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Elena Grosheva
Elena Grosheva
Full name	Elena Nikolayevna Grosheva
Alternative name(s)	Yelena
Born	April 12, 1979 (age 45); Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Russia
Gym	Round Lake
Representing Russia
Olympic Games
World Championships
Goodwill Games

Yelena Nikolayevna Grosheva (Russian: Елена Николаевна Грошева; born April 12, 1979) is a Russian former competitive gymnast. She won silver in the team event at the 1996 Summer Olympics and two team medals at the World Championships.^[1]

Personal life

Grosheva was born on April 12, 1979, in Russia.^[2]^[3]

Honors and awards

Master of Sports of Russia
International Master of Sports of Russia
Honored Master of Sports of Russia

Career

Grosheva took up gymnastics at the age of five and showed a natural talent for the sport. In 1992, she was sent to Round Lake to train as part of the national team. Her first big competition was the 1994 Junior European Championships and later the same year she went to the World Championships.

At the 1994 Goodwill Games she had a stellar competition and one of the high points of her career, being a pivotal part of the Russian gold medal winning team, and winning bronze behind Dina Kochetkova and Shannon Miller, and ahead of such stars as Lilia Podkopayeva in the women's All Around. In 1996, Grosheva finished second all-around in the Russian Cup and became a member of the Olympic team. At the Olympic Games in Atlanta, the Russian team was in the lead after the compulsories, but in the finals she and her teammates had to compete against the noise from the American crowds and finished second behind the Americans. She placed into vault event finals, but finished a disappointing 7th. Her floor exercise scores had placed her highest among the Russians for event finals, but she was replaced by teammate Dina Kochetkova. Overall score was 32.057.

Post-competitive career

After being hampered by injuries Grosheva retired from the sport and joined Cirque du Soleil. In March 2007, she was appointed UNICEF Canada Goodwill Ambassador with her husband.^[4]

Competitive history

Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	BB	FX
1994	World Championships	3rd	12th
1995	World Championships	4th	21st	7th	8th
1996	Olympic Games	2nd		7th		WD
1997	World Championships	2nd

Year	Competition description	Location	Apparatus	Rank-Final	Score-Final	Rank-Qualifying	Score-Qualifying
1997	World Championships	Lausanne	Team	2	153.197	1	153.401
			Vault			40	9.200
			Balance beam			16	9.400
			Floor exercise			52	8.912
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta	Team	2	388.404
			All-around			14	77.024
			Vault	7	9.637	7	19.500
			Uneven bars			47	19.012
			Balance beam			21	18.987
			Floor exercise	WD		8	19.525
1995	World Championships	Sabae	Team	4	384.689
			All-around	21	37.955	13	76.798
			Vault	7	9.293	4	19.387
			Uneven bars			13	19.362
			Balance beam	8	9.562	9	19.312
			Floor exercise			37	19.099
1994	World Championships	Dortmund	Team	3	194.546	4	385.515
1994	World Championships	Brisbane	All-around	12	38.324

References

^ "Olympedia - Yelena Grosheva". Retrieved 2022-12-27. Full name: Yelena Nikolayevna Grosheva (-Barakatt) / Original name: Елена Николаевна Грошева (-Баракатт)
^ "Gymn Forum: Elena Grosheva biography". gymn-forum.net. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
^ "GROSHEVA Elena". gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
^ "Steve Barakatt to Bring New Symphony as UNICEF Anthem". The Korea Times. October 27, 2009.