Tamara Anatoliyivna Yerofeyeva (Ukrainian: Тамара Анатоліївна Єрофеєва, Russian: Тамара Анатольевна Ерофеева; born 4 March 1982)^[1] is a famous individual rhythmic gymnast. She was All-Around World Champion, multiple World Cup's winner, World Universiade winner and an Olympic Game's finalist. Tamara was competing for Ukraine's National Team from 1996 to 2004 winning more than 300 medals for Ukraine at various competitions. She currently lives in Las Vegas, USA and performing with her solo hoops act at different shows including Cirque Du Soleil, Spiegelworld, David Saxe Productions and more. Also, she’s participating in all kinds of gala and corporate events around the world. One of her recent performances was at Fashion Costume Showcase of famous french designer Thierry Mugler in Montreal, Canada.

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Tamara Yerofeyeva (Yerofeeva)
Tamara Yerofeyeva performs gala at 2003 Deriugina Cup
Personal information
Full name	Tamara Anatoliyivna Yerofeyeva
Country represented	Ukraine
Born	(1982-03-04) 4 March 1982 (age 42) Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Residence	Las Vegas, USA
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Level	Senior Elite
Years on national team	1996-2004
Club	Deriugina School
Head coach(es)	Irina Deriugina
Assistant coach(es)	Albina Deriugina
Choreographer	Irina Deriugina
Retired	2004
Medal record Representing  Ukraine World Championships 2001 Madrid All-around 2001 Madrid Rope 2001 Madrid Team 2002 N.Orleans 5 ribbons 2003 Budapest Team 1997 Berlin Team 1998 Seville 3 ribbons/2 hoops 1998 Seville 5 balls 1999 Osaka Ball 1999 Osaka Team 2001 Madrid Hoop 2001 Madrid Ball 2001 Madrid Clubs European Championships 1997 Patras 5 balls 1998 Porto Team 2000 Saragoza Rope 2002 Granada All-around 2002 Granada Team 2003 Riesa Clubs 2004 Kyiv Team 1997 Patras Group All-around 2001 Geneva Hoop 2001 Geneva Clubs 2003 Riesa Hoop 2003 Riesa Ribbon European Team Championships 2001 Riesa Team World Cup Final 2002 Stuttgart Hoop 2002 Stuttgart Ball 2002 Stuttgart Clubs Grand Prix Final 2002 Innsbruck All-around 2002 Innsbruck Clubs 2000 Deventer Rope 2000 Deventer Hoop 2000 Deventer Ribbon 2002 Innsbruck Hoop 1999 Korneuburg Rope 2000 Deventer All-around 2002 Innsbruck Ball Summer Universiade 2001 Beijing All-around 2001 Beijing Rope 2001 Beijing Hoop 2001 Beijing Ball 2001 Beijing Clubs World Youth Games (seniors) 1998 Moscow Ribbon 1998 Moscow Hoop 1998 Moscow Rope 1998 Moscow Clubs

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Tamara started rhythmic gymnastics at the age of 6 in Kiev, Ukraine. When she was 12 she got invited to the world famous Deriugina School where she’s pretty quickly became Deriugina’s number one gymnast and got her spot in the national team. In 1998, Yerofeyeva participated at the 1998 World Youth Games in Moscow and won silver medals in ribbon, hoop and rope and a bronze in clubs in senior competition.^[2] In 2001, when Yerofeyeva was 19, she became a leader of the Ukrainian National Olympic Team. She was a four-time World champion, four-time World Cup winner, Seven-time silver medalist at the European Championships, four-time gold medalist at the 2001 World Universiade, and placed sixth in the all-around final at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.^[3]

Tamara retired from competition in 2004 right before Olympic Games in Athens. After her retirement she created a solo hoops act and performed with top entertainment companies including world famous Cirque Du Soleil.^[1] Currently, she lives in Las Vegas and performs at different shows including "Zumanity" by Cirque Du Soleil at New York, New York Resort and Casino, "V The Ultimate Variety Show" and musical "VEGAS!-The Show" at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino.^[1]

Yerofeyeva is married to Stoyan Metchkarov,^[1] with whom she has a son named Alexander.^[1]