Yulia Raskina

Yulia Raskina (Юлия Раскина; born April 9, 1982, in Minsk, Belarus) is a Belarusian former rhythmic gymnast and trainer. She is the 2000 Olympics silver medalist, the 1999 World All-around silver medalist, the two time (2000,1999) European All-around silver medalist and 1999 Grand Prix Final All-around champion.

Yulia Raskina
Yulia Raskina at 1999 European Championships
Personal information
Country represented Belarus
Born (1982-04-09) April 9, 1982
Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
Head coach(es)Irina Leparskaya
Medal record
Representing  Belarus
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney All-Around
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1997 BerlinTeam
Silver medal – second place 1999 OsakaAll-around
Silver medal – second place 1999 OsakaBall
Silver medal – second place 1999 OsakaRibbon
Silver medal – second place 1999 OsakaTeam
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1998 PortoTeam
Gold medal – first place 2000 ZaragozaBall
Silver medal – second place 1999 BudapestAll-around
Silver medal – second place 1999 BudapestHoop
Silver medal – second place 2000 ZaragozaAll-around
Silver medal – second place 2000 ZaragozaTeam
Bronze medal – third place 1998 PortoClubs
Bronze medal – third place 1999 BudapestRibbon
Bronze medal – third place 2000 ZaragozaRibbon
Junior European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1995 PragueTeam
Bronze medal – third place 1995 PragueClubs
World Cup Final
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Glasgow Hoop
Bronze medal – third place 2000 GlasgowRibbon
Bronze medal – third place 2000 GlasgowBall
Grand Prix Final
Gold medal – first place1999 KorneuburgAll-around
Gold medal – first place2000 DeventerHoop
Silver medal – second place1999 KorneuburgHoop
Silver medal – second place1999 KorneuburgBall
Silver medal – second place2000 DeventerBall
Bronze medal – third place1999 KorneuburgRibbon
Bronze medal – third place1998 LinzAll-around
Bronze medal – third place2000 DeventerRope
Bronze medal – third place2000 DeventerRibbon

Personal life
Raskina performing rope at 2000 Sydney Olympics

Raskina is Jewish.[1] She was born into a sporting family. Her mother was the master of sports of the international class of the USSR in artistic gymnastics. Her father was also a master of sports, a trainer in track and field athletics.

Career

Raskina broke into the International RG scene at the 1997 World Championships in Berlin and was a three-time national champion. She became the 1999 World Championships all-around silver medalist and was a two-time European all-around silver medalist in 1999 and 2000. Raskina won the gold medal in ball at 2000 European in Zaragosa. She marked her career high by winning the silver in all-around at the 2000 Summer Olympics held in Sydney, Australia ahead of then Olympic gold favorite Alina Kabaeva who took the bronze medal. She lost the gold to Yulia Barsakova by 0.084. Had her hoop not gone out of bounds by an inch which was a mandatory 0.1 deduction and a 4.9 out of 5.0 in Artistry, she would have won the gold. Raskina made unsuccessful comeback until 2003 and finally completed her career.

In 2005 and 2006, Raskina took part in Cirque du Soleil's Corteo alongside former Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast Tamara Yerofeeva. She won Belarusian TV project "Star Dances" with professional dancer Denis Moryasin and was selected to represent Belarus at the Eurovision Dance Contest.

She is currently working as a coach for German national team in rhythmic gymnastics, contributing to the rising success of German rhythmic gymnasts in 2022.

Notable trainees include:

Routine music information
Year Apparatus Music title [2]
2003 Hoop Vas Dis by Wishbone Ash
Clubs Dy by Vitas
Ball Lautary by Lokyo
Ribbon Ave Maria by Vitas
2000 Hoop Manhattan by Anatoly Vekshin
Rope Smuglyanochka by Anatoly Vekshin
Ball Spain (originally Malagueña) by Anatoly Vekshin
Ribbon Underground /Storm / A New Life music from The Truman Show by Burkard Dalwitz
1999 Hoop  ?
Rope I Will Survive by Anatoly Vekshin (originally Gloria Gainor)
Ball  ?
Ribbon  ?
1998 Rope Belarus traditional folk
Clubs  ?
Hoop Latin samba remix
Ribbon Otchi Tchornia (Dark Eyes) – Russian traditional music
1997 Hoop  ?
Clubs Cabaret by John Kander
Rope  ?
Ribbon Otchi Tchornia (Dark Eyes) – Russian traditional music

Detailed Olympic results
Year Competition description Location Music Apparatus Score-Final Score-Qualifying
2000 Olympics Sydney All-around 39.548 39.624
Underground/ Storm / A New Life
music from The Truman Show		 Ribbon 9.916 9.908
Spain (Malagueña) by Anatoly Vekshin Ball 9.933 9.908
Manhattan by Anatoly Vekshin Hoop 9.791 9.908
Smuglyanochka by Anatoly Vekshin Rope 9.908 9.900

See also

References
  1. Taylor, Paul (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics – With a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medalists. Sussex Academic Press. ISBN 9781903900888.
  2. "Raskina RG music list". rgforum.


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