Marina Lobatch
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Olympic medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's Rhythmic Gymnastics | |||
| Gold | 1988 | All-Around | |
Marina Vikentyevna Lobatch (Russian: Марина Викентьевна Лобач) (born 26 June 1970 in Smolevicki, Belarus) was a Soviet Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. She currently lives in Minsk with her husband, Dmitry Bogdanov, and their daughter, Irina, Where she is a coach and judge for the Belarusian Gymnastics Federation. She has been awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples.
Marina started the sport in 1977 at age 7, and one of the highlights of her career was winning the 1988 Seoul Olympics Individual All-Around Gold. Marina retired in 1989 at the age of 19.
In 1993, she went to Lamezia Terme, Italy to prepare her gymnasts, Larissa Lukyanenko and Tatiana Ogryzko for the Italia Serie A. It was in Lamezia Terme that they trained for a little while, and they competed for the local club Gascal in the Serie A. Marina returned to Belarus in April 1994. In 1998 Marina was invited to Italy by the Gascal club, with her family she spent several weeks there.
[edit] External links
| Olympic medalists in gymnastics (women) | Olympic champions in rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around |
|---|
| 1984: Lori Fung | 1988: Marina Lobatch | 1992: Alexandra Timoshenko | 1996: Ekaterina Serebrianskaya | 2000: Yulia Barsukova | 2004: Alina Kabaeva |
