Natalia Sirobaba

Natalia Sirobaba was born on September 26, 1985, in Cherkasy to Vira and Oleksandr Sirobaba. She has an older sister Inna.^[4] Natalia started with gymnastics when she was 5 years old.^[4]

In 1998, at the European Junior Championships in Saint Petersburg Sirobaba won gold medal in team competition.^[3] There she was the youngest and smallest member on the Ukrainian girls' team.^[4] Natalia also finished 8th in vault at these European Junior Championships.^[5]

She competed in different junior meets since and won bars and beam in a tournament in Japan in 1999. In Belgium she has won vault and bars.^[4]

In 2000, Sirobaba won a silver medal in vault at the European Junior Championships in Paris.^[6]

Sirobana competed at WOGA Classic in the US in the beginning of the year 2001.^[4] Later, Natalia won a bronze medal in all-around event at the international competition "Kyiv Major Gymnastics Cup".^[7] In November, she competed at the World Championships in Ghent, finishing 6th in team competition.^[8]

In March 2002, Sirobaba competed at the Stella Zakharova Gymnastics Cup in Kyiv.^[9] Later, she competed at the European Championships in Patras, finishing 4th in team competition.^[10]

At the 2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Sirobaba finished 7th in team competition.^[11] Later, she won a silver medal in team competition, two bronze medals in all-around and floor exercise at the Summer Universiade in Daegu.^[12][13]