Vladislav Stepanovich Rastorotsky (Russian: Владислав Степанович Растороцкий) (born June 14, 1933 in Liski, Russian SFSR) is a Russian (and former Soviet) artistic gymnastics coach, Honoured Trainer of the USSR, who trained in Dynamo sports society. Sportswomen, trained by him, earned more than 50 Champion titles at the National (USSR) championships, European championships, World championships and Olympic Games. Rastorotsky trained Soviet gymnasts for five Olympic cycles since the mid-1960s. The most famous his students were Lyudmila Turishcheva, Natalia Shaposhnikova, Natalia Yurchenko. June 14 is the 165th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (166th in leap years), with 200 days remaining. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Liski is a city in Voronezh Oblast, Russia. ... State motto: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Workers of the world, unite!) Official language None (Russian in practice) Capital Moscow (last) Chairman of the Supreme Council Boris Yeltsin Established In the USSR:  - Since  - Until November 7, 1917 December 30, 1922 December 12, 1991 Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 1st in former Soviet Union 17,075,200... State motto (Russian): Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Translated: Workers of the world, unite!) Capital Moscow Official language None; Russian (de facto) Government Federation of Soviet republics Area  - Total  - % water 1st before collapse 22,402,200 km² Approx. ... Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which competitors perform short routines (ranging from approximately 30 to 90 seconds) on different apparatus, obviously less for vaulting (see lists below). ... The World Gymnastics Championships are held every year. ... For months before the Olympic Games, runners relay the Olympic Flame from Olympia to the opening ceremony. ... Lyudmila Ivanovna Turishcheva (born July 10, 1952 in Grozny) is a Ukrainian, former Soviet, gymnast, four times Olympic Champion. ... Natalia Vitalyevna Shaposhnikova (Russian:Наталья Витальевна Шапошникова), (b. ... Natalia Vladimirovna Yurchenko (Russian: Наталья Владимировна Юрченко) (born January 26, 1965 in Norilsk, Russian SFSR) was a Soviet gymnast, who won womens All Around gold medal at the 1983 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. ...

Rastorotsky liked sports since his childhood and had a propensity to gymnastics. He went to Voronezh and entered the Physical Education faculty. Rastorotsky began systematic training in gymnastics very late, in his twenties. But managed to earn the title Master of Sports of the USSR at age above 27. His teacher in Voronezh was another famous Soviet coach Yury Shtukman. In the 1960s Rastorotsky moved to Grozny and began to coach Lyudmila Turishcheva. According to Rastorotsky, Turishcheva initially had strong muscles but a weak gymnastics school, as compared to other his students; but he didn't meet more industrious and purposeful students neither before nor after her. Voronezh (Воро́неж) is a large city in the south of Central Russia, not far from Ukraine. ... Grozny (Russian: ) is the capital of the Chechen Republic in Russia. ...

In the early 1970s Rastorotsky moved to Rostov on Don, and namely since that time the period of Turishcheva's domination on international events began. Concerning his contribution to Turishcheva's successes, Rastorotsky said, that another famous gymnast, Olga Korbut, had many advantages over Turishcheva, and Korbut's dream to overcome her was always extraordinary. But their principled battles always ended with Turishcheva's win. Rastorotsky believes, that this was due to the better "staging". Central market near Nativity Cathedral. ... Olga Valentinovna Korbut (Belarusian: Вольга Валянцінаўна Корбут, Volha Valyantsinawna Korbut; Russian: Ольга Валентиновна Корбут) (b. ...

Rastorotsky's another favourite student was Natalia Yurchenko, one of the strongest gymnasts of the early 1980s. However, although she was the all around champion in many events of that period, she sometimes didn't get to the Soviet team roster due to the "reserved" places for other coaches and athletes. Rastorotsky liked Yurchenko for her "boundless charm, filigree skill, resolution and courage".

After the breakup of the USSR, Rastorotsky coached for some time in France and China before returning to Rostov on Don again in the mid-1990s. ^[1]

References

1. ↑  He Passed for Magician. Trener. URL accessed on April 07, 2006.
2. "National Property", Novaya sportivnaya gazeta, 2003-03-26.