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Vera Leonidovna Biryukova (Russian: Вера Леонидовна Бирюкова; born 11 April 1998 in Omsk, Omsk Oblast, Russia) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympics Group all-around champion.

Vera Biryukova
Vera Biryukova in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Vera Leonidovna Biryukova
Alternative name(s)	Vera Biriukova
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1998-04-11) 11 April 1998 (age 24) Omsk, Omsk Oblast, Russia
Residence	Moscow
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	47 kg (104 lb)
Years on national team	2013–present
Club	OMSK Centre of Gymnastics[1]
Gym	Novogorsk
Head coach(es)	Tatiana Sergaeva
Assistant coach(es)	Vera Shtelbaums
Former coach(es)	Natalia Glemba
Choreographer	Elena Arais
Medal record Rhythmic Gymnastics Representing  Russia Summer Olympics 2016 Rio de Janeiro Group all-around European Games 2019 Minsk 5 Balls 2019 Minsk Group all-around Summer Universiade 2017 Taipei Group 5 hoops 2017 Taipei Group 3 balls/2 ropes 2017 Taipei Group all-around

Career

Biryukova was born in Omsk. She began gymnastics at five years old under the encouragement of her mother, her first coach was Natalia Glemba, she studied at the Omsk schools number 61 and 125 where she began training with Elena Arais and her mother Vera Shtelbaums.^{[citation needed]}

Biryukova was briefly included as part of Russia's group however she was later relegated to the reserve team. It wasn't until in 2016 that she had her big breakthrough, Biryukova returned as member of the Russian national group after replacing Ksenia Poliakova, she began competing with the Russian group at the 2016 World Cup series in Kazan and Baku.^{[citation needed]}

On August 19–21, Biryukova was member of the golden winning Russian group (together with Anastasia Maksimova, Maria Tolkacheva, Anastasia Bliznyuk, Anastasiia Tatareva) that won gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2][3]

Awards

• Honored Master of Sports of Russia (2016).[4]
• Order of Friendship (August 25, 2016) - for outstanding sports achievements at the Games XXXI Olympiad in 2016 in the city of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), manifested the will to win and sense of purpose.[5]

Detailed Olympic results

Year	Competition Description	Location	Music	Apparatus	Rank	Score-Final	Rank	Score-Qualifying
2016	Olympics	Rio de Janeiro		All-around	1st	36.233	2nd	35.516
			'L'adoration De La Terre, Le Sacrifice - Danse Sacrale, Time, Forward! Igor Stravinsky, Moscow New Choir, Elena Rastvora, Russian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra & Alexander Vedernikov	6 Clubs / 2 Hoops	1st	18.633	6th	17.233
			Samba Do Brasil, Those Were The Days by Bellini, Gruppa Na-Na	5 Ribbons	3rd	17.600	1st	18.283

References

External links

• Vera BIRIUKOVA at the International Gymnastics Federation
• Vera BIRIUKOVA at the International Olympic Committee
• Vera Biryukova at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Vera Biryukova on Instagram

На других языках

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- [en] Vera Biryukova

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[it] Vera Birjukova

Vera Leonidovna Birjukova (in russo: Вера Леонидовна Бирюкова?; Omsk, 11 aprile 1998) è una ginnasta russa medaglia d'oro nella gara a squadre alle Olimpiadi di Rio de Janeiro 2016.

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[ru] Бирюкова, Вера Леонидовна

Ве́ра Леони́довна Бирюко́ва (род. 11 апреля 1998, Омск) — российская гимнастка. Член сборной России по художественной гимнастике. Чемпионка летних Олимпийских игр 2016 года. Заслуженный мастер спорта[1].

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