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{{short description|Soviet rhythmic gymnast}}
{{Infobox gymnast
|name=Alexandra Timoshenko<br />Олександра Тимошенко
|image= Alexandra Timoshenko 1992 Alicante.PNG
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|caption= Timoshenko in 1992
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|altname= Olexandra Tymoshenko
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|country={{EUN}}
|formercountry={{UKR}}<br>{{URS}}
|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1972|02|18|df=yes}}
|birth_place= [[Bohuslav]], [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic|Ukrainian SSR]], Soviet Union
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|discipline=RG
|natlteam=
|club= [[Deriugins School]]
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|headcoach= [[Albina Deriugina]]
|assistcoach= [[Irina Deriugina]]
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|retired= yes
|show-medals = yes
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{{MedalSport|[[Rhythmic Gymnastics]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{EUN}} }}
{{MedalGold|  [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]]  |  [[Gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's rhythmic individual all-around|All-around]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{URS}} }}
{{MedalBronze|  [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]]  |  [[Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics|All-around]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{UKR}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1992 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships|1992 Stuttgart]]|Hoop}} 
{{MedalGold|[[1992 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships|1992 Stuttgart]]|Ball}}
{{MedalGold|[[1992 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships|1992 Stuttgart]]|Clubs}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1992 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships|1992 Stuttgart]]|All-around}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1992 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships|1992 Stuttgart]]|Rope}}
{{MedalCountry | {{URS}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1989 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships|1989 Sarajevo]]|All-around}}
{{MedalGold| [[1989 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships|1989 Sarajevo]]|Rope}}
{{MedalGold| [[1989 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships|1989 Sarajevo]]|Hoop}}
{{MedalGold| [[1989 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships|1989 Sarajevo]]|Ball}}
{{MedalGold| [[1989 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships|1989 Sarajevo]]|Team}}
{{MedalGold| [[1991 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships|1991 Athens]]|Rope}}
{{MedalGold| [[1991 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships|1991 Athens]]|Hoop}}
{{MedalGold| [[1991 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships|1991 Athens]]|Ball}}
{{MedalGold| [[1991 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships|1991 Athens]]|Clubs}}
{{MedalGold| [[1991 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships|1991 Athens]]|Team}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1989 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships|1989 Sarajevo]]|Ribbon}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1991 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships|1991 Athens]]|All-around}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|1988 Helsinki|All-around}} 
{{MedalGold|1988 Helsinki|Rope}}
{{MedalGold|1988 Helsinki|Hoop}}
{{MedalGold|1988 Helsinki|Clubs}}
{{MedalGold| [[1990 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships|1990 Gothenburg]]|Team}}
{{MedalGold| [[1990 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships|1990 Gothenburg]]|All-Around}}
{{MedalGold| [[1990 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships|1990 Gothenburg]]|Ball}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1990 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships|1990 Gothenburg]]|Rope}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1990 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships|1990 Gothenburg]]|Hoop}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[List of medalists at the UEG European Cup Final|European Cup Final]]}}
{{MedalGold|1988 Hanover|All-around}}
{{MedalGold|1988 Hanover|Ball}}
{{MedalGold|1988 Hanover|Ribbon}}
{{MedalGold|1991 Brussels|All-around}}
{{MedalGold|1991 Brussels|Rope}}
{{MedalGold|1991 Brussels|Hoop}}
{{MedalGold|1991 Brussels|Ball}}
{{MedalGold|1991 Brussels|Clubs}}
{{MedalSilver|1988 Hanover|Hoop}}
{{MedalBronze|1988 Hanover|Rope}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Rhythmic Gymnastics Junior European Championships|Junior European Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1987 Rhythmic Gymnastics Junior European Championships|1987 Athens]]|Rope}}
{{MedalSilver|1987 Athens|Hoop}}
{{MedalSilver|1987 Athens|Ribbon}}
}}
'''Alexandra Alexandrovna Timoshenko''', or '''Olexandra Olexandrivna Tymoshenko''', ({{langx|uk|Олександра Олександрівна Тимошенко}}; born 18 February 1972) is a former Ukrainian individual [[Rhythmic gymnastics|rhythmic gymnast]] who competed for the [[Soviet Union]]. She is the [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Olympics]] champion, [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Olympics]] bronze medalist, [[1989 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships|1989 World]] all-around champion, [[1991 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships|1991 World]] all-around silver medalist and two-time (1988, 1990) [[European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships|European]] all-around champion. Along with [[Tatiana Gutsu]], and [[Oleh Kucherenko]], Oleksandra Tymoshenko also was among the first Olympians in honor of which at the 1992 Olympics was raised the Ukrainian flag and played the [[Ukrainian anthem]].<ref>[https://espreso.tv/article/2015/07/28/koly_na_olimpiadi_vpershe_prolunav_gimn_ukrayiny When had actually at first sounded the Ukrainian anthem at Olympics (Коли насправді вперше пролунав Гімн України на Олімпіаді )]. Espreso.tv. 28 July 2015</ref>

