Dina Anatolyevna Kochetkova is a Russian gymnast who competed at the 1996 Olympics.
11 Facts About Dina Kochetkova
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Dina Kochetkova was a member of the Soviet national team from the early 1990s.
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Dina Kochetkova won four medals at the 1991 Junior European Championships, placing second on the floor exercise and third in the all-around, vault and balance beam.
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Dina Kochetkova continued to succeed in minor international meets; however, she would not come to prominence as a key member of the Russian team for several more years.
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Dina Kochetkova won the Russian National Championships, the Goodwill Games all-around, and three individual medals at the World Gymnastics Championships in Brisbane: bronze in the all-around, behind Shannon Miller and Lavinia Milosovici; gold on the floor exercise and another bronze on the uneven bars.
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Dina Kochetkova's rise escalated when she ended the two-year winning streak of Shannon Miller in AA competition by defeating her for the AA title at the 1994 Goodwill Games in Saint Petersbourgh.
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Dina Kochetkova won three more medals at the European Championships and shared in the team bronze medal at the World Team Championships in Dortmund.
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Dina Kochetkova was a member of the Russian team for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, and was considered a viable medal contender on several events, including for the prestigious All Around event.
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Dina Kochetkova was generally the quiet contender of the top gymnasts of the mid 90s.
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Dina Kochetkova was overshadowed even amongst the top Russian gymnasts as far as media attention and hype by Svetlana Khorkina, Roza Galieva, and even at times Elena Grosheva and Oksana Fabrichnova, although her individual achievements at that time were comparable to Khorkina, and far beyond any of the others.
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Dina Kochetkova has one eponymous skill listed in the Code of Points.