Inha Shkarupa
{{Short description|Ukrainian gymnast (born 1981)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|9|9|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Ternopil, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
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| height = 150 cm
| discipline = WAG
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| club = Dynamo Ternopil
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| headcoach = Zinaida Gorbach
| assistcoach = Tetiana Gerashchenko
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{{MedalSport| Women's artistic gymnastics}}
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{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|1999 Tianjin|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|1998 St. Petersburg|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition | European Team Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|1999 Patras|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition | Summer Universiade}}
{{MedalSilver|1999 Mallorca|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition | Junior European Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|1996 Birmingham|Team}}
{{MedalBronze|1996 Birmingham|Vault}}
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Inha Shkarupa (born 9 September 1981 in Ternopil) is a retired Ukrainian gymnast.{{cite web|url=https://www.nationofxitelevision.com/femme_fatales/shkarupa/shkarupa.htm |title=Nation of XI Femme Fatales of Russia and Eastern Europe|website=nationofxitelevision.com|accessdate=14 April 2024}}
Career
Her first major achievement in international competitions is two bronze medals in team competition and vault event (juniors) at the 1996 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Birmingham.{{cite web |title=1996 Jr. European Championships Women's AA |url=https://www.gymn-forum.net/Results/JEuros/Women/1996_aa.html |website=Gymn Forum |access-date=14 April 2024 |date=18 January 2004}}{{cite web|url=https://lenta.te.ua/society/2017/12/30/75994.html |title=Захватывающая история тернополянки, которая из-за неудачи в Украине стала цирковой звездой в США|website=Новости Тернополя|accessdate=14 April 2024|language=ru}}
The following year, Shkarupa competed at the 1997 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, finishing 4th in team competition and 12th in all-around event.{{cite web |title=33rd World Championships Artistic Gymnastics |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/worlds_artistic_results_1997.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=14 April 2024}}
In 1998, Inha won a gold medal in all-around event at the French international tournament Paris-Bercy.{{cite web|url=https://m.sport-express.ru/newspaper/1998-03-30/15_5/ |title=На 8-м международном турнире Paris-Bercy|website=Спорт Экспресс|accessdate=14 April 2024|language=ru}}{{cite web|url=https://zn.ua/amp/SOCIUM/mesto_vstrechi_pokryto_mrakom.html |title=МЕСТО ВСТРЕЧИ ПОКРЫТО МРАКОМ|website=Zn.ua|accessdate=14 April 2024|language=ru}} She also represented Ukraine at the European Championships in Saint Petersburg, winning a bronze medal in team competition{{cite web |title=1998 European Championships Artistic Gymnastics Women St Petersburg (RUS) 1998 April 30 - May 3 Finals Women |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/90/e1998w.html |website=Gymnastics Results |access-date=14 April 2024}} and finishing 8th in vault event.{{cite web |title=1998 European Championships Women's EF |url=https://www.gymn-forum.net/Results/EChamps/Women/1998_ef.html |website=Gymn Forum |access-date=14 April 2024 |date=16 January 2004}}
The following year, she competed at the 1999 European Gymnastics Masters, winning a silver medal with Ukrainian team.{{cite web|url=https://zn.ua/amp/SOCIUM/gimnasticheskiy_kokteyl.html |title=ГИМНАСТИЧЕСКИЙ КОКТЕЙЛЬ|website=Zn.ua|accessdate=14 April 2024|language=ru}} Later, at the 1999 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships she won a bronze medal in team competition.[http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3180%3Achina-hands-bronze-from-1999-worlds-to-ukraine&catid=81%3Aheadlines&Itemid=198 China Hands Bronze from 1999 Worlds to Ukraine] She also received a silver medal at the 1999 Summer Universiade in team competition and finished 4th in all-around event.{{cite web|url=http://www.ulb.ac.be//assoc/fisu/html/palma.html |title=Gymnastics results of the 1995 Summer Universiade|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002042520/http://www.ulb.ac.be//assoc/fisu/html/palma.html |accessdate=14 April 2024|archive-date=2 October 2012 |language=en}}{{cite web|url=https://uclabruins.com/news/1999/7/5/207891585 |title=Degteva 13th, Moneymaker 16th in All-Around Finals at World University Games|website=UCLA|accessdate=14 April 2024|language=en}}
In 2000, at the international tournament American Cup Series she finished fifth in all-around event.{{cite web|url=https://www.gymmedia.com/AG/events2000/amcup/results2.htm |title=AMERICAN CUP SERIES 2000|website=gymmedia.com|accessdate=14 April 2024|language=en}}
Since 2000, she is a circus actress in Cirque Du Soleil in the United States.{{cite web|url=https://www.0352.ua/news/1910359/zahopluuca-istoria-ternopolanki-aka-cerez-nevdaci-v-ukraini-stala-cirkovou-zirkou-u-ssa |title=Захоплююча історія тернополянки, яка через невдачі в Україні стала цирковою зіркою у США|website=Сайт міста Тернополя|accessdate=14 April 2024|language=uk}}
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Category:Ukrainian female artistic gymnasts
Category:Sportspeople from Ternopil
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