Oksana Omelianchik: Difference between revisions

|captionfull_name= Oksana Alexandrovna Omelianchik

|birth_date= January{{birth 2,date and age|df=yes|1970|1|2}}

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

|height={{convert|140| cm|ftin}}<ref name="pozhilova">[http://www.gymn-forum.net/Articles/SP-Oksan.html "Oksana and gymnastics"] Valentina Pozhilova,''Sport in the USSR,'' July 1986</ref>

|weight={{convert|31| kg|lb}}<ref name="pozhilova"/>

|discipline=Women's artistic gymnasticsWAG

|headcoach=Valentina Panchenko, Valery Tupitsy, GalinaTatiana Perskaya

{{MedalCountry | {{USSRURS}} }}

{{MedalGold|[[1985 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1985 Helsinki]]|Balance Beam}}

'''Oksana Omelianchik''' ({{lang-langx|ru|Оксана Александровна Омельянчик}}; {{langx|uk|Окса́на Oлекса́ндрiвна Омелья́нчик|Oksana Oleksandrivna Omelianchyk}}; alternative transliterations: '''Oksana OmielOmel'jantchik;yantchik''', '''Oksana Omeliantchik; Oksana Omelyanchyk'''; born 2 January 2, 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 January 2, January 1970 in [[Ulan-Ude]], [[USSRRussian 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>

By 1983, Omelianchik was competing internationally for the USSR. At that year's Junior Friendship Tournament (Druzhba), an important meet for junior gymnasts, she earned gold medals on the [[floor exercise]] and [[uneven bars]] and placed fourth in the all-around competition. At her first USSR Championships in 1983, she placed fifth in the all-around. The next year, she competed in both the junior and senior USSR Championships, winning the all-around silver medal at the former and finishing fourth at the latter, and was selected as the alternate for the Soviet team at the 1984 [[AlternateGymnastics Olympicsat -the Gymnastics#Friendship Games 1984|Friendship Games]] (also known as 'Olomouc', after the city in which the competition was held).<ref name="gymn-forum.net"/>

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 allin the all-around and failedqualified to qualifyonly for anythe eventvault final; however, she was eventually withdrawn by team officials, with [[Svetlana Baitova]] competing in her finalsplace.<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 remains heavily involved in gymnastics as a choreographer, coach and judge. She heads the women's technical committee for the Ukrainian Gymnastics Federation and choreographs routines for many of Ukraine's top gymnnastsgymnastics, including [[Alina Kozich]] and [[Olha Rozshchupkina]].<ref name="gymn.ca"/><ref>[http://www.intlgymnast.com/spotlight/kozich.html "In Our Spotlight: Alina Kozich"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208124919/http://www.intlgymnast.com/spotlight/kozich.html |date=February 8, 2012 }} ''International Gymnast,'' June/July 2004</ref>

===Eponymous Skillsskills===

! Apparatus !! Name !! Description !! Difficulty{{efn|name=difficulty|Valid for the 2022-2024 Code of Points}}

|Vault || Omelianchik || Round-off 1/2flic-flac with ½ turn (180°) on front- pikepiked salto forward of || 4.8 0

|Balance Beam || Omelianchik || BackFlic-flac handspringwith 3/4¾ turn (270°) to side handstand (hold 2 seconds) || D

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|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 }}

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