Natalia Yurchenko
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Natalia Vladimirovna Yurchenko (Russian: Наталья Владимировна Юрченко) (born 26 January 1965) is a retired Soviet artistic gymnast, who won the women's all-around gold medal at the 1983 World Championships. Renowned for her innovative and daring gymnastics, she is best known as the originator of the Yurchenko vault family, which is a round-off back handspring entry onto the vault, and then performing a series of twists and flips off.
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Natalia Yurchenko Наталья Юрченко | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Russian: Наталья Владимировна Юрченко | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former countries represented | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1965-01-26) 26 January 1965 (age 59) Norilsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 155 cm (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | Senior Elite Gymnast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 1978–86 (URS) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eponymous skills | Yurchenko, Yurchenko loop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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