Natalia Grigoriyevna Kalinina (Ukrainian: Наталія Григорівна Калініна, Russian: Наталья Григорьевна Калинина; born 16 December 1973 in Kherson) is a former artistic gymnast that competed for the Soviet Union and Ukraine. She was a member of the last Soviet world championship team to win a gold medal in 1991. She was the 1990 European champion on the uneven bars. At the 1990 Goodwill Games, she won a medal on every single event with 4 golds and 2 silvers, including the all-around gold medal. She was not selected to compete for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics. She believes that politics would only allow three gymnasts to come from one republic, and there were already three gymnasts from Ukraine selected.

Natalia Grigoriyevna Kalinina was born in Kherson, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union on December 16, 1973. Her parents are Georgiy Kalinin and Antonina Kalinina. She has a sister named Svetlana. She began gymnastics in 1979.

Kalinina's international debut was at the 1988 Junior Friendship Tournament (Druzhba) where she won gold with her team and finished fifth in the all-around. Later that year she competed in the Junior GDR-USSR Dual Meet, and she won medals in every event, four gold and two silver.

In 1989, Kalinina won a silver medal in the all-around at the Chunichi Cup behind teammate Natalia Laschenova. At the DTB Cup, she finished ninth in the all-around, but finished fifth on vault and won silver on the uneven bars. Kalinina then competed at the Tokyo Cup, where she won gold on the uneven bars. She finished seventh in the all-around at the USSR National Championships, and she finished third in the all-around and second on bars at the USSR Cup.

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