She competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a gold medal with the Soviet team.

Individually her best achievement was ninth place in the vault.

[1][2] She was included to the Olympic team owing to her strong performance at national competitions and the 1986 Goodwill Games.

She married speed skater Vladislav Olenin, and in 1999 gave birth to a son during a stay in England.

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