Yulia Barsukova
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, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
) is Individual Rhythmic Gymnast
. She is the 2000 Olympic Champion in the All-Around.
of Moscow where she lived. One day, when she was eight years old, she was passing a sports club, and in the window, she saw girls practicing Rhythmic Gymnastics. Pretty soon, her father signed her up for Rhythmic Gymnastics. And after three years she moved to a Tagansky District high school's Rhythmic Gymnastics department.
Barsukova was coached by Vera Silaeva, until she was sixteen. And then, literally taking her by the hand, she took Barsukova to the famous Russian Head Coach, Irina Viner
. But the head coach of the national team did not like Barsukova at first. Viner gave up only after the pressure of the choreographer of the Russian National team, Veronica Shatkova.
Barsukova began competing at international competitions following the coaching change. She received an unofficial title of Miss Bolshoi Theater during an evening dedicated to the 15th anniversary of Ballet magazine where Barsukova performed along with the stars of the theater. Her "Dying Swan" ball routine brought a lot of applause from dancers, most of whom gave her a standing ovation.
She won many rhythmic gymnastics titles after her emergence in major competitions as a second member of the Russian team. At the 2000 Sydney Olympics after a fumble with the Hoop by then World Champion, Alina Kabaeva
, Barsukova won the gold despite a missed foot-catch at the end of her rope routine. She also won the rope final in both the 1999 (9.933) and 2000 (9.983)European Championships. Now, she is participating in the project of 1 Russian Channel "Stars on Ice". She is married to Denis Samokhin, a Russian ice dancer.
She is the oldest Olympic Champion in rhythmic gymnastics with 21 years, 8 months and 27 days.
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
) is Individual Rhythmic Gymnast
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which individuals or teams of competitors manipulate one or two pieces of apparatus: rope, clubs, hoop, ball, ribbon and Free . An individual athlete only manipulates 1 apparatus at a time...
. She is the 2000 Olympic Champion in the All-Around.
Biography
At age five, she began figure skating in the Izmaylovo DistrictIzmaylovo District
Izmaylovo District is a district in Eastern Administrative Okrug of Moscow, Russia. It is a historical part of Moscow, the ancestral land of the Romanov noble family. Population: Area: .-History:...
of Moscow where she lived. One day, when she was eight years old, she was passing a sports club, and in the window, she saw girls practicing Rhythmic Gymnastics. Pretty soon, her father signed her up for Rhythmic Gymnastics. And after three years she moved to a Tagansky District high school's Rhythmic Gymnastics department.
Barsukova was coached by Vera Silaeva, until she was sixteen. And then, literally taking her by the hand, she took Barsukova to the famous Russian Head Coach, Irina Viner
Irina Viner
Irina Aleksandrovna Viner is a Russian rhythmic gymnastics coach who is head trainer of the Russian national team. She is Jewish. She has trained sportwomen like:...
. But the head coach of the national team did not like Barsukova at first. Viner gave up only after the pressure of the choreographer of the Russian National team, Veronica Shatkova.
Barsukova began competing at international competitions following the coaching change. She received an unofficial title of Miss Bolshoi Theater during an evening dedicated to the 15th anniversary of Ballet magazine where Barsukova performed along with the stars of the theater. Her "Dying Swan" ball routine brought a lot of applause from dancers, most of whom gave her a standing ovation.
She won many rhythmic gymnastics titles after her emergence in major competitions as a second member of the Russian team. At the 2000 Sydney Olympics after a fumble with the Hoop by then World Champion, Alina Kabaeva
Alina Kabaeva
Alina Maratovna Kabaeva is a Russian Honored Master of Sports, retired rhythmic gymnast, and politician. Since 2007, she has been a State Duma deputy from the United Russia party....
, Barsukova won the gold despite a missed foot-catch at the end of her rope routine. She also won the rope final in both the 1999 (9.933) and 2000 (9.983)European Championships. Now, she is participating in the project of 1 Russian Channel "Stars on Ice". She is married to Denis Samokhin, a Russian ice dancer.
She is the oldest Olympic Champion in rhythmic gymnastics with 21 years, 8 months and 27 days.