| Oksana Knizhnik | ||||||||||||
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| Country represented | Ukraine | |||||||||||
| Born | 3 January 1977 Kyiv, Ukraine | |||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||
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Oksana Knizhnik (born 3 January 1977) is a Ukrainian gymnast. She competed in five events at the 1996 Summer Olympics. [1]
Ukraine competed in the Summer Olympic Games as an independent nation for the first time at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Previously, Ukrainian athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics. 231 competitors, 146 men and 85 women, took part in 148 events in 21 sports.
Oksana Valentinovna Skaldina is a retired Ukrainian individual rhythmic gymnast and current coach. She is the 1992 Olympic bronze medalist and 1991 all-around world champion.
Oksana Aleksandrovna Chusovitina is an Uzbekistani artistic gymnast.
Tatiana Felixivna Lysenko is a Soviet and Ukrainian former gymnast, who had her senior competitive career from 1990 to 1994. Lysenko was a member of the Soviet Union team during the early 1990s, a period when its pool of talent was deep. She is the 1992 Olympic champion on balance beam.
Oksana Omelianchik is a retired Soviet gymnast and the all-around gold medalist of the 1985 World Championships. Omelianchik was most known for her enthusiastic showmanship, difficulty and originality, including pioneering back-to-back tumbling.
Leyanet González Calero is a Cuban former artistic gymnast who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics. She is one of only five female gymnasts to return to international competition after having a child, along with Larisa Latynina, Oksana Chusovitina, Suzanne Harmes, and Aliya Mustafina.
Leonid Yosipovich Buryak is a Ukrainian football coach, and a former Olympic bronze-medal-winning player.
Oksana, Oxana, or Aksana, is a female given name of Ukrainian origin. The closest equivalent is the Russian name Kseniya, but the two names coexist in use in both countries, and neither of them is a shortening of the other.
Oksana Alexandrovna Kostina was a Soviet and Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She was the 1992 World All-around champion and 1992 European All-around bronze medalist.
Oksana Okunyeva is a Ukrainian high jumper.
Olga Tass was a Hungarian gymnast who competed at the 1948, 1952, 1956, and 1960 Summer Olympics. She was born in Pécs.
The following lists events that happened during 1955 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
The Soviet Union women's national artistic gymnastics team represented the Soviet Union in FIG international competitions. They were the dominant force in the sport from the 1950s until the Soviet Union's collapse. They lead the medal tally for women's artistic gymnastics with 88 medals including 33 gold. Larisa Latynina is also the most decorated female athlete at the Olympic games with a total of 18 medals. Soviet dominance was unprecedented in scale and longevity and was likely the result of the country's heavy investment in mass and elite sports to fulfill its political agenda.
Maryna Proskurina is a former Ukrainian female artistic gymnast who represented her nation at international competitions.
Inha Andriïvna Kozhokhina is a Ukrainian group rhythmic gymnast representing her nation at international competitions.
Oksana Paslas was a Ukrainian group rhythmic gymnast representing her nation at international competitions.
The Ukraine women's national artistic gymnastics team represents Ukraine in FIG international competitions.
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