== Career ==
When Tymoshenko was seven, her father (a construction engineer) was invited to work in [[Kyiv]]. She started training in gymnastics in 1980 at age eight at the Deriugins School, coached by the mother/daughter combination of Albina and [[Irina Deriugina]]. She placed seventh at the 1987 European Junior Championships, her first major international result. At age 14, she became the Soviet junior champion and, shortly after, collected three medals at a European championships: a gold for the [[Rope (rhythmic gymnastics)|Rope]], a silver for the [[Hoop (rhythmic gymnastics)|Hoop]] and a bronze for the [[Ribbon (rhythmic gymnastics)|Ribbon]]. At a Soviet competition, she placed second behind the top Soviet competition, [[Marina Lobach]] of [[Belarus]], and so won the right to go to the 1988 European championships.

At the 1988 European Championships in [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]], Tymoshenko shared the All-Around title with two [[Bulgaria]]ns, Elizabeth Koleva and [[Adriana Dunavska]]. There she also won three golds - Hoop, [[Clubs (rhythmic gymnastics)|Clubs]] and Rope. Several months later she won the All-Around bronze at the Seoul Olympics, and after that she became the USSR All-Around champion for the first time.

Tymoshenko continued her rise in 1989, taking five out of six golds at the Sarajevo World Championships. Her streak would continue through numerous other international competitions, although she started to feel the pressure from up-and-coming teammates. She would grab her second European title in 1990, but spent the rest of the year struggling against the steadily rising [[Oksana Skaldina]]. In 1991, Timoshenko seemed poised to earn her second World title after a very strong early season. However, in Athens Timoshenko's difficulty level could not match Skaldina's and the former World champion had to settle for silver. At the event finals she was able to sweep the gold medals on all four apparatus.

The ex-USSR countries competed as the [[Unified Team at the Olympics|Unified Team]] at the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] in [[Barcelona]], Spain. Tymoshenko won the gold medal in All-around ahead of Skaldina.

== Retirement ==
Although the Ukrainian Federation tried to persuade her to continue after the 1992 Olympics, Timoshenko opted to retire from the sport at the age of 20. She enrolled in the Goethe Institute to study [[German language]], while simultaneously completing her studies at the [[National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport|Kyiv University of Physical Culture and Sports]]. She spent some time coaching in Germany before getting married and making a permanent move to [[Vienna]], Austria.

== Detailed Olympic results ==

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|-
! Year
! Competition description
! Location
! Music <ref>{{cite web |title= Timoschenko RG music list |url= http://www.rgforum.no/music/searchresults.php?gymnast_lastname=timochenko&gymnast_firstname=&nation=&apparatus=&tidsrom_fra=&music_title=&music_from=&music_composer=&lagtinn_etter_dato=01&lagtinn_etter_mnd=01&lagtinn_etter_aar=2004&programtype_individuell=on&status_godkjent=on |publisher= rgforum |access-date= 2015-11-02 |archive-date= 2016-03-05 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160305011456/http://www.rgforum.no/music/searchresults.php?gymnast_lastname=timochenko&gymnast_firstname=&nation=&apparatus=&tidsrom_fra=&music_title=&music_from=&music_composer=&lagtinn_etter_dato=01&lagtinn_etter_mnd=01&lagtinn_etter_aar=2004&programtype_individuell=on&status_godkjent=on |url-status= dead }}</ref>
! Apparatus
! Score-Final
|-
| rowspan="6" | 1992
| rowspan="6" | Olympics
| rowspan="6" | [[Barcelona]]
| 
| [[Gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's rhythmic individual all-around|All-around]]
| 59.037
|-
|
| Prelim
| 19.487
|-
| Gori, Gori Moya Zvezda music from Russian Romance by Volodymyr Bystryakov
| Rope
| 9.950
|-
| Main Title / Love Theme music from [[Wild Orchid (film)|Wild Orchid]] by Simon Goldenberg & Geoff MacCormack
| Hoop
| 9.950
|-
| I Spoved by Volodymyr Bystryakov
| Ball
| 9.700
|-
| ?
| Clubs
| 9.950
|-
|}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Year
! Competition description
! Location
! Music 
! Apparatus
! Score-Final
|-
| rowspan="6" | 1988
| rowspan="6" | Olympics
| rowspan="6" | [[Seoul]]
| 
| [[Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's rhythmic individual all-around|All-around]]
| 59.875
|-
|
| Prelim
| 19.875
|-
| Leyenda (from Suite Española) by Isaac Manuel, Francisco Albaniz
| Ribbon
| 10.000
|-
| Summertime (from Porgy and Bess) by [[George Gershwin]]
| Rope
| 10.000
|-
| ?
| Ball
| 10.000
|-
| Summertime (from Porgy and Bess) by George Gershwin
| Clubs
| 10.000
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{FIG|bio=23570|lic=828|name=Alexandra Timochenko}}
* {{Olympics.com|alexandra-timoshenko|Alexandra Timoshenko}}
* {{Olympedia|29215|Aleksandra Timoshenko}}

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