Stella ZAKHAROVA

Soviet Union (URS)

Date of birth

12 July 1963

Hometown

Ukraine

Place of birth

Odessa

Profession

 

Height

 

cm

Children

Oleg, Kristina

Weight

 

kg

Start gymnastics

 

Gender

Female

Club

 

Nickname

 

Head coach

Vladimir KUKSA 

Spouse name

Viktor KHLUS 

Favourite apparatus

 

 

World class in

 1979

First competition

 1976

Last competition

1981

 

A powerful gymnast, Stella was the first girl in the world to perform 3 double back somersaults in her FX routine.  She retired in 1982 after a poor showing at that year's USSR Championships, worked as a coach for a while, and got married to football player Viktor Khlus.  With their son Oleg, they lived in Sweden for many years while Khlus played football there.  The family returned to Ukraine in 1997 and added a daughter, Kristina, to the family in 1999.

Medal Total

Year

Competition

Team

AA

Vault

Uneven Bars

Beam

Floor

1976

All-Union School Spartakiade
Jr. Friendship Tourn. (Druzhba)
Jr. USSR Champs
Jr. USSR Cup  

-
1
-
-

1
2
2
1

1
1
-
-

2
-
-
-

-
-
-
-

1
1
-
-

1977

All-Union Youth Games
Moscow News 
USSR Championships 
USSR Spartakiade 

-
-
-
-

2
8
5
2

2
1
-
2

3
-
-
-

1
-
-
-

2
-
-
2

1978

Jr. ROM-USSR Dual Meet
USSR Championships 

1
-

1
9

-
-

-
-

-
-

-
-

1979

American Cup 
Moscow News 
USSR Championships 
20. World Championships
World Cup, Tokyo

-
-
-
2
-

1
1
10
-
1

-
1
-
2
2

-
-
-
-
3

-
3
-
-
-

-
1
-
-
2

1980

Moscow News
Olympic Games 
USSR Championships 
USSR Cup
World Cup 

-
1
-
-
-

1
-
2
4
1

1
-
2
-
1

1
-
2
-
5

-
-
-
-
-

-
-
1
-
2

1981

University Games 
USSR Championships
USSR Cup 
21. World Championships 

2
-
-
1

2
3
3
-

1
-
-
2

4
-
-
-

3
-
-
-

3
1
-
-

 

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