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'''Iryna Dvoskina''' (born on 22 December 1958) is a Ukraine-born Australian athletics coach who works with Paralympic athletes.
'''Iryna Dvoskina''' (born 22 December 1958) {{postnominals|country=AUS|size=100|OAM}} is a Ukraine-born Australian athletics coach who works with Paralympic athletes.


==Biography==
==Biography==
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.<ref>{{cite web|title=AA Awards and Coach Fira Dvoskina Profile|url=http://www.nswathletics.org.au/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsItem&NewsID=18837|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906223016/http://www.nswathletics.org.au/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsItem&NewsID=18837|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 September 2012|work=Athletics New South Wales News May 16, 2011|accessdate=23 May 2012}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|title=AA Awards and Coach Fira Dvoskina Profile|url=http://www.nswathletics.org.au/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsItem&NewsID=18837|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906223016/http://www.nswathletics.org.au/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsItem&NewsID=18837|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 September 2012|work=Athletics New South Wales News 16 May 2011|accessdate=23 May 2012}}</ref>


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 Summer Paralympics|2004 Athens Paralympics]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Media Guide - Athens 2004 |year=2004 |publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee |location=Sydney |url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/sites/default/files/Athens%202004%20Media%20Guide_0.pdf }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and [[2008 Summer Paralympics|2008 Beijing Games]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Media Guide - Beijing 2008|year=2008|publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee|location=Sydney|url=https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/625298/Beijing_Paralympics.pdf|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222143507/https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/625298/Beijing_Paralympics.pdf|archivedate=2015-12-22}}</ref> 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 (athlete)|Brad Scott]] and [[Aaron Chatman]]. At the [[2012 Summer Paralympics|2012 London Games]], her athletes [[Evan O'Hanlon]], [[Brad Scott (athlete)|Brad Scott]], [[Scott Reardon]] won two gold, two silver and one bronze medals.
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 has been an athletics coach with the Australian team from [[2004 Summer Paralympics|2004 Athens Paralympics]] to the [[2020 Summer Paralympics|2020 Tokyo Paralympics]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Media Guide - Athens 2004 |year=2004 |publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee |location=Sydney |url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/sites/default/files/Athens%202004%20Media%20Guide_0.pdf }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


==Coaching Medals at Major Championships==
At the [[2016 Summer Paralympics|2016 Rio Paralympics]], she coached [[Scott Reardon]] to gold, [[Evan O'Hanlon]] to silver and [[Chad Perris]] to bronze medals.


