DATE OF BIRTH: December 16, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH: Kherson, Ukraine
PARENTS: Georgiy Kalinin & Antonina Kalinina
SIBLINGS: Svetlana Kalinina (Pozdnyakova)
START GYMASTICS: In 1979
CLUB:Dinamo
COACHES: Viktor Petrushkin & Valentina Batischeva.
Oleg & Nadezhda Ostapenko.
MEMBER OF USSR NATIONAL TEAM: 1987 - 1992
MEMBER OF UKRAINE NATIONAL TEAM: 1993 - 1995
BEST COMPETITION RESULT: 1st place AA Goodwill Games 1990