович Усманов; born 9 September 1953) is an Uzbek-born Russian businessman and oligarch. By 2022, Usmanov had an estimated net worth of $19.5 billion and was among the ...
, who was also born in
Soviet Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan (, ) is the common English name for the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (Uzbek SSR; uz, Ўзбекистон Совет Социалистик Республикаси, Oʻzbekiston Sovet Sotsialistik Respublikasi, in Russian: Уз ...
, and is a
Muslim
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. She and Usmanov originally met in their youth at a sports hall in Tashkent, where he was involved in fencing; they reconnected many years later in Moscow.
She has a son from her first marriage, Anton, who was born in 1973 and later adopted by Usmanov. Anton is a real estate investor.
Career
![Medvedev_and_sport](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Medvedev_and_sport.jpeg)
As a young girl Viner wanted to take ballet but was discouraged, so she took up gymnastics at the age of 11.
Viner was a three-time champion of the Uzbek SSR and graduated from the Uzbek State Institute of Physical Culture. She worked as coach of the national team in rhythmic gymnastics in Tashkent, and under her tutelage,
Venera Zaripova
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became her first successful gymnast. In 1990, Viner briefly moved to Great Britain to coach the British national team.
After Barcelona Irina moved to Moscow and began working for the Moscow City Sports Association (MCSA). Since 1992 Irina Viner-Usmanova was the Head Coach of the Olympic Training Center. She became the Head Coach of the Russian National Team in 2001 and the President of the Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation in 2008.
In 2015, Viner was awarded the
Olympic Order
The Olympic Order, established in 1975, is the highest award of the Olympic Movement. It is awarded for particularly distinguished contributions to the Olympic Movement, i.e. recognition of efforts worthy of merit in the cause of sport. Traditi ...
in recognition of her outstanding achievements in global sports, making Viner the first gymnastics coach to receive the award.
Thomas Bach
Thomas Bach (born 29 December 1953) is a German lawyer, former Olympic foil fencer and Olympic gold medalist, serving as the ninth and current president of the International Olympic Committee since 10 September 2013. He is also a former memb ...
, the President of the
International Olympic Committee
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personally handed the necklace to her and presented the award.
Viner featured in the 2017 documentary ''Over the Limit'', which covered her training of
Margarita Mamun
Margarita Mamun (russian: Маргарита Мамун; born 1 November 1995) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast of Bangladeshi-Russian descent. She is the 2016 Olympic All-around champion, two-time (2015, 2014) World All-arou ...
in the run-up to the 2016 Olympics. The film depicts her controversial training methods including sustained verbal abuse, with statements and insults directed at Mamun such as "You're going to die bitch" and "Go f*** yourself with your shaking".
In an interview she gave t
Russia's Hello! magazineat her home, she has said that her pupils venerate
myrrh
Myrrh (; from Semitic, but see '' § Etymology'') is a gum-resin extracted from a number of small, thorny tree species of the genus ''Commiphora''. Myrrh resin has been used throughout history as a perfume, incense and medicine. Myrrh mi ...
-pouring
icon
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s before every competition. Since she has talked about reading Kabbalah in the same interview, some gymnastics sites translating the article into English assumed she was referring to Kabbalah icons, but this is most likely a mistaken assumption, as myrrh-pouring icons have long been associated with
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Eastern Orthodoxy, also known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity, is one of the three main branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholicism and Protestantism.
Like the Pentarchy of the first millennium, the mainstream (or "canonical") ...
, while Kabbalah is a form of
Jewish mysticism
Academic study of Jewish mysticism, especially since Gershom Scholem's ''Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism'' (1941), distinguishes between different forms of mysticism across different eras of Jewish history. Of these, Kabbalah, which emerged in 1 ...
, and
Judaism
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forbids the use of icons altogether.
