Yanina Batyrchina

Yanina Batyrshina
— Gymnast —
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Yana
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1979-10-07) October 7, 1979 (age 37) Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Hometown	Moscow
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	46 kg (101 lb)
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Club	Gymnastics Center Novogorsk
Head coach(es)	Irina Viner
Retired	1998
Medal record Representing  Russia Rhythmic Gymnastics Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta All-Around World Championships 1995 Vienna Ball 1995 Vienna Team 1997 Berlin Rope 1997 Berlin Team 1996 Budapest Ribbon 1997 Berlin Clubs 1995 Vienna All-around 1997 Berlin All-around European Championships 1997 Patras Ribbon 1998 Porto Rope 1996 Asker All-around 1996 Asker Ball 1997 Patras Rope 1997 Patras Clubs 1998 Porto Hoop 1998 Porto Ribbon 1998 Porto All-around 1998 Porto Team European Cup Final 1995 Telford Ribbon 1995 Telford All-around 1995 Telford Clubs 1995 Telford Rope 1995 Telford Ball Grand Prix Final 1995 Deventer Hoop 1995 Deventer Ball 1996 Vienna All-around 1997 Deventer Ribbon 1997 Deventer Hoop 1995 Deventer Clubs 1995 Deventer Ribbon 1995 Deventer All-around

Yana (Yanina) Batyrshina (Russian: Яна (Янина) Фархадовна Батыршина, born October 7, 1979) is a former individual rhythmic gymnast who competed for Russia. She is the 1996 Olympics All-around silver medalist, two time (1995,1997) World All-around bronze medalist, two-time European (1996, 1995) All-around silver medalist, the 1998 European All-around bronze medalist and 1996 Grand Prix Final All-around champion.

She was awarded the Medal of the Order For Merit to the Fatherland 2nd class (1997).

Yana Batyrshina is of Tatar and Jewish descent. She studied physical education at the Kharkov Institute. She is married to Azerbaijani-Jewish businessman Timur Weinstein; they have two daughters together.

Batyrshina started gymnastics training at 5 years old when a rhythmic gymnast coach approached her father and told the family she was ideal gymnastics material. At 9 years of age, Batyrchina moved to Russia with then Uzbek coach Irina Viner, who became the Russian national team head coach.

Batyrchina burst onto the international scene in 1993, when she finished second all-around at the European Junior Championships. She also won gold in the individual apparatus finals with rope and clubs, and silver with ball and ribbon.

In 1995, Batyrshina made her senior international breakthrough in Grand Prix events, collecting a total of 15 medals. At the 1995 World Championships she won the bronze medal in all-around and also took home golds for the team competition and ball. Her results fluctuated in 1996, but she still managed to take the silver medal for the all-around and ball at the 1996 European Championships. At the event finals of 1996 World Championships, she won the silver medal in ribbon.

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