Yelena Shushunova

Yelena Shushunova
Shushunova in 1987
Personal information
Full name	Yelena Lvovna Shushunova
Alternative name(s)	Elena Shushunova
Country represented	Soviet Union
Born	(1969-05-23)23 May 1969 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	16 August 2018(2018-08-16) (aged 49) Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height	1.47 m (4 ft 10 in)
Weight	41 kg (90 lb)
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	senior elite
Years on national team	1981–88 (URS)
Club	SKA St. Petersburg
Music	Two Guitars – Russian Gypsy Music
Eponymous skills	floor: straddle pike landing in planche; uneven bars: Swing forward with half turn – further half turn to counter straddle in flight over high bar
Retired	25 September 1988
Medal record Representing  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Team 1988 Seoul All-around 1988 Seoul Balance beam 1988 Seoul Uneven bars World Championships 1985 Montreal Team 1985 Montreal All-around 1985 Montreal Vault 1987 Rotterdam Vault 1987 Rotterdam Floor exercise 1985 Montreal Floor exercise 1987 Rotterdam Team 1987 Rotterdam All-around 1987 Rotterdam Balance beam 1985 Montreal Balance beam 1987 Rotterdam Uneven bars World Cup Final 1986 Beijing All-around 1986 Beijing Vault 1986 Beijing Uneven bars 1986 Beijing Floor exercise 1986 Beijing Balance beam Goodwill Games 1986 Moscow Team 1986 Moscow Vault 1986 Moscow Uneven Bars 1986 Moscow Floor Exercise 1986 Moscow All-Around 1986 Moscow Balance Beam European Championships 1985 Helsinki All-around 1985 Helsinki Vault 1985 Helsinki Uneven bars 1985 Helsinki Floor exercise 1987 Moscow Vault 1985 Helsinki Balance beam 1987 Moscow All-around Friendship Games 1984 Olomouc Team 1984 Olomouc All-around

Yelena Lvovna Shushunova (Russian: Елена Львовна Шушунова; sometimes spelled Elena Shushunova; 23 May 1969 – 16 August 2018) was a Soviet Russian gymnast.^[1][2][3] Shushunova was one of five women (alongside Larisa Latynina, Věra Čáslavská, Ludmilla Tourischeva and Lilia Podkopayeva) who have won all-around titles at all major competitions: Olympics, World Championships and European/Continental Championships^[4] 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.^[5]