Ludmila Ezhova
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Ludmila Ezhova Grebenkova, (Lyudmila Yezhova Grebenkova), born 4 March 1982, is a Russia
n gymnast
of olympic calibre.
A mainstay of the Russian team from the late 1990s to the mid 2000s, she helped her team to a Silver Medal at the 2001 World Championships and to a Bronze Medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She also competed for Russia at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing where she competed only balance beam.
She was particularly noted for her work on balance beam where she was a four (4) time world and European medalist, including being champion once. Her balance beam routines were characterized by a wide array of difficult acrobatic skills connected in immediate, unusual sequencing.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n gymnast
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
of olympic calibre.
A mainstay of the Russian team from the late 1990s to the mid 2000s, she helped her team to a Silver Medal at the 2001 World Championships and to a Bronze Medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She also competed for Russia at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing where she competed only balance beam.
She was particularly noted for her work on balance beam where she was a four (4) time world and European medalist, including being champion once. Her balance beam routines were characterized by a wide array of difficult acrobatic skills connected in immediate, unusual sequencing.
External links
- http://www.intlgymnast.com/spotlight/yezhova.html
- http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/russian_gymnastics/ezhovapage.html&date=2009-10-26+01:56:11