Natalia Yurchenko 4416483 223928160 2008-07-06T15:39:37Z Ratarsed 438499 +[[Yurchenko loop]] {{Infobox Gymnast |gymnastname= Natalia Yurchenko |image=Replace this image female.svg |imagesize=150px |caption= |fullname={{lang-ru|Наталья Владимировна Юрченко}} |nickname= |country={{USSR}} |formercountry= |birthdate= {{birth date and age|1965|01|26}} |birthplace=[[Norilsk]] |hometown= |deathdate= |deathplace= |height= |discipline=[[Artistic gymnastics]] |level= |natlteam= |club= |gym= |collegeteam= |headcoach=[[Vladislav Rastorotsky]] |assistcoach= |formercoach= |choreographer= |music= |eponymousskills=[[Yurchenko (vault)|Yurchenko]], [[Yurchenko loop]] |retired= |medaltemplates= <!-- see [[Template:MedalRelatedTemplates]] --> {{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]]}} {{MedalWorldArtisticGymnasticsChampionships}} {{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}} {{MedalWorldGymnasticsCup}} {{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}} }} '''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== {| border=1 cellpadding=1 cellspacing=2 style="border-collapse: collapse; text-align:center; font-size: 95%;" |- ! 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]] |- |rowspan="3"|'''1982'''||align=left|World Cup||bgcolor=gold|1st||||bgcolor=gold| 1st ||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=gold|1st|| |- |align=left|USSR Cup||bgcolor=gold|1st||||||bgcolor=gold|1st|||| |- |align=left|USSR Championships||bgcolor=gold|1st||||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=gold|1st||||bgcolor=gold|1st |- |rowspan="2"|'''1983'''||align=left|[[1983 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=gold| 1st |||||||| |- |align=left|USSR Championships||bgcolor=gold|1st||||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=silver|2nd |- |rowspan="1"|'''1984'''||align=left|[[Friendship Games]]||||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=silver|2nd|||| |- |rowspan=2|'''1985'''||align=left|[[1985 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]||||bgcolor=gold|1st|||||||| |- |align=left|USSR Championships||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd|||||||||| |} ==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 {{NavigationWorldChampionsArtisticGymnasticsWomenTC}} {{NavigationWorldChampionsArtisticGymnasticsWomenAA}} {{gymnast ru}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Yurchenko, Natalia}} [[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]] {{gymnastics-bio-stub}}