Loukianenko took up rhythmic gymnastics in 1980 at age 7. She was coached by Galina Krylenko at Club Dynamo in
Minsk. She emerged as a top class competitor at the
1992 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in
Brussels,
Belgium. A broken ankle prevented her from competing in the 1993 World Championships and it took her nearly a year to recover. She made a comeback at the 1994 European Championships. She swept the 1993 Grand Prix Final winning the All-around and the event finals in hoop, ball, clubs and ribbon. Loukianenko's best apparatus was rope; she became a three-time World Champion on this apparatus. She participated at the 1996
Olympic Games, and ranked 5th in the AA semi-finals and 7th in the AA finals. She retired at age 23 in 1996. Loukianenko is currently a coach and judge for the Belarusian Gymnastics Federation. She and her former teammate,
Tatiana Ogrizko, used to coach
Melitina Staniouta. ==References==