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Natalie Lacuesta

1998 Rhythmic Senior National Champion

1997 Rhythmic Senior National Champion

1995 Rhythmic Junior National Champion

1994 Rhythmic Junior National Champion

Residence: Wilmette, Ill.

Birth Date/Place: November 15, 1981/Chicago, Ill.

Club: Rhythmic Gems

Coach: Lana Lashoff, Galina Burns, Milena Gladkov

School: New Trier High School

Year in School: 12th grade (Fall '98)

Began Rhythmic Gymnastics: 1988

Favorite Apparatus:

Hobbies: Writing poetry, dancing, listening to music, going out with friends, spending time with sister.


Natalie and her older sister both started out as figure skaters but switched to rhythmic gymnastics. She is very artistic and likes to write poetry. She is an accomplished ballerina. Her mother is an endocrinologist and her father is an engineer.


International Competition

1998 International 3-on-3 Championships, Fort Worth, Texas; 4th (with Blaine Wilson and Lindsay Wing)

1997 Deriugina Cup, Kiev, UKR; 19th-AA

\ 1996 Julieta Shishmanova Invitational, Sofia, BUL; 26th-AA

1996 Kalamata Cup, Kalamata, GRE; 30th-AA

1995 Pacific Ocean Games, Cali, COL; 9th-AA, 2nd-Team, 3rd-rope & ribbon (Jr. Div.)

1995 Four Continents Championships, Cairo, EGY; T3rd-AA & clubs, 5th-rope, 4th-hoop(t) & ribbon (Jr. Div.)

1995 Thiais Competition, Thiais, FRA; 12th-AA

1994 Four Continents Championships, Seoul, KOR; T11th-AA (Jr. Div.)

1994 Int'l RSG Tournament of Portimao, Portimao, POR; 4th-AA, 4th-rope, 3rd-ball, 4th-clubs, 6th-ribbon


National Competition

1998 Rhythmic National Championships, Colorado Springs, Colo.; 1st-AA, 3rd-rope, 2nd-hoop and ribbon, 1st-ball

1998 Rhythmic Challenge, Downers Grove, Ill.; 1st-AA, 1st-hoop & ribbon, 2nd-clubs & rope

1997 Rhythmic National Championships, Houston, Texas; 1st-AA & rope, 3rd-hoop & clubs, 2nd-ribbon

1997 Rhythmic Challenge, Downers Grove, Ill.; 1st-AA

1996 U.S. Olympic Trials-Gymnastics, Boston, Mass.; 2nd-AA (did not compete; scores carried from 1996 Rhythmic National Championships)

1996 Rhythmic National Championships, Athens, Ga.; 2nd-AA, 2nd-rope, 3rd-ball, 3rd-clubs, 2nd-ribbon

1996 Rhythmic Challenge, Downers Grove, Ill.; 3rd-AA

1995 U.S. Olympic Festival, Colorado Springs, Colo.; 2nd-AA, hoop & clubs, 3rd-Team & rope, 4th-ribbon

1995 Rhythmic National Championships, Jacksonville, Fla.; 1st-AA, 1st-rope, 4th-hoop, 1st-clubs, 2nd-ribbon (Jr. Div.)

1995 Rhythmic Challenge, Colorado Springs, Colo.; 1st-AA (Jr. Div.)

1994 Rhythmic National Championships, Nassau, N.Y.; 1st-AA (Jr. Div.)

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