{{short description|Russian rhythmic gymnastics coach}} {{Infobox person | name = Irina Viner | native_name = {{nobold|Ирина Винер}} | honorific_suffix = | image = Aliyevs and Irina Viner-Usmanova 17 May 2019 04 (cropped).jpg | image_size = 150px | caption = Viner in 2019 | birth_name = Irina Alexandrovna Viner | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|07|30|df=yes}} | birth_place = Samarkand, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union | mother = Zoya Zinovyevna Viner | father = Alexander Efimovich Viner | spouse = {{marriage|Alisher Usmanov|1992|2022|reason=div}} | children = Anton Viner | occupation = Head Coach of Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics National Team (2001-2025) | known_for = Head Coach of the Olympic Training Center of rhythmic gymnastics in Novogorsk and coach of multiple Olympic/World champions | awards = 20px|link=Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation | years_active = }}
'''Irina Alexandrovna Viner''' ({{langx|ru|Ирина Александровна Винер}}; born July 30, 1948), formerly '''Irina Alexandrovna Viner-Usmanova''' ({{langx|ru|Ирина Александровна Винер-Усманова}}), is a Russian rhythmic gymnastics coach, former head coach of the Russian national team, former president of the Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation, and former vice president of the Rhythmic Gymnastics Technical Committee of the International Gymnastics Federation.
In 2015, Viner was awarded the Olympic Order in recognition of her outstanding achievements in global sports, making Viner the first gymnastics coach in history to receive the award. Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee, personally handed her the necklace and presented the award.<ref name="Stadium.ru">{{cite news|url=http://www.stadium.ru/news/19-07-2015-tomas-bah-vruchil-irine-viner-usmanovoi-orden-mejdunarodnogo-olimpiiskogo-komiteta |title=Thomas Bach, President of IOC handed Irina Viner the awarded of the Olympic Order|work=Stadium.ru|access-date=July 19, 2015}}</ref>
Viner is one of the most successful gymnastics coaches of all time. Her pupils won five Olympic all-around golds in a row: Margarita Mamun (2016), Evgeniya Kanaeva (2008, 2012), Alina Kabaeva (2004), and Yulia Barsukova (2000).<ref name="vesti">{{cite news|url=http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=1112002 |title=Непобедимая Ирина Винер отмечает юбилей |work=Vesti |date=July 30, 2013|access-date=January 5, 2015|language=ru}}</ref>
She was married to business magnate Alisher Usmanov from 1992 until their divorce in 2022.<ref name="forbes">{{cite news| url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/alisher-usmanov|title=Powerful people: Alisher Usmanov | work=Forbes|access-date=January 5, 2015}}</ref>
==Early life== Viner was born in Samarkand, Uzbek SSR in the Soviet Union. Her father, Alexander, was a People's Painter of Uzbekistan. Her mother, Zoya, was a doctor. Viner is Jewish,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://yivoencyclopedia.org/printarticle.aspx?id=2278&print=auto|title=YIVO | Sport: Jews in Sport in the USSR|website=yivoencyclopedia.org}}</ref> and in an interview she gave to Russian magazine ''Hello!'' at her home, she has said that she reads about Kabbalah, though she doesn't speak Hebrew.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ru.hellomagazine.com/zvezdy/intervyu-i-video/56-irina-viner-o-sporte-lyubvi-i-mudrosti.html|title=Ирина Винер о спорте, любви и мудрости|author=Sabina Dadashova|publisher=HELLO! Magazine|date=January 13, 2014|access-date=January 5, 2015|language=ru|archive-date=January 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129040315/https://ru.hellomagazine.com/zvezdy/intervyu-i-video/56-irina-viner-o-sporte-lyubvi-i-mudrosti.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Career == [[File:Medvedev_and_sport.jpeg|left|thumb|300px|(L-R) Viner with rhythmic gymnasts Yana Lukonina, Daria Dmitrieva, Evgenia Kanaeva, former President Dmitri Medvedev, Daria Kondakova and RG coach Anna Shumilova]]
