Svetlana Boginskaia

Svetlana Boginskaïa is a Soviet gymnaste then Belorusse, born the 9 February 1973 with Minsk in Bielorussia.

It dominated the world Gymnastique between 1986 and 1992, with a return appreciated in 1996.

Its career was honoured with several Olympic medals: 5 with Seoul in 1988 (gold by teams and in horse, money in ground and bronzes in individual complete contest) and with Barcelona in 1992 (gold by teams).

Total of Medals

Olympic Games : 3 Gold, 1 Money, 1 Bronze

Championship of the World : 5 Gold, 3 Money, 1 Bronze

World Cup : 1 Gold, 1 Money, 1 Bronze

Championship of Europe : 9 Gold, 1 Money

His/her father is carpenter and his mom maternal teacher. She has a big brother named Igor. Its first trainer was: Lyubov Miromanova.

She begins the gymnastics at the 8 years age. And in 1987 to 14 years, it integrates the Soviet national team, where its career begins from champion by gaining a bronze medal with the beam with the Championship from the world.

In 1988, at the time of the Olympic Games of Seoul, the Soviet team awaits from it that it gains gold. She will gain 4 medals: Gold with the jump - gold by team - money on the ground - and bronzes It with individual general classification. But for the Soviet team, 2 gold medals only were a disappointment and 3 days after the Olympic Games its Miromanova trainer commits suicide. During the 4 years which followed the death of Miromanova, Svtelana will know much success. With its new trainer: Luidmilla Popkovich, it becomes World champion in 1989 besides.

In 1990, with the Championship of Europe, it is first with the open Competition with 39,874 points. With the finale by apparatuses, it is: First with the jump of horse. First with the asymmetric bars. First with the beam with the maximum note 10,00 and finally, first on the ground, with also, the maximum note of 10,00!

Several times, she will hesitate to withdraw herself but will remain however and see the Soviet system falling. In 1992, with old 19 years, for its second Olympic Games in Barcelona, it is captain of the team and represents the CEI (community of the independent states) like its lately independent country: Bielorussia. It there will gain the gold medal by team and will finish 5th with the open competition.

After that it decides to put a term at its career. However, it does not take a long time to change opinion and decides to leave for Houston to involve itself with Bela and Martha Karolyi. In 1995 (inspired by Katarina Wiit which made a comeback noticed the previous year) it returns in the competition where it will be 16th with the open competition of the Championship of the world and in 1996, it obtains the 2nd place with the Championship of Europe.

Finally at 23 years, for its third Olympic Games, it will finish 14th with general classification, 5th with the jump, and 6th with its coéquipière Elena Piskun for the team of Belorusse. Svtelana Bogynskaya is one of rare the gymnastes to have taken part three times in the Olympic Games. She is especially recognized for the quality of her artistic interpretations on the ground and fact part of largest the gymnastes female on a world level.

Currently it resides at Houston, in the USA, where it is married in William Yee. It with a girl: Ania Julietta which was born in July 1999 and a Brandon son born in November 2003. Today Svetlana adores its role of mom, but beside that, it holds a company of sport clothing and involves gymnastes in private camps of summer.

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+ NewYork Times, the Web of Humanity files.

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