Yelena Shushunova

✶April 23, 1969

†August 16, 2018

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About their life

Yelena Lvovna Shushunova was a Soviet Russian gymnast. Shushunova was one of five women who have won all-around titles at all major competitions: Olympics, World Championships and European/Continental Championships and one of eleven women who medaled on every event at World Championships. Shushunova was renowned for pioneering complex skills as well as her explosive and dynamic tumbling and high consistency.

Soviet-Russian artistic gymnast (1969–2018)

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Biography from the article Yelena Shushunova on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.