Oxana Kostina

Oksana Kostina
Country represented	Russia
Former country(ies) represented	Soviet Union
Born	April 15, 1972(1972-04-15)
Died	February 11, 1993(1993-02-11) Moscow
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Medal record World Championships Gold 1989 Sarajevo Team Gold 1991 Athens Team Gold 1992 Brussels All-around Gold 1992 Brussels Rope Gold 1992 Brussels Hoop Gold 1992 Brussels Ball Gold 1992 Brussels Clubs Silver 1989 Sarajevo Ball European Championships Gold 1990 Göteborg Team Gold 1992 Stuttgart Hoop Gold 1992 Stuttgart Ball Gold 1992 Stuttgart Clubs Bronze 1992 Stuttgart All-around Bronze 1992 Stuttgart Team

Oksana A. Kostina, (Russian: Оксана Александровна Костина; 15 April 1972 – 11 February 1993) was a former Soviet Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. She was born in Irkutsk, Russia.

For years Oksana Kostina remained in the shadow of the two Ukrainian gymnasts Oxana Skaldina and Alexandra Timoshenko, even though she won many international events before her excellent results at the 1992 European Championships. It was very hard for her not to be selected for the Olympic Games in Barcelona and she had to be patient until the World Championships in Brussels, where she became the new RG Queen, winning all gold medals.

Oksana Kostina died in a car crash 11 February 1993 in Moscow, a few weeks shy of her 21st birthday.

She was engaged to Eduard Zenovka, Pentathlon bronze-medalist at the Olympic Games in Barcelona. He drove the car which crashed into a truck. Both were seriously injured and needed surgery in hospital, where Oksana died a couple of hours later.

External links

• Oxana Kostina at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique

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Name	Kostina, Oxana
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Date of birth	15 April 1972
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Date of death	11 February 1993
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