Background
Serebrianska was born in Simferopol, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union. She started gymnastics in 1982 at age 4, with her mother Liubov as her coach at the Gratsia club in Simferopol.
Serebrianska was born in Simferopol, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union. She started gymnastics in 1982 at age 4, with her mother Liubov as her coach at the Gratsia club in Simferopol.
She later moved to the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, to train at the Deriugins School. Serebrianska tied Bulgaria"s Maria Petrova for the all-round title at the 1995 World Championships in Vienna, Austria. At the 1997 European Championships in Greece, Serebrianska dropped a club at the end of her all-round clubs routine (9825), but scores of 9.950 on both the rope and ribbon, and a 9.912 on hoop gave her an accumulated score of 29.637 and hence the bronze medal by 0.012 ahead of French competitor, Eva Serrano.
She did not compete at the 1997 World Championships due to an illness suffered by her mother.
In her final major competition, the 1998 European Championships, she reached each of the apparatus final events. She placed 6th (lost in the tie-breaker to Belarusian, Yulia Raskina) in the all-round final.
Serebrianska retired from rhythmic gymnastics in 1998. Serebrianska became the first female rhythmic gymnast to hold the European, World, and Olympic all-round titles at the same time.
This record was tied by Alina Kabaeva at the 2004 Athens Olympics and Evgenia Kanaeva at the 2012 London Olympics.
Serebrianska is tied with Evgenia Kanaeva and Lilia Ignatova for three World gold medals in ball.