Tatiana Popova (gymnast)

Tatiana Popova
Born	(1979-07-30) 30 July 1979 (age 45) Kyiv, Ukraine
Residence	Mont Belvieu, Texas, United States
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Spouse	Sergiy Dushyn
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Rhythmic Gymnastics
Country represented	Ukraine
Years on national team	1987–1999
Level	International Elite
Club	Deriugins School
Head coach(es)	Irina Deriugina
Retired	yes
Medal record Representing  Ukraine Rhythmic Gymnastics Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championships 0 0 5 European Championships 0 1 0 Junior European Championships 0 0 1 Total 0 1 6 World Championships 1996 Budapest 5 Hoops 1997 Berlin Team 1997 Berlin Clubs 1998 Seville 5 Balls 1998 Seville 3 Ribbons + 2 Hoops European Championships 1998 Porto Team Junior European Championships 1993 Bucharest Team

Tatiana Popova (born 30 July 1979) is a former Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast.^[1][2] She's a European and World medalist.

Career

Popova entered the national team in 1987, in 1993 she won team bronze at the European Championships in Bucharest along Victoria Stadnik and Diana Popova.^[3]

In 1996 she competed at the World Championships in Budapest as a member of the group finishing 5th in the All-Around, 4th with 3 balls & 2 ribbons and winning bronze with 5 hoops.^[1][4]

The following year she took 8th place in the All-Around and 7th with rope, winning bronze in the team competition and with clubs at the World Championships in Berlin.^[5]

In 1998 she won silver in the team competition along Elena Vitrichenko, Ekaterina Serebrianskaya and Tamara Yerofeeva as well as 6th with clubs, the only apparatus she competed with, at the European Championships in Porto.^[6] Later Popova was again in the group, at the World Championships in Seville she was 4th in the All-Around and won bronze in the 5 balls and 3 ribbons & 2 hoops' event finals.^[7]

In 1999 she was 5th in the All-Around, 4th with 5 pairs of clubs and 8th with 2 hoops & 3 ribbons at the European Championships in Budapest.^[8] At the World Championships in Osaka the group finished 10th in the All-Around and didn't qualify for any finals.^[9] Ukraine failed to qualify for the 2000 Olympic Games, as a result Tatiana ended her career.

After her retirement she married Sergiy Dushyn and started working in his gymnastics club as a coach.^[10][11]

References

1. "Tatiana Popova – FIG – Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique". 2004-11-29. Archived from the original on 2004-11-29. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
2. "POPOVA Tatiana – FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
3. "9. European Junior Championships in Bucharest, Romeania (20.-23. May 1993)". rsg.net. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
4. "20. World Championships in Budapest, Hungary (21.-23. June 1996)".
5. "1997 World Championships". Archived from the original on 2007-03-13.
6. "European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships 1998 – Results Women". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
7. "1998 World Championships". rsg.net.
8. "1999 European Championships". rsg.net.
9. "1999 World Championships". Archived from the original on 2007-03-14.
10. "Owners and coaches". www.dushynsports.com.
11. "MEET OUR COACHES". DSA Gymnastics. Retrieved 2024-01-12.