Ekaterina Kramarenko

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Medal record
Competitor for Russia
Artistic Gymnastics
European Championships
Bronze	2007 Amsterdam	Uneven Bars

Ekaterina Kramarenko, born 1991 in St Petersburg, Russia is a Russian artistic gymnast.

At the 2007 European Gymnastics Championships, Kramarenko placed 5th in the All Around Final and won the Bronze medal on the Uneven Bars.

Ekaterina was embroiled in controversy at the 2007 World Championships Team Final when she bailed on her vault and placed her hands on the vaulting table to stop her momentum. This automatically earned her a score of zero, dropping the Russian team from medal contention to last place. Ekaterina only needed a mediocre score to secure the bronze medal for Russia and theoretically could have sat down her vault and still won the medal. Ekaterina was inconsolable after her vault and was comforted by her teammate Yulia Lozcheko as Elena Zamolodchikova completed her vault, knowing her score would not matter. This controversy reignited debate among the Gymnastics Community about the '3 up, 3 count' team final format and whether it ought to be abolished and the final reverted back to a format where a score can be dropped.

When asked to comment on the incident, Russian coach Andrei Rodionenko explained, "Nobody knows what happened, it was a shock for everyone." ^[1] ^[2] ^[3]