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She is regarded as a strict coach due to her intensive training six days a week, careful diets and her attention to detail.<ref name=apc/> She has stated:"[My mother] is the biggest inspiration in my life ... maybe there is some genetics. I love my job and I am doing it with love. I love my guys."<ref name=apc>{{cite web|title=Iryna tracks golden success for Australia|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/iryna-tracks-golden-success-australia|work=Australian Paralympic Committee News , 16 September 2008|access-date=23 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518162847/http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/iryna-tracks-golden-success-australia|archive-date=18 May 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Her husband Yuriy Vdovychenko was appointed Paralympic Swimming Coach at the National Training Centre (NTC) in Canberra in December 2013. <ref>{{cite web|title=Coach Profile - Yuriy Vdovychenko|url=http://www.vikingsswim.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=231&Itemid=94|work=Tuggeraning Vikings Swim Club Website|accessdate=23 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317193918/http://www.vikingsswim.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=231&Itemid=94|archive-date=17 March 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|title=Contact Us|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/content/branches-representatives|work=Australian Paralympic Committee Website|accessdate=23 May 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120522221325/https://www.paralympic.org.au/content/branches-representatives|archivedate=22 May 2012}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|title=Swimming Australia Hires Yuriy Vdovychenko as National Training Centre Paralympic Coach|url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/swimming-australia-hires-yuriy-vdovychenko-as-national-training-centre-paralympic-coach/|website=Swimming Australia website|accessdate=8 December 2016}}</ref>
!Athlete
!Disability <br/> Class
!Paralympic Games <br/> Medals
!World Championships <br/> Medals
!Commonwealth Games <br/>Medals
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|[[Heath Francis]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Heath Francis |url=http://athletics.possumbility.com/athletes/athlete6227.htm |access-date=24 May 2022 |website=Athletics Australia Historical Results}}</ref>|| Arm amputee <br/> [[T46 (classification)|T46]] ||[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|2004]] - 3 Silver, 2 Bronze <br/> [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics|2008]] - 3 Gold, 1 Bronze||[[2006 IPC Athletics World Championships|2006]] - 3 Gold||[[Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|2006]] - 1 Gold
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|[[Lisa McIntosh]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lisa McIntosh |url=http://athletics.possumbility.com/athletes/athlete6218.htm |access-date=24 May 2022 |website=Athletics Australia Historical Results}}</ref>||Cerebral palsy <br/> [[T37 (classification)|T37]]||[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|2004]] - 1 Silver, 1 Bronze || - ||-
|-
|[[Amy Winters]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amy Winter |url=http://athletics.possumbility.com/athletes/athlete6711.htm |access-date=24 May 2022 |website=Athletics Australia Historical Results}}</ref>||Arm amputee <br/> [[T46 (classification)|T46]] ||[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|2004]] - 2 Gold|| - ||-
|-
|[[Katrina Webb]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Katrina Webb |url=http://athletics.possumbility.com/athletes/athlete6219.htm |access-date=24 May 2022 |website=Athletics Australia Historical Results}}</ref>|| Cerebral palsy <br/> [[T38 (classification)|T38]]||- ||- ||[[2006 IPC Athletics World Championships|2006]]- 1 Gold
|-
|[[Aaron Chatman]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aaron Chatman |url=Athletics Australia Historical Results |access-date=24 May 2022 |website=Athletics Australia Historical Results}}</ref>||Arm amputee <br/> [[T46 (classification)|T46]] ||[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics|2008]] - 1 Silver, 1 Bronze ||[[2006 IPC Athletics World Championships|2006]]- 1 Silver || -
|-
|[[Christine Wolf]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Christine Wolf |url=http://athletics.possumbility.com/athletes/athlete6713.htm |access-date=24 May 2022 |website=Athletics Australia Historical Results}}</ref>||Leg amputee <br/> [[T42 (classification)|T42]]||[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics|2008]] - 1 Gold|| - ||-
|-
|[[Evan O'Hanlon]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Evan O'Hanlon |url=http://athletics.possumbility.com/athletes/athlete6604.htm |access-date=24 May 2022 |website=Athletics Australia Historical Results}}</ref>||Cerebral palsy <br/> [[T38 (classification)|T38]]||[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics|2008]] - 3 Gold <br/> [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics|2012]] - 2 Gold <br/> [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics|2016]] - 1 Silver <br/> [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics|2020]] - 1 Bronze ||[[2006 IPC Athletics World Championships|2006]] - 2 Gold, 1 Bronze <br/> [[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships|2011]] - 2 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze <br/> [[2013 IPC Athletics World Championships|2013]] - 3 Gold <br/> [[2017 World Para Athletics Championships|2017]] - 1 Gold ||[[Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games|2018]] - 1 Gold
|-
|[[Brad Scott (runner)|Brad Scott]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brad Scott |url=http://athletics.possumbility.com/athletes/athlete6652.htm |access-date=24 May 2022 |website=Athletics Australia Historical Results}}</ref>||Cerebral palsy <br/> [[T37 (classification)|T37]]||[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics|2008]] - 1 Silver <br/> [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics|2012]] - 1 Silver, 1 Bronze||2011 - 1 Silver, 1 Bronze <br/> [[2013 IPC Athletics World Championships|2013]] - 1 Silver|| -
|-
|[[Scott Reardon]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scott Reardon |url=http://athletics.possumbility.com/athletes/athlete6628.htm |access-date=24 May 2022 |website=Athletics Australia Historical Results}}</ref> ||Leg amputee <br/> [[T42 (classification)|T42/T63]] ||[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics|2012]] - 1 Silver <br/> [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics|2016]] - 1 Gold ||[[2013 IPC Athletics World Championships|2013]] - 1 Gold, 1 Silver <br/> [[2015 IPC Athletics World Championships|2015]] - 1 Gold <br/> [[2017 World Para Athletics Championships|2017]] - 1 Gold ||-
|-
|[[Chad Perris]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chad Perris |url=http://athletics.possumbility.com/athletes/athlete6723.htm |access-date=24 May 2022 |website=Athletics Australia Historical Results}}</ref>||Vision impaired <br/> [[T13 (classification)|T13]]||[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics|2016]] - 1 Bronze || [[2015 IPC Athletics World Championships|2015]] - 1 Silver, 1 Bronze <br/> [[2017 World Para Athletics Championships|2017]] - 1 Bronze <br/> [[2019 World Para Athletics Championships|2019]] - 1 Silver
|-
|[[Vanessa Low]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vanessa Low |url=http://athletics.possumbility.com/athletes/athlete7650.htm |access-date=24 May 2022 |website=Athletics Australia Historical Results}}</ref>||Double leg amputee <br/> T61 ||[[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics|2020]] - 1 Gold ||[[2019 World Para Athletics Championships|2019]] - 1 Gold|| -
|-
|[[James Turner (parathlete)|James Turner]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=James Turner |url=http://athletics.possumbility.com/athletes/athlete7211.htm |access-date=24 May 2022 |website=Athletics Australia Historical Results}}</ref>||Cerebral palsy <br/> [[T36 (classification)|T36]] ||[[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics|2020]] - 1 Gold, 1 Silver ; [[Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics|2024]] - 2 Gold ||[[2019 World Para Athletics Championships|2019]] - 2 Gold || -
|}
[[File:Paralympic athletics coach Irina Dvoskina at the AIS Track and Field.jpg|left|thumb|Dvoskina coaching at the AIS Track and Field]]
She is regarded as a strict coach due to her intensive training six days a week, careful diets and her attention to detail.<ref name="apc" /> She has stated:"[My mother] is the biggest inspiration in my life ... maybe there is some genetics. I love my job and I am doing it with love. I love my guys."<ref name="apc">{{cite web|title=Iryna tracks golden success for Australia|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/iryna-tracks-golden-success-australia|work=Australian Paralympic Committee News , 16 September 2008|access-date=23 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518162847/http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/iryna-tracks-golden-success-australia|archive-date=18 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Her husband Yuriy Vdovychenko was Paralympic Swimming Coach at the National Training Centre (NTC) in Canberra from 2013 to 2020.<ref>{{cite web|title=Coach Profile - Yuriy Vdovychenko|url=http://www.vikingsswim.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=231&Itemid=94|work=Tuggeraning Vikings Swim Club Website|accessdate=23 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317193918/http://www.vikingsswim.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=231&Itemid=94|archive-date=17 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Contact Us|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/content/branches-representatives|work=Australian Paralympic Committee Website|accessdate=23 May 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120522221325/https://www.paralympic.org.au/content/branches-representatives|archivedate=22 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Swimming Australia Hires Yuriy Vdovychenko as National Training Centre Paralympic Coach|url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/swimming-australia-hires-yuriy-vdovychenko-as-national-training-centre-paralympic-coach/|website=Swimming Australia website|accessdate=8 December 2016}}</ref>


==Recognition==
==Recognition==
*2008 - [[Australian Paralympic Committee]] Coach of the Year.
*2008 - [[Australian Paralympic Committee]] Coach of the Year.
*2016 - [[Australian Paralympic Committee]] Coach of the Year. <ref>{{cite news|last1=Walsh|first1=Scott|title=Dylan Alcott wins double at Australian Paralympic Awards|url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/olympics-2016/dylan-alcott-wins-double-at-australian-paralympic-awards/news-story/ee02e262ebc0ea1cfcf0e7ca58c06392|date=8 December 2016|work=The Courier-Mail|accessdate=9 December 2016}}</ref>
*2016 - [[Australian Paralympic Committee]] Coach of the Year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org.au/2016/12/six-inducted-into-the-australian-paralympic-hall-of-fame/|title=Six inducted into the Australian Paralympic Hall of Fame|publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee|date=9 December 2016|access-date=5 October 2023}}</ref>
*2022 - Medal (OAM) of the Order of Australia for service to Paralympic athletics<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 June 2022 |title=Australia Day 2021 Honours List |url=https://www.gg.gov.au/australia-day-2021-honours-list |access-date=13 June 2022 |website=The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia}}</ref>


==References==
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Latest revision as of 07:01, 16 September 2024

Iryna Dvoskina
Iryna Dvoskina in 2019
Personal information
Nationality Australia
Sport
SportParalympic athletics
Now coachingAThletics Australia at Australian Institute of Sport

Iryna Dvoskina (born 22 December 1958) OAM is a Ukraine-born Australian athletics coach who works with Paralympic athletes.

