Introduction
Iryna Olehivna Blokhina (Ukrainian: Ірина Олегівна Блохіна, born January 15, 1983, in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR) is a Ukrainian sportsperson, singer, actress and TV host. She isinvolved in rhythmic gymnastics, where she works with Ukrainian national team as a choreographer.
Biography
She was born on January 15, 1983, in Kyiv to a family of well-known Ukrainian sportsmen. Her father is famous football player and coach Oleh Blokhin. Her mother is Irina Deriugina, multiple World and European champion and medalist in rhythmic gymnastics.
She studied music in Los Angeles, United States. When she lived in the US, she had some episodic roles in films and television: Click, Two and a Half Men and Thank You.
In 2012 she composed a song, "З'єднаємо Весь Світ" ("We Will Bring Together the Whole World"), which was widely sung during Euro 2012. That year Blokhina was a TV host of a popular Ukrainian TV show about football, called Великий футбол (Great Football). The next year, she performed "We Make This World Go!", which was the official song of the 2013 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Kyiv.
Links
- ireesha
.com .ua - Ireesha and Iryna visit Dmytro Shepelev (TV programme)
- Дочь Олега Блохина и Ирины Дерюгиной певица Ирина БЛОХИНА: «Иногда у меня перехватывает горло, сжимается сердце и подступают слезы, когда подумаю, что родители не вместе. Эта огромная рана останется в моей душе на всю жизнь» (in Russian)
- Blokhina Iryna Olehivna: musician, actress, TV presenter
- Profile on the TV Channel "Ukraine"