Lala Kramarenko


Lala Kramarenko is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2018 European Junior Ball and Ribbon champion and the 2018 Junior Grand Prix Final All-around champion. On the national level, she is the 2020 Russian National all-around silver medalist and a three-time Russian Junior National all-around champion. In 2019 she won 3 titles at the First FIG Junior World Championships.

Career

Junior

Kramarenko was born in Moscow, however she briefly competed for Azerbaijan in novice tournaments from 2011-2013. She began training in rhythmic gymnastics at age 3 in Baku, Azerbaijan, where her father was working. In 2014 she moved from Baku to Novogorsk to train with coach Lyaysan Savitskaya and began competing in internal Russian tournaments. 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 4 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. 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 4 apparatus finals in hoop, ball, clubs and ribbon.
In 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: won bronze in the hoop and ribbon finals, silver in clubs, and 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.
She also she won 3 gold medals at the Junior European Championship in Guadalajara, Spain.
she competed at Guadalajara

2019

Kramarenko became the all-around champion at the Russian Junior Championships.
On July, Kramarenko won 3 gold medals at the 1st Junior World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships:
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. At the 2020 Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships she won the all-around silver medal behind Arina Averina.

Personal life

Lala's father, Dmitry Kramarenko, is a retired Azerbaijani football goalkeeper and currently works as an academy coach at CSKA Moscow. Lala has a twin sister named Diana who plays tennis.

Routine music information

YearApparatusMusic title
2020HoopRasputin/Rocking Son/Moskau by Dschinghis Khan
2020BallEl Porompompero by Chico & The Gypsies
2020ClubsNight On Disco Mountain by David Shire
2020Ribbon
2020Ribbon Bumble Bee Boogie by Robert Wells
2019Rope 1st cutSimarik by Tarkan
2019Rope 2nd cutStrobe's Nanafushi by Kodō
2019BallSyrtaki by D. Moutsis
2019ClubsОчи чёрные by Radmila Karaklajić
2019Ribbon
2018HoopCyganskaja by Marina Devyatova
2018BallVivire Paraty by Los Niños de Sara
2018ClubsLament To Birch Bark by Moscow Balalaika Quartet
2018RibbonUnknown remix, Give It Up by The Good Men
2017HoopSnakefood by Safri Duo
2017BallDon Quixote: Quiteria Enters by Hayden Todorov
2017ClubsCaucasian Dances
2017RibbonUnknown remix, Give It Up by The Good Men
2017GalaI Will Wait for You music from Les Parapluies de Cherbourg by Michel Legrand

Competitive highlights