As a young girl Viner wanted to take ballet but was discouraged, so she took up gymnastics at the age of 11.<ref name="vesti"/> Viner was a three-time champion of the Uzbek SSR and graduated from the Uzbek State Institute of Physical Culture. She worked as coach of the national team in rhythmic gymnastics in Tashkent, and under her tutelage, Venera Zaripova became her first successful gymnast. In 1990, Viner briefly moved to Great Britain to coach the British national team.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/keith-elliott-at-large--gymnastics-rhythmic-section-seeking-high-notes-the-cutting-edge-of-ribbons-has-bred-a-sport-that-reigns-in-spain-but-struggles-to-find-money-in-britain-1478687.html |title=Gymnastics: Rhythmic section seeking high notes |work=The Independent|author=Keith Elliott|date=January 15, 1993|access-date=January 5, 2015}}</ref>
After Barcelona Irina moved to Moscow and began working for the Moscow City Sports Association (MCSA). Since 1992 Irina Viner-Usmanova was the head coach of the Olympic Training Center. She became the head coach of the Russian National Team in 2001 and the president of the Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://allrus.me/growing-olympic-champions-irina-viner/|title=Russian culture|date=August 15, 2013}}</ref>
In 2015, Viner was awarded the Olympic Order in recognition of her outstanding achievements in global sports, making Viner the first gymnastics coach to receive the award. Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee personally handed the necklace to her and presented the award.<ref name="Stadium.ru"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/Irina-Viner-Usmanova-Thomas-Bach-awarded-the-entire-artistic-gymnastics.html|title=Irina Viner-Usmanova: Thomas Bach awarded the entire artistic gymnastics|work=vestnikkavkaza|access-date=July 19, 2015|archive-date=April 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425090609/http://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/Irina-Viner-Usmanova-Thomas-Bach-awarded-the-entire-artistic-gymnastics.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On 6 February 2016, Viner was elected to the Supreme Council of the United Russia party.<ref>[http://yodnews.ru/news/2016/02/06/sovet Тимур Кизяков и Петр Толстой вошли в Высший совет «Единой России»] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207160930/http://yodnews.ru/news/2016/02/06/sovet |date=20160207160930 }} «Йод», 06.02.2016</ref>
Viner featured in the 2017 documentary ''Over the Limit'', which covered her training of Margarita Mamun in the run-up to the 2016 Olympics. The film depicts her controversial training methods including sustained verbal abuse, with statements and insults directed at Mamun such as "You're going to die bitch" and "Go f*** yourself with your shaking".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/over-the-limit-review-1202620372/|title=Film Review: 'Over the Limit'|first1=Guy|last1=Lodge|date=November 23, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/11/movies/over-the-limit-review.html|title=Review: A Russian Gymnast Goes 'Over the Limit' (Published 2018)|first=Jeannette|last=Catsoulis|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 11, 2018}}</ref>
In an interview she gave to Russia's Hello! magazine at her home, she has said that her pupils venerate myrrh-pouring icons before every competition.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-12-16|title=Ирина Винер о спорте, любви и мудрости|url=https://ru.hellomagazine.com/zvezdy/intervyu-i-video/56-irina-viner-o-sporte-lyubvi-i-mudrosti.html|access-date=2022-01-29|website=HELLO! Russia|language=ru-RU|archive-date=2022-01-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129005349/https://ru.hellomagazine.com/zvezdy/intervyu-i-video/56-irina-viner-o-sporte-lyubvi-i-mudrosti.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Since she has talked about reading Kabbalah in the same interview, some gymnastics sites translating the article into English assumed she was referring to Kabbalah icons,<ref>{{Cite web|last=rhythmicgymnasticsinfo|date=2014-01-13|title=Irina Viner-Usmanova Interview for HELLO! Magazine|url=https://rhythmic-gymnastics.info/2014/01/13/irina-viner-usmanova-interview-for-hello-magazine/|access-date=2022-01-29|website=Rhythmic Gymnastics Info|language=en}}</ref> but this is most likely a mistaken assumption, as myrrh-pouring icons have long been associated with Eastern Orthodox Christianity,<ref>{{Cite web|title="myrrh-streaming" icons|url=https://russianicons.wordpress.com/tag/myrrh-streaming-icons/|access-date=2022-01-29|website=ICONS AND THEIR INTERPRETATION|date=20 March 2014 |language=en}}</ref> while Kabbalah is a form of Jewish mysticism, and Judaism forbids the use of icons altogether.
