Oksana Lyapina

Oksana Vasilyevna Lyapina (Russian: Оксана Васильевна Ляпина; born 28 April 1980 in Armavir, Russian SFSR) is a Russian artistic gymnast who represented Russia at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Oksana Lyapina
Full name	Oksana Vasilyevna Lyapina
Born	(1980-04-28) April 28, 1980 Armavir, Russian SFSR
Hometown	Moscow, Russia
Height	1.44 m (4 ft 9 in)
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Head coach(es)	Leonid Arkayev
Assistant coach(es)	Tatiana Abramova
Medal record Representing Russia Artistic Gymnastics Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team European Championships 1996 Birmingham Team

Career

Lyapina competed in the 1995 Junior European Championships and helped her team win gold.

In 1996, she competed at the Olympic Games, along with Rozalia Galiyeva and Svetlana Khorkina. Although first in the compulsory round, they ultimately won silver in the team event. They were disappointed, feeling that they had deserved gold. Russia had a tough time focusing due partly to the American crowd in Atlanta, whose loud cheering distracted them many times - resulting in many falls and wobbles. Lyapina fell from the beam.

After the Olympics, Lyapina won some of her first individual medals but an injury prevented her from proper training and competing, so she failed to make the 1997 World Championships.

Competitive history

Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
1996	European Championships	2nd
	Olympic Games	2nd

Year	Competition description	Location	Apparatus	Rank-Final	Score-Final	Rank-Qualifying	Score-Qualifying
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta	Team	2	388.404
			Vault			95	9.575
			Balance beam			34	18.725
			Floor exercise			21	19.337
	European Championships	Birmingham	Team	2	115.659

See also

• List of Olympic female gymnasts for Russia

External links

• Oksana Lyapina at Olympics.com