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Yelena Lvovna Shushunova (Russian: Елена Львовна Шушунова; sometimes spelled Elena Shushunova; 23 May 1969 – 16 August 2018) was a Soviet Russian gymnast.
Yelena Shushunova, 49, passed away on Thursday in a Saint Petersburg hospital due to complications from pneumonia, according to Elena Mikhaylova, a representative of the Russian Artistic Gymnastics Federation.
Aug 16, 2018 · Yelena Shushunova, the 1988 Olympic all-around champion, died Thursday at age 49, according to Russia’s gymnastics federation. Shushunova died of complications from pneumonia, a Russia gymnastics federation official said, according to TASS.
Aug 16, 2018 · Elena Shushunova, a Soviet gymnast who won the women's all-around gold medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, has died. She was 49.
By the end of her productive career, Shushunova won eleven world championships medals (five gold), and four Olympic medals, two of them gold. She will forever be known as one of the most explosive, dynamic and original performers in the history of gymnastics.
Aug 16, 2018 · MOSCOW (AP) — Elena Shushunova, a Soviet gymnast who won the women’s all-around gold medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, has died. She was 49. The Russian Gymnastics Federation said Shushunova “died suddenly” on Thursday. Russian media reported she had complications from pneumonia.
Yelena Shushunova and Lyudmila Turishcheva are the only two female gymnasts who have won the grand slam of all-around titles – Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cup and European Championships. Shushunova took up gymnastics at the age of six and made the Soviet national team in 1984, just in time for the 1984 Olympics.
