Ludmila Ezhova

Ludmila Ezhova Grebenkova (Russian: Людмила Ежова Гребенкова (Lyudmila Yezhova Grebenkova), born 4 March 1982) is a Russian former competitive gymnast. She won bronze in the team event at the 2004 Summer Olympics and four medals at the World Championships.

Ludmila Ezhova
Full nameLudmilla Ezhova Grebenkova
Alternative name(s)
  • Lyudmila Yezhova
  • Lyudmila Grebenkova
Country represented Russia
Born (1982-03-04) March 4, 1982
Height4 ft 10 in (147 cm)
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Head coach(es)Leonid Arkaev
Retired2008
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 1
World Championships 0 2 2
European Championships 2 1 1
European Team Championships 1 0 0
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
2004 Athens Team
World Championships
2001 Ghent Team
2001 Ghent Balance Beam
2002 Debrecen Uneven Bars
2003 Anaheim Balance Beam
European Championships
2002 PatrasTeam
2002 PatrasBalance Beam
1998 St. PetersburgTeam
1998 St. PetersburgBalance Beam
European Team Championships
2001 Riesa Team

Career

Ezhova was a mainstay of the Russian team from the late 1990s to the mid-2000s. She also represented Russia at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing where she competed only balance beam. She was particularly noted for her work on balance beam where she was a four (4) time world and European medalist, including a gold medal. Her balance beam routines were characterized by a wide array of difficult acrobatic skills connected in immediate, unusual sequencing.

In 1997, Ezhova placed 8th in the all-around at Russian Championships. The following year she placed 10th in the all-around at the Russian Cup. In the Spring of 1998, she competed on uneven bars and balance beam in the team final at European Championships in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Individually, she earned a bronze medal on balance beam, tying with Romanian Simona Amanar. At the 1999 Russian Cup, Ezhova placed 9th in the all-around. Ezhova was not named to the World Team for Russia. In 2000, she was not named to the Russian team for European Championships or the Olympic Games.

Ezhova made the team for the 2001 World Championships in Ghent, Belgium. She competed on uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise in the team final and helped earn the silver medal. Individually she earned a silver medal on balance beam. At the 2002 European Championships in Patras, Greece, she helped the Russian team earn the gold medal by competing on uneven bars and balance beam. Individually she won the gold medal on balance beam and placed 7th on the uneven bars. That same year she made her second World Championships team. There was no team competition at the 2002 World Championships but she earned a bronze medal on uneven bars and placed 6th place on balance beam. In 2003, Ezhova placed 13th at the Russian Championships. At the 2003 World Championships in Anaheim, California, the Russian team of which Ezhova was a member, greatly faltered and placed 6th in the team competition. Individually, however, she earned a bronze medal on balance beam. Ezhova did not compete on the European Championships team. Later that year she made the team for the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics. At the Olympics, Ezhova competed on uneven bars and balance beam in both qualifications and the team final. The Russian team earned a bronze medal in the team competition. Individually, Ezhova did not advance to any individual finals.

In 2008 Grebenkova returned to gymnastics to compete at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. Here she competed for the team on balance beam. The Russian team placed 4th in the team final.

Eponymous skills

Uneven bars: Swing backward - release with half turn in flight between bars to catch low bar (D)

Post-retirement

Ezhova-Grebenkova was a team and rec coach at Southeastern Gymnastics in Charlotte, North Carolina, along with her husband Georgy Grebenkov, also a former Olympic gymnast. Up until early 2018 she was a Gymnastics coach at WOGA Gymnastics.

As of spring of 2018 she and her husband own and coach at Golden Grip Gymnastics in Plano, Texas.

Competitive history
Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
1998European Championships2nd3rd
2001World Championships2nd26th6th2nd
2002European Championships1st7th1st2nd
World Championships3rd6th
2003World Championships6th3rd
2004Olympic Games3rd
World Cup Final6th5th
2006World Cup Final8th8th
2008Olympic Games4th
Year Competition description Location Apparatus Rank-Final Score-Final Rank-Qualifying Score-Qualifying
2008 Olympic Games Beijing Team 4 180.625 3 244.400
Balance beam 37 14.600
2006 World Cup Final São Paulo Uneven bars 8 9.950
Balance beam 8 14.200
2004 World Cup Final Birmingham Uneven bars 6 9.350
Balance beam 5 9.437
Olympic Games Athens Team 3 113.235 4 149.420
Uneven bars 23 9.475
Balance beam 15 9.462
2003 World Championships Anaheim Team 6 108.985 5 145.572
Uneven bars 94 8.537
Balance beam 3 9.550 6 9.425
2002 World Championships Debrecen Uneven bars 3 9.375
Uneven bars (Semi-final) 3 9.512
Uneven bars (Qualification) 3 9.575
Balance beam 6 8.975
Balance beam (Semi-final) 2 9.612
Balance beam (Qualification) 2 9.562
European Championships Patras Team 1 111.833
Uneven bars 7 8.700 3 9.437
Balance beam 1 9.562 1 9.625
2001 World Championships Ghent Team 2 109.023 4 144.134
All-around 26 34.774 10 36.011
Vault 91 8.612
Uneven bars 6 8.625 4 9.300
Balance beam 2 9.650 1 9.612
Floor exercise 67 8.487
1998 European Championships Saint Petersburg Team 2 112.720
Uneven bars 23 9.250
Balance beam 3 9.662 4 9.687
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