Lala Kramarenko

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Lala Dmitrievna Kramarenko (Russian: Лала Дмитриевна Крамаренко, born December 6, 2004) is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2019 junior world champion in ball and clubs and the 2018 European junior champion in ball and ribbon. At the 2021 European Championships, she won team gold. She is also a three-time junior national all around champion (2017-2019)[1] and a two-time national all-around silver medalist (2020-2021).

FullnameLala Dmitrievna Kramarenko
Born (2004-12-06) December 6, 2004 (age 21)
Height1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
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Lala Kramarenko
Full nameLala Dmitrievna Kramarenko
Born (2004-12-06) December 6, 2004 (age 21)
Height1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
Country
represented
 Russia
(2016–present)
ClubMGFSO
GymNovogorsk
Head coach
Irina Viner
Assistant coach
Lyaysan Savitskaya
ChoreographerTatiana Pomerantseva, Kirill Barkan
Eponymous skillsThe Kramarenko: Backscale pivot with free leg bent 30 degrees from a standing position or from a seated position
Medal record
International gymnastics competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
European Championships 1 0 0
Grand Prix Final 4 1 0
Junior World Championships 3 0 0
Junior European Championships 3 0 0
Total 11 1 0
Representing  Russia
Rhythmic Gymnastics
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 VarnaTeam
Grand Prix Final
Gold medal – first place2021 MarbellaAll-around
Gold medal – first place2021 MarbellaHoop
Gold medal – first place2021 MarbellaBall
Gold medal – first place2021 MarbellaRibbon
Silver medal – second place2021 MarbellaClubs
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 MoscowBall
Gold medal – first place2019 MoscowClubs
Gold medal – first place2019 MoscowTeam
Junior European Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 GuadalajaraBall
Gold medal – first place2018 GuadalajaraRibbon
Gold medal – first place2018 GuadalajaraTeam
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Personal life

Kramarenko was born in Moscow into a sporting family. Her father, Dmitry Kramarenko, is a retired Azerbaijani football goalkeeper and currently works as an academy coach at CSKA Moscow;[2] her mother, Irina, was a biathlete. Her paternal grandfather is Sergey Kramarenko, a Soviet football goalkeeper. Additionally, Kramarenko's twin sister, Diana, plays tennis.[3] She started rhythmic gymnastics together with her sister, who no longer practices the sport.[4]

Kramarenko considers herself more of a technical gymnast.[4]

Career

Junior

Kramarenko took up rhythmic gymnastics at age three in Baku, Azerbaijan.[5] She briefly competed for Azerbaijan in novice tournaments from 2011 to 2013.[6] In 2014 she moved from Baku to Novogorsk to train with coach Lyaysan Savitskaya and began competing in internal Russian tournaments.[1] In 2016, she won gold at the Championship of Moscow in the all-around.

2017

In the 2017 season, Kramarenko won gold in the all-around at the 2017 Russian Junior Championships in Kazan. She debuted in her first Junior Grand Prix in Moscow, where she won the all-around gold.

The next competition was at the International Tournament of Lisbon, where she won four gold medals in the all-around, hoop, ball, and clubs. Kramarenko then won gold in the all-around at the Junior Grand Prix Marbella as well as team gold (together with Polina Shmatko). May 5–7, Kramarenko competed at the 2017 Sofia Junior World Cup and won gold in the all-around; she also swept the gold medals in all four apparatus finals.

On October 12–14, Kramarenko competed with new programs and routines in preparation for the 2018 season at the "2017 Hope of Russia" where she finished 4th in the all-around behind Polina Shmatko.

On 4–6 November, Kramarenko won the all-around gold at the annual "Russian-Chinese Youth Games". She qualified to all 4 event finals, where she won bronze in the hoop and ribbon finals and silver in clubs, and she placed 9th in ball.

2018

On February 2–4, Kramarenko defended her title at the 2018 Russian Junior Championships, winning the gold medal ahead of Dariia Sergaeva.[7] She also won three gold medals - team, ball and ribbon - at the Junior European Championship in Guadalajara, Spain.

2019

Kramarenko became the all-around champion at the Russian Junior Championships.

In July, Kramarenko won three gold medals at the 1st Junior World Championships: ball, clubs, and team all-around. She shared the team all-around gold with Dariia Sergaeva, Anastasia Simakova, Aleksandra Semibratova, Anna Batasova, Alisa Tishchenko, Amina Khaldarova, Elizaveta Koteneva and Dana Semirenko.