After Israeli gymnast
Linoy Ashram
Linoy Ashram ( he, לינוי אשרם; born ) is a retired Israeli individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic All-around Champion, the 2018 World All-around silver medalist, two-time (2017, 2019) World All-around bronze medalist, the ...
defeated Russia's
Dina Averina
Dina Alekseyevna Averina ( rus, Дина Алексеевна Аверина, , ˈdʲinə ɐˈvʲerʲɪnə; born 13 August 1998) is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic All-around silver medalist, the only four-time ( ...
at the
2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the all-around individual competition, Viner attacked Ashram, the judges, as well as the wider gymnastics community, accusing them of bias against Russia and saying that "Dina is the real champion". In the following all-around group competition at the same Olympics, the Russian team lost to the Bulgarian team, and Viner in response once more insinuated an anti-Russian conspiracy in the judging, saying, "everyone understood perfectly well that this was meant to happen, that Russia’s hegemony had to be stopped." Three months later, it was announced that Viner has signed the coach of the Israeli rhythmic gymnastics team at Tokyo, Ira Vigdorchik, to become the new coach of Russia's rhythmic gymnastic team.
Notable pupils
Viner has trained many Russian Olympic/World/European/World Cup medal winners,
[ including:
]
Russian gymnasts
Individual rhythmic gymnasts:
* Evgenia Kanaeva
Evgeniya Olegovna Kanaeva Order For Merit to the Fatherland, OMF (russian: Евгения Олеговна Канаева; born 2 April 1990) is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the only individual rhythmic gymnast in history to wi ...
(born in 1990) (2 gold at the 2012 Olympics
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and 2008 Olympics
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, 17 gold in World
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, 13 gold in European
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, 4 gold in World games
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, multiple World Cup medals)
* Alina Kabaeva
Alina Maratovna Kabaeva or Kabayeva (russian: Алина Маратовна Кабаева, ; tt-Cyrl, Әлинә Марат кызы Кабаева; born 12 May 1983) is a Russian politician, media manager and retired individual rhythmic gym ...
(b. 1983) (1 gold in 2004 Olympics
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and a bronze in 2000 Olympics
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, 9 gold in World
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, 15 gold in European
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In general
* ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to Europe
** Ethnic groups in Europe
** Demographics of Europe
** European cuisine, the cuisines of Europe ...
, 5 gold in World Cup)
* Margarita Mamun
Margarita Mamun (russian: Маргарита Мамун; born 1 November 1995) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast of Bangladeshi-Russian descent. She is the 2016 Olympic All-around champion, two-time (2015, 2014) World All-arou ...
(b. 1995) (1 gold in 2016 Olympics
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, 7 gold in World, 4 gold in European, 4 gold in World Cup Final)
* Yulia Barsukova
Yulia Vladimirovna Barsukova (russian: Ю́лия Влади́мировна Барсуко́ва, born 31 December 1978) is a Russian retired individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2000 Olympic champion in the All-Around, the 2000 Grand Pri ...
(b. 1978) (1 gold in 2000 Olympics
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, 1 gold in World, 3 gold in European, 1 Gold in World Cup)
* Dina Averina
Dina Alekseyevna Averina ( rus, Дина Алексеевна Аверина, , ˈdʲinə ɐˈvʲerʲɪnə; born 13 August 1998) is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic All-around silver medalist, the only four-time ( ...
(b. 1998) (1 silver in 2020 Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
, 13 gold in Worlds, 10 gold in Europeans).
* Yana Kudryavtseva
Yana Alexeyevna Kudryavtseva (russian: Я́на Алексе́евна Кудря́вцева; born 30 September 1997) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympic All-around silver medalist, three-time World Champi ...
(b. 1997) (1 silver in 2016 Olympics
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, 13 gold in World, 8 gold in European, 5 gold in World Cup Final, 4 Gold in European Games)
* Irina Tchachina
Irina Viktorovna Tchachina (also Chashchina or Tchashchina, russian: Ирина Викторовна Чащина; born 24 April 1982) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2004 Olympic silver medalist in all-around, a ...
(b. 1982) (1 silver in 2004 Olympics
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, 3 gold in World, 6 gold in European, 4 gold in World games
The World Games are an international multi-sport event comprising sports and sporting disciplines that are not contested in the Olympic Games. They are usually held every four years, one year after a Summer Olympic Games, over the course of 11 d ...
, 2 Gold in World Cup)
* Daria Dmitrieva
Darya Andreyevna Dmitriyeva ( rus, Дарья Андреевна Дмитриева, , ˈdarʲɪ̯ə ˈdmʲitrʲɪ(ɪ̯)ɪvə; born 22 June 1993) is a Russian rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2012 Olympic all-around silver medalist, the 2010 Worl ...
(b. 1993) (1 silver in 2012 Olympics
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, 4 gold in World, 1 gold in European, 1 gold in Universiade
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The Universiade is referred t ...
)
* Yanina Batyrshina (b. 1979) (1 silver in 1996 Olympics
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, 5 gold in World, 5 gold in European)
* Daria Kondakova
Daria Vladimirovna Kondakova (russian: Дарья Владимировна Кондакова; born 30 July 1991) is a Russian retired individual rhythmic gymnast. She is a three-time ( 2011, 2010, 2009) World all-around silver medalist, the ...
(b. 1991) (4 gold in World, 3 gold in European)
* Olga Kapranova
Olga Sergeyevna Kapranova (russian: Ольга Серге́евна Капра́нова; born 6 December 1987) is a Russian retired individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2005 World All-around champion, the 2007 World All-around bronze medal ...
(b. 1987) (10 gold in World, 5 gold in European, 2 gold in World Games)
* Vera Sessina
Vera Valeryevna Sessina (russian: Вера Валерьевна Сесина, born 23 February 1986) is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2007 World All-around silver medalist, the 2006 European All-around Champion, two time (2 ...
(b. 1986) (6 gold in World, 6 gold in European, 1 gold in World Games, 4 gold in World Cup)
* Arina Averina
Arina Alekseyevna Averina (russian: Арина Алексеевна Аверина; born 13 August 1998) is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is a 2020 Summer Olympics finalist, a two-time (2017, 2019) world all-around silver medalist, ...
(b. 1998) (4 gold in Worlds, 9 gold in Europeans).
* Amina Zaripova
Amina Vasilovna Zaripova (russian: Амина Василовна Зарипова; tt-Cyrl, Әминә Васил кызы Зарипова, born 10 August 1976) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast who now works as an elite rhythmi ...
(b. 1976) (5 gold in World, 5 gold in Europeans)
* Aleksandra Soldatova
Aleksandra Sergeyevna Soldatova (russian: link=no, Александра Сергеевна Солдатова; born 1 June 1998) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2018 World All-around bronze medalist, 2018 World rib ...
(b. 1998) (4 gold in World, 3 gold in Europeans)
* Natalia Lipkovskaya
Natalia Lipkovskaya (russian: Наталья Викторовна Липковская, born 26 April 1979) is a Russian retired individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 1997 World All-around silver medalist and the 1997 Grand Prix Final All-ar ...
(b. 1979) (3 gold in World, 1 gold in Europeans).
* Lyasan Utiasheva
Lyasan Albertovna Utiasheva (russian: link=no, Ляйсан Альбертовна Утяшева, ba, Ләйсән Альберт ҡыҙы Үтәшева, born 28 June 1985) is a Russian TV show host, socialite, and former individual rhythmic ...
(b. 1985) (2 gold in Europeans).
* Zarina Gizikova
Zarina Mayramovna Gizikova (russian: Зарина Майрамовна Гизикова; born 20 June 1985 in Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia, Russian Federation) is a Russian retired individual rhythmic gymnast, an Honored Master of Sports of Russ ...
(b. 1985) (2 gold in Europeans).
* Alexandra Merkulova
Alexandra Sergeyevna Merkulova (russian: Алекса́ндра Серге́евна Мерку́лова; born 25 November 1995) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2010 Youth Olympic Games champion and the 2012 Europ ...
(b. 1995) (1 gold in 2010 Youth Olympic Games
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).
* Olga Belova (b. 1983) (1 gold in World and European team).
* Julia Rosliakova (b. 1975) multiple World and European team medalist.
* Vera Shatalina (b. 1966) - former Soviet rhythmic gymnast and Honored Master of Sports coach of Russia in rhythmic gymnastics.
* Venera Zaripova
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(b. 1966) - pioneered student, multiple Soviet champion and competed at the World championships.
Notable group rhythmic gymnasts:
* Yelena Posevina (b. 1986) (2 gold in group at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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and 2008 Summer Olympics
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, 2 golds in Worlds Group all-around and 2 golds in European Group all around).
* Natalia Lavrova (b. 1984) (2 gold in group at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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and 2004 Summer Olympics
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, 2 golds in Worlds Group all-around and 2 golds in European Group all around).
* Anastasia Bliznyuk
Anastasia Ilyinichna Bliznyuk ( rus, Анастасия Ильинична Близнюк, , ɐnəstɐˈsʲiɪ̯ə blʲɪˈzʲnʲuk; born 28 June 1994) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is a two-time Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics ...
(b. 1994) (2 gold in group at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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and 2016 Summer Olympics
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, 1 silver in group at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
, 1 gold in Worlds, 3 gold in European Championships group all-around).
* Anna Gavrilenko
Anna Vitaliyevna Gavrilenko (russian: Анна Витальевна Гавриленко) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast and Olympic champion.
Career
Gavrilenko started rhythmic gymnastics at an early age. In 2003, she became a member of ...
(b. 1990) (1 gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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, 2007 World Group all-around gold and 2 golds in European Group all around).
* Anastasia Maksimova
Anastasia Ivanovna Maksimova ( rus, Анастасия Ивановна Максимова, , ɐnəstɐˈsʲiɪ̯ə mɐˈksʲiməvə; born 27 June 1991) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympics Group champion, the 2015 Wor ...
(b.1991) (1 gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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, 2015 World Group all-around gold, 2 Gold in Europeans Games and 1 gold in European Championships group all-around).
* Diana Borisova (b.1997) (2015 World Group all-around gold, 2 Gold in Europeans Games and 1 gold in European Championships group all-around).
* Sofya Skomorokh
Sofya Pavlovna Skomorokh (russian: Софья Павловна Скоморох, born August 18, 1999 in Omsk, Russia) is a Russian Group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2015 Worlds Group all-around champion, the 2015 European Games Group all-aroun ...
(b.1999) (2015 World Group all-around gold, 2 Gold in Europeans Games and 1 gold in European Championships group all-around).
She has also trained the Russian Group that won the 2012 Summer Olympics
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Gold in Group All-around:
(Ksenia Dudkina
Ksenia Pavlovna Dudkina (russian: Ксения Павловна Дудкина; born 25 February 1995) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast from Omsk, Russia. She is the 2012 Olympics Group All-around champion, the 2011 World Group All-around ...
, Uliana Donskova
Uliana Vyacheslavovna Donskova (russian: Ульяна Вячеславовна Донскова; born 24 August 1992) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2012 Olympics Group All-around champion, the 2011 World Group All-around silver ...
, Anastasia Bliznyuk
Anastasia Ilyinichna Bliznyuk ( rus, Анастасия Ильинична Близнюк, , ɐnəstɐˈsʲiɪ̯ə blʲɪˈzʲnʲuk; born 28 June 1994) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is a two-time Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics ...
, Alina Makarenko
Alina Andreevna Makarenko (russian: Алина Андреевна Макаренко; born 14 January 1995) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2012 Olympics Group All-around champion, the 2011 World Group All-around silver medalist, ...
, Anastasia Nazarenko
Anastasia Konstantinovna Nazarenko (russian: Анастасия Константиновна Назаренко; born 17 January 1993) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2012 Olympics Group All-around champion, the 2011 World Gro ...
, Karolina Sevastyanova
Karolina Andreyevna Sevastyanova (russian: Каролина Андреевна Севастьянова; born 25 April 1995) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2012 Olympics Group All-around champion, 2012 European Group All-around c ...
