Alina Kozich
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| Country represented |
 Uzbekistan
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 Ukraine
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December 16, 1987 Kiev, Ukraine |
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| Height | 153 cm (5 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 43 kg (94 lb 13 oz) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Sergii Butsula | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Oksana Omelianchik | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Music | Valse a Margaux (2004), Tike Tike Kardi (2007-2008), Let's Get Loud by Jennifer Lopez (2008) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alina Kozich (Ukrainian: Алина Козич, born December 16, 1987 in Kiev) is a Ukrainian former artistic gymnast. She was a member of the Ukrainian team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Kozich started gymnastics when she was 5. She first came to prominence at the age of 13, when she won the all-around competition at the 2001 European Youth Olympics in Murcia, Spain. Her success continued with a gold medal on the uneven bars and a 4th-place finish in the all-around at the 2002 Junior European Championships in Patras, Greece.
In 2003, Kozich moved into the senior ranks. At the 2003 World Championships, she finished 8th in the all-around, and the Ukrainian team placed 7th, qualifying for the team competition at the 2004 Olympics.
The Olympic year started strongly for Kozich, with a career-highlight victory in the all-around at the 2004 European Championships, where she narrowly defeated Daniela Șofronie of Romania. She was the first Ukrainian to take this title since Lilia Podkopayeva in 1996, and joined a list of older compatriots such as Tatiana Gutsu and Ludmilla Tourischeva. Frequently, the European all-around champion in an Olympic year goes on to take the Olympic all-around title (this was the case in 1976, 1992, and 1996), so expectations for Kozich were high heading into Athens.
At the Olympics, Kozich helped the Ukrainian team finish fourth, their best-ever Olympic result. In the team final, she had the highest all-around score of any gymnast, including Carly Patterson and Svetlana Khorkina, who would go on to place first and second in the all-around final, respectively. However, in the all-around final, Kozich fell from the balance beam and placed 11th. In the floor exercise final, she fell on her first tumbling pass and placed 8th.
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