Senior

2020

Kramarenko made her senior debut at the 2020 Moscow Grand Prix, securing bronze in the individual all around competition behind Dina Averina and Daria Trubnikova.[8] At the 2020 Russian Championships she won the all-around silver medal behind Arina Averina. Except from a few online tournaments, most of the competitions were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2021

Kramarenko began her season competing in the 2021 Moscow Grand Prix, where she finished third in all around. She was registered to compete in the 2021 Sofia World Cup, along with Anastasia Simakova, but withdrew.

In May at Baku, she competed at her first senior World Cup,[9] winning silver in hoop, bronze in clubs and in bronze in all around, behind Boryana Kaleyn.[10] In June, Kramarenko competed in the 2021 European Championships in Varna, Bulgaria, finishing 5th in the hoop final and winning team gold with Dina and Arina Averina. In July, she competed in the 2021 Minsk World Cup Challenge, winning gold in ribbon, bronze in hoop and silver in ball and clubs. She also won silver in the all-around behind Alina Harnasko and in front of Anastasia Salos.[11] She also competed in the 2021 Moscow World Cup Challenge, replacing Arina Averina due to injury. She won silver in all events and as well as in the all-around, behind Dina Averina and in front of Ekaterina Vedeeneva.[12]. Irina Viner announced that Kramarenko, Daria Trubnikova and Ekaterina Selezneva would be the Olympic reserves for Dina and Arina Averina at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.

In September, Kramarenko competed at the Brno Tart Cup, where she won the all-around gold ahead of Daria Trubnikova and Irina Annenkova. She also won gold in the ball and club final, silver in the hoop final, and bronze in the ribbon final.[13] In early October, she competed in the Moscow Olympico Cup. In mid-October she competed in the Marbella Grand Prix, where she once again won all-around gold, ahead of Viktoriia Onoprienko and Anastasia Simakova. In the apparatus finals, she won three golds along with a silver in the club final. She was again chosen as the reserve for the Averina sisters, this time for the 2021 World Championship, in Kitakyushu, Japan, which took place at the end of October.

2022-2025

After recovering from COVID-19, Kramarenko started her season by competing at the 2022 Moscow Grand Prix, where she won silver in the all-around, behind fellow Russian teammate Dina Averina and ahead of Arina Averina. She also won gold in the ball and clubs final and silver in the ribbon final.[14]

At the 2022 Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship, she won bronze in the all-around behind Dina and Arina Averina. A few weeks later, the FIG banned all Russian and Belarusian athletes following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As of 2024, she and her Russian teammates could only compete in domestic competitions, which prevented them from qualifying for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

In January 2025, it was reported that Kramarenko underwent knee surgery in June 2024. According to Irina Viner, doctors mistakenly removed her healthy meniscus rather than the damaged one. However, Kramarenko’s father denied this. After her surgery, Kramarenko spent about a month undergoing rehabilitation abroad, including time spent focusing on recovery in Israel. This medical treatment and other health issues lead to uncertainty over her athletic future.[15] In November it was announced that she is resuming her career as a competitive gymnast.[16]

2026

In early February 2026, she showcased her new routines for the season at the Moscow Championships. On February 3, she obtained her neutral status.

In March, Kramarenko competed at the Russian Championships but failed to qualify for the All-Around Final due to lack of preparation time after her surgery. [17]

Eponymous skill

Kramarenko has one eponymous skill listed in the code of points, a pivot (turn on relevé) of 180 degrees from either a standing position or a seated position.[18]

More information Name, Description ...
Name Description Difficulty[a]
KramarenkoKabaeva pivot starting from standing position (front split, trunk bent back below horizontal) with free leg bent 30 degrees0.5 base value
KramarenkoKramarenko pivot started from seated position0.6 base value
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  1. Valid for the 2022-2024 Code of Points

