Natalia Safonova

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Natalia Safonova
Nickname(s)Natasha
Country represented Russia
Born (1999-07-17) 17 July 1999 (age 22)
St. Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Russia
HometownSt. Petersburg
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
ClubGazprom
GymNovogorsk
Head coach(es)Irina Viner
Assistant coach(es)Inna Bystrova
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Group Rhythmic Gymnastics
Junior European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Vienna Group All-around
Gold medal – first place 2013 Vienna 5 Hoops
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nanjing Group All-around

Natalia Safonova (Russian: Наталья Викторовна Сафонова, born `7 July 1999 in St.Petersburg, Russia) is a Russian Group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2014 Youth Olympic Group all-around champion and the 2013 European Junior Group all-around champion.

Junior[]

In 2013, Safonova was member of the Russian Group at the 2013 European Junior Championships with Russia taking the gold medal scoring a total of (33.916) ahead of Belarus (32.700) and Bulgaria (32.532) in the all-around competition. They won another gold medal in 5 hoops final.[1]

On 26–27 August Safonova was a member of the Russian Group (with Daria Anenkova, Daria Dubova, Sofya Skomorokh, Victoria Ilina) that competed at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China where they won gold in Group All-around finals.[2][3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Russia won all Juniors Titles with its Group". gymmedia. 2 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Russian Rhythmic gymnasts repeat golden sweep at Youth Olympic Games". International Federation of Gymnastics. 27 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Russians take more gold in rhythmic gymnastics". JSChina. 28 August 2014.

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