Lala Kramarenko

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;{{Cite news|url=http://sportinfo.az/news/32293|title=Kramarenko gimnast qızının yığma seçiminə qarışmaq istəmir|access-date=2018-05-03|language=ru}} 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.{{Cite web |date=25 March 2021 |title=Olympic Channel: Interview with Lala Kramarenko |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/lala-kramarenko-16-year-old-rhythmic-gymnastics-phenom-ready-to-make-senior-mark |website=www.olympics.com}}

Kramarenko considers herself more of a technical gymnast.

Kramarenko took up rhythmic gymnastics at age three in Baku, Azerbaijan.{{Cite web|title=Lala Kramarenko: "I support Azerbaijani gymnasts"|url=https://vestnikkavkaza.net/interviews/Lala-Kramarenko-I-support-Azerbaijani-gymnasts.html}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/features/detail/meet-lala-kramarenko-russia-rising-star-rhythmic-gymnastics/|title = Meet Lala Kramarenko: Russia's rising star in rhythmic gymnastics}} In 2016, she won gold at the Championship of Moscow in the all-around.

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.

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.

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.

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.globaldomainsnews.com/gymnast-dina-averina-won-the-all-around-at-the-grand-prix-in-moscow|title = Gymnast Dina Averina won the all-around at the Grand Prix in Moscow | the Global Domain News}} 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,{{Cite web|title=Harnasko harnessing strength as Rhythmic World Cup series whirls through Baku|url=https://gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?idNews=3120|access-date=2021-10-27|website=gymnastics.sport}} winning silver in hoop, bronze in clubs and in bronze in all around, behind Boryana Kaleyn.{{Cite web|title=Ashram, Bulgarian Rhythmic Group prevail in Baku|url=https://gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?idNews=3121|access-date=2021-10-27|website=gymnastics.sport}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Nine medals for hosts Belarus, Harnasko shines with four golds in Minsk|url=https://gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?idNews=3220|access-date=2021-10-27|website=gymnastics.sport}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Golden sweep for Dina Averina and Russia at Moscow World Challenge Cup|url=https://gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?idNews=3225|access-date=2021-10-27|website=gymnastics.sport}}

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.{{Cite web |date=5 September 2021 |title=Result Brno Tart Cup 2021 |url=https://ksis.eu/resultx.php?id_prop=2967 |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=rgform.eu}} 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

After recovering from a bout of 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.{{Cite web |date=2022-02-20 |title=Rising star Kramarenko wins two individual finals at Moscow Grand Prix |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1119581/kramarenko-moscow-wins |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=www.insidethegames.biz}}

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 due to 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, where doctors mistakenly removed her healthy meniscus rather than the damaged one. After her surgery, Kramarenko spent about a month undergoing rehabilitation abroad, including time spent focusing on recovery in Israel. This medical mistreatment and other health issues lead to uncertainty over her athletic future.{{Cite web |title=Russian Gymnast Lala Kramarenko's Surgery Error Sparks Outrage |url=https://evrimagaci.org/tpg/russian-gymnast-lala-kramarenkos-surgery-error-sparks-outrage-161824#google_vignette}}

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.{{Cite web |date=25 April 2022 |title=2022–2024 Code of Points Rhythmic Gymnastics |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_2022-2024%20RG%20Code%20of%20Points%20(Mark-up).pdf |access-date=5 March 2024 |website=International Gymnastics Federation}}

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