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) and a two-time national all-around silver medalist (2020-2021).
Personal life Kramarenko was born in Moscow into a sporting family. Her father, Dmitry Kramarenko, is a retired Azerbaijani football goalkeeper and currently works as an academy coach at CSKA Moscow; her mother, Irina, was a biathlete. Her paternal grandfather is Sergey Kramarenko, a Soviet football goalkeeper. Additionally, Kramarenko's twin sister, Diana, plays tennis. She started rhythmic gymnastics together with her sister, who no longer practices the sport.
Kramarenko considers herself more of a technical gymnast.
Career
Junior Kramarenko took up rhythmic gymnastics at age three in Baku, Azerbaijan. She briefly competed for Azerbaijan in novice tournaments from 2011 to 2013. 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 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. She also won three gold medals - team, ball and ribbon - at the Junior European Championship in Guadalajara, Spain.
2019 Kramarenko became the all-around champion at the Russian Junior Championships.
In July, Kramarenko won three gold medals at the 1st Junior World Championships: ball, clubs, and team all-around. She shared the team all-around gold with Dariia Sergaeva, Anastasia Simakova, Aleksandra Semibratova, Anna Batasova, Alisa Tishchenko, Amina Khaldarova, Elizaveta Koteneva and Dana Semirenko.
Senior 2020 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 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
Routine music information YearApparatusMusic title 2026HoopThe big bang by Rock MafiaBallLove is a Lie by Beth HartClubsMalo by BebeRibbonCarol Of The Bells by Lindsey Stirling2024HoopBallСНЕГ by Елена ВаенгаClubsGitanerías (1997 Remastered) by Morton Gould and His OrchestraRibbon2023HoopCarmina Burana BallJe Suis Malade by Lara FabianBall (second)Вечная любовь (feat. Tamara Gverdtsiteli)Clubs"The Queen of Spades", by Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyRibbon(second)La Cumparsita by Klazz Brothers & Cuba PercussionRibbonThe Show Must Go On by Queen2022Hoop"No. 14 Pas De Deux: Intrada-Variation I/II-Coda", by Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyBall "Ne Me Quitte Pas", by Sylvie VartanBall (second)"I Put a Spell on You" by GarouClubs"Simarik", by TarkanClubs (second)"The Queen of Spades", by Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyRibbon"Sway" by Chico & the GypsiesRibbon (second)"Mambo"2021Hoop (first)Symphony No.4 In F Minor, Op. 36: IV. Finale-Allegro Con Fueoco by TchaikovskyHoop (second)The Second Waltz by Andre RieuBallПалсо была влюбляться by Rada VolshaninovaClubsNight On Disco Mountain by David ShireRibbonAct 1 - Appearance Of Kitri / Act 1 - Variation: Kitri by Leon Minkus2020Hoop (first)Rasputin/Rocking Son/Moskau by Dschinghis KhanHoop (second)Symphony No.4 In F Minor, Op. 36: IV. Finale-Allegro Con Fueoco by TchaikovskyBallEl Porompompero by Chico & The GypsiesBall (second)Палсо была влюбляться by Rada VolshaninovaClubsNight On Disco Mountain by David ShireRibbon (first)Bumble Bee Boogie by Robert WellsRibbon (second)Act 1 - Appearance Of Kitri / Act 1 - Variation: Kitri by Leon Minkus2019Rope 1st cutSimarik by TarkanRope 2nd cutStrobe's Nanafushi by KodōBallSyrtaki by D. MoutsisClubsОчи чёрные by Radmila KaraklajićRibbon2018HoopCyganskaja by Marina DevyatovaBallVivire Paraty by Los Niños de SaraClubsLament To Birch Bark by Moscow Balalaika QuartetRibbonUnknown remix, Give It Up (The Good Men song) by The Good Men2017HoopSnakefood by Safri DuoBallDon Quixote: Quiteria(Kitri) Enters by Hayden TodorovClubsCaucasian Dances (folk)RibbonUnknown remix, Give It Up (The Good Men song) by The Good MenGalaI Will Wait for You music from Les Parapluies de Cherbourg by Michel Legrand
Competitive highlights International: Senior Year EventAATeamHoopBallClubsRibbon2021World Cup Moscow2nd2nd2nd2nd2ndWorld Cup Minsk2nd3rd2nd2nd1stEuropean Championships1st5thWorld Cup Baku3rd2nd4th3rd13th (Q)Grand Prix Moscow3rd4th (Q)3rd (Q)3rd (Q)3rd (Q)2020Grand Prix Tartu2nd6th4th (Q)2nd2ndGrand Prix Moscow3rd6th (Q)3rd3rd (Q)4th (Q) International: Junior Year EventAATeamHoop/RopeBallClubsRibbon2019World Junior Championships1st 1st1st2018Junior Grand Prix Final1st1st1st1st1stHappy Caravan Cup1st1st1st1st1stJunior World Cup Kazan2nd (OC) Junior World Cup Minsk1st2nd2nd (Q)European Junior Championships1st1st1stJunior Grand Prix Holon1st2nd (Q)1stJunior World Cup Guadalajara1st1st1stJunior World Cup Baku1st1st2ndMTM Ljubljana tournament1st1st1st1st1stJunior World Cup Sofia1st1stJunior Grand Prix Moscow1st2017Russian-Chinese Youth Games1stJunior World Cup Sofia1st1st1st1st1stHappy Caravan Cup2nd (OC)1st1stJunior Grand Prix Marbella1st1stInternational Tournament of Lisbon1st1st1st1st2ndJunior Grand Prix Moscow1st National: Senior Year EventAATeamHoopBallClubsRibbon2024Russian Championships1st2023Russian Championships3rd2022Russian Championships3rd1st2nd1st2nd2nd2021Russian Championships2nd1st2nd1st2020Russian Championships2nd1st National: Junior Year EventAATeamHoopRopeBallClubs2019Russian Junior Championships1st2018Russian Junior Championships1st2017Russian Junior Championships1st Q = Qualifications (Did not advance to Event Final due to the 2 gymnast per country rule, only Top 8 highest score); WD = Withdrew; NT = No Team Competition; OC/HC = Out of Competition(competed but scores not counted for qualifications/results)
References
External links
Lala Kramarenko profile