1. Tatiana Felixivna Lysenko is a Soviet and Ukrainian former gymnast, who had her senior competitive career from 1990 to 1994.
14 Facts About Tatiana Lysenko
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Tatiana Lysenko is the 1992 Olympic champion on balance beam.
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Tatiana Lysenko was born in Kherson, Ukrainian SSR, and has a Ukrainian-Jewish background.
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Tatiana Lysenko took up gymnastics at the age of seven, and made her senior debut in 1990, winning the all-around competition at the World Cup.
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In 1990, Tatiana Lysenko participated at the 1990 Goodwill Games in Seattle and won a gold medal in team competition.
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Tatiana Lysenko represented the Unified Team along with Svetlana Boguinskaya, Tatiana Gutsu, Elena Grudneva, Rozalia Galiyeva and Oksana Chusovitina.
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Tatiana Lysenko finished 7th all-around, but she won the bronze medal in the vault after performing the most difficult vault in the entire competition, a double-twisting Yurchenko.
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Tatiana Lysenko then won the gold in the beam event.
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Unlike many of her Soviet teammates, Tatiana Lysenko opted to continue after the breakup of the USSR, and represented her native Ukraine at the 1993 World Championships in Birmingham.
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Tatiana Lysenko won bronze in the all-around, which would have been gold had she not stepped out of the floor.
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Tatiana Lysenko was one of only two ex-Soviets on the podium along with Oksana Chusovitina.
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In 1993, Tatiana Lysenko, representing Ukraine, competed at the 1993 Summer Universiade in Buffalo and won gold medals in all-around, team and balance beam.
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Tatiana Lysenko placed 18th in the all-around at the World Championships in Brisbane.
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Tatiana Lysenko graduated from the University of San Francisco School of Law and was admitted the California State Bar in 2005.