Larisa Lukyanenko

Larisa Gennadyevna Lukyanenko (Russian: Лариса Геннадьевна Лукьяненко; born 7 August 1973) is a former Belarusian individual rhythmic gymnast.

Larissa Lukyanenko
Loukianenko at the 1996 World Championships
Personal information
Born	(1973-08-07) 7 August 1973 (age 51)[1] Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Country represented	Belarus
Head coach(es)	Galina Krylenko, Irina Leparskaya
Medal record Representing  Belarus World Championships 1992 Brussels Rope 1992 Brussels Hoop 1994 Paris Hoop 1995 Vienna Rope 1996 Budapest Rope 1994 Paris All-around 1995 Vienna Ribbon 1996 Budapest Ball 1992 Brussels All-around 1995 Vienna All-around European Championships 1992 Stuttgart Hoop 1994 Thessaloniki Clubs 1992 Stuttgart Team 1994 Thessaloniki Team 1996 Asker Ribbon 1996 Asker Team 1992 Stuttgart Ball 1994 Thessaloniki Ball 1996 Asker Rope European Cup Final 1993 Málaga Ball 1993 Málaga Clubs 1995 Telford Rope 1995 Telford Ball 1993 Málaga All-around 1993 Málaga Hoop 1993 Málaga Ribbon

Career

Loukianenko took up rhythmic gymnastics in 1980 at age 7. She was coached by Galina Krylenko at Club Dynamo in Minsk. She emerged as a top class competitor at the 1992 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Brussels, Belgium. A broken ankle prevented her from competing in the 1993 World Championships and it took her nearly a year to recover. She made a comeback at the 1994 European Championships. She swept the 1993 Grand Prix Final winning the All-around and the event finals in hoop, ball, clubs and ribbon.

Loukianenko's best apparatus was rope; she became a three-time times World Champion on this apparatus.

She participated at the 1996 Olympic Games, and ranked 5th in the AA semi-finals and 7th in the AA finals.^[1] She retired at age 23 in 1996.

Loukianenko is currently a coach and judge for the Belarusian Gymnastics Federation. She and her former teammate, Tatiana Ogrizko, used to coach Melitina Staniouta.