Tatiana Kravtchenko
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| Full name | Tatiana Viktorovna Kravtchenko | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 June 1936 Moscow, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Maria Lisitzian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Tamara Vartanova; Maria Lisitzian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tatiana Viktorovna Kravtchenko (Russian: Татьяна Викторовна Кравченко ; born 13 June 1936) is a retired Soviet rhythmic gymnast. She is a two time (1963, 1965) World all-around silver medalist and one of the group member that won gold in the first ever Group competition held at the 1967 World Championships. She is an Honored Master of Sports in Rhythmic Gymnastics.
Career
Tatiana Kravtchenko, a statuesque blonde, was one of the most recognizable gymnast and pioneering of rhythmic gymnastics in the 1960s. Kravtchenko competed at the first World Championships held in Budapest where she won the individual All-around silver medal, she won another silver medal in All-around at the 1965 World Championships. At the 1967 World Championships in Copenhagen together with teammate Ludmila Savinkova, they were part of the six gymnasts in the Soviet Union Group Exercise. This competition was the debut for the Group Exercises on the World stage. The soviets won the group gold medal. This the beginning of the then Soviet Rhythmic Gymanstics School’s international successes.
Both Savinkova and Kravtchenko were coached by Tamara Lisitzian, and later on, by her sister Maria Lisitzian. In the beginning of the 60's Rhythmic Gymnastics was still looking for the right direction of development. The execution artistry was considered by some to be rather important. Throughout her career, Kravtchenko remained faithful to the Soviet classical style and music. The routine she will be rembered for by her contemporaries was the one without hand apparatus to "Russian theme" music. It brought her the world gold medal in Freehands on this piece at the 1965 World Championships in Prague.
Kravtchenko finished her education in the High Institute for Physical Culture in Moscow, she then achieved a degree at the High Institute for Arts.[1]
