Natalia Kalinina

Natalia Kalinina
Full nameNatalia Georgiyevna Kalinina
Alternative name(s)Natasha
Born (1973-12-16) 16 December 1973
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
Ukraine
(1993-1995)
Former countries represented Soviet Union
(1987-1992)
 CIS
ClubDynamo Kherson
Head coach(es)Oleg and Nadezhda Ostapenko
Former coach(es)Viktor Petrushkin and Valentina Batischeva
Retired1995
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 1 0 0
European Championships 1 2 1
Goodwill Games 4 2 0
Summer Universiade 3 0 1
Total 9 4 2
Representing  Soviet Union
World Championships
1991 Indianapolis Team
European Championships
1990 Athens Uneven bars
1990 Athens All-around
1990 Athens Balance beam
Goodwill Games
1990 Seattle Team
1990 Seattle All-around
1990 Seattle Balance beam
1990 Seattle Floor exercise
1990 Seattle Vault
1990 Seattle Uneven bars
Representing  Ukraine
European Championships
1994 Stockholm Team
Summer Universiade
1993 Buffalo Team
1993 Buffalo Vault
1993 Buffalo Uneven bars
1995 Fukuoka Floor exercise

Natalia Georgiyevna Kalinina (Russian: Наталья Георгиевна Калинина [kɐˈlʲinʲɪnə], Ukrainian: Наталія Георгіївна Калініна; born 16 December 1973, in Kherson, Ukraine), is a former artistic gymnast that competed for the Soviet Union and Ukraine. She was a member of the last Soviet world championship team to win a gold medal in 1991. She was the 1990 European champion on the uneven bars. At the 1990 Goodwill Games, she won a medal on every event with 4 golds and 2 silvers, including the all-around gold medal. She was not selected to compete for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics. She believes that politics would only allow three gymnasts to come from one republic, and there were already three gymnasts from Ukraine selected.