Tatiana Gutsu

 

     

 

Tatiana Gutsu 1992 Olympic All-Arround Champion.  Her first world competition was the 1991 World Championships where she colected a gold (team) and two silver medals (bars and beam).  She turned many heads with her incredible difficulty although her form and artistic interpretation was not perfect yet.  She won the 1992 European AA title and followed it with the Olympic AA title.  Despite a fall on optional beam which left her out of the AA final, Gutsu replaced "injured" teammate Roza Galieva in the final.  She made the most of her oportunity by wining the AA title.  After that she toured in the US, competed in a few European competitions and retired.  She will be best remembered for her incredible difficulty includin a double twisting Yurckenko, standing full on beam, two double layouts in the same rutine and a split leg double layout on floor.