Minsk
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Belarus
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Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...
ian former individual
rhythmic gymnast
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Biography
In 1992, Ogrizko was involved in a car accident which left her in a coma for six months. She had to learn to walk again. One year later, she participated at the World Championships in Alicante in 1993, sharing the gold medal in the ribbon competition with Maria Petrova of Bulgaria.
She participated at the
1996 Olympic Games
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, and ranked 6th in the AA semi-finals and 8th in the AA finals.Wallechinsky, David. ''The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics: Sydney 2000 Edition'', p. 559.
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She retired at age 21 in 1997.
Ogrizko is currently a coach and judge for the Belarusian Gymnastics Federation. She and her former teammate,
Larissa Loukianenko
Larisa Gennadyevna Lukyanenko ( Russian: Лариса Геннадьевна Лукьяненко, born 7 August 1973) is a former Belarusian individual rhythmic gymnast.
Career
Loukianenko took up rhythmic gymnastics in 1980 at age 7. She wa ...