Natalia Yurchenko
| Natalia Yurchenko Наталья Юрченко | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Russian: Наталья Владимировна Юрченко | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 January 1965 Norilsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 155 cm (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | Soviet Union (1978–86 (URS)) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former countries represented | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eponymous skills | Yurchenko, Yurchenko loop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Natalia Vladimirovna Yurchenko (Russian: Наталья Владимировна Юрченко) (born 26 January 1965) is a retired Soviet artistic gymnast, who won the women's all-around gold medal at the 1983 World Championships. Renowned for her innovative and daring gymnastics, she is best known as the originator of the Yurchenko vault family, which is a round-off back handspring entry onto the vault, and then performing a series of twists and flips off.