After Israeli gymnast Linoy Ashram defeated Russia's Dina Averina at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the all-around individual competition, Viner attacked Ashram, the judges, as well as the wider gymnastics community, accusing them of bias against Russia and saying that "Dina is the real champion".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://matchtv.ru/summer/matchtvnews_NI1389244_Nas_nelza_iznasilovat_Nas_mozhno_tolko_ubit_Irina_Viner_Usmanova_vyskazalas_za_kadrom_intervju_dla_Match_TV|title = "Нас нельзя изнасиловать. Нас можно только убить». Ирина Винер-Усманова высказалась за кадром интервью для «Матч ТВ"|date = 12 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sDqlvCedj2s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/sDqlvCedj2s |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title = Судьи 6 минут решали, как сделать так, чтобы выиграла Ашрам! Интервью Ирины Винер-Усмановой|website=YouTube }}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://matchtv.ru/olimpijskije_igry/Tokyo_2020/matchtvvideo_NI1389061_clip_Vse_na_Match_podrobnoje_intervju_Iriny_Viner_Usmanovoj|title = "Все на Матч!": подробное интервью Ирины Винер-Усмановой|date = 11 August 2021|access-date = 19 August 2021|archive-date = 19 August 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210819115408/https://matchtv.ru/olimpijskije_igry/Tokyo_2020/matchtvvideo_NI1389061_clip_Vse_na_Match_podrobnoje_intervju_Iriny_Viner_Usmanovoj|url-status = dead}}</ref> In the following all-around group competition at the same Olympics, the Russian team lost to the Bulgarian team, and Viner in response once more insinuated an anti-Russian conspiracy in the judging, saying, "everyone understood perfectly well that this was meant to happen, that Russia’s hegemony had to be stopped." Three months later, it was announced that Viner had signed the coach of the Israeli rhythmic gymnastics team at Tokyo, Ira Vigdorchik, to become the new coach of Russia's rhythmic gymnastic team.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Former Israeli gymnastics team Ira Vigdorchik coach to train Russian team|url=https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/317839|access-date=2022-01-29|website=Israel National News|date=30 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Pohoryles |first=Aviad |date=30 November 2021 |title=Former Israeli national gymnastics coach to train Russian team |url=https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/11/30/former-israeli-national-gymnastics-coach-to-train-russian-team/ |access-date=2022-01-29 |website=Israel Hayom}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Viner-Usmanova explained the arrival of the ex-trainer of Israelis to the Russian national team – GENERICO.ru|date=29 November 2021|url=https://generico.ru/2021/11/29/viner-usmanova-explained-the-arrival-of-the-ex-trainer-of-israelis-to-the-russian-national-team/|access-date=2022-01-29|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129005349/https://generico.ru/2021/11/29/viner-usmanova-explained-the-arrival-of-the-ex-trainer-of-israelis-to-the-russian-national-team/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In February 2023, Viner proposed establishing an alternative Olympics Games and invite BRICS and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation countries to participate in it, following the news that Western nations oppose Russia's involvement in the 2024 Summer Olympics due to its invasion of Ukraine.<ref>[https://www.championat.com/other/news-5006031-irina-viner-my-mozhem-sostavit-konkurenciyu-olimpijskim-igram-sobrav-shos-briks-sng.html Ирина Винер: Мы можем составить конкуренцию Олимпийским играм, собрав страны ШОС и БРИКС]</ref>
Viner was sanctioned by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) on 6 March 2023 for her behavior and statements at the 2020 Summer Olympics. The disciplinary commission ruled that Viner would be prohibited from attending international competitions for the next two years.<ref>[https://www.sports.ru/gymnastics/1114957280-mezhdunarodnaya-federacziya-gimnastiki-otstranila-irinu-viner-na-dva-g.html Международная федерация гимнастики отстранила Ирину Винер на два года из-за ее поведения после Олимпиады в Токио]</ref> On 22 November, the GEF Appeal Tribunal Panel upheld Viner's two-year sanction, clarified its scope and timing, and declared the Artistic Gymnastics Federation of Russia liable for the actions of the Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation and its members.<ref name=":0" />
