Vera Biryukova

Vera Leonidovna Biryukova (; born 11 April 1998) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast who was the 2016 Olympics Group all-around champion.

Career Biryukova was born in Omsk. She began gymnastics at five years old under the encouragement of her mother, Vera Shtelbaums. Her first coach was Natalia Glemba.

Biryukova was briefly included as part of Russia's group, but was later relegated to the reserve team. In 2016 Biryukova returned as a member of the Russian national group, replacing Ksenia Poliakova. She competed with the Russian group at the 2016 World Cup series in Kazan and Baku.

On August 19–21, Biryukova was a member of the gold-winning Russian group (with Anastasia Maksimova, Maria Tolkacheva, Anastasia Bliznyuk, Anastasiia Tatareva) that won gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Awards Honored Master of Sports of Russia (2016). Order of Friendship (August 25, 2016) - for outstanding sports achievements at the Games XXXI Olympiad in 2016 in the city of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), manifested the will to win and sense of purpose.

Detailed Olympic results Year Competition Description Location Music Apparatus Rank Score-Final Rank Score-Qualifying 2016 Olympics Rio de Janeiro All-around 1st 36.233 2nd 35.516 L'adoration De La Terre, Le Sacrifice - Danse Sacrale, Time, Forward! Igor Stravinsky, Moscow New Choir, Elena Rastvora, Russian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra & Alexander Vedernikov 6 Clubs / 2 Hoops 1st 18.633 6th 17.233 Samba do Brasil, Those Were The Days by Bellini, Gruppa Na-Na 5 Ribbons 3rd 17.600 1st 18.283