Elena Shalamova Biography

Elena Shalamova was the first in the history of the Olympic champion from Astrakhan Astrakhanchka. Elena Shalamova was the first in the history of the Olympic champion from Astrakhan on July 7, 0 in the year by a group of applicants-workers of the Astrakhan Liker-Vodka plant, a special “Astrakhanchka” was patented. On the label of a strong national drink, a photograph of a rhythmic gymnast is placed, in which one could recognize the then summer world champion Elena Shalamova.

It all started in the years, when five -year -old Lena Shalamova came to the section of rhythmic gymnastics in the building of the TRZ club. Her first coach was the love of Saifulina. Her Lena trained three and a half years. It is a pity, if such a talent disappeared, so I literally pulled it out for training. Then the promising gymnast began to train with Alla Sidorenko. After a year and a half, Lena Shalamova won the Russian Championship.

Next year, Shalamov is included in the national team of the country. Then it becomes a two -time world champion in rhythmic gymnastics, and in the year at the XXVII Olympic Games in Australia as part of the Russian national team it wins a gold medal. In Astrakhan, Elena's success was perceived with special warmth. After all, Elena Shalamova turned out to be the first athlete in history, who brought “gold” to Astrakhan about L and M P and a d s.

Prior to this, in the annals of local sport, the leader was a member of the rowing team Valentin Ermakov, who received at the Moscow O L and M P and D -d "silver". In addition to the first golden Olympic medal, Elena set another historical record in her homeland. She turned out to be the youngest Astrakhan participant and winner about L and M P and A D s. At twenty, Elena left the national rhythmic gymnastics team.

But she did not part with the world of sports. Her authority, experience, creative intuition remained quite in demand. Elena’s talent manifested itself in her work at the Olympic training center, in her cooperation with the Moscow team in group exercises. Preparing the athletes, she is not afraid to make bold creative approaches, find new decisions.

It is no less talent and artistic identity that its activities as a director-producer of individual and group compositions are also distinguished. Elena Shalamova began to take part as a judge - an expert in various Russian competitions. In March of this year, the Honored Master of Sports of Russia, the Olympic champion in rhythmic gymnastics, the world champion, the European champion, the multiple winner of the World Cups and the Grand Prix Elena Shalamova headed the jury of the Atlantis interregional tournament, organized by the Astrakhan regional public organization of the popularization of musical and dance art and sports "Country of Medium".

Shalamova then registered the torchlorer under the name of Evseev. Sometimes successful in different fields of science, politics, culture and sports people become, in modern language, a “brand” for various goods. But the summer rhythmic gymnast has never become a symbol of vodka. This is another peculiar achievement of Elena Shalamova. Working, today, as a sports coach with her students, Elena seeks not only to give them the opportunity to comprehensively reveal her sports talent.

In addition to sports skills, she tries to convey to them the basics of sports ethics and mutual assistance: “There is friendship in the world of sports. We compete on the IL Ringa site, but after the competition, human relations should remain. It happens that you lose to your girlfriend. You need to be able to rejoice for her, and next time to speak better. I think that the defeat cannot affect real friendship.

The basis of a sports nature, first of all, determination, performance and patience. ” Elena Shalamova’s wards have every chance to reach the heights of the sports world. Before their eyes, the example of their mentor, who has gone from a girl who takes the first steps in the gymnastic school of Astrakhan to the Olympic star, ascended to the pedestal in Sydney. That's just the vodka "Astrakhanochka" became a story-the Astrakhan Liquor-Vodka Plant stopped its production.

Nikolai Ivanov, AST.