Natalia Safonova
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| Full name | Natalia Viktorovna Safonova | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Natasha | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 July 1999 St. Petersburg, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | St. Petersburg | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Gazprom | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gym | Novogorsk | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Irina Viner | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Inna Bystrova | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Natalia Viktorovna Safonova (Russian: Наталья Викторовна Сафонова, born 17 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
- ^ "Russia won all Juniors Titles with its Group". gymmedia. 2 June 2013.
- ^ "Russian Rhythmic gymnasts repeat golden sweep at Youth Olympic Games". International Federation of Gymnastics. 27 August 2014.
- ^ "Russians take more gold in rhythmic gymnastics". JSChina. 28 August 2014.
External links
- Natalia Safonova at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Natalia Safonova at the 2004 Youth Olympic Games at the Wayback Machine (archived 3 September 2014)
- Natalia Safonova at Olympedia
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