Julia Vladimirovna Barsukova

Yulia Barsukova
Barsukowa at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney
Personal information
Surname:	Julia Vladimirovna Barsukova
Nationality:	Russia
discipline	Rhythmic sports gymnastics
Birthday:	December 31, 1978
Place of birth:	Moscow
Medals
Olympic games gold 2000 Sydney Individual all-around World championships bronze 1999 Osaka Individual all-around bronze 1999 Osaka tires European championships gold 1999 Budapest rope gold 2000 Zaragoza rope silver 1999 Budapest ball bronze 1999 Budapest tires bronze 2000 Zaragoza Individual all-around bronze 2000 Zaragoza tires bronze 2000 Zaragoza ball

Yulia Barsukova ( Russian Юлия Владимировна Барсукова , Julia or Yulia Barsukova;. * 31 December 1978 in Moscow ) is a former Russian athlete of rhythmic gymnastics .

Life

Barsukowa did not get into rhythmic gymnastics until he was eleven, but quickly developed into one of the most successful talents in the country. At the beginning of her athletic career, she was still in the shadow of other Russian gymnasts such as Jana Batyrschina or Amina Saripowa. It wasn't until 1999, at the age of 20, that she was able to celebrate her first international title. At the European Championships in Budapest she received gold in the rope discipline and silver in the tire discipline. She reached her career high point a year later when she won the gold medal before the favorite Alina Kabaeva at the Olympic Games in Sydney .

Web links

• Yulia Vladimirovna Barsukova in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Old profile of Julija Barsukowabei ( Memento from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) at the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (English)
• Julija Vladimirovna Barsukova in the database of the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (English)