Irina Viner-Usmanova

Irina Alexandrovna Viner-Usmanova (; born July 30, 1948) is a Russian rhythmic gymnastics coach who is head coach of the Russian national team, president of the Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation, and former vice president of the Rhythmic Gymnastics Technical Committee of the International Gymnastics Federation.
In 2015, Viner was awarded the Olympic Order in recognition of her outstanding achievements in global sports, making Viner the first gymnastics coach in history to receive the award. Thomas Bach, the President of the International Olympic Committee, personally handed her the necklace and presented the award.
Viner is one of the most successful gymnastics coaches of all time, her pupils include the past five Olympic all-around champions: Margarita Mamun (2016), Evgeniya Kanaeva (2008 and 2012), Alina Kabaeva (2004), and Yulia Barsukova (2000).
She is married to business magnate Alisher Usmanov, Russia's richest man, who has a net worth of more than $14 billion.
Personal life.
Viner was born in Samarkand, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union. 
Her father, Alexander, was a People's Artist of the USSR. Her mother, Zoya, was a doctor. Viner is Jewish, and is interested in Kabbalah (but does not practice it). She told that her pupils venerates myrrh-pouring icons before every competition. Among her many state awards, she was given the "Living Legend" prize by the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia in 2007.
Viner is married to Russian tycoon Alisher Usmanov, who was also born in Uzbekistan, and is Muslim. She and Usmanov originally met in their youth at a sports hall in Tashkent, where he was involved in fencing; they reconnected many years later in Moscow. She has a son from a previous marriage, Anton, who was born in 1973 and later adopted by Usmanov.
Career.
As a young girl Viner wanted to take ballet but was discouraged, so she took up gymnastics at the age of 11. Viner was a three-time champion of the Uzbek SSR and graduated from the Uzbek State Institute of Physical Culture. She worked as coach of the national team in rhythmic gymnastics in Tashkent, and under her tutelage, Venera Zaripova became her first successful gymnast. In 1990, Viner briefly moved to Great Britain to coach the British national team.
After Barcelona Irina moved to Moscow and began working for the Moscow City Sports Association (MCSA). Since 1992 Irina Viner-Usmanova was the Head Coach of the Olympic Training Center. She became the Head Coach of the Russian National Team in 2001 and the President of the Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation in 2008. .
In 2015, Viner was awarded the Olympic Order in recognition of her outstanding achievements in global sports, making Viner the first gymnastics coach to receive the award. Thomas Bach, the President of the International Olympic Committee personally handed the necklace to her and presented the award.
Viner said: "I never expected that I would be awarded such an important Order. It was an honor that President of IOC, Thomas Bach arrived here. Sport is the only war that has a peaceful end. I believe that the whole world of gymnastics was awarded, for women and girls. It is important that we train together and help other countries - That is why a lot of representatives of other countries train in Russia. We will do our best in order that this kind of sport remains in the Olympic program. I think we will never be thrown to the sidelines and rhythmic gymnastics will remain in the Olympic Family".
Viner featured in the 2017 documentary "Over the Limit", which covered her training of Margarita Mamun in the run-up to the 2016 Olympics. The film depicts her controversial training methods including sustained verbal abuse, with statements and insults directed at Mamun such as "You're going to die bitch" and "Go f*** yourself with your shaking".
Notable pupils.
Viner has trained many Russian Olympic/World/European/World Cup medal winners, including:
 Individual rhythmic gymnasts:
Notable group rhythmic gymnasts:
She has also trained the Russian Group that won the 2012 Summer Olympics Gold in Group All-around:
<br>(Ksenia Dudkina, Uliana Donskova, Anastasia Bliznyuk, Alina Makarenko, Anastasia Nazarenko, Karolina Sevastyanova)
Counselor/Coordinator for Russian Group:
2016 Summer Olympics Group gold medalists
 (Maria Tolkacheva, Anastasiia Tatareva, Anastasia Maksimova, Anastasia Bliznyuk, Vera Biryukova)
2008 Summer Olympics Group gold medalists
 (Margarita Aliychuk, Anna Gavrilenko, Tatiana Gorbunova, Elena Posevina, Daria Shkurikhina, Natalia Zueva)
2004 Summer Olympics Group gold medalists
2000 Summer Olympics Group gold medalists
International gymnasts:
Head of Famous Russian rhythmic gymnast coaches.
Although Viner is the Head of the Russian National rhythmic gymnastics Federation. the Russian gymnasts have their own personal coaches and trainers supervising their daily training and in competitions. Notable Russian rhythmic gymnast coaches include: