PROFILES

Photo © Tom Theobold

Name: Olga Strazheva

Birthdate: November 12, 1972

Hometown: Zaporozhie, Ukraine

Coach: Viktor & Sasha Zaruba

Notables: during team finals at the '88 Olympics, she twisted her knee on beam & required surgery to repair it; first female gymnast to do a double front on floor; has a daughter (Anna) & spent time performing in a German circus

Meet
VT
UB
BB
FX
AA
TM
1990 Dutch Open          
1990 USSR Cup         18th  
1989 World Championships   3rd     3rd 1st
1989 USSR Cup         1st  
1989 USSR Nationals 3rd 3rd 4th 5th    
1989 Europeans 6th 2nd   7th 3rd  
1989 Leningrad Invitational   1st   1st 2nd  
1988 Olympic Games           1st
1988 USSR Cup         6th  
1988 Konica Cup 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st  
1988 USSR Nationals 5th   2nd 3rd 1st  
1988 USA vs. USSR 1st       2nd 1st
1988 Moscow World Stars 2nd     1st 3rd  
1987 USSR Cup         15th  
1987 USSR Nationals   2nd     7th  
1987 Moscow World Stars 2nd     1st 1st  
1987 American Cup         2nd  
1986 USSR Cup         3rd  
1986 Goodwill Games           1st
1986 USSR Nationals   1st 4th 2nd    
1986 Jr. Europeans     2nd 1st 2nd  
1986 USSR Spartakiade   1st     2nd  
1985 Jr. USSR Nationals       1st    


Photo Gallery  

Photos © Matt Esler, Matt Barber, Tom Theobold

Skill Highlights - 1989 World Championships 


VT: Yurchenko layout 1/1

UB: front straddled flip over low bar to catch high + drop 1/2 to low, Shaposhnikova + clear hip 1/2 + Gienger + shootover, Tkatchev, double tuck

BB: roundoff + flip flop mount + flip flop + layout stepout, 1-arm handstand to Healy twirl, sissone + back extension roll, flip flop + layout + flip flop, split leap, roundoff + double tuck

FX: tucked full-in, laidout arabian 1 3/4, double tuck


Video Gallery  


           

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