Viner resigned as the president of the Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation in October 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Astakhov |first=Sergey |date=2024-10-01 |title=Ирина Винер сложила полномочия президента Всероссийской федерации художественной гимнастики |trans-title=Irina Viner resigns as president of the All-Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation |url=https://matchtv.ru/artistic-gymnastics/matchtvnews_NI2115192_Irina_Viner_slozhila_polnomochija_prezidenta_Vserossijskoj_federacii_khudozhestvennoj_gimnastiki |access-date=2024-10-07 |website=matchtv |language=ru-RU}}</ref>
In February 2025, Viner announced her resignation from position of head coach of Russian National team in rhythmic gymnastics.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-12 |title=Винер покинула пост главного тренера сборной России по художественной гимнастике |trans-title=Viner left the post of the head coach of the Russian national team for rhythmic gymnastics |url=https://tass.ru/sport/23115293 |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=tass.ru |language=ru-RU}}</ref>
==Personal life== Viner was married to Uzbek–Russian tycoon Alisher Usmanov until 2022.<ref>{{cite web|author=Anita Raghavan|title=The Hard Man of Russia|url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2010/0329/billionaires-2010-europe-usmanov-internet-media-hard-man-of-russia.html|work=Forbes|access-date=14 October 2013}}</ref> She and Usmanov originally met in their youth at a sports hall in Tashkent, where he was involved in fencing; they reconnected many years later in Moscow.<ref name="vesti"/> She has a son from her first marriage, Anton, who was born in 1973 and later adopted by Usmanov.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kommersant.ru/factbook/418849 |title=Антон Винер |date=March 26, 2013|access-date=January 5, 2015 |work=Kommersant|language=ru}}</ref> Anton is a real estate investor.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Why Russia's rhythmic gymnasts are always on top? Ask Irina Viner…|date=23 September 2015 |url=https://jewishbusinessnews.com/2015/09/23/why-russias-rhythmic-gymnasts-are-always-on-top-ask-irina-viner/|access-date=2022-01-29|language=en-US}}</ref>
On 9 May 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Viner was sanctioned by Latvia, included in the country's list of undesirable persons, and was prohibited from entering the country.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://theins.info/news/252886 |title=Усманов отозвал свой иск о разводе с Винер. Ранее миллиардер попал под санкции США и ЕС, Винер ограничения не коснулись |trans-title=Usmanov withdrew his lawsuit for divorce from Wiener. Previously, the billionaire came under US and EU sanctions, but Viner was not affected by the restrictions |language=ru |website=The Insider |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://bublik.delfi.ee/statja/96606421/petrosyanu-vinokuru-i-kirkorovu-zapretili-vezzhat-v-latviyu |title=Петросяну, Винокуру и Киркорову запретили въезжать в Латвию |trans-title=Petrosyan, Vinokur and Kirkorov were banned from entering Latvia |language=ru |website=Bublik |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref> On 19 October, she was sanctioned by Ukraine as a member of the Supreme Council of the United Russia party.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://sanctions.nazk.gov.ua/ru/sanction-person/2082/ |title=ВИНЕР-УСМАНОВА Ирина Александровна - биография, досье, активы |trans-title=VINER-USMANOVA Irina Aleksandrovna - biography, dossier, assets |language=ru |website=Война и санкции |access-date=2023-08-01 |archive-date=2023-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801220554/https://sanctions.nazk.gov.ua/ru/sanction-person/2082/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://rupep.org/ru/person/5072 |title=Винер-Усманова Ирина Александровна, Правительство России, член совета по развитию физической культуры и массового спорта при правительстве |trans-title=Viner-Usmanova Irina Aleksandrovna, Government of Russia, member of the Council for the Development of Physical Culture and Mass Sports under the Government |language=ru |website=Rupep |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref>
== Notable pupils == [[File:Церемония_награждения_медалью_«Герой_Труда_Российской_Федерации»_06.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Viner with President Vladimir Putin in May 2015]] Viner has trained many Russian Olympic/World/European/World Cup medal winners,<ref name=forbes/> including:
=== Russian gymnasts === ''' Individual rhythmic gymnasts:'''
