Dina Kochetkova
Country represented Russia
Born (1977-07-27) 27 July 1977
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Eponymous skillsBalance Beam
Retired1996
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 0
World Championships 2 0 3
European Championships 0 3 2
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1996 AtlantaTeam
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1994 BrisbaneFloor Exercise
Gold medal – first place1996 Puerto RicoBalance Beam
Bronze medal – third place1994 DortmundTeam
Bronze medal – third place1994 BrisbaneAll-Around
Bronze medal – third place1994 BrisbaneUneven Bars
Goodwill Games
Gold medal – first place1994 St PetersburgTeam
Gold medal – first place1994 St PetersburgAll-Around
Silver medal – second place1994 St PetersburgFloor Exercise
European Championships
Silver medal – second place1994 StockholmTeam
Silver medal – second place1994 StockholmAll-Around
Silver medal – second place1996 BirminghamTeam
Bronze medal – third place1994 StockholmFloor Exercise
Bronze medal – third place1996 BirminghamFloor Exercise

Dina Anatolyevna Kochetkova (Russian: Дина Анатольевна Кочеткова, born 27 July 1977 in Moscow, Russian SFSR) is a Russian gymnast who competed at the 1996 Olympics. Stylistically, she was considered by many to be the "last of the Soviets," performing difficult skills with elegant, clean technique. An element she pioneered, a full-twisting back handspring on beam, remains in the Code of Points as "the Kochetkova".

Career

Kochetkova was a member of the Soviet national team from the early 1990s. She won four medals at the 1991 Junior European Championships, placing second on the floor exercise and third in the all-around, vault and balance beam. As a senior, she competed for the Russian Federation at multiple international meets including the 1992 European Championships.

1994 was Kochetkova's breakthrough year. She won the Russian National Championships, the Goodwill Games all-around, and three individual medals at the World Gymnastics Championships in Brisbane: bronze in the all-around, behind Shannon Miller and Lavinia Miloșovici, gold on the floor exercise and another bronze on the uneven bars. Many experts and fans felt she was robbed of the 1994 World AA title due to a lack of reputation. Her rise escalated when she ended the two-year winning streak of Shannon Miller in AA competition by defeating her for the AA title at the 1994 Goodwill Games in Saint Petersburgh. Kochetkova won three more medals (silver AA and team; bronze FX) at the European Championships and shared in the team bronze medal at the World Team Championships in Dortmund. However, by the Team World Championships she was suddenly finding herself outshone by rising teammate Svetlana Khorkina, who was placed after Kochetkova in the lineup on every event in Team Finals.

At the 1995 World Championships, Kochetkova and the Russian team finished off the podium in the team competition; while Kochetkova qualified for the all-around and two event finals, subpar performances and a low vault score kept her out of medal contention. At the 1996 World Championships she rallied with a high balance beam score of 9.887 to win the event; and at the 1996 Europeans she earned a bronze on floor.

Kochetkova was a member of the Russian team for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, and was considered a medal contender for multiple individual events. Kochetkova, as one of the most experienced Russian team members, showed strong performances in the team competition, qualifying in third place to the individual all-around. In the all-around final, she was tied for the lead going into the last rotation. However, she ended on vault, her weakest apparatus. In an attempt to get the highest score possible, she attempted a difficult 11⁄2 twisting Yurchenko vault (a 10.0 start value vault), instead of her usual simpler 9.9 start value vault, but faultered on the harder skill. Her low vault score dropped her to sixth place for the individual competition. This was the highest placing out of the Russians, but still shy of a medal. In the event finals, Dina finished fourth on the balance beam and fifth on uneven parallel bars and floor exercise.The Olympics were her last major competition.

Later life

Kochetkova underwent knee surgery in 1997 after her retirement. She lives in Moscow with her husband, working as a personal trainer.

Competitive history

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
1991Blume Memorial1st place, gold medalist(s)7
GER-USSR Junior Dual Meet1st place, gold medalist(s)5
International Junior Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)4
Junior European Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1992CIS Championships113rd place, bronze medalist(s)5
CIS Cup11
Nantes European Championships12
Junior European Team Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Stars92nd place, silver medalist(s)4
1993Chunichi Cup8
Medico Cup2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Russian National Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Russian Cup2nd place, silver medalist(s)
RUS-ROM-ITA Tri-Meet1st place, gold medalist(s)
Tokyo Cup43rd place, bronze medalist(s)4
World Stars2nd place, silver medalist(s)8
1994Blume Memorial2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Chunichi Cup453rd place, bronze medalist(s)45
Stockholm European Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Fukuoka Cup44
St. Petersburg Goodwill Games1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Russian National Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Trophee Massilia24
Brisbane World Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)63rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Dortmund World Team Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
World Stars2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)5
1995Cottbus Grand Prix42nd place, silver medalist(s)7
DTB Cup54
European Cup962nd place, silver medalist(s)
French International465
Russian National Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)4871st place, gold medalist(s)
Sabae World Championships4866
World Stars2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1996Cottbus Grand Prix1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
European Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)54873rd place, bronze medalist(s)
French International3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
World Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)
Rome Grand Prix2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Russian National Championships7
World Stars2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Atlanta Olympic Games2nd place, silver medalist(s)6545

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Eponymous skill

Kochetkova has one eponymous skill listed in the Code of Points.[2]

ApparatusNameDescriptionDifficulty[lower-alpha 1]
Balance beamKochetkovaFlic-flac with minimum 3⁄4 turn (270°) before hand supportD
  1. ↑ Valid for the 2022-2024 Code of Points

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Dina Kochetkova (USSR)". Gymn Forum. 3 January 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "2022-2024 Code of Points Women's Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation. p. 210. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
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