Oksana Vasilyevna Lyapina (russian: Оксана Васильевна Ляпина; born 28 April 1980 in
Armavir,
Russian SFSR
The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...
) is a Russian
artistic gymnast
Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...
who represented
Russia at the 1996 Summer Olympics
The Russian Federation competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. It was the first time since 1912 that the nation participated separately from the other former countries of the Soviet Union. Russia had been a member of the Uni ...
.
Career
Lyapina competed in the
1995 Junior European Championships and helped her team win gold.
In 1996, she competed at the
Olympic Games
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, along with
Rozalia Galiyeva
Rozaliya Ilfatovna Galiyeva (; born 28 April 1977), also known as Roza Galieva, is a retired artistic gymnast who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics.
Personal life
Galiyeva was born on 26 April 1977 ...
and
Svetlana Khorkina
Svetlana Vasilyevna Khorkina (russian: Светлана Васильевна Хоркина; born 19 January 1979) is a retired Russian artistic gymnast. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, the 2000 Summer Olympics, and the 2004 Summer Ol ...
. Although first in the compulsory round, they ultimately won silver in the team event. They were disappointed, feeling that they had deserved gold. Russia had a tough time focusing due partly to the
American
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crowd in
Atlanta
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, whose loud cheering distracted them many times - resulting in many falls and wobbles. Lyapina fell from the beam.
After the Olympics, Lyapina won some of her first individual medals but an injury prevented her from proper training and competing, so she failed to make the 1997 World Championships.
Competitive history
See also
*
List of Olympic female gymnasts for Russia
Gymnastics events have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1896 with Russian female gymnasts having participated in every Olympic Games since Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 1996. A total of 32 female artistic gymnasts have represente ...
References
External links
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1980 births
Living people
Russian female artistic gymnasts
Olympic gymnasts for Russia
Gymnasts at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Russia
People from Armavir, Russia
Olympic medalists in gymnastics
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Krasnodar Krai