Olesya Vladimirovna Belugina

Olesja Belugina
Personal information
Surname:	Olesya Vladimirovna Belugina
Nationality:	Russia
discipline	Rhythmic sports gymnastics
Birthday:	2nd January 1984 (age 36)
Place of birth:	Penza or Serdobsk , Soviet Union
Size:	175 cm
Weight:	53 kg
Medal table
Olympic games 1 × 0 × 0 × World championships 5 × 1 × 0 × European championships 7 × 0 × 0 ×
Medals
Olympic games gold 2004 Athens Group all-around  World championships gold 2002 New Orleans Group all-around silver 2002 New Orleans Group 5 bands gold 2003 Budapest Group all-around gold 2003 Budapest Group 5 bands gold 2003 Budapest Group 3 tires + 2 balls gold 2005 Baku Group all-around  European championships gold 2001 Geneva Group all-around gold 2001 Geneva Group 5 clubs gold 2003 Riesa Group all-around gold 2003 Riesa Group 5 ropes gold 2006 Moscow Group all-around gold 2006 Moscow Group 5 bands gold 2006 Moscow Group 3 hoops + 2 clubs

Olesya Vladimirovna Belugina ( Russian Олеся Владимировна Белугина ; *  2. January 1984 in Penza or Serdobsk ) is a Russian rhythmic gymnast and Olympic champion .

Belugina took part in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens , where she won the gold medal in rhythmic gymnastics in a group all- around together with Jelena Mursina , Olga Glazkich , Natalja Lavrowa , Tatiana Kurbakowa and Jelena Possewina, ahead of Italy and Bulgaria.

At the World Championships between 2001 and 2005, she won a total of 5 gold and 1 silver medal. At the European Championships between 2001 and 2006, she won a total of 7 gold medals.

Belugina ended her sporting career in 2006 and has since worked as a coach for the Russian national team. In 2004 she successfully completed her studies at the State Pedagogical University in Penza . Belugina is married and has one son. When she married, she took her husband's name and is now Bogunowa.

Awards

• 2004: Honored Master of Sports of Russia
• 2005: Order of Friendship

Web links

• Olesia Beluguina in the database of the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (English)
• Olesya Belugina in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Белугина Олеся Владимировна at olympic-champions.ru (Russian)
• Олеся Белугина at olympteka.ru (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Olesja Belugina on infosport.ru (Russian)
2. ^ Rhythmic Gymnastics at the 2004 Athina Summer Games: Women's Group , sports-reference.com
3. ↑ Белугина Олеся Владимировна , penzahroniki.ru (Russian)
4. ↑ Белугина Олеся , gimnastika.pro (Russian)
5. ↑ Богунова (Белугина) Олеся Владимировна , penza365.ru (Russian)
6. ↑ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 04.11.2005 г. № 1256 , kremlin.ru (Russian)