 tatiana konstantinivna gutsu (, ; born september 5, 1976 in odessa, ukrainian ssr) is a ukrainian (and former soviet) gymnast, winner of the 1992 olympic all-around title. renowned as a trickster, the routines she performed were some of the most difficult ever in the sport. fifteen years after her debut, few olympic gymnasts perform beam and floor routines as difficult as hers. ==career== born into a ukrainian family of moldovan descent, gutsu first started in gymnastics at age 6. she became a member of the national team of the soviet union in 1988. her first major international competition was the 1991 world championships in indianapolis, where she won the team title with the soviet union and finished fifth in the individual all-around, while winning silver medals in two individual apparatus finals - the bars and beam. here, she was noticed for her difficulty, as one of the first gymnasts in the world to
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