Olga Gontar

Olga Gontar
Olga Gontar at the World Championships in Paris-Bercy, 1994
Personal information
Born	(1979-01-11) January 11, 1979 Minsk, Belarus
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Country represented	Belarus
Years on national team	Dinamo Minsk
Level	senior
Head coach(es)	Irina Leparskaya
Assistant coach(es)	Galina Krylenko
Retired	1996
Medal record Rhythmic Gymnastics Representing Belarus European Championships 1994 Thessaloniki Team Junior European Championships 1993 Bucharest All-Around 1993 Bucharest Ball 1993 Bucharest Ribbon 1993 Bucharest Rope European Cup Final 1995 Telford Ball Grand Prix Final 1995 Deventer Rope 1995 Deventer All-around 1995 Deventer Ribbon

Olga Gontar (Template:Lang-be; Template:Lang-ru, born January 11, 1979 in Minsk, Belarus) is a Belarusian Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. She is the 1995 Grand Prix Final All-around bronze medalist and the 1993 European Junior All-around champion.

Career

Gontar started competitive rhythmic gymnastics at 4 years old, In 1991, then 12-year-old Gontar won the first of three consecutive all-around titles at the Schmiden International. She would then take the all-around gold at the 1993 European Junior Championships, she also came in first on both ball and ribbon and was second with rope.

She debuted as a senior in the 1994 season. In 1995 would be Gontar's last and busiest year in rhythmic. She won bronze in the all-around at the 1995 Grand Prix Final, in the event finals; she won gold in rope (tied with Olena Vitrychenko and Yanina Batyrchina) and bronze in ribbon. Before Gontar could compete at the World Championships, reports surfaced that a back injury was forcing her out and would be the deciding factor in her early retirement from the sport at just the age of 16.

After she completed her career in rhythmic gymnastics, Gontar briefly made a modeling career appearing in print ads and magazine covers for European luxury brands in Milan and Paris.

External links

• Olga Gontar at the International Gymnastics Federation