Tatiana Godenko (URS)

1984 Druzhba (Junior Friendship Tournament): 1st T, 9th AA
1984 Bulgarian Int'l Meet: 1st AA
1984 USSR Championships
1985 Spartakiade
1986 Champions All: 1st AA
1986 DTB Cup: 4th AA
1986 National Dynamo Championships

Results courtesy of Gymn Forum.

When one thinks of female gymnasts from the Soviet Union of the 1980s, great names like Filatova, Bicherova, Mostepanova, Omelianchik, or Shushunova probably come to mind. The depth and talent of Soviet gymnastics in the 1980s was unmistakable. Behind these great gymnasts were always handfuls of gymnasts, each waiting for their turn. One of these gymnasts was Tatiana Godenko.

Born in Siberia, Godenko was named to the Soviet junior national team at the age of 9 and sent to train at the Round Lake National Training Center. Training alongside Shushunova, Boguinskaia and Laschenova, Godenko always had her mind and heart sent on the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Unfortunately, a series of knee injuries dashed these hopes. Disappointed, Godenko turned her attention towards her schooling, earning bachelor's and graduate degrees from the Moscow State Academy.

Faced with better economic opportunities abroad, Godenko eventually left Russia for the USA. After several coaching stints in New Hampshire and one at Princeton University, Godenko accepted a coaching position at Wilton Academy in Howell, NJ, coaching levels 7 through 10. 

Tatiana Godenko was born in 1971.

. This page was created on April 29th, 1999 and last updated on December 16, 1999.
 
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