Yelena Shevchenko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Yelena Shevchenko

artistic gymnast

Date of Birth: 07-Oct-1971

Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia

Profession: artistic gymnast

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Yelena Shevchenko

  • Yelena Nikolayevna Shevchenko (Russian: ????? ?????????? ????????; born 7 October 1971) is a retired Russian gymnast.
  • She competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a gold medal with the Soviet team.
  • Individually her best achievement was ninth place in the vault.She was included to the Olympic team owing to her strong performance at national competitions and the 1986 Goodwill Games.
  • She missed the 1987 world championships due to injury.
  • She retired from competitions in 1989 and since then works as a gymnastics coach and referee; in particular, she worked as a judge at the 2001 World Championships.
  • She married speed skater Vladislav Olenin, and in 1999 gave birth to a son during a stay in England.

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