Oxana Skaldina

Oxana Skaldina
Country represented	Soviet Union  Unified Team (EUN)  Ukraine
Born	May 24, 1972 (1972-05-24) (age 39) Zaporozhye
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Medal record Olympic Games Bronze 1992 All-around World Championships Gold 1989 Sarajevo Rope Gold 1989 Sarajevo Hoop Gold 1989 Sarajevo Ribbon Gold 1989 Sarajevo Team Gold 1991 Athens All-around Gold 1991 Athens Team Silver 1991 Athens Ball Bronze 1989 Sarajevo All-around Bronze 1991 Athens Rope Bronze 1991 Athens Hoop European Championships Gold 1990 Göteborg Rope Gold 1990 Göteborg Hoop Gold 1990 Göteborg Ball Gold 1990 Göteborg Ribbon Gold 1990 Göteborg Team Gold 1992 Stuttgart Rope Gold 1992 Stuttgart Hoop Gold 1992 Stuttgart Clubs Bronze 1990 Göteborg All-around

Oxana Skaldina (Russian: Оксана Скалдина, Ukrainian: Оксана Скалдіна) (born 24 May 1972 in Zaporozhye, Ukraine) is a former Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. She started training in gymnastics at the age of 5 with Liudmilla Koval. When she moved to the Kiev she began training at the rhythmics school of Albina and Irina Deriugina.

With the break-up of the USSR, Oksana and her teammate Alexandra Timoshenko, both coached by the coaching Albina and Irina Deriugina, competed at the 1992 European Championships in Stuttgart, Germany for Ukraine. Oxana placed 5th in the All-Around, but still managed to win 3 apparatus golds.

There was a controversy about the team members chosen for the Barcelona Olympics some weeks after the European Championships. The ex-USSR countries went to the competition as a Unified Team. Oxana Kostina was the favorite to go and had a better competitive season, but Skaldina was named to the team instead. She finished 3rd in the All-Around in Barcelona. She is remembered to have been in tears minutes after her last routine and famously refused to congratulate or acknowledge Carolina Pascual on her silver-medal victory, an event that would become legendary. She is currently a coach in Moscow, Russia. Her daughter, Daria Svatkovskaya, is also a rhythmic gymnast.

External links

• Oxana Skaldina at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique

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Name	Skaldina, Oxana
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Date of birth	24 May 1972
Place of birth	Zaporozhye
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