* Evgenia Kanaeva (born in 1990) (2 gold at the 2012 Olympics and 2008 Olympics, 17 gold in World, 13 gold in European, 4 gold in World games, multiple World Cup medals)<ref>As stated in [http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/athletes/23 her record] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021115443/http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/athletes/23 |date=2013-10-21 }} at FIG</ref> * Alina Kabaeva (b. 1983) (1 gold in 2004 Olympics and a bronze in 2000 Olympics, 9 gold in World, 15 gold in European, 5 gold in World Cup)<ref>As stated in [http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/athletes/2511 her record] at FIG</ref> * Margarita Mamun (b. 1995) (1 gold in 2016 Olympics, 7 gold in World, 4 gold in European, 4 gold in World Cup Final)<ref>As stated in [http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/athletes/18525 her record] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005001035/http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/athletes/18525 |date=2013-10-05 }} at FIG</ref> * Yulia Barsukova (b. 1978) (1 gold in 2000 Olympics, 1 gold in World, 3 gold in European, 1 Gold in World Cup)<ref>As stated in [http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/athletes/1166 her record] at FIG</ref> * Dina Averina (b. 1998) (1 silver in 2020 Olympics, 18 gold in Worlds, 10 gold in Europeans). * Yana Kudryavtseva (b. 1997) (1 silver in 2016 Olympics, 13 gold in World, 8 gold in European, 5 gold in World Cup Final, 4 Gold in European Games)<ref>As stated in [http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/athletes/16839 her record] at FIG</ref> * Irina Tchachina (b. 1982) (1 silver in 2004 Olympics, 3 gold in World, 6 gold in European, 4 gold in World games, 2 Gold in World Cup)<ref>As stated in [http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/athletes/2499 her record] at FIG</ref> * Daria Dmitrieva (b. 1993) (1 silver in 2012 Olympics, 4 gold in World, 1 gold in European, 1 gold in Universiade)<ref>As stated in [http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/athletes/8740 her record] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806005451/http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/athletes/8740 |date=2012-08-06 }} at FIG</ref> * Yanina Batyrshina (b. 1979) (1 silver in 1996 Olympics, 5 gold in World, 5 gold in European)<ref>As stated in [http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/athletes/448 her record] at FIG</ref> * Daria Kondakova (b. 1991) (4 gold in World, 3 gold in European)<ref>As stated in [http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/athletes/9273 her record] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102043640/http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/athletes/9273 |date=2013-11-02 }} at FIG</ref> * Olga Kapranova (b. 1987) (10 gold in World, 5 gold in European, 2 gold in World Games)<ref>As stated in [http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/athletes/353 her record] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222182349/http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/athletes/353 |date=2014-02-22 }} at FIG</ref> * Vera Sessina (b. 1986) (6 gold in World, 6 gold in European, 1 gold in World Games, 4 gold in World Cup)<ref>As stated in [http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/athletes/940 her record] at FIG</ref> * Arina Averina (b. 1998) (5 gold in Worlds, 9 gold in Europeans). * Amina Zaripova (b. 1976) (5 gold in World, 3 gold in Europeans)<ref>As stated in [http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/athletes/437 her record] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205221515/http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/athletes/437 |date=2011-12-05 }} at FIG</ref> * Aleksandra Soldatova (b. 1998) (4 gold in World, 3 gold in Europeans)<ref>As stated in [https://database.fig-gymnastics.com/public/gymnasts/biography/35882?backUrl= her record] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20150426123940/https://database.fig-gymnastics.com/public/gymnasts/biography/35882?backUrl= |date=2015-04-26 }} at FIG</ref> * Natalia Lipkovskaya (b. 1979) (3 gold in World, 1 gold in Europeans). * Lyasan Utiasheva (b. 1985) (2 gold in Europeans). * Zarina Gizikova (b. 1985) (2 gold in Europeans). * Alexandra Merkulova (b. 1995) (1 gold in 2010 Youth Olympic Games). * Olga Belova (b. 1983) (1 gold in World and European team). * Julia Rosliakova (b. 1975) multiple World and European team medalist. * Vera Shatalina (b. 1966) - former Soviet rhythmic gymnast and Honored Master of Sports coach of Russia in rhythmic gymnastics. * Venera Zaripova (b. 1966) - pioneered student, multiple Soviet champion and competed at the world championships.
