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Yulia Raskina
Yulia Raskina
	Yulia Raskina at 1999 European Championships
Personal information
Born	9 April 1982 (age 42); Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Country represented	Belarus
Head coach(es)	Irina Leparskaya
Representing Belarus
Olympic Games
World Championships
European Championships
Junior European Championships
World Cup Final
Grand Prix Final

Yulia Raskina (Russian: Юлия Раскина; born 9 April 1982) is a Belarusian former rhythmic gymnast and trainer. She is the 2000 Olympics silver medalist, the 1999 World All-around silver medalist, the two time (2000,1999) European All-around silver medalist and 1999 Grand Prix Final All-around champion.

Career

Raskina broke into the International RG scene at the 1997 World Championships in Berlin and was a three-time national champion. She became the 1999 World Championships all-around silver medalist and was a two-time European all-around silver medalist in 1999 and 2000. Raskina won the gold medal in ball at 2000 European in Zaragosa. She marked her career high by winning the silver in the all-around competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics held in Sydney, Australia ahead of then Olympic gold favorite Alina Kabaeva who took the bronze medal. She lost the gold to Yulia Barsakova by 0.084. Had her hoop not gone out of bounds by an inch which was a mandatory 0.1 deduction and a 4.9 out of 5.0 in Artistry, she would have won the gold. Raskina made unsuccessful comeback until 2003 and finally completed her career.

In 2005 and 2006, Raskina took part in Cirque du Soleil's Corteo alongside former Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast Tamara Yerofeeva. She won Belarusian TV project "Star Dances" with professional dancer Denis Moryasin and was selected to represent Belarus at the Eurovision Dance Contest.

She is currently working as a coach for German national team in rhythmic gymnastics, contributing to the rising success of German rhythmic gymnasts in 2022.

Notable trainees include:

Darja Varfolomeev - Olympic all-around champion (2024), twice 2022 European bronze medalist and 5 times world champion in 2023 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships
Margarita Kolosov - finalist at the World Championships and European Championships, and medallist of the World Cups, and placed 4th place at the Olympic Games (2024)
Lada Pusch - ball silver medallist in the 2023 Junior World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships

Routine music information

Year	Apparatus	Music title ^[1]
2003	Hoop	Vas Dis by Wishbone Ash
	Clubs	Dy by Vitas
	Ball	Lautary by Lokyo
	Ribbon	Ave Maria by Vitas
2000	Hoop	Manhattan by Anatoly Vekshin
	Rope	Smuglyanochka by Anatoly Vekshin
	Ball	Spain (originally Malagueña) by Anatoly Vekshin
	Ribbon	Underground /Storm / A New Life music from The Truman Show by Burkard Dalwitz
1999	Hoop	?
	Rope	I Will Survive by Anatoly Vekshin (originally Gloria Gainor)
	Ball	?
	Ribbon	?
1998	Rope	Belarus traditional folk
	Clubs	?
	Hoop	Latin samba remix
	Ribbon	Otchi Tchornia (Dark Eyes) – Russian traditional music
1997	Hoop	?
	Clubs	Cabaret by John Kander
	Rope	?
	Ribbon	Otchi Tchornia (Dark Eyes) – Russian traditional music

Detailed Olympic results

Year	Competition description	Location	Music	Apparatus	Score-Final	Score-Qualifying
2000	Olympics	Sydney		All-around	39.548	39.624
			Underground/ Storm / A New Life music from The Truman Show	Ribbon	9.916	9.908
			Spain (Malagueña) by Anatoly Vekshin	Ball	9.933	9.908
			Manhattan by Anatoly Vekshin	Hoop	9.791	9.908
			Smuglyanochka by Anatoly Vekshin	Rope	9.908	9.900