Iryna Dvoskina
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Iryna Dvoskina (born 22 December 1958) is a Ukraine-born Australian athletics coach who works with Paralympic athletes.
Biography
Being an only child, she came to Australia in 2003 to be closer to her mother Fira (born 20 September 1934), who had moved to Australia in 1996. Her mother has carried on her successful coaching career in New South Wales.{{cite web|title=AA Awards and Coach Fira Dvoskina Profile|url=http://www.nswathletics.org.au/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsItem&NewsID=18837|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906223016/http://www.nswathletics.org.au/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsItem&NewsID=18837|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 September 2012|work=Athletics New South Wales News 16 May 2011|accessdate=23 May 2012}}
She undertook a four-year coaching degree at university in Ukraine. She was the athletics coach with the Ukrainian Paralympic team from 1995 to 2002. In 2003, she was appointed sprints and jumps coach for Australian Institute of Sport Paralympic track and field athletes. She has been an athletics coach with the Australian team from 2004 Athens Paralympics to the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.{{cite book|title=Media Guide - Athens 2004 |year=2004 |publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee |location=Sydney |url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/sites/default/files/Athens%202004%20Media%20Guide_0.pdf }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Coaching Medals at Major Championships
File:Paralympic athletics coach Irina Dvoskina at the AIS Track and Field.jpg
She is regarded as a strict coach due to her intensive training six days a week, careful diets and her attention to detail. She has stated:"[My mother] is the biggest inspiration in my life ... maybe there is some genetics. I love my job and I am doing it with love. I love my guys."{{cite web|title=Iryna tracks golden success for Australia|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/iryna-tracks-golden-success-australia|work=Australian Paralympic Committee News, 16 September 2008|access-date=23 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518162847/http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/iryna-tracks-golden-success-australia|archive-date=18 May 2012|url-status=dead}} Her husband Yuriy Vdovychenko was Paralympic Swimming Coach at the National Training Centre (NTC) in Canberra from 2013 to 2020.{{cite web|title=Coach Profile - Yuriy Vdovychenko|url=http://www.vikingsswim.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=231&Itemid=94|work=Tuggeraning Vikings Swim Club Website|accessdate=23 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317193918/http://www.vikingsswim.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=231&Itemid=94|archive-date=17 March 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Contact Us|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/content/branches-representatives|work=Australian Paralympic Committee Website|accessdate=23 May 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120522221325/https://www.paralympic.org.au/content/branches-representatives|archivedate=22 May 2012}}{{cite web|title=Swimming Australia Hires Yuriy Vdovychenko as National Training Centre Paralympic Coach|url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/swimming-australia-hires-yuriy-vdovychenko-as-national-training-centre-paralympic-coach/|website=Swimming Australia website|accessdate=8 December 2016}}
Recognition
- 2008 - Australian Paralympic Committee Coach of the Year.
- 2016 - Australian Paralympic Committee Coach of the Year.{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org.au/2016/12/six-inducted-into-the-australian-paralympic-hall-of-fame/|title=Six inducted into the Australian Paralympic Hall of Fame|publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee|date=9 December 2016|access-date=5 October 2023}}
- 2022 - Medal (OAM) of the Order of Australia for service to Paralympic athletics{{Cite web |date=13 June 2022 |title=Australia Day 2021 Honours List |url=https://www.gg.gov.au/australia-day-2021-honours-list |access-date=13 June 2022 |website=The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia}}
References
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Category:Australian athletics coaches
Category:Paralympic coaches for Australia
Category:Paralympic athletics (track and field) coaches
Category:Coaches at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Category:Coaches at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Category:Coaches at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Category:Coaches at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Category:Coaches at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Category:Coaches at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Category:Australian Institute of Sport coaches