- Olexandra Tymoshenko
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Olexandra Tymoshenko
Олександра ТимошенкоCountry represented 
Unified TeamFormer country(ies) represented 
Soviet UnionBorn February 18, 1972 Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics Retired Yes Olympic medal record Competitor for Unified TeamOlympic Games Gold 1992 Barcelona All-around Competitor for Soviet UnionBronze 1988 Seoul All-around World Championships Gold 1989 Sarajevo All-around Gold 1989 Sarajevo Rope Gold 1989 Sarajevo Hoop Gold 1989 Sarajevo Ball Gold 1989 Sarajevo Team Gold 1991 Athens Rope Gold 1991 Athens Hoop Gold 1991 Athens Ball Gold 1991 Athens Clubs Gold 1991 Athens Team Silver 1989 Sarajevo Ribbon Silver 1991 Athens All-around European Championships Gold 1987 Athens Rope(Junior) Gold 1988 Helsinki All-around Gold 1988 Helsinki Rope Gold 1988 Helsinki Hoop Gold 1988 Helsinki Clubs Gold 1989 Hannover All-around Gold 1989 Hannover Ball Gold 1989 Hannover Ribbon Gold 1990 Göteborg All-around Gold 1990 Göteborg Ball Gold 1990 Göteborg Team Gold 1991 Brussels All-around Gold 1991 Brussels Rope Gold 1991 Brussels Hoop Gold 1991 Brussels Ball Gold 1991 Brussels Clubs Gold 1992 Stuttgart Hoop Gold 1992 Stuttgart Ball Gold 1992 Stuttgart Clubs Silver 1987 Athens Hoop(Junior) Silver 1989 Hannover Hoop Silver 1990 Göteborg Rope Silver 1990 Göteborg Hoop Silver 1992 Stuttgart All-around Silver 1992 Stuttgart Rope Bronze 1987 Athens Ribbon(Junior) Bronze 1989 Hannover Rope Olexandra Olexandrivna Tymoshenko (Ukrainian: Олександра Олександрівна Тимошенко) born 18 February 1972 in Boguslav, Ukraine, USSR) is a former Soviet Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. She started gymnastics in 1980 at age 8 and she retired at age 20 in 1992. She was coached by the famous mother/daughter combination of Albina and Irina Deriugina. Olexandra won the All-Around Bronze at the 1988 Seoul Olympics and at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics she won the Gold.
When Olexandra was seven, her father (a construction engineer) was invited to work in Kiev. There Alexandra started training at the Deriugins School of Rhythmics. At age 14 she became The Junior Soviet Champion and, shortly after, collected three medals at a European championships: a gold for the Rope, a silver for the Hoop and a bronze for the Ribbon. Then, during a regular Soviet competition, she placed second behind the top of the Soviets, Marina Lobach of Belarus, and so won the right to go to the 1988 European championships.
At the 1988 European Championships in Helsinki, Finland she shared the All-Around title with two Bulgarians, Elizabeth Koleva and Adriana Dunavska. There she also won 3 golds - Hoop, Clubs and Rope. Several months later she won the All-Around Bronze at the Seoul Olympics, and after that she became the USSR All-Around Champion for the first time.
In June 1989 at the Soviet Championships in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Olexandra was performing her Ball routine while another girl had already started her Ribbon routine. When Olexandra was performing a salto, the other girl accidentally hit her in the eyelid with the stick end of her ribbon. Doctors were able to stop the bleeding and Alexandra received several stitches. Despite the injury, she went on to win the All-Around title.
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Olympic Champions in Rhythmic Gymnastics - Women's All-Around 1984: Lori Fung | 1988: Marina Lobatch | 1992: Alexandra Timoshenko | 1996: Ekaterina Serebrianskaya | 2000: Yulia Barsukova | 2004: Alina Kabayeva | 2008: Evgeniya Kanaeva
Categories:- 1972 births
- Living people
- Soviet rhythmic gymnasts
- Gymnasts at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Gymnasts at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the Unified Team
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic gymnasts of the Soviet Union
- Deriugins Gymnasts
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics
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