Background
Skaldina was born on 24 May 1972 in Zaporizhia, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, to an engineer and a kindergarten inspector.
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Skaldina started training in gymnastics at the age of 5 with Lyudmila Kovalik. When she moved to Kiev, she began training at the Deryugins School with Albina and Irina Deriugina. She shared in the Soviet silver-medal finish behind Bulgaria at the 1989 World Championships, and also claimed the all-around bronze and three golds (rope, hoop, ribbon).
Following the break-up of the Soviet Union, Skaldina and her teammate Olexandra Tymoshenko, both coached by the Deryuginas, competed for Ukraine at the 1992 European Championships in Stuttgart.
At the 1992 Summer Olympics, the ex-Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics countries qualified as one Unified Team based on their results as the Soviet team the previous year. Although Russia"s Oxana Kostina had a better competitive season, Skaldina was named to the Olympic team along with compatriot Timoshenko.
In tears, she refused to acknowledge Pascual and shake her hand during the medal ceremony, resulting in boos from the Spanish audience. She retired after the competition.
Daria Svatkovskaya
Lyasan Utiasheva
Ksenia Dzhalaganiya.
Achievements
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She is the 1992 Olympic bronze medalist and 1991 all-around world champion. Skaldina"s breakthrough came at the 1988 European Cup, where she placed fifth in the all-around and won the ball title. In 1990, she placed first at the Intervision Cup, Goodwill Games, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics National Championships and World Cup, third at the European Championships, and became the 1991 World All-around champion. Skaldina placed fifth in the all-around and won three apparatus gold medals. (As individual athletes not competing in team sports in Barcelona, they both competed under the Ukrainian flag) In Barcelona, Timoshenko won the gold medal while Skaldina settled for bronze behind Spain"s Carolina Pascual.
