Valeria Vatkina

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Valeria Vatkina
Nickname(s)	leria
Country represented	Belarus
Born	(1981-03-28) 28 March 1981 (age 40) Minsk, Belarus
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Level	senior elite
Years on national team	1995-2000
Club	Dinamo Minsk
Head coach(es)	Irina Leparskaya
Retired	yes
Medal record Rhythmic gymnastics Representing  Belarus World Championships 1997 Berlin Team 1999 Osaka Team European Championships 1998 Porto Team 2000 Zaragoza Team Junior European Championships 1995 Prague All-Around 1995 Prague Team 1995 Prague Ribbon Grand Prix Final 1997 Deventer All-around

Valeria Vatkina (born 28 March 1981) is an Individual rhythmic gymnast. She started competitive rhythmic gymnastics in 1986.

Career[]

Born in Minsk, Belarus, Vatkina was the 1995 European Junior All-around Champion and took part with the senior Belarusian team at the 2000 European Championships in Zaragoza, Spain.

Vatkina was twice silver medalist with the Belarusian Team at the World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in 1997 Berlin, Germany and 1999 in Osaka, Japan. She placed a podium at the 1997 Grand Prix Final in Deventer, Netherlands after winning the all-around silver medal for Belarus behind Russia's Natalia Lipkovskaya.

Vatkina competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where she qualified in the rhythmic gymnastics All-around finals finishing in 8th place ahead of Spain's Almudena Cid.

External links[]

• Valeria Vatkina at the International Gymnastics Federation