Career
She started competitive rhythmic gymnastics in 1986. Vatkina was twice silver medalist with the Belarusian Team at the World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in 1997 Berlin, Germany and 1999 in Osaka, Japan. She placed a podium at the 1997 in Deventer, Netherlands after winning the all-around silver medal for Belarus behind Russia"s Natalia Lipkovskaya.
Vatkina competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where she qualified in the rhythmic gymnastics All-around finals finishing in 8th place ahead of Spain"s Almudena Cid.
