PROFILES

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Name: Natalia Ilienko

Birthdate: March 26, 1967

Hometown: Alma Ata, Kazakhstan

Coach: Yuri & Natalia Tsapenko (Dynamo)

Notables: competed in sports aerobics (British champion 1997-1998), now coaches & choreographs at Heathrow Gymnastics with husband Gary Jarvis, has one son Maxim

Meet
VT
UB
BB
FX
AA
TM
1984 USSR Cup   1st 4th   5th  
1984 Olomouc Games   5th 4th     1st
1984 USSR Nationals 7th 3rd 1st 3rd 1st  
1983 USSR Cup   3rd 2nd 5th    
1983 World Championships           1st
1983 USSR Spartakiade     2nd 4th 2nd  
1983 Riga International     1st   4th  
1982 World Cup         7th  
1982 Milan Grand Prix   1st 1st 1st 1st  
1981 USSR Spartakiade   1st 1st 3rd 1st 5th
1981 World Championships       1st   1st
1981 USSR Nationals     1st 5th 11th  
1981 European Championships   4th 2nd   4th  
1981 Milan Grand Prix         8th  
1981 Moscow World Stars 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd  
1980 USSR Cup         8th  
1980 Coca-Cola International       2nd    
1980 USSR Nationals 6th 1st 4th 4th 7th  
1980 Jr. European Championships     8th 7th 6th  
1979 Tokyo Cup     2nd 1st    
1979 Chunichi Cup         3rd  
1979 Coca-Cola International       2nd 6th  
1979 Riga International         6th  
1979 Druzhba Tournament   2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st


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Photos © Tom Theobald, Rian Stockphotos, AP

Skill Highlights - 1983 World Championships 


VT: tucked Cuervo

UB: straddle hecht mount, beat to giant 1/1 + beat to clear hip 11/1 + beat to Voronin, straddled back salto to catch low bar, kick back 1/2 to catch high, stalder + beat to toe-on front tuck 3/2 dismount

BB: stag jump mount, split leap + back tuck, flip flop + layout stepout, sissone, front aerial, back walkover + flip flop + flip flop + double tuck

FX: tuck full-in, split leap, whip thru to double twist, double tuck


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