Tsyhuleva competed at her first
World Championships in
1996 in
Vancouver. She won the gold medal in the synchro competition with
Olena Movchan and Ukraine won the team silver medal behind Russia. At the
1998 World Championships in
Sydney, she won the silver medal in the individual event behind Russia's
Irina Karavayeva. Ukraine won the team bronze medal behind Russia and Belarus. She also won the silver medal in the synchro competition with Olena Movchan behind German trampolinists
Tina Ludwig and
Anna Dogonadze. At the
1999 World Championships in
Sun City, South Africa, Tsyhuleva once again won the silver medal in the individual event behind Irina Karavayeva. The Ukrainian team of Tsyhuleva, Olena Movchan, and
Oxana Verbitskaya won the silver medal behind Russia. She reclaimed her synchro World title with Movchan. Tsyhuleva was selected to represent
Ukraine at the 2000 Summer Olympics for the inaugural Olympic trampoline competition. She qualified for
the women's individual trampoline event in third place. In the final, she won the silver medal behind Irina Karavayeva. Tsyhuleva competed at the
2001 World Championships in
Odense,
Denmark. She finished eighth in the individual competition. She won the team gold medal alongside
Yulia Domshevsky, Olena Movchan, and
Oxana Pochynok, and she once again won the synchro gold medal with Olena Movchan. She then competed at the
2001 World Games in
Akita,
Japan. She won the gold medal with Olena Movchan in
the synchronized trampoline event. == References ==