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Counselor/Coordinator for Russian Group:
2020 Summer Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
Group silver medalists (Anastasia Bliznyuk
Anastasia Ilyinichna Bliznyuk ( rus, Анастасия Ильинична Близнюк, , ɐnəstɐˈsʲiɪ̯ə blʲɪˈzʲnʲuk; born 28 June 1994) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is a two-time Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics ...
, Anastasia Maksimova
Anastasia Ivanovna Maksimova ( rus, Анастасия Ивановна Максимова, , ɐnəstɐˈsʲiɪ̯ə mɐˈksʲiməvə; born 27 June 1991) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympics Group champion, the 2015 Wor ...
, Angelina Shkatova
Angelina Anatolyevna Shkatova ( rus, Ангелина Анатольевна Шкатова, , ɐnɡʲɪˈlʲinə ˈʂkatəvə; born 25 January 2001) is Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2021 European Group All-around champion and the ...
, Anastasia Tatareva
Anastasia Alekseyevna Tatareva ( rus, Анастасия Алексеевна Татарева, , ɐnəstɐˈsʲiɪ̯ə tɐˈtarʲɪvə; born 19 July 1997) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is 2016 Olympics Group all-around champion, a th ...
, Alisa Tishchenko
Alisa Sergeyevna Tishchenko ( rus, Алиса Сергеевна Тищенко, , ɐˈlʲisə ˈtʲiɕːɪnkə; born 17 February 2004) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the silver medalist and group Olympic runner-up at the Tokyo 202 ...
)
2016 Summer Olympics
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Group gold medalists
(Maria Tolkacheva
Maria Yuryevna Tolkacheva (russian: Мария Юрьевна Толкачёва; born ) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympics Group all-around champion, a four-time (2015, 2017-2019) World Group all-around champion, the ...
, Anastasiia Tatareva
Anastasia Alekseyevna Tatareva ( rus, Анастасия Алексеевна Татарева, , ɐnəstɐˈsʲiɪ̯ə tɐˈtarʲɪvə; born 19 July 1997) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is 2016 Olympics Group all-around champion, a th ...
, Anastasia Maksimova
Anastasia Ivanovna Maksimova ( rus, Анастасия Ивановна Максимова, , ɐnəstɐˈsʲiɪ̯ə mɐˈksʲiməvə; born 27 June 1991) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympics Group champion, the 2015 Wor ...
, Anastasia Bliznyuk
Anastasia Ilyinichna Bliznyuk ( rus, Анастасия Ильинична Близнюк, , ɐnəstɐˈsʲiɪ̯ə blʲɪˈzʲnʲuk; born 28 June 1994) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is a two-time Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics ...
, Vera Biryukova
Vera Leonidovna Biryukova (russian: Вера Леонидовна Бирюкова; born 11 April 1998 in Omsk, Omsk Oblast, Russia) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast who was the 2016 Olympics Group all-around champion.
Career
Biryukova was ...
)
2008 Summer Olympics
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Group gold medalists
(Margarita Aliychuk
Margarita Sergeyevna Aliychuk (russian: Маргарита Серге́евна Алийчук, born 10 August 1990) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast and Olympic champion.
Career
Aliychuk was a member of the gold medal-winning Russian group ...
, Anna Gavrilenko
Anna Vitaliyevna Gavrilenko (russian: Анна Витальевна Гавриленко) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast and Olympic champion.
Career
Gavrilenko started rhythmic gymnastics at an early age. In 2003, she became a member of ...
, Tatiana Gorbunova, Elena Posevina, Daria Shkurikhina, Natalia Zueva
Natalia Vladimirovna Zuyeva (russian: Наталья Владимировна Зуева, born October 10, 1988) is a Russian rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2008 Olympic champion in the group all-around.
Career
Zuyeva won gold in the group all-a ...
)
2004 Summer Olympics
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Group gold medalists
( Olesya Belugina, Olga Glatskikh, Tatiana Kurbakova
Tatiana Sergeyevna Kurbakova (russian: Татьяна Сергеевна Курбакова, born 7 August 1986) is a Russian retired rhythmic gymnast. She won gold in the group competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
...
