Natalia Viktorovna Safonova (, born 17 July 1999 in St.Petersburg, Russia) is a Russian Group

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. She is the 2014 Youth Olympic Group all-around champion and the 2013 European Junior Group all-around champion. She was a member of Russian national team from 2011 to 2016 Since 2021, she has been working as a head coach of the Turkish rhythmic gymnastics national team in group. The junior gymnastics Turkish national team became finalists at the 2023 Junior World Championships in a five-ball performance. (taking 5th place)

Junior

In 2013, Safonova was member of the Russian Group at the 2013 European Junior Championships with Russia taking the gold medal scoring a total of (33.916) ahead of

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(32.700) and

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(32.532) in the all-around competition. They won another gold medal in 5 hoops final. On 26–27 August 2014, Safonova was a member of the Russian Group (with

Daria Anenkova Darya Vladimirovna Anenkova (, born 2 April 1999 in Moscow, Russia) is a Russian Group Rhythmic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, 2014 Youth Olympic Group all-around champion. Junior Early in her career, Ane ...

Daria Dubova Daria Vadimovna Dubova (, born January 29, 1999, in Voronezh, Russia) is a Russian Group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2014 Youth Olympic Group all-around champion and the 2013 European Junior Group all-around champion. Gymnastics career A fo ...

Sofya Skomorokh Sofya Pavlovna Skomorokh (, born August 18, 1999, in Omsk, Russia) is a Russian Group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2015 Worlds Group all-around champion, the 2015 European Games Group all-around champion. On the junior level, she is the 2014 Y ...

, Victoria Ilina) that competed at the

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where they won gold in Group All-around finals.

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* * * 1999 births Living people Russian rhythmic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Youth Olympic gold medalists for Russia Gymnasts from Saint Petersburg 21st-century Russian sportswomen {{Russia-rhythmic-gymnastics-bio-stub Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships