Tatiana Popova
Country represented Ukraine
Born (1979-07-30) 30 July 1979
Kyiv, Ukraine
ResidenceMont Belvieu, Texas, United States
SpouseSergiy Dushyn
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
DisciplineRhythmic Gymnastics
LevelInternational Elite
Years on national team1987–1999
ClubDeriugins School
Head coach(es)Irina Deriugina
Retiredyes
Medal record
Representing  Ukraine
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 0 0 5
European Championships 0 1 0
Junior European Championships 0 0 1
Total 0 1 6
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Budapest5 Hoops
Bronze medal – third place 1997 BerlinTeam
Bronze medal – third place 1997 BerlinClubs
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Seville5 Balls
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Seville3 Ribbons + 2 Hoops
European Championships
Silver medal – second place1998 PortoTeam
Junior European Championships
Bronze medal – third place1993 BucharestTeam

Tatiana Popova (born 30 July 1979) is a former Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast.[1][2] She's a European and World medalist.

Career

Popova entered the national team in 1987, in 1993 she won team bronze at the European Championships in Bucharest along Victoria Stadnik and Diana Popova.[3]

In 1996 she competed at the World Championships in Budapest as a member of the group finishing 5th in the All-Around, 4th with 3 balls & 2 ribbons and winning bronze with 5 hoops.[1][4]

The following year she took 8th place in the All-Around and 7th with rope, winning bronze in the team competition and with clubs at the World Championships in Berlin.[5]

In 1998 she won silver in the team competition along Elena Vitrichenko, Ekaterina Serebrianskaya and Tamara Yerofeeva as well as 6th with clubs, the only apparatus she competed with, at the European Championships in Porto.[6] Later Popova was again in the group, at the World Championships in Seville she was 4th in the All-Around and won bronze in the 5 balls and 3 ribbons & 2 hoops' event finals.[7]

In 1999 she was 5th in the All-Around, 4th with 5 pairs of clubs and 8th with 2 hoops & 3 ribbons at the European Championships in Budapest.[8] At the World Championships in Osaka the group finished 10th in the All-Around and didn't qualify for any finals.[9] Ukraine failed to qualify for the 2000 Olympic Games, as a result Tatiana ended her career.

After her retirement she married Sergiy Dushyn and started working in his gymnastics club as a coach.[10][11]

References

  1. 1 2 "Tatiana Popova – FIG – Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique". 2004-11-29. Archived from the original on 2004-11-29. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
  2. ↑ "POPOVA Tatiana – FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  3. ↑ "9. European Junior Championships in Bucharest, Romeania (20.-23. May 1993)". rsg.net. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
  4. ↑ "20. World Championships in Budapest, Hungary (21.-23. June 1996)".
  5. ↑ "1997 World Championships". Archived from the original on 2007-03-13.
  6. ↑ "European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships 1998 – Results Women". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
  7. ↑ "1998 World Championships". rsg.net.
  8. ↑ "1999 European Championships". rsg.net.
  9. ↑ "1999 World Championships". Archived from the original on 2007-03-14.
  10. ↑ "Owners and coaches". www.dushynsports.com.
  11. ↑ "MEET OUR COACHES". DSA Gymnastics. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
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