Olena Vitrychenko smiles during her farewell celebration at 2000 Deventer Grand Prix
Personal information
Full name
Olena Ihorivna Vitrychenko
Alternative name(s)
Elena Igorevna Vitrichenko
Country represented
Ukraine
Born
(1976-11-25) November 25, 1976 (age 47) Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Discipline
Rhythmic gymnastics
Retired
2000
Medal record
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Representing Ukraine
Event
1st
2nd
3rd
Olympic Games
0
0
1
World Championships
9
7
7
European Championships
10
5
4
European Team Championships
0
0
1
European Cup Final
0
2
1
Grand Prix Final
5
4
2
Summer Universiade
4
0
1
Goodwill Games
1
1
1
Junior European Championships
2
1
0
Total
31
20
18
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta
All-around
World Championships
1994 Paris
Ball
1995 Vienna
Ribbon
1996 Budapest
Ribbon
1997 Berlin
All-around
1997 Berlin
Rope
1997 Berlin
Clubs
1997 Berlin
Ribbon
1999 Osaka
Rope
1999 Osaka
Hoop
1992 Brussels
3 ropes/3 balls
1993 Alicante
Ball
1993 Alicante
Team
1994 Paris
Ribbon
1995 Vienna
Rope
1996 Budapest
Clubs
1997 Berlin
Hoop
1993 Alicante
Hoop
1993 Alicante
Clubs
1995 Vienna
Clubs
1995 Vienna
Team
1997 Berlin
Team
1999 Osaka
Ribbon
1999 Osaka
Team
European Championships
1994 Thessaloniki
Rope
1994 Thessaloniki
Hoop
1994 Thessaloniki
Ribbon
1994 Thessaloniki
Team
1996 Asker
Team
1997 Patras
All-around
1997 Patras
Hoop
1998 Porto
Clubs
1999 Budapest
Ball
1999 Budapest
Ribbon
1994 Thessaloniki
All-around
1996 Asker
Ball
1997 Patras
Ribbon
1998 Porto
Team
1999 Budapest
Rope
1992 Stuttgart
3 Ropes + 3 Balls
1996 Asker
Rope
1996 Asker
Clubs
1998 Porto
Rope
European Team Championships
1997 Paris
Team
European Cup Final
1995 Telford
All-around
1995 Telford
Clubs
1995 Telford
Ribbon
Grand Prix Final
1995 Deventer
Rope
1995 Deventer
Clubs
1995 Deventer
Ribbon
1997 Deventer
Clubs
1999 Korneuburg
Rope
1994 Vienna
All-around
1995 Deventer
All-around
1997 Deventer
Rope
1998 Linz
All-around
1997 Deventer
Ribbon
1999 Korneuburg
Hoop
Summer Universiade
1997 Sicily
All-around
1997 Sicily
Ribbon
1997 Sicily
Hoop
1997 Sicily
Rope
1997 Sicily
Clubs
Goodwill Games
1998 New York
Rope
1998 New York
All-around
1998 New York
Hoop
Representing Soviet Union
Junior European Championships
1991 Lisbon
Team
1991 Lisbon
Clubs
1991 Lisbon
Ball
Event
1st
2nd
3rd
Grand Prix
40
28
25
World Cup Series
2
0
1
Total
42
28
26
Awards
Longines Prize for Elegance (1999)
Olena Ihorivna Vitrychenko (Ukrainian: Олена Ігорівна Вітриченко, Russian: Елена Игоревна Витриченко; born 25 November 1976), also known as Elena Vitrichenko, is an Individual Ukrainian Rhythmic Gymnast. She is the 1996 Olympics bronze medalist, the 1997 World All-around champion and 1997 European All-around champion.
Olena Ihorivna Vitrychenko (Ukrainian: Олена Ігорівна Вітриченко, Russian: Елена Игоревна Витриченко; born 25 November 1976), also known as Elena Vitrichenko...
1994, Olena won a gold medal in team competition at the 1994 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships in Thessaloniki with OlenaVitrychenko and Kateryna...
suspended six judges for discriminating against a Ukrainian gymnast, OlenaVitrychenko. The following judges were found guilty: Irina Deryugina (Ukraine)...
daughter Elena Arais since the age of five. Her favourite gymnasts are OlenaVitrychenko and Yanina Batyrchina. Tchachina's first victory was at age eight...
figure skater Elina Svitolina (born 1994), professional tennis player OlenaVitrychenko, world champion in rhythmic gymnastics Andriy Voronin (born 1979)...
Natalia Lashtsinkaya (Russia), were guilty of discriminating against OlenaVitrychenko of Ukraine, in comparison to scores given to other gymnasts. In the...
Donovan McNabb, American football player and sportscaster 1976 – OlenaVitrychenko, Ukrainian gymnast and coach 1977 – Guillermo Cañas, Argentinian tennis...
for Rhythmic Gymnastics and Iryna Deriugina, Olexandra Tymoshenko, OlenaVitrychenko, Kateryna Serebryanska, Anna Bessonova (in Ukrainian) (Національний...
Winter Universiades. Among athletes who won more than 6 medals are also Olena Dmytrash (rhythmic gymnastics, 9 medals), Hanna Rizatdinova (rhythmic gymnastics...
Irina Deriugina, Eleonora Romanova, Oxana Skaldina, Natalia Godunko, OlenaVitrychenko, Ekaterina Serebrianskaya and Olexandra Tymoshenko are among the top...
1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, narrowly losing to both Ukraine's OlenaVitrychenko and her teammate Yanina Batyrchina who controversially held on for...
and Bulgarian Maria Petrova), ball (tied with Ukrainian teammate OlenaVitrychenko), clubs and ribbon in the 1994 World Championships in Paris, France;...
Prix Final, in the event finals; she won gold in rope (tied with OlenaVitrychenko and Yanina Batyrchina) and bronze in ribbon. Before she could compete...
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