Tatiana Groshkova
| Tatiana Groshkova | |||||||||
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| Nickname | Tanya | ||||||||
| Born | December 16, 1973 | ||||||||
| Gymnastics career | |||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||
Country represented |  Russia | ||||||||
Former countries represented |  Soviet Union | ||||||||
| Gym | Moscow Dynamo, Round Lake | ||||||||
Former coach | Elvira Saadi | ||||||||
| Retired | 1991 | ||||||||
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Tatiana Groshkova (born December 16, 1973)[1] is a retired elite female gymnast who competed for the U.S.S.R. women's artistic gymnastics team from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s.[2]
Personal life
Groshkova was born December 16, 1973 in Moschow. Her father was an assembler, and her mother worked as a cook for a nursery school.[3]
Career
Groshkova began gymnastics at age 5 under coach Elena Loginova.[3] Beginning at age 6, Groshkova trained under Olympic-gymnast-turned-coach Elvira Saadi at the Moscow Dynamo Club,[4] which is the gym where 2000 Sydney Olympics floor and vault champion Elena Zamolodchikova later trained.[5]
In 1986, Groshkova placed third all-around and earned a share of the U.S.S.R team gold medal at the Junior GDR-USSR Dual Meet.[1]
At the 1989 U.S.S.R. championships, Groshkova placed 3rd in the all-around, and at the 1989 Tokyo Cup she won floor exercise. She placed second on floor and 10th all-around at the 1990 European Championships. Also in 1990, Groshkova won the all-around at the Trophee Massilia and the Avignon International.[1]
The major skills in her repertoire included a double twisting double back somersault[6] and double layout[7] on floor; a Comaneci and full-in dismount on uneven bars;[8] and a combination back handspring to full-twisting laid-out backflip, along with a full-in dismount on balance beam.[6]
References
- 1 2 3 "Tatiana Groshkova (USSR)". Gymn-Forum. January 3, 2007. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
- ↑ "Honored Inductees: Elvira Saadi, Uzbekistan". International Gymnastics Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on June 14, 2009. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
- 1 2 Kovalyova, Lilia (November 1990). "Tatiana Groshkova: The intense young protegee of Elvira Saadi". International Gymnast. Vol. 32, no. 11. pp. 47–49.
- ↑ Zaglada, Vladimir (2010). One Coach's Journey from East to West. AuthorHouse.
- ↑ "Замолодчикова Елена Михайловна" [Zamolodchikova Elena Mikhailovna]. dynamo.su (in Russian). Retrieved August 28, 2011.
- 1 2 Hopkins, Lauren (May 25, 2020). "The 12 Days of Live Blogs: 1990 USSR vs The World". The Gymternet. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
- ↑ "Tatiana Groshkova FX - USSRvUSA 1990". YouTube. November 25, 2006. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
- ↑ "Tatyana Groshkova UB 1989 Chunichi Cup AA". YouTube. August 3, 2006. Retrieved August 28, 2011.