, Natalia Lavrova, Yelena Posevina, Elena Murzina)
2000 Summer Olympics
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Group gold medalists
( Irina Belova, Yelena Chalamova, Natalia Lavrova, Mariya Netesova, Vyera Shimanskaya, Irina Zilber)
1996 Summer Olympics
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Group bronze medalists ( Yevgeniya Bochkaryova, Irina Dzyuba, Yuliya Ivanova, Yelena Krivoshey, Olga Shtyrenko, Angelina Yushkova
Angelina Nikolayevna Yushkova (russian: Ангелина Николаевна Юшкова) (born November 13, 1979) is a Russian gymnastics, gymnast. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where she received a bronze medal in t ...
)
International gymnasts
* Aliya Yussupova
Aliya Yussupova ( kk, Әлия Мақсұтқызы Жүсіпова, ''Äliia Maqsūtqyzy Jüsıpova''; born May 15, 1984) is a retired individual Rhythmic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnast who competed for Kazakhstan, coached by Irina Viner.
Perso ...
(b. 1984) – Kazakhstan
* Aliya Garayeva
Aliya Nurgayanovna (Nikolayevna) Garaeva (Garayeva) ( tt-Cyrl, Алия Нургаян кызы Гәрәева; russian: Алия Нургаяновна Гараева), born 1 January 1988 in Yekaterinburg, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a reti ...
(b. 1988) – Azerbaijan
* Anna Alyabyeva
Anna Romzatovna Alyabyeva (born 13 November 1993, in Astana) is a Kazakhstani individual rhythmic gymnast.
Career
Anna Alyabyeva began to compete in the senior circuit in 2009 as the second gymnasts of her home country. Her highest achievemen ...
(b. 1993) – Kazakhstan
* Ulyana Trofimova
Ulyana Olyegovna Trofimova (Uzbek: Ульяна Олеговна Трофимова; born 28 February 1990 in Navoiy Province) is an Uzbekistani rhythmic gymnast.
Career
Trofimova took up gymnastics at age five in Navoiy, Uzbekistan and cur ...
(b. 1990) – Uzbekistan
* Son Yeon-jae
Son Yeon-jae KTM (born 28 May 1994) is a South Korean retired individual rhythmic gymnast. She is a former member of the South Korean national gymnastics team, based in Taereung, Seoul. She is the 2014 Asian Games All-around Champion, the 20 ...
(b. 1994) – South Korea
* Sumire Kita
Sumire Kita ( ja, 喜田 純鈴; born 11 January 2001) is a retired Japanese individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2016 Asian Junior all-around champion, the 2022 Asian Senior all-around silver medalist and two-time Japanese National Junior c ...
(b. 2001) – Japan
* Kaho Minagawa
Kaho Minagawa ( ja, 皆川夏穂; born 20 August 1997) is a retired Japanese individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2017 Asian Championships All-around silver medalist. She trained in Novogorsk in Moscow, Russia. She is the first Japanese indiv ...
(b. 1997) – Japan
* Sakura Hayakawa
is a Japanese individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2015 Asian Championships All-around bronze medalist.
Career
Hayakawa appeared in international junior competitions in 2010. Hayakawa has competed at the World Club Cup, the Aeon Cup in Toky ...
(b. 1997) – Japan
* Elizaveta Nazarenkova
Elizaveta Sergeyevna Nazarenkova (russian: Елизавета Сергеевна Назаренкова; born 27 August 1995) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast who competed for Uzbekistan. She is a two-time all-around silver med ...
(b. 1995) – Uzbekistan
* Emilie Livingston (b. 1983) – Canada
* Dinara Gimatova
Dinara Nailevna Gimatova ( tt-Cyrl, Динара Наил кызы Гиматова, russian: Динара Наильевна Гиматова; born 18 November 1986 in Astrakhan, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is an Azerbaijani gymnast of Volga Tat ...
