Oxana Mykolayivna Tsyhuleva (Ukrainian: Оксана Миколаївна Цигульова; born 15 December 1973) is a Ukrainian trampolinist who won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[1][2][3]

Oxana Tsyhuleva
Full nameOxana Mykolayivna Tsyhuleva
Alternative name(s)Oksana Tsyhulova, Oxana Tsiguleva
Country represented Ukraine
Born (1973-12-15) 15 December 1973 (age 50)
Mykolaiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
DisciplineTrampoline gymnastics
Medal record
Representing  Ukraine
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 0
World Championships 4 5 1
European Championships 1 1 4
World Games 2 0 0
Goodwill Games 0 0 1
Total 7 7 6
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Individual
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1996 Vancouver Synchro
Gold medal – first place 1999 Sun City Synchro
Gold medal – first place 2001 Odense Team
Gold medal – first place 2001 Odense Synchro
Silver medal – second place 1996 Vancouver Team
Silver medal – second place 1998 Sydney Individual
Silver medal – second place 1998 Sydney Synchro
Silver medal – second place 1999 Sun City Individual
Silver medal – second place 1999 Sun City Team
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Sydney Team
World Games
Gold medal – first place 1997 Lahti Synchro
Gold medal – first place 2001 Akita Synchro
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1993 Sursee Synchro
Silver medal – second place 1993 Sursee Team
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Eindhoven Individual
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Eindhoven Team
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Dessau Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Eindhoven Individual
Goodwill Games
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Brisbane Individual

Career

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Tsyhuleva competed at her first World Championships in 1996 in Vancouver. She won the gold medal in the synchro competition with Olena Movchan and Ukraine won the team silver medal behind Russia.[4] At the 1998 World Championships in Sydney, she won the silver medal in the individual event behind Russia's Irina Karavayeva. Ukraine won the team bronze medal behind Russia and Belarus. She also won the silver medal in the synchro competition with Olena Movchan behind German trampolinists Tina Ludwig and Anna Dogonadze.[5]

At the 1999 World Championships in Sun City, South Africa, Tsyhuleva once again won the silver medal in the individual event behind Irina Karavayeva. The Ukrainian team of Tsyhuleva, Olena Movchan, and Oxana Verbitskaya won the silver medal behind Russia. She reclaimed her synchro World title with Movchan.[6]

Tsyhuleva was selected to represent Ukraine at the 2000 Summer Olympics for the inaugural Olympic trampoline competition. She qualified for the women's individual trampoline event in third place. In the final, she won the silver medal behind Irina Karavayeva.[7]

Tsyhuleva competed at the 2001 World Championships in Odense, Denmark. She finished eighth in the individual competition. She won the team gold medal alongside Yulia Domshevsky, Olena Movchan, and Oxana Pochynok, and she once again won the synchro gold medal with Olena Movchan. She then competed at the 2001 World Games in Akita, Japan. She won the gold medal with Olena Movchan in the synchronized trampoline event.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Oksana Tsyhulova". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Oxana Tsyhuleva". Data base Olympics. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  3. ^ Wright, John (23 May 2006). New York Times Almanac 2002. Routledge. p. 2024. ISBN 1135455864. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  4. ^ "WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, 23-25 August 1996, Vancouver (CAN)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  5. ^ "WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, 09-11 October 1998, Sydney (AUS)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  6. ^ "WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, 24-26 September 1999, Sun City (RSA)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Trampolining at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's Individual". Sports-Reference. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  8. ^ "The 6th World Games Gymnastics Trampoline Synchro Women". Archived from the original on 16 September 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2021.