Yelena Lvovna Shushunova (Russian: Елена Львовна Шушунова; sometimes spelled Elena Shushunova; 23 May 1969 – 16 August 2018) was a Soviet Russian gymnast.

Aug 20, 2018 · Yelena Shushunova, 49, passed away on Thursday in a Saint Petersburg hospital due to complications from pneumonia, according to Elena Mikhaylova, a representative of the Russian Artistic Gymnastics Federation.

Aug 16, 2018 · Shushunova earned two golds, a silver and a bronze at the Seoul 1988 Games at age 19. She beat Romanian Daniela Silivas by .025 of a point in the all-around, needing and scoring a 10 on her final apparatus on vault to take gold outright.

Yelena Lvovna Shushunova (Russian: Елена Львовна Шушунова; name sometimes rendered Elena Shushunova; 23 April 1969 – 16 August 2018 [1] [2]) was a Russian World, European, and Olympic championship winning gymnast. Shushunova was one of five women who have won the grand slam of All-Around titles: Olympics, World ...

Aug 16, 2018 · MOSCOW (AP) — Elena Shushunova, a Soviet gymnast who won the women’s all-around gold medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, has died. She was 49. The Russian Gymnastics Federation said Shushunova “died suddenly” on Thursday. Russian media reported she had complications from pneumonia.

Aug 16, 2018 · MOSCOW -- Elena Shushunova, a Soviet gymnast who won the women's all-around gold medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, has died. She was 49. The Russian Gymnastics Federation said...

By the end of her productive career, Shushunova won eleven world championships medals (five gold), and four Olympic medals, two of them gold. She will forever be known as one of the most explosive, dynamic and original performers in the history of gymnastics.

Yelena Lvovna Shushunova was a prominent Soviet gymnast born in 1969 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg, Russia). Her gymnastics journey began at the young age of seven, and she quickly distinguished herself through her remarkable tumbling and vaulting skills.

Yelena Shushunova and Lyudmila Turishcheva are the only two female gymnasts who have won the grand slam of all-around titles – Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cup and European Championships. Shushunova took up gymnastics at the age of six and made the Soviet national team in 1984, just in time for the 1984 Olympics.

Yelena Lvovna Shushunova (Елена Львовна Шушунова; name sometimes rendered Elena Shushunova) (born April 23, 1969, in Leningrad) is a Russian (former Soviet) gymnast, World, European, and Olympic Champion. Shushunova is renowned for her dynamic vaulting and tumbling skills as well as her longevity and exceptional consistency.