Natalia Yurchenko
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|fullname={{lang-ru|Наталья Владимировна Юрченко}}
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|birthdate= {{birth date and age|1965|01|26}}
|birthplace=[[Norilsk]]
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|discipline=[[Artistic gymnastics]]
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|headcoach=[[Vladislav Rastorotsky]]
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|eponymousskills=[[Yurchenko (vault)|Yurchenko]], [[Yurchenko loop]]
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{{MedalSport |Women's [[Artistic Gymnastics]]}}
{{medal Alternate Olympics - Gymnastics}}
{{MedalGold|[[1984 Alternate Olympics|1984 Olomouc]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1984 Alternate Olympics Olympics|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1984 Alternate Olympics|1984 Olomouc]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1984 Alternate Olympics Olympics|Vault]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1984 Alternate Olympics|1984 Olomouc]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1984 Alternate Olympics Olympics|Uneven Bars]]}}
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{{MedalGold|[[1983 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1983 Budapest]]|Team}}
{{MedalGold|[[1983 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1983 Budapest]]|Individual All-Around}}
{{MedalGold|[[1985 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1985 Montreal]]|Team}}
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{{MedalGold|[[1982 World Artistic Gymnastics Cup|1982 Zagreb]]|Individual All-Around}}
{{MedalGold|[[1982 World Artistic Gymnastics Cup|1982 Zagreb]]|Vault}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1982 World Artistic Gymnastics Cup|1982 Zagreb]]|Uneven Bars}}
{{MedalGold|[[1982 World Artistic Gymnastics Cup|1982 Zagreb]]|Balance Beam}}
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'''Natalia Vladimirovna Yurchenko''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]: Наталья Владимировна Юрченко) (born [[January 26]], [[1965]] in [[Norilsk]], [[Russian SFSR]]) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[artistic gymnast]], who was the women's all-around gold medalist at the [[1983 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships]].
Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR, she was coached by [[Vladislav Rastorotsky]] at the Dinamo sports society in [[Rostov on Don]]. Her first international competition was the 1978 Junior Friendship Tournament, where she placed 5th all-around and won gold medals in the team competition and on [[uneven bars|bars]]. In the same year she debuted in the senior Riga International meet, earning the bronze on the [[floor (gymnastics)|floor]].
The great series of successes began four years later, when she won the all-around title at the USSR Championships, USSR Cup, at the prestigious ''[[Moscow News]]'' tournament and the World Cup. Perhaps even more successful was the year 1983. She won almost complete gold medal complects (except the floor exercise) at the [[1983 Summer Universiade|University Games]] and the USSR Championships. She also became the all-around World Champion, achieving two perfect 10s in the process.
At the [[Alternate_Olympics_-_Gymnastics#Friendship_Games_1984|Friendship Games]] in [[Olomouc]], Yurchenko battled with [[Olga Mostepanova]] and managed to win the gold medal on the vault and in the team competition. In 1985 she once again won almost all events at the University Games (except [[vault (gymnastics)|vault]] and the [[balance beam]]) and contributed to the team's gold medal at the World Championships.
Apart from being one of the strongest gymnasts of the 1980s, she originated such popular gymnastics elements as [[Yurchenko (vault)|Yurchenko vault]] and [[Yurchenko loop]]. She retired from gymnastics in 1986, but made a surprise appearance at the World Professional Championships (Fairfax, VA) in 1991. In 1999 Yurchenko emigrated to the USA and coaches there since that time. She coached at LVSA, a gymnastics club in Pennsylvania, for almost 9 years and lives with her family consisting of her husband [[Igor Sklyarov]] and daughter Olga.
==Achievements==
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! align=center|Year
! align=center|Event
! width=30px|AA
! width=30px|Team
! width=30px|[[Gymnastics vault|VT]]
! width=30px|[[Gymnastics uneven bars|UB]]
! width=30px|[[Gymnastics balance beam|BB]]
! width=30px|[[Gymnastics floor|FX]]
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|rowspan="3"|'''1982'''||align=left|World Cup||bgcolor=gold|1st||||bgcolor=gold| 1st ||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=gold|1st||
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|align=left|USSR Cup||bgcolor=gold|1st||||||bgcolor=gold|1st||||
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|align=left|USSR Championships||bgcolor=gold|1st||||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=gold|1st||||bgcolor=gold|1st
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|rowspan="2"|'''1983'''||align=left|[[1983 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=gold| 1st ||||||||
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|align=left|USSR Championships||bgcolor=gold|1st||||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=silver|2nd
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|rowspan="1"|'''1984'''||align=left|[[Friendship Games]]||||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=silver|2nd||||
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|rowspan=2|'''1985'''||align=left|[[1985 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]||||bgcolor=gold|1st||||||||
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|align=left|USSR Championships||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd||||||||||
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==External links and sources==
*{{fig|id=4904|name=Natalia Yurchenko}}
*[http://www.gymn-forum.net/bios/women/yurchenko.html List of competitive results at Gymn Forum]
*[http://www.gymnpics.com/gymnasticgreats/wag/yurchenko.htm Whatever happened to Natalia Yurchenko?]
*[http://gymnnetwork.castledell.com/85universiade/1985UnisAAYurchenkoV.wmv Video of Natalia Yurchenko performing Yurchenko vault] - [[1985 Summer Universiade]] in [[Kobe]], all-around
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[[Category:1965 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Soviet gymnasts]]
[[Category:Originators of elements in artistic gymnastics]]
[[Category:World champion gymnasts]]
[[Category:Medalists at World Gymnastics Championships]]
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