PROFILES

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Name: Svetlana Baitova

Birthdate: September 3, 1972

Hometown: Mogilev, Belarus

Coach: Galina Charkevich

Notables: finished 4th four times at the 1987 Worlds (AA, VT, UB, FX), married with one son (Sasha), now a coach/choreographer for gymnasts like Alyona Polozkova

Meet
VT
UB
BB
FX
AA
TM
1990 World Sports Fair         16th  
1989 USSR Cup     1st   5th  
1989 World Championships           1st
1989 USSR Nationals   6th 1st      
1989 USA vs. USSR         3rd 1st
1988 Olympic Games           1st
1988 USSR Cup         5th  
1988 USSR Nationals   3rd        
1988 American Cup         2nd  
1987 USSR Cup 1st   1st   4th  
1987 World Championships 4th 4th   4th 4th 2nd
1987 USSR Nationals 1st   1st   2nd  
1987 European Championships         10th  
1987 Moscow World Stars   1st 1st 2nd 2nd  
1986 USSR Cup         13th  
1986 USSR Nationals         1st  
1986 Blume Memorial         4th  
1986 USSR Spartakiade   4th 4th 6th    
1986 Druzbha Tournament         4th 1st
1985 Jr. USSR vs. GDR         3rd 1st


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Skill Highlights - 1987 World Championships 


VT: Yurchenko double-twist

UB: back tuck to catch low bar + toe-on 3/2 turn, stalder + Deltchev + shootover, clear hip, tuck full-in

BB: Homma flairs mount, press to handstand, sissone + dance jump + sissone, flip flop + layout stepout + layout stepout, Korbut + back extension roll + flip flop + Korbut, split leap, roundoff + triple twist

FX: tuck full-in, 1 1/2 twist thru to double twist + punch front 1 1/4, switch leap, whip + flip flop + whip + double tuck


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