Angelina Melnikova

Angelina Melnikova
 Gymnast 
Full name Angelina Romanovna Melnikova
Country represented  Russia
Born (2000-07-18) 18 July 2000
Hometown Voronezh, Russia
Residence Voronezh, Russia
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Level Senior International Elite
Club SDUSHOR
Head coach(es) Sergei Denisevich

Angelina Romanovna Melnikova (Russian: Ангелина Романовна Мельникова, born 18 July 2000) is a Russian artistic gymnast. She resides at Voronezh Russia, and is coached by Sergei Denisevich. She is the 2014 Junior European All-Around, Team and Balance beam Champion and Uneven Bars silver medalist. She is also the 2016 Russian National Champion and 2014 Russian Junior National Champion.

Junior Career

2014

Melnikova competed at the 2014 L'International Gymnix to win the Team Gold Medal and All-Around Silver Medal in Junior International Cup. She also placed second on the Uneven Bars and third on Floor Exercise.[1] In April, Melnikova competed at the Russian National Championships which were held in Penza with her home team, the Central Federal District. Her team placed first with a combined total score of 267.966. Individually Melnikova had a strong showing placing first in the Junior Master of the Sport All Around with a score of 58.300. She also won two other gold medals on beam and floor with scores of 14.700 and 14.167 respectively. She competed in the uneven bars final and placed seventh.[2] The results of these championships were used to help determine the gymnasts who would compete at the European Championships in Sofia and due to her strong performance Melnikova was selected for the team. In May 2014, Melnikova competed at the European Gymnastics Championships in the junior division alongside team mates Maria Bondareva, Daria Skrypnik, Seda Tutkhalyan and Anastasia Dmitrieva. As a team they placed first with a combined score of 168.268. Melnikova then went on to win a gold medal in the All Around competition and on beam and a silver medal on bars behind teammate Skrypnik.[3]

2015

Melnikova competed at the Junior Russian Championships in Penza, Russia on April 1-4. She won 1st place with her team, then went on to take the silver in the all-around, 5th on the uneven bars, gold on the balance beam, and silver on the floor.

In September she performed at the Russian Cup. She was ineligible to compete due to her junior status, so performed as a guest. Her overall score of 57.234 was the highest of the competition, beating official champion Daria Spiridonova's score of 56.733.[4]

Melnikova competed at the Elite Gym Massilia meet in Marseille, France in November, taking the all-around title ahead of France's Marine Brevet and Romania's Diana Bulimar, and winning a silver team medal for Russia with teammates Daria Skrypnik, Evgeniya Shelgunova and Natalia Kapitonova. She qualified to the floor and uneven bars event finals, but counted falls in both events, leaving her in 6th and 5th place respectively.[5]

Senior career

2016

On March 18-20, Kapitonova debuted in international competition at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge Cup where Team Russia won the gold medal. On April 1-10, Melnikova won the all-around at the 2016 Russian Artistic Gymnastics Championships; as well as taking gold in balance beam, floor team and finished 5th in uneven bars final.

Competitive history

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2013Russian Hopes (CMS)1st 2nd 2nd 2nd
2014L'International Gymnix (Junior International Cup)1st 2nd 2nd 3rd
National Championships (Junior) (MS) 1st 1st 7th 1st 1st
European Championships (Junior)1st 1st 6th 2nd 1st
Top Gym 1st 1st 1st WD WD
2015National Championships (Junior) (MS) 1st 2nd 5th 1st 2nd
ITA-RUS-ROU-COL Friendly 1st 2nd
Elite Gym Massilia 2nd 1st 5th 6th
Voronin Cup (Junior) 1st 2nd 1st 1st
2016DTB Pokal Team Challenge Cup 1st
National Championships1st 1st 5th 1st 1st

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