Olena Vitrychenko
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Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Awards | Longines Prize for Elegance (1999) |
Olena Ihorivna Vitrychenko (Ukrainian: Олена Ігорівна Вітриченко, Russian: Елена Игоревна Витриченко; born 25 November 1976), also known as Elena Vitrichenko, is an Individual Ukrainian Rhythmic Gymnast. She is the 1996 Olympics bronze medalist, the 1997 World All-around champion and 1997 European All-around champion.
Career
Olena Vitrychenko was introduced to the sport in 1980 when she was four years old by her mother, Nina, herself a former rhythmic gymnast. Her mother coached her at the
Vitrychenko made her international debut in 1986. At the 1992 European Championships in
At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, Vitrychenko seemed to be a contender for the gold medal, having placed first after preliminaries and second after the semi-finals. Despite a clean all-around performance in the final, she was given scores in the 9.8 range (the highest score received in the rope event was 9.866). She placed second behind teammate Ekaterina Serebrianskaya after the first rotation on the rope, but her ball routine score of 9.800 threw her out of the gold medal hunt, and she had to fight for the bronze with Russian rival Amina Zaripova. She was able to take the bronze medal[1] due to Zaripova's mishandling of the ribbon, stepping on it before her final toss. Vitrichenko would later say that she felt that she was robbed of the gold. In the following year she became both the World and the European All-Around champion.
After the Europeans, Vitrychenko's own federation tried to deny her a spot on the Ukrainian Olympic team in 2000. She appealed to the International Olympic Committee who overturned the decision, and awarded her a spot on the team. She performed well at the Olympics, finishing in fourth place behind Alina Kabaeva.[6]
Vitrychenko retired from the sport after the
Vitrychenko coached rhythmic gymnastics in Spain for ten years. In March 2013, she began coaching at the Illinois Rhythmic Gymnastic Center.[7]
Olena Vitrychenko opened up her own club Vitrychenko Academy on the Chicago Northshore in November 2014. More information about her club can be found at www.vitrychenkoacademy.com
Routine music information
Year | Apparatus | Music title [8] |
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2000 | Hoop | Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Vanessa Mae
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Rope (second) | Bumble Bee Boogie by Robert Wells | |
Rope (first) | Ty zh mene pidmanula by Vladimir Bustriakov (Ukrainian traditional) | |
Ball | Apassionata by Secret Garden | |
Ribbon | Plaza of Execution / Stealing the Map music from The Mask of Zorro by James Horner | |
1999 | Hoop | Steppe by Rene Aubry |
Rope (second) | Ty zh mene pidmanula by Vladimir Bustriakov (Ukrainian traditional) | |
Rope (first) | Plaza of Execution / Stealing the Map music from The Mask of Zorro by James Horner | |
Ball | Apassionata by Secret Garden | |
Ribbon (second) | Harlem Nocturne by Sam Taylor | |
Ribbon (first) | Theme from Rainman by Hans Zimmer | |
1998 | Hoop | Saltimbanco music from Cirque du Soleil: Saltimbanco by Rene Dupere
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Clubs | Birimbau (from Mystère, Cirque du Soleil) by Rene Dupere | |
Rope | Seisouso music from Quidam by Benoît Jutras | |
Ribbon | One Man's Dream by Yanni | |
1997 | Hoop | Saltimbanco music from Cirque du Soleil: Saltimbanco by Rene Dupere
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Clubs (second) | Birimbau (from Mystère, Cirque du Soleil) by Rene Dupere | |
Clubs (first) | Latino by Anatoly Vekshin | |
Rope | The Heat (from Birdy) by Peter Gabriel | |
Ribbon | One Man's Dream by Yanni | |
1996 | Ball | ? |
Rope | Sing, Sing, Sing by Benjamin Goodman
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Clubs | ? | |
Ribbon | Pink Panther, by Henry Mancini | |
1995 | Ball | Echano by Chuck Mangione |
Rope (second) | Sing, Sing, Sing by Benjamin Goodman
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Rope (first) | Toccata & Fugue in D minor by Johann Sebastian Bach | |
Clubs | ? | |
Ribbon (second) | Scene from The Carmen Ballet by Rodion Shchedrin/ Bizet | |
Ribbon (first) | Boléro by Maurice Ravel | |
1994 | Ball | Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach |
Rope | Marche en la by Ennio Morricone | |
Clubs | Eclipse (from Nouvelle Experience, Cirque du Soleil) by Rene Dupere | |
Ribbon | Peer Gynt Suite No.1: In The Hall Of The Mountain King music from Peer Gynt by Edvard Grieg | |
1993 | Ball (second) | Marche en la by Ennio Morricone |
Ball (first) | Peer Gynt Suite No.1: In The Hall Of The Mountain King music from Peer Gynt by Edvard Grieg | |
Hoop | ? | |
Clubs | Rhapsody in Blue / Fascinating Rhythm by George Gershwin | |
Ribbon | ? |
Detailed Olympic results
Year | Competition description | Location | Music | Apparatus | Score-Final | Score-Qualifying |
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2000 | Olympics | Sydney | All-around | 39.408 | 39.399 | |
Plaza of Execution / Stealing the Map music from The Mask of Zorro by James Horner | Ribbon | 9.875 | 9.883 | |||
Sing, Sing, Sing by Benjamin Goodman
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Rope | 9.825 | 9.850 | |||
Pink Dream by Anatoly Vekshin | Ball | 9.875 | 9.866 | |||
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Vanessa Mae | Hoop | 9.883 | 9.800 |
Year | Competition description | Location | Music | Apparatus | Score-Final | Score-Qualifying |
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1996 | Olympics | Atlanta | All-around | 39.331 | 39.266 | |
unknown music | Ribbon | 9.816 | 9.866 | |||
Sing, Sing, Sing by Benjamin Goodman
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Rope | 9.866 | 9.750 | |||
Pink Dream by Anatoly Vekshin | Ball | 9.800 | 9.900 | |||
unknown music | Clubs | 9.849 | 9.750 |
Honours
Orders
References
- ISBN 1-58567-046-4.
- ^ "Interviews with Nina Vitrichenko".
- ^ "The cheerful wind of Elena Vitrichenko".
- ^ Associated Press. "Olympic judge Irina Deriugina appeals 8-year ban". ESPN.com, 22 May 2008. Retrieved on 27 May 2013.
- Philadelphia Inquirer. "Freeman Runs Season's Best in 400". 19 August 2000. Retrieved on 27 May 2013.
- ^ BBC. "Olympics 2000 | Results". 1 October 2000. Retrieved on 27 May 2013.
- ^ Illinois Rhythmic Gymnastics Center. "Illinois Rhythmic Gymnastic Center Welcomes Ukraine Gymnast and Coach, Olena Vitrychenko". Chicago Tribune, 7 March 2013. Retrieved on 1 June 2013.
- ^ "Vitrichenko RG music list". rgforum.
- ^ Japan Gymnastics
- ^ Decree of the President of Ukraine from 7 августа 1996 year № 665/96 «Про нагородження Почесною відзнакою Президента України» (in Ukrainian)
- ^ Decree of the President of Ukraine from 10 сентября 1997 year № 997/97 «Про нагородження відзнакою Президента України - орденом "За заслуги"» (in Ukrainian)
External links
- Elena Vitrichenko at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Elena Vitrychenko on Instagram
- Olena Vitrychenko at Olympics.com
- Olena Vitrychenko at Olympedia