Irina Dvoskina
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 Australia
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| Residence | Canberra, Australia |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Paralympic athletics |
| Now coaching | AIS Athletics |
Iryna Dvoskina (born on 22 December 1958) is a Ukraine-born Australian athletics coach who works with Paralympic athletes.
Being an only child, she came to Australia in 2003 to be closer to her mother Fira (born 20 September 1934), who had moved to Australia in 1996. Her mother has carried on her successful coaching career in New South Wales.
She undertook a four-year coaching degree at university in Ukraine. She was the athletics coach with the Ukrainian Paralympic team from 1995 to 2002. In 2003, she was appointed sprints and jumps coach for Australian Institute of Sport Paralympic track and field athletes. She was an athletics coach with the Australian team at the 2004 Athens Paralympics and 2008 Beijing Games Games. At the 2004 Summer Paralympics she coached medallists Heath Francis, Lisa McIntosh and Amy Winters. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics, she was the coach of five Australian athletics competitors who won a combined thirteen total medals. Athletes she coached included Heath Francis, Evan O'Hanlon, Christine Wolf, Brad Scott and Aaron Chatman. At the 2012 London Games, her athletes Evan O'Hanlon, Brad Scott, Scott Reardon won two gold, two silver and one bronze medals.
At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, she coached Scott Reardon to gold, Evan O'Hanlon to silver and Chad Perris to bronze medals.
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