Irina Pervushina (USSR)

1962 UB World Champion

Medal Total

World Championships:  2 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze

Irina was born April 1, 1942, and was coached by Yuri Shtukman in Voronezh. She was the alternate on the 1960 USSR Olympic team. After winning the uneven bars title at the Prague Worlds, she tore the meniscus in her knee. She sustained another injury almost as soon as she had recovered from the knee injury. When she finally got back to the gym, her coach seemed to have lost interest in her. She trained independently for a while, then left the sport for good at age 22 to concentrate on her studies (she was a student at the Chemistry Department of Voronezh University). She received her diploma as an analytical chemist at age 25 and worked at a research institute.

Competition Results

1958
RSFSR Championships: 1st B, 1st FX

1959
USSR Championships: 18th AA
USSR Spartakiade (Jr.): 3rd V, 3rd B, 5th UB, 6th FX

1960
USSR Championships: 6th B
USSR Cup: 10th AA

1961
JPN-USSR Dual Meet: 1st Team, 3rd AA
Universiade: 1st AA
USSR Championships: 7th AA, 3rd UB, 4th V, 4th B, 4th FX
USSR Cup: 3rd FX, 6th V, 6th B

1962
USSR Championships (April): 1st AA
USSR Championships (November): 4th AA
USSR Cup: 1st AA
World Championships: 1st Team, 3rd AA, 1st UB, 2nd FX, 6th V, 6th B

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