Iryna Krasnianska born on November 19, 1987 in Vologda

Vologda

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, USSR is a World Champion Ukrainian

Ukrainians

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 gymnast from Cherkasy

Cherkasy

Cherkasy or Cherkassy , is a city in central Ukraine. It is the capital of the Cherkasy Oblast , as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Cherkasky Raion within the oblast...

, Ukraine

Ukraine

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. She started Gymnastics

Gymnastics

Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...

 in 1992. Iryna is the daughter of Nina, an engineer and Vasili, a doctor.

Krasnianska was a member of the 2004 Ukrainian Olympic team

Ukraine at the 2004 Summer Olympics

-Gold:*Yuriy Bilonoh — Athletics, Men's Shot Put*Valeriy Goncharov — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars*Yuriy Nikitin — Gymnastics, Men's Trampoline Individual*Olena Kostevych — Shooting, Women's 10m Air Pistol...

 which finished fourth in the team competition. She also competed at the 2003 World Championships

2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The 37th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Anaheim, California, United States, in 2003.Tie-breakers were not used at this competition...

 in Anaheim, California.

Krasnianska became a World Champion when she won the Balance Beam final at the 2006 World Gymnastics Championships

2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

39th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Aarhus, Denmark from October 13 to October 21, 2006 in NRGi Arena.It was the first time the World Gymnastics Championships was organized by a Danish city...

 in Aarhus

Aarhus

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, Denmark

Denmark

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. Krasnianska's routine was notable for its flawless presentation and unique mount. Her score of 15.575 was posted after a nervous ten minute delay and was enough to clinch the Gold Medal. Krasnianska competed at the 2007 European Champions where she made the Balance Beam final, but did not medal. Iryna travelled to Stuttgart for the 2007 World Championships, but was forced to sit the events out due to an injury,

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