Yelena Naimushina

Yelena Arkadyevna Naimushina (Russian: Елена Аркадьевна Наимушина; 19 November 1964 – 14 March 2017[1]) was a Soviet gymnast.

Yelena Naimushina
Personal information
Birth nameYelena Arkadyevna Naimushina
Born(1964-11-19)19 November 1964
Askiz, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Soviet Union
Died14 March 2017(2017-03-14) (aged 52)
Height1.45 m (4 ft 9 in)
Weight40 kg (88 lb)
Sport
SportArtistic gymnastics
ClubDynamo Krasnoyarsk
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1980 MoscowTeam
World championships
1979 Fort WorthTeam

Career

She competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a gold medal with the Soviet team. Individually her best achievement was fifth place in the floor exercise.[2] She won a silver team medal at the 1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.[3]

Naimushina retired in 1981 and married Andris, a Latvian cyclist whom she met in 1980. For 15 years she lived in Latvia where she gave birth to two sons Tom and Phillip and daughter Linda-Anna. They later divorced and Naimushina returned to Russia. Between 1990 and 1993 she performed in the sports show All Stars of Dynamo managed by Mikhail Voronin.[3] She later married a second time, to gymnastics coach Sergey Grigoryev, and moved to Tula, Russia, where they trained children.[4]

Naimushina died on March 14, 2017. Her former coach Valentin Shevchuk said the death was unexpected.[5]

References
  1. Elena Naimushina (URS). tass.ru (15 March 2017)
  2. Yelena Naimushina. sports-reference.com
  3. Elena Naimushina (URS). gymn.ca (21 February 2001)
  4. Олимпийская чемпионка Елена Наймушина: «Если честно, я тоже «наелась» гимнастикой. Не хо-чу!». gornovosti.ru (14 November 2011)
  5. Turner, Amanda (15 March 2017). "Olympic Champion Naimushina Dies at 52". International Gymnast Magazine Online. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
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