PROFILES

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Name: Svetlana Boginskaya

Birthdate: February 9, 1973

Hometown: Minsk, Belarus/Soviet Union

Coach: Lyubov Miromanova (until '88), Ludmila Popkovich, Bela Karolyi ('95-'96)

Notables: competed double-double on floor in 1987, nicknames "Goddess of Gymnastics" and "Belarussian Swan"

Meet
VT
UB
BB
FX
AA
TM
1996 Olympic Games 5th       14th 6th
1996 European Championships 6th 6th 4th 6th 2nd 4th
1996 ITA/BLR/ROM/RUS         3rd  
1996 American Cup 1st 1st 1st   2nd  
1995 World Championships         16th 8th
1995 USA / CHN / BLR         5th 2nd
1992 Olympic Games 4th   5th   5th 1st
1992 CIS Nationals     4th   8th  
1992 European Championships 8th 4th 1st   5th  
1992 DTB Cup   1st 2nd 4th 1st  
1992 World Championships 2nd   6th      
1992 Arthur Gander Memorial         1st  
1991 World Championships 5th   1st 7th 2nd 1st
1991 USSR Nationals         5th  
1991 Blume Memorial 1st       1st  
1990 Chunichi Cup 1st   1st 1st 1st  
1990 Tokyo Cup 1st     1st    
1990 World Cup 3rd 4th 4th 1st 2nd  
1990 Goodwill Games     3rd 1st 2nd 1st
1990 DTB Cup 2nd 3rd 4th   8th  
1990 European Championships 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st  
1990 Blume Memorial         1st  
1990 French International 1st       1st  
1989 World Championships   8th   1st 1st 1st
1989 World Sports Fair 1st   1st   1st 1st
1989 USSR Nationals         9th  
1989 European Championships 1st 4th 4th 1st 1st  
1989 Moscow News 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 1st  
1988 Chunichi Cuo 2nd 3rd 3rd 1st 2nd  
1988 Olympic Games 1st     2nd 3rd 1st
1988 USSR Nationals         5th  
1988 DTB Cup 1st 1st 4th 2nd 2nd  
1988 USSR Cup 3rd 2nd 4th   2nd  
1988 USA vs. USSR         1st 1st
1988 Moscow News   2dn 2nd   2nd  
1987 World Championships     3rd     2nd
1987 Riga International         1st  
1987 USSR Cup 3rd 4th   6th 6th  
1987 USA vs. USSR         2nd 1st
1987 Druzbha Tournament 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 2nd
1986 Riga International 1st 4th 1st   3rd  
1986 Jr. European Championships 2nd 2nd 1st   1st  
1986 Druzbha Tournament 2nd 1st 2nd   1st 1st
1985 Japan Junior International 1st 1st 3rd 1st 1st  
1985 Jr. GDR vs. USSR         2nd 1st
1985 Druzbha Tournament         11th 1st
1985 Hungarian International   2nd 1st 3rd 1st  
1984 Druzbha Tournament     1st   4th 1st


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Photos © AP, Matt Barber

Skill Highlights - 1996 Olympic Games 


VT: Yurchenko 1/1

UB: giant 1/1 + Tkatchev caught in mixed grip + drop to low bar, split-legged toe-on + double pike

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

FX: tuck full-in, split leap + double stag leap, 1 1/2 twist through to double twist, double turn, double tuck


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