Kramarenko Lala
Gymnast
Lala Kramarenko
Birth Year: 2004
Russia
Achievements

Winner of the Cup of the Strongest finals (2023) in all-around and in hoop, clubs, and ribbon events.

Winner of the Games of Countries international tournament (2023) in all-around and in rope, hoop, ball, clubs, and ribbon events.

Champion of Russia (2021) in the ribbon exercise, silver medalist in the all-around (2021). Winner of the World Challenge Cup in Minsk (2021) in the ribbon exercise.

Winner of the international Sky Grace tournament (2021, 2022).

European Champion (2021) in the team competition.

European champion (2018) among juniors in the team competition in exercises with a ball and ribbon.

Champion of the World Championship (2018) among juniors in the team competition in exercises with a ball and clubs.

Winner of the Russian Championship (2018) among juniors in the individual all-around.

Biography

Lala became involved in rhythmic gymnastics when she was two and half years old. From birth, she was very flexible and energetic, it was necessary to direct this energy in a peaceful direction.

Lala comes from an athletic family. Her twin sister Diana also started going to gymnastics. Her mom, Irina Kramarenko, was involved in biathlon. Lala's father is Dmitry Kramarenko, professional football player, goalkeeper. He taught Lala the favorite trick of Brazilian football players - tossing the ball with the feet over the head and catching it with one hand. Lala even included this element in her program and she is the only one who performs this technique.

At the age of 16, at the Russian Championship, with a ribbon exercise, Lala beat the Averin sisters themselves. And she also has her own element - a 180-degree turn with a bent leg, which is something that she came up with together with Irina Viner and Laysan Savitskaya. The turns are considered Lala Kramarenko’s signature elements. She turns them very steadily, with a record number of revolutions.