Tatiana lysenko biography
Tatiana Felixivna Lysenko is a Soviet and Ukrainian former gymnast, who had her senior competitive career from to Lysenko was a member of the Soviet Union team during the early s, a period when its pool of talent was deep.
Tatiana Felixivna Lysenko is a Soviet and Ukrainian former gymnast, who had her senior competitive career from to Lysenko was a member of the..
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artistic gymnast
Tatiana Felixivna Lysenko is a Soviet and Ukrainian former gymnast, who had her senior competitive career from 1990 to 1994.
Background
Lysenko was born in Kherson, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.
Career
She has Ukrainian Jewish background. She made her senior debut in 1990, winning the all-around competition in the World Cup.
She represented the Unified Team (ex-Soviets) along with Svetlana Boguinskaya, Tatiana Gutsu, Elena Grudneva, Rozalia Galiyeva and Oksana Chusovitina.
By the end of the competition, she was holding two Olympic titles.
Unlike many of her Soviet teammates, Lysenko opted to continue after the breakup of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, and represented her native Ukraine at the 1993 World Championships in Birmingham.
Lysenko was one of only two ex-Soviets on the podium along with Oksana Chusovitina (representing Uzbekistan), a reflection of