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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
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow Team
World championships
Silver medal – second place 1979 Fort Worth Team

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

Career

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She 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

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  1. ^ Elena Naimushina (URS). tass.ru (15 March 2017)
  2. ^ Yelena Naimushina. sports-reference.com
  3. ^ a b 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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