Tatiana Frolova

Tatiana Yurievna Frolova is a Russian former artistic gymnast. She won gold medals with the Soviet Union national team at the 1983 World Championships and the 1984 Friendship Games. She also won a team gold medal at the 1985 World University Games, where she also won an all-around bronze medal.

Gymnastics career

1981–1982

Frolova won a bronze medal in the all-around at the 1981 Ennia Gold Cup behind Emilia Eberle and Eva Marečková. She then won another all-around bronze medal at the Moscow News behind teammates Alla Misnik and Natalia Ilienko. She placed 13th in the all-around at the USSR Championships but won a silver medal on the uneven bars. She then won the silver medal in the all-around at the USSR Cup, behind Misnik, and she won the vault title. She was an alternate for the 1981 World Championships team.
Frolova finished sixth in the all-around at the 1982 American Cup. She was scheduled to compete at the 1982 Daily Mirror International in Wembley Arena and was favored to win, but she withdrew from the competition after a knee injury in training. She did not compete for the rest of the year.

1983

Frolova won the all-around title at the 1983 Riga International and also won a gold medal on the floor exercise, a silver medal on the uneven bars, and bronze medals on the vault and balance beam. She then helped the Soviet Union win a 1983 dual meet against the United States, and she won the floor exercise title. She finished 15th in the all-around at the 1983 USSR Championships but won bronze medals on the vault and floor exercise. She then placed sixth in the all-around at the USSR Cup and won the gold medal on the floor exercise. She won a gold medal 1983 World Championships with the Soviet team of Olga Bicherova, Olga Mostepanova, Natalia Ilienko, Albina Shishova, and Natalia Yurchenko. Individually, she placed fifth in the all-around final. She also finished fourth on the uneven bars and fifth on the balance beam.

1984–1985

Frolova tied with Zhou Ping for the silver medal in the all-around at the 1984 Beijing International. She then won the all-around title at the Riga International for the second year in a row. She also won the uneven bars title and tied with Daniela Silivaș for the floor exercise title. She won the silver medal in the all-around at the USSR Cup behind Olga Mostepanova. Frolova competed at the 1984 Friendship Games, which were held in place of the 1984 Summer Olympics due to the Soviet-led boycott. The team of Frolova, Irina Baraksanova, Ilienko, Mostepanova, Yelena Shushunova, and Yurchenko won the gold medal.
Frolova competed with the Soviet team that won the gold medal at the 1985 World University Games, and she won a bronze medal in the all-around behind teammate Natalia Yurchenko and Romanian Ecaterina Szabo. She placed seventh on the uneven bars and sixth on the balance beam. This was the final year of her competitive career.