Routine music information

More information Year, Apparatus ...
Year Apparatus Music title
2026 Hoop The big bang by Rock Mafia
Ball Love is a Lie by Beth Hart
Clubs Malo by Bebe
Ribbon Carol Of The Bells by Lindsey Stirling
2024 Hoop
Ball СНЕГ by Елена Ваенга
Clubs Gitanerías (1997 Remastered) by Morton Gould and His Orchestra
Ribbon
2023 Hoop Carmina Burana
Ball Je Suis Malade by Lara Fabian
Ball (second) Вечная любовь (feat. Tamara Gverdtsiteli)
Clubs "The Queen of Spades", by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Ribbon(second) La Cumparsita by Klazz Brothers & Cuba Percussion
Ribbon The Show Must Go On by Queen
2022 Hoop "No. 14 Pas De Deux: Intrada-Variation I/II-Coda", by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Ball "Ne Me Quitte Pas", by Sylvie Vartan
Ball (second) "I Put a Spell on You" by Garou
Clubs "Simarik", by Tarkan
Clubs (second) "The Queen of Spades", by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Ribbon "Sway" by Chico & the Gypsies
Ribbon (second) "Mambo"
2021 Hoop (first) Symphony No.4 In F Minor, Op. 36: IV. Finale-Allegro Con Fueoco by Tchaikovsky
Hoop (second) The Second Waltz by Andre Rieu
Ball Палсо была влюбляться by Rada Volshaninova
Clubs Night On Disco Mountain by David Shire
Ribbon Act 1 - Appearance Of Kitri / Act 1 - Variation: Kitri by Leon Minkus
2020 Hoop (first) Rasputin/Rocking Son/Moskau by Dschinghis Khan
Hoop (second) Symphony No.4 In F Minor, Op. 36: IV. Finale-Allegro Con Fueoco by Tchaikovsky
Ball El Porompompero by Chico & The Gypsies
Ball (second) Палсо была влюбляться by Rada Volshaninova
Clubs Night On Disco Mountain by David Shire
Ribbon (first) Bumble Bee Boogie by Robert Wells
Ribbon (second) Act 1 - Appearance Of Kitri / Act 1 - Variation: Kitri by Leon Minkus
2019 Rope 1st cut Simarik by Tarkan
Rope 2nd cut Strobe's Nanafushi by Kodō
Ball Syrtaki by D. Moutsis
Clubs Очи чёрные by Radmila Karaklajić
Ribbon
2018 Hoop Cyganskaja by Marina Devyatova
Ball Vivire Paraty by Los Niños de Sara
Clubs Lament To Birch Bark by Moscow Balalaika Quartet
Ribbon Unknown remix, Give It Up (The Good Men song) by The Good Men
2017 Hoop Snakefood by Safri Duo
Ball Don Quixote: Quiteria(Kitri) Enters by Hayden Todorov
Clubs Caucasian Dances (folk)
Ribbon Unknown remix, Give It Up (The Good Men song) by The Good Men
Gala I Will Wait for You music from Les Parapluies de Cherbourg by Michel Legrand
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Competitive highlights

More information International: Senior, Year ...
International: Senior
Year Event AA Team Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon
2021 World Cup Moscow2nd2nd2nd2nd2nd
World Cup Minsk2nd3rd2nd2nd1st
European Championships1st5th
World Cup Baku3rd2nd4th3rd13th (Q)
Grand Prix Moscow3rd4th (Q)3rd (Q)3rd (Q)3rd (Q)
2020Grand Prix Tartu2nd6th4th (Q)2nd2nd
Grand Prix Moscow3rd6th (Q)3rd3rd (Q)4th (Q)
International: Junior
Year Event AA Team Hoop/Rope Ball Clubs Ribbon
2019World Junior Championships1st 1st1st
2018Junior Grand Prix Final1st1st1st1st1st
Happy Caravan Cup1st1st1st1st1st
Junior World Cup Kazan2nd (OC)
Junior World Cup Minsk1st2nd2nd (Q)
European Junior Championships1st1st1st
Junior Grand Prix Holon1st2nd (Q)1st
Junior World Cup Guadalajara1st1st1st
Junior World Cup Baku1st1st2nd
MTM Ljubljana tournament1st1st1st1st1st
Junior World Cup Sofia1st1st
Junior Grand Prix Moscow1st
2017Russian-Chinese Youth Games1st
Junior World Cup Sofia1st1st1st1st1st
Happy Caravan Cup2nd (OC)1st1st
Junior Grand Prix Marbella1st1st
International Tournament of Lisbon1st1st1st1st2nd
Junior Grand Prix Moscow1st
National: Senior
Year Event AA Team Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon
2024Russian Championships1st
2023Russian Championships3rd
2022Russian Championships3rd1st2nd1st2nd2nd
2021Russian Championships2nd1st2nd1st
2020Russian Championships2nd1st
National: Junior
Year Event AA Team Hoop Rope Ball Clubs
2019Russian Junior Championships1st
2018Russian Junior Championships1st
2017Russian Junior Championships1st
Q = Qualifications (Did not advance to Event Final due to the 2 gymnast per country rule, only Top 8 highest score);
WD = Withdrew; NT = No Team Competition; OC/HC = Out of Competition(competed but scores not counted for qualifications/results)
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