PROFILES

Name: Dina Kochetkova

Birthdate: July 27, 1977

Hometown: Moscow, Russia

Coach: Viktor and Irina Razumovsky at CSKA

Notables: full-twisting back handspring on beam is the Kochetkova; competed two different floor routines at the 1996 Olympics; made an event final on all four events
Meet
VT
UB
BB
FX
AA
TM
1996 Olympic Games 5th 4th 5th 6th 2nd
1996 World Championships 1st
1996 European Championships 4th 8th 7th 3rd 5th 2nd
1995 World Championships 6th 6th 8th 4th
1995 Russian Championships 4th 8th 7th 1st 3rd
1995 European Cup 6th 2nd 9th
1994 Worlds (Team) 3rd
1994 Worlds (Individual) 6th 3rd 1st 3rd
1994 European Championships 3rd 2nd 2nd
1994 Goodwill Games 1st 1st
1994 Russian Championships 1st
1993 Russian Championships 3rd 3rd 1st 3rd
1992 European Championships 12th
1991 Jr. Europeans 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd


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Skill Highlights - 1983  


VT: Yurchenko 1 1/2

UB: giant 1/1 + Tkatchev + Pak salto, Shaposhnikova + back uprise to handstand + overshoot to handstand, double layout

BB: press to handstand mount, flip flop 1/1 (Kochetkova) + back handspring + layout stepout, switch leap + wolf jump, splt jump + flip flop, full turn, back dive 1/4 to split handstand + 1/4 turn with change leg split + stepdown to back handspring, switch leap + full-twisting back handspring swingdown (Rulfova), roundoff + double tuck

FX: double layout, front handspring + front layout full + front layout, roundoff + straddle jump + back handspring, front handspring + Rudi + back handspring, switch leap + straddle jump 1/2 + Shushumova 1/2, straddle jump 1/1, double tuck

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