(b. 1986) – Azerbaijan
* Varvara Filiou
Varvara Filiou (Greek: Βαρβάρα Φίλιου; born December 29, 1994, in Attiki, Greece) is a retired Greek individual rhythmic gymnast and coach. She is an eight-time (2008-2016) Greek National All-around Champion. She is one of Greece's m ...
(b. 1994) – Greece
* Shin Soo-ji
Shin Soo-ji ( born 8 January 1991) is a South Korean former rhythmic gymnast and bowler. She is the first South Korean rhythmic gymnast to qualify for all-around final at the World Championships.
Personal life
On January 5, 2018, it was anno ...
(b. 1991) – South Korea
* Debbie Southwick (b. 1976) – United Kingdom
Head of Famous Russian rhythmic gymnast coaches
Although Viner is the Head of the Russian National rhythmic gymnastics Federation, the Russian gymnasts have their own personal coaches and trainers supervising their daily training and in competitions. Notable Russian rhythmic gymnast coaches include:
* Vera Shtelbaums
Vera Shtelbaums (russian: Вера Штельбаумс; born April 24, 1937 in Omsk, Russia) is a Russian rhythmic gymnastics coach.
Coaching career
Following her graduation from the Omsk Institute of Physical Education in 1959, Shtelbaums w ...
(b. 1937)
* Anna Shumilova
Anna Vyacheslavovna Shumilova-Dyachenko (russian: Анна Вячеславовна Шумилова-Дьяченко; born August 25, 1980) is an honored Master of Sports coach in Rhythmic gymnastics.
Personal life
She is married to 2012 Oly ...
(b. 1980)
* Vera Shatalina (b. 1966)
* Olga Buyanova (b. 1954)
* Elena Karpushenko (b. 1961)
* Lyaysan Savitskaya (b. 1972)
* Amina Zaripova
Amina Vasilovna Zaripova (russian: Амина Василовна Зарипова; tt-Cyrl, Әминә Васил кызы Зарипова, born 10 August 1976) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast who now works as an elite rhythmi ...
(b. 1976)
* Irina Zenovka
Irina Borisovna Zenovka (russian: Ирина Борисовна Зеновка; née Lebedeva; born September 2, 1972 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR) is a Russian choreographer who choreographs for the Russian National team in rhythmic gymnastics.
Co ...
(b. 1972)
* Oksana Skaldina
Oksana Valentinovna Skaldina ( uk, Оксана Валентинівна Скалдіна; russian: Оксана Валентиновна Скалдина) is a retired Ukrainian individual rhythmic gymnast and current coach. She is the 1992 Ol ...
(b. 1972)
* Daria Kondakova
Daria Vladimirovna Kondakova (russian: Дарья Владимировна Кондакова; born 30 July 1991) is a Russian retired individual rhythmic gymnast. She is a three-time ( 2011, 2010, 2009) World all-around silver medalist, the ...
(b. 1991)
* Elena Nefedova
Elena Yurievna Nefedova (russian: Елена Юрьевна Нефедова ; born July 2, 1974 in Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union) is an honored Master of Sports coach of Russia in Rhythmic gymnastics.
Coaching career
Since 2003, she works as ...
(b. 1974)
Awards
*In the 2020 edition of the national sports award Pride of Russia, in the nomination Coach of the YearВ России вручили награды номинантам Национальной спортивной премии. Спортсменами года стали Кулижников и Сидорова
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See also
* Irina Viner-Usmanova Gymnastics Palace
*List of Jews in sports (non-players)
The topic of Jewish participation in sports is discussed extensively in academic and popular literature. Scholars believe that sports have been a historical avenue for Jewish people to overcome obstacles toward their participation in secular soci ...
References
External Links
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Living people
Uzbekistani rhythmic gymnasts
Soviet rhythmic gymnasts
Soviet Jews
Uzbekistani Jews
Russian Jews
Russian gymnastics coaches
Russian people of Jewish descent
Russian people of Uzbekistani descent
Jewish gymnasts
People from Samarkand
1948 births
Honoured Coaches of Russia
Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class