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Iryna Krasnianska

Full name

Iryna V. Krasnianska

Alternative name(s)

Ira

Nickname(s)

Krasniaka

Country represented

Ukraine

Born

November 19, 1987 (age 36)
Vologda, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

Hometown

Cherkasy, Ukraine

Residence

Kharkiv, Ukraine

Height

155 cm (5 ft 1 in)

Weight

50 kg (110 lb)

Discipline

Women's Artistic Gymnastics

Level

Senior International Elite

Club

Biola

Head coach(es)

Igor Korobchinsky

Assistant coach(es)

Inna Korobchinskaya

Former coach(es)

Alla Krasovskaya

Eponymous skills

Uneven Bars

Medal record

World Championships

	2006 Aarhus	Balance Beam
European Championships
	2004 Amsterdam	Team
	2004 Amsterdam	Uneven Bars

Iryna Krasnianska (Ukrainian: Ірина Василівна Краснянська, Irina Krasnyanska), born on November 19, 1987, in Vologda, USSR is a World Champion Ukrainian gymnast from Cherkasy, Ukraine. She started gymnastics in 1992. Iryna is the daughter of Nina, an engineer and Vasili, a doctor. Krasnianska was a 2004 Olympian. Krasnianska is primarily known as an uneven bars and balance beam specialist.

Career

Krasnianska competed at the 2003 World Championships in Anaheim, California. At the 2003 World Championships, Krasnyanska competed on uneven bars and balance beam in the team final where the Ukrainian team placed 7th. Individually she placed 7th in both the uneven bars and balance beam event finals. The next year, Krasnianska and the Ukrainian team won the silver medal at the 2004 European Championships. She also won a bronze medal on uneven bars and placed 4th on balance beam. Krasnianska made the 2004 Ukrainian Olympic team. At the Athens Olympic Games, Krasnianska and the Ukrainian team placed 4th, missing the bronze medal by less than a point. Individually, she did not advance to any individual finals.

Krasnianska became a World Champion when she won the Balance Beam final at the 2006 World Gymnastics Championships in Aarhus, Denmark. Krasnianska's routine was notable for its flawless presentation and unique mount. Her score of 15.575 was posted after a nervous ten-minute delay and was enough to clinch the gold medal. Krasnianska competed at the 2007 European Champions where she made the balance beam final but she did not medal. At the same World Championships, Krasnianska and the Ukrainian team placed 5th in the team final. At the 2007 European Championships she placed 7th on balance beam. Iryna travelled to Stuttgart, Germany for the 2007 World Championships, but was forced to sit the events out due to an injury.