Natalia Kamilovna Ziganshina (russian: Наталья Камиловна Зиганшина; born 24 December 1985), is a Russian former
gymnast. She won a bronze medal in the team event at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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.
Personal life
Ziganshina was born 24 December 1985 in
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
. Her father is a
Tatar
The Tatars ()[Tatar]
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different . Her younger sister, Gulnara, also competed in gymnastics, appearing at the 2002 Junior European Championships in Patras.
Career
Ziganshina was a member of Russia's gold-medal team at the 2000 Junior European Championships. She won the all-around silver and silver with the Russian team at the
2001 World Championships in
Ghent
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, Belgium.
Ziganshina won gold on vault at the 2002 European Championships in Patras and silver on vault at the 2002 World Gymnastics Championships.
She did not compete at the
2003 World Championships in Anaheim but returned the next year. She won bronze in the team event at the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
in
Athens
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.
Competitive history
See also
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List of Olympic female gymnasts for Russia
References
Profile on fig-gymnastics
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1985 births
Living people
Gymnasts from Saint Petersburg
Russian female artistic gymnasts
Olympic gymnasts for Russia
Olympic bronze medalists for Russia
Olympic medalists in gymnastics
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Gymnasts at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games
Goodwill Games medalists in gymnastics
European champions in gymnastics
21st-century Russian women