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|birth_place= [[Ulan-Ude]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]<br />(now [[Russia]])

|headcoach=Valentina Panchenko, Valery Tupitsy, GalinaTatiana Perskaya

'''Oksana Omelianchik''' ({{lang-langx|ru|Оксана Александровна Омельянчик}}; {{lang-langx|uk|Окса́на Oлекса́ндрiвна Омелья́нчик|Oksana Oleksandrivna Omelianchyk}}; alternative transliterations: '''Oksana Omel'yantchik''', '''Oksana Omeliantchik'''; born 2 January 1970) is a retired Soviet [[gymnast]] and the all-around gold medalist of the [[1985 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1985 World Championships]]. Omelianchik was most known for her enthusiastic showmanship, difficulty and originality, including pioneering back-to-back tumbling.

Omelianchik was born on 2 January 1970 in [[Ulan-Ude]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]. She was originally a [[figure skater]], and participated in her first skating meet at the age of 6. She began gymnastics on the recommendation of her skating choreographer, who believed she had potential in the sport.<ref name="pozhilova"/> She trained at the [[Spartak (sports society)|Spartak]] club in [[KievKyiv]], where her coaches included Valentina Panchenko, Valery Tupitsy and GalinaTatiana Perskaya.<ref name="gymn-forum.net">[http://www.gymn-forum.net/bios/women/omelianchik.html Biography and list of competitive results at Gymn-Forum] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191800/http://www.gymn-forum.net/bios/women/omelianchik.html |date=March 3, 2016 }}</ref><ref name="Gymn Forum">[https://www.gymn-forum.net/Articles/SP-Oksan.html Articles at Gymn-Forum]</ref><ref name="makeitrightgymnastics.com">[https://www.makeitrightgymnastics.com/tatiana-perkaia Tatiana Perskaya Profile at Make It Right Gymnastics]</ref>

In 1985, Omelianchik won the Soviet National Championships, beating the future Olympic champion [[Elena Shushunova]]. She also competed at the [[1985 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]] for the first time, winning the [[balance beam]] title showing a triple twist dismount. She also won a bronze medal in the all-around behind Shushunova and East German [[Maxi Gnauck]], silver on the [[floor exercise]], and bronze on the [[uneven bars]].<ref name="gymn-forum.net"/>

Omelianchik was a member of the first placegold-winning Soviet team at the 1985 [[1985 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Gymnastics Championships]] in [[Montreal]],. butShe struggled in the team competition and did not qualify for the all-around final. However, Soviet team officials decided to pull [[Olga Mostepanova]] and [[Irina Baraksanova]], who had both qualified for the finals, and substitute Omelianchik and her teammate Shushunova. The decision proved to be sound; the two Soviet gymnasts tied for the all-around gold and became Worlds co-champions. In the event finals, Omelianchik won the floor gold medal with her "Birdie" exercise, which would become her most well-known routine.<ref>[http://www.gymn-forum.net/Articles/MN-85Worlds.html "They Gave It Their All"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303183650/http://www.gymn-forum.net/Articles/MN-85Worlds.html |date=March 3, 2016 }} Yevgeny Lanfang, ''Moscow News'' No. 47, 1985</ref><ref name="gymn.ca">[http://www.gymn.ca/gymnasticgreats/wag/omelianchik.htm "Whatever happened to Oksana Omelianchik?"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010232701/http://www.gymn.ca/gymnasticgreats/wag/omelianchik.htm |date=October 10, 2012 }} Gymnastics Greats, 2002</ref>

Omelianchik continued to compete for the Soviet team after the World Championships, placing third in the all-around at the 1986 [[Goodwill Games]] and third all around at the World Cup in Beijing. She also won the balance beam title and placed second on uneven bars and vault and third on floor exercise. The [[1987 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|following year]] at the World Championships the Soviet team lost the title to a dominant team from Romania. Omelianchik debuted her new vault which introduced the half -on technique in the roundoff family of vaults. She also showcased a new floor routine to ''Ballet Russe'' and a new triple full to a tuck front rebound, but suffered an uncharacteristic fall in the team competition. She placed fifth in the all -around and failed to compete in any event finals. She qualified only for the vault final; buthowever, she was eventually withdrawn andby team officials, with [[Svetlana Baitova]] competedcompeting in her place.<ref>

Despite maintaining consistent results within the top the 7 in the USSR Cup and USSR Championships for years, sheOmelianchik was not selected for the [[Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Olympics]]. She was named as an alternate to the team and traveled with them to Seoul, but was not called upon to compete. Her final competition was the 1989 USSR Cup, where she placed 2nd in the all-around.<ref name="gymn.ca"/>

Omelianchik has two eponymous skills listed in the [[Code of Points (gymnastics)|Code of Points]].<ref>{{cite web |title=2022-2024 Code of Points Women's Artistic Gymnastics |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_WAG%20CoP%202022-2024.pdf |website=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=22 January 2022 |pages=69, 136, 206, 210 |archive-date=12 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512092714/https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_WAG%20CoP%202022-2024.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

|rowspan="13"|'''19841983'''||align=left|USSR Championships|Druzhba|| {{gold1}}|| 4|| ||{{gold1}} || |bgcolor=CC9966|3rd{{gold1}}

|align=left|EuropeanUSSR Championships||bgcolor=CC9966 |3rd| 5|| ||6 |bgcolor=CC9966|3rd||bgcolor=gold|1st| |bgcolor=silver|2nd

|rowspan="4"|'''1984'''||align=left|Junior USSR Championships||bgcolor=gold |1st| || ||{{silver2}} || |bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=silver|2nd

|align=left|[[GoodwillUSSR Games]]Championships||bgcolor=CC9966 |3rd||bgcolor=gold|1st|4 || ||4 ||4 |bgcolor=silver|2nd{{bronze3}}

|align=left|USSR ChampionshipsCup|| ||7 || ||bgcolor=silver|2nd || ||

|align=left|USSRMoscow CupNews||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd ||{{silver2}} || || ||{{gold1}} ||{{gold1}}

|align=left|USSRRome Championships|Grand Prix|| ||{{gold1}} || || || |bgcolor=CC9966|3rd

|rowspan="1"|'''1988'''||align=left|USSR Championships|| ||{{gold1}} || || ||bgcolor=CC9966{{silver2}}|3rd||bgcolor=silver|2nd{{silver2}}

|rowspan="1"|'''1989'''||align=left|USSR ChampionshipsCup|| || 4|| || || ||bgcolor=silver|2nd

*[http://www.gymn.ca/gymnasticgreats/wag/omelianchik.htm Whatever happened to Oksana Omelianchik?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010232701/http://www.gymn.ca/gymnasticgreats/wag/omelianchik.htm |date=2012-10-10 }}