Tamara Yerofeeva

Tamara Yerofeyeva
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Tamara Yerofeyeva performs gala at 2003 Deriugina Cup
Personal information
Full name	Tamara Anatoliyivna Yerofeyeva
Country represented	Ukraine
Born	(1982-03-04) 4 March 1982 Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Residence	Las Vegas
Height	5'8"
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Years on national team	1996-2004
Club	Deriugina School
Head coach(es)	Irina Deriugina
Assistant coach(es)	Albina Deriugina
Retired	2004
Medal record Competitor for  Ukraine World Championships Gold 2002 N.Orleans 5 ribbons Gold 2001 Madrid All-around Gold 2001 Madrid Rope Gold 2001 Madrid Team Silver 2003 Budapest Team Bronze 2001 Madrid Hoop Bronze 2001 Madrid Ball Bronze 2001 Madrid Clubs Bronze 1999 Osaka Ball Bronze 1999 Osaka Team Bronze 1998 Seville 5 balls Bronze 1998 Seville 3 ribbons/2 hoops Bronze 1997 Berlin Team European Championships Silver 2004 Kiev Team Silver 2003 Riesa Clubs Silver 2002 Granada All-around Silver 2002 Granada Team Silver 2000 Saragoza Rope Silver 1998 Porto Team Silver 1997 Patras 5 balls Bronze 2003 Riesa Hoop Bronze 2003 Riesa Ribbon Bronze 2001 Geneva Hoop Bronze 2001 Geneva Clubs Bronze 1997 Patras Group All-around World Cup Final Bronze 2002 Stuttgart Hoop Bronze 2002 Stuttgart Ball Bronze 2002 Stuttgart Clubs Grand Prix Final Gold 2002 Innsbruck All-around Gold 2002 Innsbruck Clubs Silver 2002 Innsbruck Hoop Silver 2000 Deventer Rope Silver 2000 Deventer Hoop Silver 2000 Deventer Ribbon Bronze 2002 Innsbruck Ball Bronze 2000 Deventer All-around Bronze 1999 Korneuburg Rope Summer Universiade Gold 2001 Beijing All-around Gold 2001 Beijing Rope Gold 2001 Beijing Hoop Gold 2001 Beijing Ball Silver 2001 Beijing Clubs

Tamara Anatoliyivna Yerofeyeva (Ukrainian: Тамара Анатоліївна Єрофеєва, Russian: Тамара Анатольевна Ерофеева; born 4 March 1982)^[1] is a Ukrainian former rhythmic gymnast. She won the 2001 World Championships because of the disqualifications of Alina Kabaeva and Irina Tchachina^[2] and was Ukraine's number one rhythmic gymnast from 2000–2002.^[1]

Career

In 2001, when Yerofeyeva was 19, she became a leader of the Ukrainian national team. She became a four-time World champion, four-time World Cup winner, seven-time silver medalist at the European Championships, four-time gold medalist at the 2001 World Universiade, and placed sixth in the all-around at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. ^[3]

Yerofeyeva retired from competition in 2004. She performed with Cirque Du Soleil with Yulia Raskina from 2005 to 2007.^[1] Currently, she lives in Las Vegas and performs in "V The Ultimate Variety Show" and musical "VEGAS!-The Show" at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino.^[1]

Personal life

Yerofeyeva is married to Stoyan Metchkarov,^[1] with whom she has a son named Alexander.^[1]

Routine music information

Detailed Olympic results

References

Top 10 Gymnast of All Time: http://www.tunegym.com/blog/top-10-best-rhythmic-gymnasts-of-all-time/

External links

• Tamara Yerofeyeva at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique

Top 10 Gymnasts of All Time /*http://www.tunegym.com/blog/top-10-best-rhythmic-gymnasts-of-all-time/