Born in
Minsk,
Belarus, Vatkina was the 1995 European Junior All-around Champion and took part with the senior Belarusian team at the
2000 European Championships in Zaragoza, Spain. Vatkina was twice silver medalist with the Belarusian Team at the
World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in 1997
Berlin, Germany and 1999 in
Osaka, Japan. She placed a podium at the
1997 Grand Prix Final in
Deventer, Netherlands after winning the all-around silver medal for Belarus behind Russia's
Natalia Lipkovskaya. Vatkina competed at the
2000 Summer Olympics in
Sydney where she qualified in the
rhythmic gymnastics All-around finals finishing in 8th place ahead of Spain's
Almudena Cid. ==Coaching career==