Tamara Yerofeeva

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Tamara Anatoliyivna Yerofeyeva (Template:Langx, Template:Langx; born 4 March 1982)[1] also written Tamara Yerofeeva, is an former Ukrainian individual rhythmic gymnast. She was all-around World Champion, multiple-time World Cup winner, World Universiade winner, and an Olympic Games finalist. Yerofeyeva was a member of the national team from 1996 to 2004 and won more than 300 medals for Ukraine at various competitions.

She currently lives in Las Vegas, USA. She performed her solo hoops act at different shows, including Cirque Du Soleil, Spiegelworld, and David Saxe Productions, and now she organizes series of very popular rhythmic gymnastics agg competitions “Tamara Cup” and works as the head coach at a rhythmic gymnastics club.

Career

Yerofeeva started rhythmic gymnastics at the age of 6 in Kyiv, Ukraine. When she was 12, she was invited to the Deriugina School and soon thereafter joined the national team.

In 1998, Yerofeyeva participated at the 1998 World Youth Games in Moscow and won gold medal in ribbon, silver with hoop and rope and a bronze in clubs in senior competition.[2] In 2001, when Yerofeyeva was 19, she became a leader of the Ukrainian National Olympic Team. She was 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 final at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.[3]

She retired from competition in 2004, right before Olympic Games in Athens. After her retirement, she created a solo hoops act and performed with various entertainment companies, including Cirque Du Soleil.[1] Currently, she lives in Las Vegas. She performed at different shows, including "Zumanity" by Cirque Du Soleil at New York, New York Resort and Casino, "V The Ultimate Variety Show" and musical "VEGAS!-The Show" at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino.[1] She finished her career as a performing artist in 2024 and now she organizes a series of very popular RG and AGG competitions “TAMARA CUP” , and works as the head coach at the "Aerial Athletica" gymnastics club.[4][5]

Personal life

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

Routine music information

Year Apparatus Music title [6]
2004 Hoop Music from Pirates of the Caribbean by Klaus Badelt
Ball Music from The Life of David Gale
Clubs El Tango de Roxanne music from Moulin Rouge! by Ewan McGregor & Jose Feliciano & Jacek Koman
Ribbon Act 1 finale Death of Giselle, Love Scene music from Giselle by Adolphe Adam
2003 Hoop Baba Yaga music from Pictures from an Exhibition by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky
Ball Spring Love by Giovanni Marradi
Clubs El Tango de Roxanne music from Moulin Rouge! by Ewan McGregor & Jose Feliciano & Jacek Koman
Ribbon The Apartment / At the Bank / Hotel Regina music from The Bourne Identity by John Powell
2002 Hoop Barbarian Horde, The Battle music from Gladiator by Hans Zimmer
Rope Tribal War music from Black Hawk Down by Hans Zimmer
Clubs In the Tunnels / Hummell Gets the Rockets music from The Rock
by Harry Gregson-Williams & Nick Glennie-Smith & Hans Zimmer
Ball Surrounded music from The Man in the Iron Mask by Nick Glennie-Smith
2001 Hoop Barbarian Horde music from Gladiator by Hans Zimmer, Lisa Gerrard
Rope Frenazo music from Bedazzled by Tony Phillips
Clubs Libertango by Astor Piazzolla
Ball The Skulls, The Race, Reprise music from The Skulls by Randy Edelman
2000 Hoop Main Title music from Enemy of the State by Trevor Rabin & Harry Gregson-Williams
Rope Main Theme music from The Saint by Graeme Revell
Ball Ispoved (Confession) by Bustrayakov
Ribbon The Tunnel Part 1 music from Enemy of the State by Harry Gregson-Williams / Trevor Rabin
1999 Hoop Mr. Mellow / Megalith by T-Square
Rope Main Theme music from The Saint by Graeme Revell
Ball Heat Miser by Massive Attack
Ribbon Grand Central (from Carlito's Way) by Patrick Doyle
1998 Rope Luna de Paris by Raúl di Blasio
Clubs Libertango by Astor Piazzolla
Ball Specialist (From The Specialist) by John Barry, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Ribbon Grand Central (from Carlito's Way) by Patrick Doyle
1997 Hoop An Unending Story (Alternate) / An Unending Story (Film Version) music from Basic Instinct by Jerry Goldsmith
Rope Gopak by Vladimir Bustriakov
Clubs Libertango by Astor Piazzolla
Ribbon Grand Central (from Carlito's Way) by Patrick Doyle

Detailed Olympic results

Year Competition Description Location Music [7] Apparatus Score-Final Score-Qualifying
2000 Olympics Sydney All-around 39.000 38.899
Grand Central (from Carlito's Way) by Patrick Doyle Ribbon 9.750 9.708
Ispoved (Confession) by Bustrayakov Ball 9.750 9.716
Mr. Mellow / Megalith by T-Square Hoop 9.750 9.750
The Saint by Graeme Revell Rope 9.750 9.725

References

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External links

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  1. ↑ a b c d e Template:In lang Як знаменита на початку 2000–х українська гімнастка знайшла своє щастя в пустелі Невада, Ukrayina Moloda
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