Irina Viktorovna Chashchina

Irina Chashchina
Irina Tschaschtschina doing the overspagat
Personal information
Surname:	Irina Viktorovna Chashchina
Nationality:	Russia
discipline	Rhythmic sports gymnastics
Trainer:	Irina Winer
Birthday:	24th April 1982 (age 38)
Place of birth:	Omsk , Soviet Union
Size:	165 cm
Weight:	51 kg
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × 1 × 0 × World championships 3 × 1 × 5 × European championships 6 × 3 × 2 ×
Medals
Olympic games silver Athens 2004 Individual all-around  World championships gold Osaka 1999 Team all-around gold Budapest 2003 Team all-around gold Baku 2005 Team all-around silver Budapest 2003 Clubs bronze Budapest 2003 Individual all-around bronze Budapest 2003 tires bronze Baku 2005 Individual all-around bronze Baku 2005 rope bronze Baku 2005 Clubs  European championships gold Zaragoza 2000 Team all-around gold Geneva 2001 rope gold Kiev 2004 Team all-around gold Moscow 2005 rope gold Moscow 2005 Clubs gold Moscow 2005 Team all-around silver Geneva 2001 tires silver Geneva 2001 ball silver Geneva 2001 Clubs bronze Postage 1998 Team all-around bronze Kiev 2004 Individual all-around

Irina Viktorovna Tschaschtschina ( Russian Ирина Викторовна Чащина , English transcription Irina Viktorovna Tchachina ; born April 24, 1982 in Omsk ) is a rhythmic gymnast from Russia .

Life

Under her trainer Irina Winer, she became European champion in 2001 with the hand-held rope , in the categories of hoops , balls and clubs she took second place behind her teammate Alina Maratovna Kabaeva . In 2001 she was also awarded the Prix ​​de l'Elegance , which has been awarded since 1997 . However, the silver medal she won at the world championship in the same year was withdrawn because a diuretic could be proven in a positive doping test .

In 2003, Chashchina became vice European and world champion with the clubs. In 2004 she won the silver medal at the Olympic Games in Athens ( rhythmic gymnastics 2004 ).

Web links

Commons : Irina Tchachina  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Irina Viktorovna Chashchina in the database of the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (English)
• Report with photos from the World Cup

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer04/athlete?athleteId=6932