Natalia Yurchenko
Born 26 Jan 1965

Yurchenko's vault entry, a round-off on to the springboard and a back handspring on to the vault, was first performed by her in 1982 and transformed women's vaulting. Almost every high-difficulty vault since, including the Amanar and the Biles, starts from it. Its danger also led to the…

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