Yekaterina Serebrianskaya

Kateryna Serebrianska Катерина Серебрянська
Personal information
Alternative name(s)	Ekaterina Serebrianskaya
Country represented	Ukraine
Born	(1977-10-25) 25 October 1977 (age 39) Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Retired	1998
Medal record Representing  Ukraine Rhythmic Gymnastics Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta All-around World Championships 1993 Alicante Rope 1994 Paris Hoop 1994 Paris Ball 1994 Paris Clubs 1994 Paris Ribbon 1995 Vienna All-around 1995 Vienna Ball 1996 Budapest Ball 1992 Brussels 3 ropes/3 balls 1993 Alicante All-around 1993 Alicante Hoop 1993 Alicante Team 1995 Vienna Rope 1996 Budapest Rope 1993 Alicante Ball 1993 Alicante Ribbon 1995 Vienna Team 1995 Vienna Clubs European Championships 1994 Thessaloniki Ball 1994 Thessaloniki Ribbon 1994 Thessaloniki Team 1996 Asker All-Around 1996 Asker Rope 1996 Asker Ball 1996 Asker Ribbon 1996 Asker Team 1997 Patras Rope 1998 Porto Hoop 1996 Asker Clubs 1997 Patras Clubs 1997 Patras Ribbon 1998 Porto Team 1998 Porto Rope 1994 Thessalonika Clubs 1997 Patras All-around 1998 Porto Ribbon European Team Championships 1997 Paris Team European Cup Final 1995 Telford All-around 1995 Telford Rope 1995 Telford Clubs Grand Prix Final 1994 Vienna All-around 1995 Deventer All-around 1996 Vienna All-around

Kateryna Serebrianska (born 25 October 1977 in Simferopol) is a Ukrainian former individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 1996 Olympics gold medalist, the 1995 World All-around champion, a two time (1995,1996) European All-around champion and three time Grand Prix Final All-around champion.

Serebrianska was born in Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. She started gymnastics in 1982 at age 4, with her mother Liubov as her coach at the Gratsia club in Simferopol. She later moved to the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, to train at the Deriugins School.

Serebrianska tied Bulgaria's Maria Petrova for the all-round title at the 1995 World Championships in Vienna, Austria. She also won several individual apparatus titles: rope at the 1993 World Championships in Alicante, Spain; hoop (tied with Belarusian Larissa Lukyanenko and Bulgarian Maria Petrova), ball (tied with Ukrainian teammate Olena Vitrychenko), clubs and ribbon in the 1994 World Championships in Paris, France; ball (tied with Russians Yanina Batyrchina and Amina Zaripova) at the 1995 Worlds in Vienna, Austria; and again in 1996 in Hungary. Her sweep of all 4 event finals golds at the 1994 World Championships is one of only two times in history this has been achieved, the other being Alexandra Timoshenko, and was all the more miracle after major mistakes in the All Around final put her in 4th place after being favored to win (ironically Timoshenko in 1991 also failed to win the All Around title, coming 2nd to teammate Oksana Skaldina, prior to sweeping the event final golds). She also won the 1996 European all-round title, together with the team gold, and gold on rope, ball and ribbon finals.

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