Oksana Vasilyevna Lyapina (Russian: Оксана Васильевна Ляпина; born 28 April 1980 in Armavir, Russian SFSR) is a Russian artistic gymnast who represented Russia at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1]

Oksana Lyapina
Full nameOksana Vasilyevna Lyapina
Born (1980-04-28) April 28, 1980 (age 44)
Armavir, Russian SFSR
HometownMoscow, Russia
Height1.44 m (4 ft 9 in)
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Head coach(es)Leonid Arkayev
Assistant coach(es)Tatiana Abramova
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Artistic Gymnastics
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta Team
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1996 Birmingham Team

Career

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Lyapina competed in the 1995 Junior European Championships and helped her team win gold.

In 1996, she competed at the Olympic Games, along with Rozalia Galiyeva and Svetlana Khorkina. Although first in the compulsory round, they ultimately won silver in the team event. They were disappointed, feeling that they had deserved gold.[citation needed] Russia had a tough time focusing due partly to the American crowd in Atlanta, whose loud cheering distracted them many times - resulting in many falls and wobbles.[citation needed] Lyapina fell from the beam.

After the Olympics, Lyapina won some of her first individual medals but an injury prevented her from proper training and competing, so she failed to make the 1997 World Championships.

Competitive history

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Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
1996 European Championships 2nd
Olympic Games 2nd
Year Competition description Location Apparatus Rank-Final Score-Final Rank-Qualifying Score-Qualifying
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta Team 2 388.404
Vault 95 9.575
Balance beam 34 18.725
Floor exercise 21 19.337
European Championships Birmingham Team 2 115.659

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Olympedia - Oksana Lyapina". Retrieved 27 December 2022.
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