'''Notable group rhythmic gymnasts:''' * Yelena Posevina (b. 1986) (2 gold in group at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics, 2 golds in Worlds Group all-around and 2 golds in European Group all around). * Natalia Lavrova (b. 1984) (2 gold in group at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics, 2 golds in Worlds Group all-around and 2 golds in European Group all around). * Anastasia Bliznyuk (b. 1994) (2 gold in group at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics, 1 silver in group at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 1 gold in Worlds, 3 gold in European Championships group all-around). * Anna Gavrilenko (b. 1990) (1 gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2007 World Group all-around gold and 2 golds in European Group all around). * Anastasia Maksimova (b.1991) (1 gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2015 World Group all-around gold, 2 Gold in Europeans Games and 1 gold in European Championships group all-around). * Diana Borisova (b.1997) (2015 World Group all-around gold, 2 Gold in Europeans Games and 1 gold in European Championships group all-around). * Sofya Skomorokh (b.1999) (2015 World Group all-around gold, 2 Gold in Europeans Games and 1 gold in European Championships group all-around).
Counselor/Coordinator for Russian Group:
* 2020 Summer Olympics Group silver medalists (Anastasia Bliznyuk, Anastasia Maksimova, Angelina Shkatova, Anastasia Tatareva, Alisa Tishchenko) * 2016 Summer Olympics Group gold medalists (Maria Tolkacheva, Anastasiia Tatareva, Anastasia Maksimova, Anastasia Bliznyuk, Vera Biryukova) * 2012 Summer Olympics Group gold medalists: (Ksenia Dudkina, Uliana Donskova, Anastasia Bliznyuk, Alina Makarenko, Anastasia Nazarenko, Karolina Sevastyanova) * 2008 Summer Olympics Group gold medalists (Margarita Aliychuk, Anna Gavrilenko, Tatiana Gorbunova, Elena Posevina, Daria Shkurikhina, Natalia Zueva) * 2004 Summer Olympics Group gold medalists(Olesya Belugina, Olga Glatskikh, Tatiana Kurbakova, Natalia Lavrova, Yelena Posevina, Elena Murzina) * 2000 Summer Olympics Group gold medalists (Irina Belova, Yelena Chalamova, Natalia Lavrova, Mariya Netesova, Vyera Shimanskaya, Irina Zilber) * 1996 Summer Olympics Group bronze medalists (Yevgeniya Bochkaryova, Irina Dzyuba, Yuliya Ivanova, Yelena Krivoshey, Olga Shtyrenko, Angelina Yushkova)
==Awards== *In the 2020 edition of the national sports award '''Pride of Russia''', in the nomination '''Coach of the Year'''<ref>[https://theins.ru/news/237597 В России вручили награды номинантам Национальной спортивной премии. Спортсменами года стали Кулижников и Сидорова]</ref> *"Living Legend" prize by the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia in 2007.<ref>{{cite news |date=December 10, 2007 |title=Ирина Винер и Леонид Рошаль получили премию "Человек года" |url=http://lenta.ru/news/2007/12/09/premium |access-date=January 5, 2015 |work=Lenta |language=ru}}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|Biography|Russia}} *Irina Viner-Usmanova Gymnastics Palace *List of Jews in sports (non-players)
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Viner-Usmanova, Irina}} Category:1948 births Category:Living people Category:Uzbekistani rhythmic gymnasts Category:Soviet rhythmic gymnasts Category:Soviet Jews Category:Uzbekistani Jews Category:Russian Jews Category:Russian gymnastics coaches Category:Russian people of Jewish descent Category:Russian people of Uzbekistani descent Category:Sportspeople from Samarkand Category:Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Category:Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class Category:Heroes of Labour of the Russian Federation Category:United Russia politicians Category:Full Cavaliers of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"