Iryna Dvoskina (born 22 December 1958) is a Ukraine-born Australian athletics coach who works with Paralympic athletes.

Biography

Being an only child, she came to Australia in 2003 to be closer to her mother Fira (born 20 September 1934), who had moved to Australia in 1996. Her mother has carried on her successful coaching career in New South Wales. She undertook a four-year coaching degree at university in Ukraine. She was the athletics coach with the Ukrainian Paralympic team from 1995 to 2002. In 2003, she was appointed sprints and jumps coach for

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Paralympic

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athletes. She has been an athletics coach with the Australian team from

2004 Athens Paralympics ) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olympic ...

to the

2020 Tokyo Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralympic ...

Coaching Medals at Major Championships

Paralympic athletics coach Irina Dvoskina at the AIS Track and Field

She is regarded as a strict coach due to her intensive training six days a week, careful diets and her attention to detail. She has stated:"

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is the biggest inspiration in my life ... maybe there is some genetics. I love my job and I am doing it with love. I love my guys." Her husband Yuriy Vdovychenko was Paralympic Swimming Coach at the National Training Centre (NTC) in Canberra from 2013 to 2020.

Recognition

*2008 -

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Coach of the Year. *2016 -

Coach of the Year. *2022 - Medal (OAM) of the Order of Australia for service to Paralympic athletics

References

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