Natalia Safonova

Natalia Viktorovna Safonova is a retired Russian Group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2014 Youth Olympic Group all-around champion and the 2013 European Junior Group all-around champion.

Career

In 2013, Safonova was member of the Russian Group at the 2013 European Junior Championships with Russia taking the gold medal scoring a total of ahead of Belarus and Bulgaria in the all-around competition. They won another gold medal in 5 hoops final.
On 26–27 August 2014, Safonova was a member of the Russian Group that competed at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China where they won gold in Group All-around finals.
Since 2021, she has been working as a head coach of the Turkish rhythmic gymnastics national team in group. The junior group became finalists at the 2023 Junior World Championships with 5 balls, taking 5th place. In August 2025, she announced that she is leaving the position.