Ekaterina Baturina

Ekaterina Baturina
 Gymnast 
Full name Ekaterina Sergeievna Baturina
Country represented  Russia
Born (1997-04-29) 29 April 1997
Hometown Volgograd, Russia
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Level Senior International Elite
Head coach(es) Evgenyi Grebenkin

Ekaterina Sergeievna Baturina (Russian: Екатерина Сергеевна Батурина, born April 29, 1997) is a Russian artistic gymnast. She represented Russia at the 2012 Pacific Rim Championships and 2012 Junior European Championships.

Junior career

Baturina is known to be a good beam specialist, boasting a 6.4 start value as early as November 2010, and achieving the silver medal behind the younger Bondareva at 2011 December's Voronin Cup.

Baturina began competing internationally at the 2012 City of Jesolo Trophy, where she helped the junior Russian team win the bronze medal. She also competed at the Pacific Rim Championships in Everett, USA, but did not medal. In April, she competed at the European Championships and helped the junior Russian team win the gold medal.

Senior career

Baturina's senior debut came in 2013. Her first international assignment was the Anadia World Cup, held in Portugal, a CIII competition. She competed in floor and balance beam in qualifications and earned a spot for the beam finals. She ended up 8th in beam final after not fulfilling the two jumps connection requirement, lowering her D score to a 4.9.

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