Natalia Shaposhnikova

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Olympic medalist
Natalia Shaposhnikova
Medal record
Women's Artistic Gymnastics
Gold	1980 Moscow	Team competition
Gold	1980 Moscow	Vault
Bronze	1980 Moscow	Balance beam
Bronze	1980 Moscow	Floor exercise

Natalia Vitalyevna Shaposhnikova (Russian:Наталья Витальевна Шапошникова), (b. June 24, 1961), married name Nataliya Sut, was a Soviet gymnast, two-time Olympic Champion, Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR. She was born in Rostov on Don, Russian SFSR.

Shaposhnikova trained in Dynamo, Rostov on Don. Her trainer was the Honoured Trainer of the USSR Vladislav Rastorotsky, who had also trained her famous compatriots Ludmilla Tourischeva and Natalia Yurchenko. Shaposhnikova was one of the world's strongest gymnasts in the late 1970s and early 1980s, especially in the Vault Event.

Shaposhnikova invented a complex low-to-high bar transition element on the uneven bars; the skill is named after her in the Code of Points. The skill, sometimes referred to colloquially as the "Shaposh," is still widely performed today, most recently by 2005 Worlds silver medalist on bars Chellsie Memmel. In the late 1990s, American gymnast Kristen Maloney developed a variation of the Shaposhnikova which included a toe-on swing before the transition to the high bar.

Shaposhnikova and her husband Pavel Sut currently coach at Gymnastika in West Patterson, New Jersey.

[edit] Achievements (non-Olympic)

Year	Event	AA	Team	VT	UB	BB	FX
1976	USSR Championships	3rd					2nd
1977	World Cup	3rd		1st
	USSR Cup	1st
	USSR Championships	3rd		1st	2nd	2nd
1978	World Championships	3rd	1st
	World Cup	3rd		1st		2nd	2nd
1979	World Championships		2nd
	European Championships	3rd		3rd		1st	2nd
	USSR Cup	1st
	USSR Championships	1st			3rd	1st	2nd
1980	USSR Cup	2nd

[edit] External links

• Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique profile for Natalia Shaposhnikova
• List of competitive results
• Whatever happened Natalia Shaposhnikova?
• Shaposhnikova Element - animated gif image

This article contains information from the website http://www.gymnast.ru/, incorporated into the Wikipedia with permission from its author E.V.Avsenev.