Yelena Shushunova
File:Yelena Shushunova 1987.jpg
Shushunova in 1987
Yelena Lvovna Shushunova (Russian: Елена Львовна Шушунова; name sometimes rendered Elena Shushunova; 23 April 1969 – 16 August 2018[1][2]) was a Russian World, European, and Olympic championship winning gymnast. Shushunova was one of five women who have won the grand slam of All-Around titles: Olympics, World Championships, European/Continental Championships. She was born in Leningrad.
Shushunova died from complications of pneumonia on August 16, 2018 in Saint Petersburg, aged 49.[3]
Yelena Shushunova Media
- Olympic rings.svg
Olympic Rings without "rims" (gaps between the rings), As used, eg. in the logos of the 2008 and 2016 Olympics. The colour scheme applied here pertains to the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
References
- ↑ "Умерла двукратная олимпийская чемпионка по спортивной гимнастике Елена Шушунова". ТАСС.
- ↑ "L'ancienne gymnaste russe Elena Chouchounova est morte". L'ÉQUIPE.
- ↑ Zaccardi, Nick (16 August 2018). "Yelena Shushunova, 1988 Olympic all-around champion, dies at 49".
Other websites
- List of competitive results at Gymn Forum
- (in Russian) Biography Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
- Whatever Happened to Elena Shushunova?
- Schuschunova element on the floor (3rd one in the sequence) Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine – animated .gif
