Olexandra Tymoshenko

Olexandra Tymoshenko
Olexandra Tymoshenko
Олександра Тимошенко
Country represented Olympic flag.svg Unified Team
Former country(ies) represented  Soviet Union
Born February 18, 1972 (1972-02-18) (age 39)
Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
Retired Yes
Olympic medal record
Competitor for Olympic flag.svg Unified Team
Olympic Games
Gold 1992 Barcelona All-around
Competitor for  Soviet Union
Bronze 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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