Irina was part of the Ukrainian junior group that finished 5th at the
European Championships in
Riesa,
Germany. She debuted as a senior in 2005, when she got to compete the
European Championships in Moscow as a member of the group finishing 5th with 5 balls, at the
World Championships in
Baku as an individual she won silver in the team competition with
Anna Bessonova and
Natalia Godunko. In 2006 she was again included into the national group for the
European Championships where, along
Valentyna Golovina,
Polina Kondaurova,
Viera Perederiy,
Olga Skutarnova and
Victoria Zubchenko, took 9th place overall and 8th with 3 hoops & 4 clubs. The same year she topped the All-Around and was 2nd in teams at the Gymnasiada in
Athens. In August 2007 she competed in the Universiade in
Bangkok, along
Nadya Vasina,
Vita Zubchenko,
Polina Kondaurova,
Inga Kozhokhina and
Olha Skuradova, winning silver in the All-Around and gold with 5 ropes, after that she was awarded the state award "For work and achievement". A month later she was selected for the
World Championships in
Patras, there Irina took 19th place in the All-Around thus earning a spot for Ukraine at the
2008 Olympic Games. Her last competition was the
2009 Summer Universiade in
Belgrade, along
Viera Perederiy,
Olena Dmytrash,
Oksana Petulko,
Olga Tsolga and
Vita Zubchenko, won bronze in the All-Around and with hoops as well as silver with 3 ribbons & 2 ropes. == References ==