Natalia Alexandrovna Lavrowa

Natalia Lavrowa
Personal information
Surname:	Natalia Alexandrovna Lavrowa
Nationality:	Russia
discipline	Rhythmic sports gymnastics
Birthday:	4th August 1984
Place of birth:	Penza , Soviet Union
Death day:	23rd April 2010 (age 25)
Size:	175 cm
Weight:	57 kg
Medal table
Olympic games 2 × 0 × 0 × World championships 5 × 2 × 1 × European championships 4 × 0 × 0 ×
Medals
Olympic games gold 2000 Sydney Group all-around gold 2004 Athens Group all-around  World championships gold 1999 Osaka Group all-around silver 1999 Osaka 3 bands + 2 tires bronze 1999 Osaka 5 clubs gold 2002 New Orleans Group all-around silver 2002 New Orleans 5 bands gold 2003 Budapest Group all-around gold 2003 Budapest 5 bands gold 2003 Budapest 3 balls + 2 hoops  European championships gold 2001 Geneva Group all-around gold 2001 Geneva 5 clubs gold 2003 Riesa Group all-around gold 2003 Riesa 5 bands

Natalja Alexandrowna Lavrowa ( Russian: Наталья Александровна Лаврова , scientific transliteration Natal'ja Aleksandrovna Lavrova ; born August 4, 1984 in Pensa ; † April 23, 2010 in Pensa) was a Russian rhythmic gymnast and two-time Olympic champion .

Lavrowa started for Dynamo Penza . At her first Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000 , at the age of 16, she won the gold medal in the team competition together with Irina Belowa , Marija Netjossowa , Wera Schimanskaja , Irina Silber and Jelena Schalamowa . Four years later, at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens , Lavrowa was the only remaining Olympic champion from 2000 to win the gold medal in the team competition with Olesja Belugina , Olga Glazkich , Tatjana Kurbakowa , Jelena Mursina and Jelena Possewina .

After the end of her active career, she became a coach and looked after young talents at the Olympic Reserve Center in Moscow .

On April 23, 2010, Natalia Lavrowa was killed in a traffic accident at the age of 25.

Web links

• Nataliya Lavrova in the database of the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (English)
• Nataliya Lavrova in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Two-time Olympic champion Natalia Lavrowa has died