Background
Savinkova was born in Moscow, Russia.
Savinkova was born in Moscow, Russia.
In her childhood, she dreamed of becoming a ballerina and an artist. Savinkova was a typical representative of the ex Soviet RG school known for preciseness of lines and lightness of execution. Her natural elegance, style and physical qualities were first spotted by Tamara Vartanova in the Lujniki Palace of the Pioners, Moscow.
Later on, Tamara"s sister, Maria Lisitzian began to coach Savinkova and led her to the very top competitive level
In the beginning of the 1960s, Maria Lisitzian became national Soviet RSG coach and was responsible for the team representing her country at the 1st World Championships in 1963. 28 gymnasts from 10 nations took part in a competition called the First European Cup Tournament, in the Palace of Sports, Budapest, Hungary, on Saturday 7 December 1963.
They were from Belgium, Bulgaria, German Democratic Republic, Spain, Poland, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, Hungary, Finland and Czechoslovakia. In Rome, Italy in 1964 FIG recognized this competition as the 1st World RSG Championships.
Savinkova also took part in her 2nd World Championships in 1965 in Prague but an unfortunate drop from her ball lost all her hopes of winning for the second time and kept her out of the medals.
The last World Championships she participated in was at the 1967 World Championships in Copenhagen. Savinkova was one of the six gymnasts in the Soviet Union Group Exercise. This competition was the debut for the Group Exercises on the World stage.
With her group gold, Savinkova retired from Rhythmic gymnastics.