Deriugins School
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The Deriugina School, also known as the Deriugins' School is a rhythmic gymnastics
club in Kiev
, Ukraine
. It is run by the mother and daughter team of Albina Deriugina, who is the head coach, and Irina Deriugina
, who acts as the assistant coach.
Every year since 1992 the club plays host to the biggest rhythmic gymnastics competition in Ukraine, The Deriugina Cup (Кубок Дерюгіної).
& 1979
World champion. The school was also very strong in the groups discipline during this period with European and World titles for the group, consisting of Viktoria Serykh, Olga Plokhova, Ludmila Yevtushenko, Olga Shchegoleva, Zhanna Vasyura & Irina Deriugina.
Ten years after the school's initial success it had a few more champions to give. Aleksandra Timoshenko become the Bronze medal winner at the 1988 Olympics
and the Champion at 1992 Olympics
, and became the role model for the über-waif rhythmic gymnast look. Along with Timoshenko, the school produced Oksana Skaldina who went on to claim the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics
, with Timoshenko taking the gold.
Throughout the 1990s The Deriugina school produced numerous champions and gymnasts of interest. Gymnasts such as Ekaterina Serebrianskaya
and Elena Vitrichenko
dominated the mid 90s. The school had a big emergence of talent in the late 90s and early 00s led by the daughter of Viktoria Serykh, Anna Bessonova
.
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which individuals or teams of competitors manipulate one or two pieces of apparatus: rope, clubs, hoop, ball, ribbon and Free . An individual athlete only manipulates 1 apparatus at a time...
club in Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
. It is run by the mother and daughter team of Albina Deriugina, who is the head coach, and Irina Deriugina
Irina Deriugina
Irina Deriugina is a Ukrainian former individual Rhythmic Gymnast. She is the only Soviet rhythmic gymnast who possesses two all around world titles, which she won in 1977 and 1979. Her mother, Albina, was her coach...
, who acts as the assistant coach.
Every year since 1992 the club plays host to the biggest rhythmic gymnastics competition in Ukraine, The Deriugina Cup (Кубок Дерюгіної).
History of The School
In the 1970s Deriugina Gymnasts comprised the majority of the Soviet Team with the Deriugina gymnasts becoming not only Soviet but European and World champions. During this era the most notable individual gymnast was, Irina Deriugina - the 19771977 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
VIII World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Basel, Switzerland from the 13th to the 16th of October, 1977.-Medal Table:-Hoop:-Ball:-Ribbon:-Rope:-All-Around:-Groups:...
& 1979
1979 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
IX World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in London, England on the 4th and 5 July, 1979.-Rope:-Ball:-Clubs:-Ribbon:-All-Around:...
World champion. The school was also very strong in the groups discipline during this period with European and World titles for the group, consisting of Viktoria Serykh, Olga Plokhova, Ludmila Yevtushenko, Olga Shchegoleva, Zhanna Vasyura & Irina Deriugina.
Ten years after the school's initial success it had a few more champions to give. Aleksandra Timoshenko become the Bronze medal winner at the 1988 Olympics
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...
and the Champion at 1992 Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...
, and became the role model for the über-waif rhythmic gymnast look. Along with Timoshenko, the school produced Oksana Skaldina who went on to claim the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...
, with Timoshenko taking the gold.
Throughout the 1990s The Deriugina school produced numerous champions and gymnasts of interest. Gymnasts such as Ekaterina Serebrianskaya
Ekaterina Serebrianskaya
Kateryna Serebrianskaya is a former Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. She was born in Simferopol, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union - in present day Ukraine. She started gymnastics in 1982 at age 4, her mother Liubov was her coach, at the Gratsia club in Simferopol...
and Elena Vitrichenko
Elena Vitrichenko
Olena Ihorivna Vitrychenko is an Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. She comes from a gymnast family - her mother Nina was also a rhythmic gymnast and indeed was also her daughter's coach at the famed Deryuguina School in Kiev...
dominated the mid 90s. The school had a big emergence of talent in the late 90s and early 00s led by the daughter of Viktoria Serykh, Anna Bessonova
Anna Bessonova
Anna Bessonova is an Individual Rhythmic Gymnast who was born in Kiev, Ukraine. Her father is the Dynamo Kiev football player Vladimir Bessonov and her mother, Viktoria, was a two time world champion group rhythmic gymnast....
.
Notable alumni
- Irina DeriuginaIrina DeriuginaIrina Deriugina is a Ukrainian former individual Rhythmic Gymnast. She is the only Soviet rhythmic gymnast who possesses two all around world titles, which she won in 1977 and 1979. Her mother, Albina, was her coach...
- 1977 All around World Champion, 1979 All around World Champion. - Aleksandra Timoshenko - 1992 All around Olympic Champion, 1988 All around European Champion (shared with Adriana Dunavska & Elizabeth Koleva), 1989 All around World Champion, 1990 All around European Champion.
- Oksana Skaldina - 1991 All around World Champion.
- Ekaterina SerebrianskayaEkaterina SerebrianskayaKateryna Serebrianskaya is a former Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. She was born in Simferopol, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union - in present day Ukraine. She started gymnastics in 1982 at age 4, her mother Liubov was her coach, at the Gratsia club in Simferopol...
- 1995 European Cup Final Champion, 1995 All around World Champion (with Maria PetrovaMaria Petrova (rhythmic gymnast)Maria Petrova is a Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast. She shares the world record for the most individual world all-around rhythmic gymnastics titles of all time and has never placed lower than seventh in any competition in her entire career.-Career:Petrova began her training at the age of five at...
), 1996 All around European Champion, 1996 All around Olympic Champion. - Elena VitrichenkoElena VitrichenkoOlena Ihorivna Vitrychenko is an Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. She comes from a gymnast family - her mother Nina was also a rhythmic gymnast and indeed was also her daughter's coach at the famed Deryuguina School in Kiev...
- 1997 All around European Champion, 1997 All around World Champion. - Tamara YerofeevaTamara YerofeevaTamara Yerofeyeva was a Rhythmic Gymnast. She was born in Kiev, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union - in present day Ukraine.She won the 2001 world championships because of the disqualifications of Alina Kabaeva and Irina Tchachina...
- 2001 All around World Champion. - Natalia GodunkoNatalia GodunkoNatalia Godunko Ukrainian: Наталія Годунко Natalija Godunko is an Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. She started rhythmic gymnastics in 1990 at age 6. She trains in Kiev under the mother/daughter coaching team of Albina and Irina Deriugina...
- 2005 European Champion in ribbon and 2006 World Cup Final Champion in rope. - Anna BessonovaAnna BessonovaAnna Bessonova is an Individual Rhythmic Gymnast who was born in Kiev, Ukraine. Her father is the Dynamo Kiev football player Vladimir Bessonov and her mother, Viktoria, was a two time world champion group rhythmic gymnast....
- 2007 All around World Champion.