Biography

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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.[1]

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 has been an athletics coach with the Australian team from 2004 Athens Paralympics to the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.[2]

Coaching Medals at Major Championships

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Athlete Disability
Class
Paralympic Games
Medals
World Championships
Medals
Commonwealth Games
Medals
Heath Francis[3] Arm amputee
T46
2004 - 3 Silver, 2 Bronze
2008 - 3 Gold, 1 Bronze
2006 - 3 Gold 2006 - 1 Gold
Lisa McIntosh[4] Cerebral palsy
T37
2004 - 1 Silver, 1 Bronze - -
Amy Winters[5] Arm amputee
T46
2004 - 2 Gold - -
Katrina Webb[6] Cerebral palsy
T38
- - 2006- 1 Gold
Aaron Chatman[7] Arm amputee
T46
2008 - 1 Silver, 1 Bronze 2006- 1 Silver -
Christine Wolf[8] Leg amputee
T42
2008 - 1 Gold - -
Evan O'Hanlon[9] Cerebral palsy
T38
2008 - 3 Gold
2012 - 2 Gold
2016 - 1 Silver
2020 - 1 Bronze
2006 - 2 Gold, 1 Bronze
2011 - 2 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
2013 - 3 Gold
2017 - 1 Gold
2018 - 1 Gold
Brad Scott[10] Cerebral palsy
T37
2008 - 1 Silver
2012 - 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
2011 - 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
2013 - 1 Silver
-
Scott Reardon[11] Leg amputee
T42/T63
2012 - 1 Silver
2016 - 1 Gold
2013 - 1 Gold, 1 Silver
2015 - 1 Gold
2017 - 1 Gold
-
Chad Perris[12] Vision impaired
T13
2016 - 1 Bronze 2015 - 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
2017 - 1 Bronze
2019 - 1 Silver
Vanessa Low[13] Double leg amputee
T61
2020 - 1 Gold 2019 - 1 Gold -
James Turner[14] Cerebral palsy
T36
2020 - 1 Gold, 1 Silver ; 2024 - 2 Gold 2019 - 2 Gold -
Dvoskina coaching at the AIS Track and Field

She is regarded as a strict coach due to her intensive training six days a week, careful diets and her attention to detail.[15] She has stated:"[My mother] is the biggest inspiration in my life ... maybe there is some genetics. I love my job and I am doing it with love. I love my guys."[15] Her husband Yuriy Vdovychenko was Paralympic Swimming Coach at the National Training Centre (NTC) in Canberra from 2013 to 2020.[16][17][18]

Recognition

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References

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  1. ^ "AA Awards and Coach Fira Dvoskina Profile". Athletics New South Wales News 16 May 2011. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  2. ^ Media Guide - Athens 2004 (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2004.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Heath Francis". Athletics Australia Historical Results. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Lisa McIntosh". Athletics Australia Historical Results. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Amy Winter". Athletics Australia Historical Results. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Katrina Webb". Athletics Australia Historical Results. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  7. ^ [Athletics Australia Historical Results "Aaron Chatman"]. Athletics Australia Historical Results. Retrieved 24 May 2022. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  8. ^ "Christine Wolf". Athletics Australia Historical Results. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Evan O'Hanlon". Athletics Australia Historical Results. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  10. ^ "Brad Scott". Athletics Australia Historical Results. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  11. ^ "Scott Reardon". Athletics Australia Historical Results. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  12. ^ "Chad Perris". Athletics Australia Historical Results. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  13. ^ "Vanessa Low". Athletics Australia Historical Results. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  14. ^ "James Turner". Athletics Australia Historical Results. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  15. ^ a b "Iryna tracks golden success for Australia". Australian Paralympic Committee News , 16 September 2008. Archived from the original on 18 May 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  16. ^ "Coach Profile - Yuriy Vdovychenko". Tuggeraning Vikings Swim Club Website. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  17. ^ "Contact Us". Australian Paralympic Committee Website. Archived from the original on 22 May 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  18. ^ "Swimming Australia Hires Yuriy Vdovychenko as National Training Centre Paralympic Coach". Swimming Australia website. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  19. ^ "Six inducted into the Australian Paralympic Hall of Fame". Australian Paralympic Committee. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  20. ^ "Australia Day 2021 Honours List". The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.