Yelena Arkadyevna Naimushina (Russian: Елена Аркадьевна Наимушина; 19 November 1964 – 14 March 2017[1]) was a Soviet gymnast.
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| Birth name | Yelena Arkadyevna Naimushina | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 November 1964 Askiz, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 March 2017 (aged 52) | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.45 m (4 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 40 kg (88 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Dynamo Krasnoyarsk | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editShe competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal with the Soviet team.[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 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
edit- ^ Elena Naimushina (URS). tass.ru (15 March 2017)
- ^ Yelena Naimushina. sports-reference.com
- ^ a b Elena Naimushina (URS). gymn.ca (21 February 2001)
- ^ Олимпийская чемпионка Елена Наймушина: «Если честно, я тоже «наелась» гимнастикой. Не хо-чу!». gornovosti.ru (14 November 2011)
- ^ Turner, Amanda (15 March 2017). "Olympic Champion Naimushina Dies at 52". International Gymnast Magazine Online. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
External links
edit- Interview, in Russian. mkkras.ru
- Interview, in Russian. bmsi.ru (1 November 2012)