Natalia Kalinina

Natalia Kalinina
Full nameNatalia Georgiyevna Kalinina
Alternative name(s)Natasha
Born (1973-12-16) 16 December 1973
Kherson, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
 Ukraine
(1987-1992 (USSR)
1993-1995 (UKR))
Former countries represented Soviet Union
 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 IndianapolisTeam
European Championships
1990 AthensUneven Bars
1990 AthensAll-Around
1990 AthensBalance Beam
Goodwill Games
1990 SeattleTeam
1990 SeattleAll-Around
1990 SeattleBalance Beam
1990 SeattleFloor Exercise
1990 SeattleVault
1990 SeattleUneven Bars
Representing  Ukraine
European Championships
1994 StockholmTeam
Summer Universiade
1993 BuffaloTeam
1993 BuffaloVault
1993 BuffaloUneven Bars
1995 FukuokaFloor 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.