Lala Kramarenko

Lala Dmitrievna Kramarenko (, born December 6, 2004) is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2019 junior world champion in ball and clubs and the 2018 European junior champion in ball and ribbon. At the 2021 European Championships, she won team gold. She is also a three-time junior national all around champion (2017-2019) her mother, Irina, was a biathlete. Her paternal grandfather is Sergey Kramarenko, a Soviet football goalkeeper. Additionally, Kramarenko's twin sister, Diana, plays tennis.

Kramarenko considers herself more of a technical gymnast. She briefly competed for Azerbaijan in novice tournaments from 2011 to 2013. 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 four 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 (together with Polina Shmatko). 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 four apparatus finals.

On 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, where she won bronze in the hoop and ribbon finals and silver in clubs, and she 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. At the 2020 Russian Championships she won the all-around silver medal behind Arina Averina. Except from a few online tournaments, most of the competitions were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2021 Kramarenko began her season competing in the 2021 Moscow Grand Prix, where she finished third in all around. She was registered to compete in the 2021 Sofia World Cup, along with Anastasia Simakova, but withdrew.

In May at Baku, she competed at her first senior World Cup, winning silver in hoop, bronze in clubs and in bronze in all around, behind Boryana Kaleyn. In June, Kramarenko competed in the 2021 European Championships in Varna, Bulgaria, finishing 5th in the hoop final and winning team gold with Dina and Arina Averina. In July, she competed in the 2021 Minsk World Cup Challenge, winning gold in ribbon, bronze in hoop and silver in ball and clubs. She also won silver in the all-around behind Alina Harnasko and in front of Anastasia Salos. She also competed in the 2021 Moscow World Cup Challenge, replacing Arina Averina due to injury. She won silver in all events and as well as in the all-around, behind Dina Averina and in front of Ekaterina Vedeeneva. . Irina Viner announced that Kramarenko, Daria Trubnikova and Ekaterina Selezneva would be the Olympic reserves for Dina and Arina Averina at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.

In September, Kramarenko competed at the Brno Tart Cup, where she won the all-around gold ahead of Daria Trubnikova and Irina Annenkova. She also won gold in the ball and club final, silver in the hoop final, and bronze in the ribbon final. In early October, she competed in the Moscow Olympico Cup. In mid-October she competed in the Marbella Grand Prix, where she once again won all-around gold, ahead of Viktoriia Onoprienko and Anastasia Simakova. In the apparatus finals, she won three golds along with a silver in the club final. She was again chosen as the reserve for the Averina sisters, this time for the 2021 World Championship, in Kitakyushu, Japan, which took place at the end of October.

2022-2025 After recovering from COVID-19, Kramarenko started her season by competing at the 2022 Moscow Grand Prix, where she won silver in the all-around, behind fellow Russian teammate Dina Averina and ahead of Arina Averina. She also won gold in the ball and clubs final and silver in the ribbon final.

At the 2022 Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship, she won bronze in the all-around behind Dina and Arina Averina. A few weeks later, the FIG banned all Russian and Belarusian athletes following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As of 2024, she and her Russian teammates could only compete in domestic competitions, which prevented them from qualifying for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

In January 2025, it was reported that Kramarenko underwent knee surgery in June 2024. According to Irina Viner, doctors mistakenly removed her healthy meniscus rather than the damaged one. However, Kramarenko’s father denied this. After her surgery, Kramarenko spent about a month undergoing rehabilitation abroad, including time spent focusing on recovery in Israel. This medical treatment and other health issues lead to uncertainty over her athletic future. In November it was announced that she is resuming her career as a competitive gymnast.

2026 In early February 2026, she showcased her new routines for the season at the Moscow Championships. On February 3, she obtained her neutral status.

In March, Kramarenko competed at the Russian Championships but failed to qualify for the All-Around Final due to lack of preparation time after her surgery.

Eponymous skill Kramarenko has one eponymous skill listed in the code of points, a pivot (turn on relevé) of 180 degrees from either a standing position or a seated position. NameDescriptionDifficultyKramarenko Kabaeva pivot starting from standing position (front split, trunk bent back below horizontal) with free leg bent 30 degrees 0.5 base valueKramarenko Kramarenko pivot started from seated position 0.6 base value

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