Natalia KALININA

Ukraine

Soviet Union (URS)

(from 1993) Ukraine (UKR)

Date of birth

 16 December 1973

Hometown

 San Mateo (USA)

Place of birth

 Kherson (Ukraine)

Profession

coach

Height

 

cm

Children

 

Weight

 

kg

Start gymnastics

 

Gender

 Female

Club

 

Nickname

 

Head coach

 

Spouse name

 

Favourite apparatus

 

 

World class in

 1991

First competition

 

Last competition

 

 

2000.In '92, Kalinina was not named to the Unified (former USSR) Olympic squad. She cites that politics would not allow four of the seven gymnasts to be culled from one republic (three Ukrainians were already on the roster). Kalinina attended college in Kiev, and competed at the World University Games in '93 (winning two gold medals) and '95.

Upon graduation in '96, Kalinina moved to Moscow where she joined the circus. There, she met fellow performer Mikhail Tsitsilin. The two married and relocated to Tsitsilin's hometown of Voronezh, Russia, where the couple began coaching gymnastics.

In early 2000, Kalinina and Tsitsilin moved to the U.S. They currently coach at the Peninsula Gymnastics club in San Mateo, Calif. "I want to teach my gymnasts how to do all the elements properly and beautifully," Kalinina says (shown above at Peninsula).


 

Year

Competition

Team

AA

Vault

Uneven Bars

Beam

Floor

1990

18. European Championships
Goodwill Games
American Cup

1

-

2

2

4

 

1

 

2

 

-

 

1991

26. World Championships  

1

14

-

-

-

-

1993

Universiade

1

6

 

 

 

 

1994

20. European Championships  

-

9

-

-

-

-

1995

Universiade

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

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