Oksana Vasilyevna Lyapina (Russian: Оксана Васильевна Ляпина; born 28 April 1980 in Armavir, Russian SFSR) is a Russian artistic gymnast who represented Russia at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1]
| Oksana Lyapina | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Oksana Vasilyevna Lyapina | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 28, 1980 Armavir, Russian SFSR | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Moscow, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.44 m (4 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Leonid Arkayev | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Tatiana Abramova | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career edit
Lyapina competed in the 1995 Junior European Championships and helped her team win gold.
In 1996, she competed at the Olympic Games, along with Rozalia Galiyeva and Svetlana Khorkina. Although first in the compulsory round, they ultimately won silver in the team event. They were disappointed, feeling that they had deserved gold.[citation needed] Russia had a tough time focusing due partly to the American crowd in Atlanta, whose loud cheering distracted them many times - resulting in many falls and wobbles.[citation needed] Lyapina fell from the beam.
After the Olympics, Lyapina won some of her first individual medals but an injury prevented her from proper training and competing, so she failed to make the 1997 World Championships.
Competitive history edit
| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 1996 | European Championships | 2nd | |||||
| Olympic Games | 2nd |
| Year | Competition description | Location | Apparatus | Rank-Final | Score-Final | Rank-Qualifying | Score-Qualifying |
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| 1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta | Team | 2 | 388.404 | ||
| Vault | 95 | 9.575 | |||||
| Balance beam | 34 | 18.725 | |||||
| Floor exercise | 21 | 19.337 | |||||
| European Championships | Birmingham | Team | 2 | 115.659 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Olympedia - Oksana Lyapina". Retrieved 27 December 2022.
