Natalia Safonova

In 2013, Safonova was member of the Russian Group at the 2013 European Junior Championships with Russia taking the gold medal scoring a total of (33.916) ahead of Belarus (32.700) and Bulgaria (32.532) in the all-around competition. They won another gold medal in 5 hoops final.^[1]

On 26–27 August 2014, Safonova was a member of the Russian Group (with Daria Anenkova, Daria Dubova, Sofya Skomorokh, Victoria Ilina) that competed at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China where they won gold in Group All-around finals.^[2][3]

Since 2021, she has been working as a head coach of the Turkish rhythmic gymnastics national team in group. The junior group became finalists at the 2023 Junior World Championships with 5 balls, taking 5th place. In August 2025, she announced that she is leaving the position.^[4]

• Natalia Safonova at the International Gymnastics Federation
• Natalia Safonova at the 2004 Youth Olympic Games at the Wayback Machine (archived 3 September 2014)
• Natalia Safonova at Olympedia

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