Yulia Raskina (Юлия Раскина; born 9 April 1982 in Minsk, Belarus) is a Belarusian former rhythmic gymnast and trainer. She is the 2000 Olympics silver medalist, the 1999 World All-around silver medalist, the two time (2000,1999) European All-around silver medalist and 1999 Grand Prix Final All-around champion.

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Yulia Raskina
Yulia Raskina at 1999 European Championships
Personal information
Country represented	Belarus
Born	(1982-04-09) 9 April 1982 (age 42) Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Head coach(es)	Irina Leparskaya
Medal record Representing  Belarus Olympic Games 2000 Sydney All-Around World Championships 1997 Berlin Team 1999 Osaka All-around 1999 Osaka Ball 1999 Osaka Ribbon 1999 Osaka Team European Championships 1998 Porto Team 2000 Zaragoza Ball 1999 Budapest All-around 1999 Budapest Hoop 2000 Zaragoza All-around 2000 Zaragoza Team 1998 Porto Clubs 1999 Budapest Ribbon 2000 Zaragoza Ribbon Junior European Championships 1995 Prague Team 1995 Prague Clubs World Cup Final 2000 Glasgow Hoop 2000 Glasgow Ribbon 2000 Glasgow Ball Grand Prix Final 1999 Korneuburg All-around 2000 Deventer Hoop 1999 Korneuburg Hoop 1999 Korneuburg Ball 2000 Deventer Ball 1999 Korneuburg Ribbon 1998 Linz All-around 2000 Deventer Rope 2000 Deventer Ribbon

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Raskina is Jewish.^[1] She was born into a sporting family. Her mother was the master of sports of the international class of the USSR in artistic gymnastics. Her father was also a master of sports, a trainer in track and field athletics.

Raskina broke into the International RG scene at the 1997 World Championships in Berlin and was a three-time national champion. She became the 1999 World Championships all-around silver medalist and was a two-time European all-around silver medalist in 1999 and 2000. Raskina won the gold medal in ball at 2000 European in Zaragosa. She marked her career high by winning the silver in the all-around competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics held in Sydney, Australia ahead of then Olympic gold favorite Alina Kabaeva who took the bronze medal. She lost the gold to Yulia Barsakova by 0.084. Had her hoop not gone out of bounds by an inch which was a mandatory 0.1 deduction and a 4.9 out of 5.0 in Artistry, she would have won the gold. Raskina made unsuccessful comeback until 2003 and finally completed her career.

In 2005 and 2006, Raskina took part in Cirque du Soleil's Corteo alongside former Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast Tamara Yerofeeva. She won Belarusian TV project "Star Dances" with professional dancer Denis Moryasin and was selected to represent Belarus at the Eurovision Dance Contest.

She is currently working as a coach for German national team in rhythmic gymnastics, contributing to the rising success of German rhythmic gymnasts in 2022.

Notable trainees include:

• Darja Varfolomeev - twice 2022 European bronze medalist and 5 times world champion in 2023 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships
• Margarita Kolosov - finalist at the World Championships and European Championships, and medallist of the World Cups
• Lada Pusch - ball silver medallist in the 2023 Junior World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships

• List of select Jewish gymnasts