Iryna Blokhina

Ireesha Blohina
Ireesha Blohina in 2017
Native name Блохіна Ірина Олегівна
Born Iryna Olehivna Blokhina
(1983-01-15) 15 January 1983
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality Ukrainian
Other names Ireesha
Occupation
  • choreographer of the Ukrainian rhythmic gymnastics national team
  • singer
  • dancer
  • actress
  • TV host
Years active 1999–present
Spouse(s) Aleksey Brynzak
Website ireesha.com.ua

Iryna Olehivna Blokhina (Ukrainian: Блохіна Ірина Олегівна, born January 15, 1983, in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR) is a Ukrainian sportsperson, singer, actress and TV host. She is often involved 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: his father is famous football player and coach Oleh Blokhin and 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.[1]

In 2012 she composed a song, "З'єднаємо Весь Світ" ("We Will Bring Together the Whole World"), which was widely sung during Euro 2012.[2] That year Blokhina was a TV host of a popular Ukrainen 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.[3]

References

  1. ↑ IMBD: Ireesha
  2. ↑ Фоторепортаж из Киева: футбольные мотивы за неделю до ЕВРО-2012 (in Russian). Гомельская правда. Cited: 02/06/2012
  3. ↑ Ireesha - We Make This World Go! (Youtube video)
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