Natalia Sirobaba

Natalia Oleksandrivna Sirobaba is a Ukrainian former gymnast.

Early life

Natalia Sirobaba was born on September 26, 1985, in Cherkasy to Vira and Oleksandr Sirobaba. She has an older sister Inna. Natalia started with gymnastics when she was 5 years old.

Career

In 1998, at the European Junior Championships in Saint Petersburg Sirobaba won gold medal in team competition. There she was the youngest and smallest member on the Ukrainian girls' team. Natalia also finished 8th in vault at these European Junior Championships.
She competed in different junior meets since and won bars and beam in a tournament in Japan in 1999. In Belgium she has won vault and bars.
In 2000, Sirobaba won a silver medal in vault at the European Junior Championships in Paris.
Sirobana competed at WOGA Classic in the US in the beginning of the year 2001. Later, Natalia won a bronze medal in all-around event at the international competition "Kyiv Major Gymnastics Cup". In November, she competed at the World Championships in Ghent, finishing 6th in team competition.
In March 2002, Sirobaba competed at the Stella Zakharova Gymnastics Cup in Kyiv. Later, she competed at the European Championships in Patras, finishing 4th in team competition.
At the 2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Sirobaba finished 7th in team competition. Later, she won a silver medal in team competition, two bronze medals in all-around and floor exercise at the Summer Universiade in Daegu.