Marina Lobatch

Marina Lobatch
Marina Lobatch
Full name	Marina Vikentyevna Lobatch
Country represented	Soviet Union
Born	June 26, 1970 (age 53); Smalyavichy, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union; (now Belarus)
Residence	Minsk, Belarus
Spouse	Dmitry Bogdanov
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Head coach(es)	Galina Krylenko, Irina Leparskaya
Retired	1989
Medal record
Rhythmic gymnastics
Representing Soviet Union
Olympic Games
World Championships
European Championships
World Cup Final

Marina Vikentyevna Lobatch (

1987 world gold medalist in hoop and 1988 European

gold medalist in rope and ribbon.

Career

Lobatch started the sport in 1977 at age 7. Lobatch was among the leading Soviet gymnasts of the 1980s (along with Tatiana Druchinina, Galina Beloglazova, and Dalia Kutkaitė); she won gold in the hoop competition, and bronze in the rope and clubs competitions, during the 1987 World Championships. However, in the all-around event she finished behind three Bulgarian gymnasts who won gold and tied silver, leaving her in fourth tied with teammate Anna Kotchneva. In 1988, Lobatch finished 4th at the European Championships, but won gold in the rope (tied with two others) and ribbon competitions, and bronze in the clubs competition.

Her biggest success was during the

Olexandra Tymoshenko

receiving 59.875.

Lobatch is still the youngest Olympic Champion in rhythmic gymnastics at 18 years, 3 months and 6 days, despite never being crowned European or World All-around Champion. She retired in 1989 at the age of 19.

In 1993, Lobatch went to

Larissa Lukyanenko and Tatiana Ogrizko

for the Italia Serie A. During training they competed for the local club Gascal in the Serie A. Lobatch returned to Belarus in April 1994. In 1998 she was invited to Italy by the Gascal club, where she spent several weeks with her family.

Lobatch is a coach and judge for the Belarusian Gymnastics Federation. She has been awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples. She is coaching Alina Harnasko (2020 European All-around silver medalist).

Detailed Olympic results

Year	Competition description	Location	Music ^[1]	Apparatus	Score-Final
1988	Olympics	Seoul		All-around	60.000
				Prelim	20.000
			?	Rope	10.000
			Georg Frideric Handel	Hoop	10.000
			Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninoff	Clubs	10.000
			Theme from Pyotr Tchaikovsky	Ribbon	10.000