Olga Yurkina

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Olga Yurkina
Personal information
Native name
Ольга Вячеславовна Юркина
Full nameOlga Vyacheslavovna Yurkina
Nicknames
    • Volha Viachaslavauna Yurkina
    • Вольга Вячаславаўна Юркiна
Born (1979-09-21) 21 September 1979 (age 46)
Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Gymnastics career
Sport Women's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		 Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Belarus
Retiredc. 1996
Medal record
Women's artistic gymnastics
Representing Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Belarus
Universiade
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1985 Fukuoka Floor

Olga Vyacheslavovna Yurkina (born 21 September 1979) is a Belarusian former artistic gymnast. She was a member of the Belarus women's national artistic gymnastics team and competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, [1] as well as multiple World and European Championships in the 1990s. [2]

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Gymnastics career

Yurkina competed at the 1994 International Gymnix and won the all-around. [3]

Yurkina competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Alongside teammates Elena Piskun, Alena Polozkova, Svetlana Boginskaya, Lyudmila Vityukova, Svetlana Tarasevich, and Tatyana Zharganova, the Belorussians placed sixth in the women's artistic team all-around, the highest finish in Belarussian history. [4]

Post-gymnastics career

After the 1996 Olympics, Yurkina relocated to the United States. [5] She currently coaches at Roswell Gymnastics in Roswell, Georgia, along with her sister Yulia. [5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Olga Yurkina". sports-reference.com. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  2. ↑ “Results - Olga Yurkina”. themedalcount.com. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Chenier 16th at national event". The StarPhoenix . 9 March 1994. p. C3. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  4. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (4 January 2017). "The Best Olympic Finishes of All Time". thegymter.net. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  5. 1 2 Brice, Plott (5 December 2002). "A little bit of Belarus in Roswell". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . Vol. 54, no. 339. p. JH13. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  6. ↑ "Spotlight On: Belarus". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . Vol. 58, no. 74. 15 March 2006. p. F6. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
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