Melitina Staniouta

Melitina Staniouta
— Gymnast —
Personal information
Country represented	Belarus
Born	(1993-11-15) November 15, 1993 Minsk
Height	170 centimetres (5 ft 7 in)
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Club	Dinamo
Head coach(es)	Irina Leparskaya
Choreographer	Galina Ryzhaknova
Eponymous skills	cossack turn starting on floor + connecting penchee turn
World ranking	2 (2013 Season)[1] 14 (2012 Season)[2] 6 (2011 Season)[3]
Medal record Competitor for  Belarus Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Silver 2011 Montpellier Team Silver 2010 Moscow Team Silver 2009 Mie Team Bronze 2013 Kiev All-around Bronze 2013 Kiev Ribbon Bronze 2013 Kiev Ball Bronze 2010 Moscow All-around Bronze 2010 Moscow Rope Bronze 2009 Mie Hoop European Championships Silver 2011 Minsk Team Silver 2008 Torino Rope (junior) Silver 2008 Torino Ribbon (junior) Silver 2008 Torino Team (junior) Bronze 2013 Vienna Team Bronze 2013 Vienna Hoop Bronze 2013 Vienna Clubs Bronze 2007 Baku 5 Ribbons (junior) World Cup Final Silver 2013 St.Petersburg All-around Silver 2010 Pesaro Ball Silver 2009 Minsk Rope Bronze 2013 St.Petersburg Clubs Bronze 2013 St.Petersburg Hoop Bronze 2012 Minsk Ribbon Bronze 2012 Minsk Hoop Bronze 2012 Minsk Clubs Bronze 2011 Tashkent Clubs Bronze 2010 Pesaro All-around Bronze 2010 Pesaro Ribbon Bronze 2010 Pesaro Rope Bronze 2009 Minsk All-around Bronze 2009 Minsk Hoop Bronze 2009 Minsk Ball Bronze 2009 Minsk Ribbon Grand Prix Final Silver 2009 Berlin Ribbon Bronze 2009 Berlin All-around Bronze 2009 Berlin Rope World Games Gold 2013 Cali Ball Gold 2013 Cali Clubs Silver 2013 Cali Hoop Bronze 2009 Kaohsiung Ball Summer Universiade Silver 2013 Kazan Hoop

Melitina Staniouta; (Belarusian: Меліціна Дзмітрыеўна Станюта; born 15 November 1993) is a rhythmic gymnast from Minsk, Belarus.^[4] She is the two time (2010, 2013) World All-around bronze medalist, 2013 World Cup Final All-around silver medalist, (2010, 2009) World Cup Final All-around bronze medalist and 2009 Grand Prix Final All-around bronze medalist.

Career

Staniouta first took up the sport of rhythmic gymnastics in 1998. In 2005, she started to train with former Belarusian rhythmic gymnast Larissa Loukianenko, and she was included in the national team.

In 2008, she won a number of junior medals, including in the European Championships for ribbon and rope.

In 2009, Staniouta debuted as a senior and won two medals at the 2009 World Championships in Mie. She won bronze in the rope event at the Rhythmic Gymnastics FIG World Cup Series in Pesaro 2009^[5] and All-around at the 2009 Grand Prix Final in Berlin.^[6] At the 2009 World Cup Final, she won the bronze medal in All-around, a silver medal for rope, and bronze medals for hoop, ball and ribbon in the finals.

Staniouta repeated her success in 2010 and won the bronze medal in All-around at the World Cup Final. She was also the all around bronze medalist at the 2010 World Championships, in addition to winning bronze in the final rope apparatus event. In 2011, Staniouta struggled with injuries throughout the World Cup and Grand Prix season.

In 2012, Staniouta competed at the 2012 European Championships and finished 6th in All-around. At the World Cup Final in Minsk, she won bronze medals in hoop, clubs and ribbon final ahead of fellow Belarusian Liubov Charkashyna. She competed in her first Olympics in 2012 London and finished 12th at the qualifications but did not advance to the Top 10 finals.

Staniouta at the 2013 Valentine World Cup with her signature skill; cossack turn starting on floor connecting to a penchee turn

Staniouta returned to competition in the 2013 season under the new Code of Points system in rhythmic gymnastics. She won the silver medal in all-around at the first World Cup series held in Tartu, Estonia. At the Thiais Grand Prix, Staniouta won bronze medal in clubs, hoop and ribbon finals. At the second World Cup series of the season held in Lisbon, Portugal, Staniouta won the silver medal in ribbon and bronze in clubs final. She won her first World Cup all-around gold medal at the 2013 Irina Deleanu Cup, edging out Ukrainian Alina Maksymenko (silver) and Russian Daria Svatkovskaya (bronze). Staniouta won the 2013 World Cup Pesaro in all-around beating Russians Maria Titova and Daria Svatkovskaya for the gold, she won three gold medals at the event finals in ball, clubs and ribbon. At the 2013 Corbeil-Essonnes World Cup, Staniouta won the silver in All-around, she won another silver medal in ball and bronze in clubs final. She competed in home crowd at the 2013 Minsk World Cup where she won bronze in all-around, she was able to win two gold medals in the event finals in clubs and ribbon. Staniouta then competed at the 2013 European Championships in Vienna, Austria and together with her teammates ( Katsiaryna Halkina and Arina Charopa) won the Team bronze medal. She won bronze in hoop and clubs final. Staniouta competed at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan where she won silver in hoop behind Margarita Mamun. Staniouta won 2 gold medals (clubs and ball) at the 2013 World Games in Cali beating Ukrainians Rizatdinova and Maksymenko. At the 2013 World Cup Final in St.Petersburg, Russia, Staniouta won the silver in all-around ahead of Russian Yana Kudryavtseva and won bronze medals in hoop, clubs final.^[7] At the 2013 World Championships in Kiev, Ukraine, Staniouta qualified to all 4 event finals where she won bronze medals in ribbon and ball, placed 5th in hoop and 7th in clubs. She won the All-around bronze medal at the 2013 World Championships with an overall score of 72.166 points. On October, She competed at the 2013 Grand Prix Brno and won bronze in the all-around, hoop, ball, ribbon and silver in clubs. In October 25-27, Staniouta competed at the World Club Championship, the 2013 Aeon Cup in Tokyo, Japan representing team Dinamo (together with teammate Katsiaryna Halkina) won the team silver. She also won the silver medal in the All-around finals ahead of Mamun.^[8]

In 2014 Season, Staniouta began competing at the 2014 LA Lights and won the all-around gold medal ahead of Rizatdinova.

Endorsements

Staniouta has appeared in a commercial ad for Bon Aqua.

Personal life

Melitina is the great-granddaughter of Belarusian actress Stefaniya Staniouta.^{[citation needed]}

Routine music information

References

External links

• Melitina Staniouta at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique
• Rhythmic Gymnastics Results
• and "Grand Prix Brno, GiTy Cup 2009. Brno (CZE) 2009 Mar 14-15. Rhythmic Gymnastics". Gymnasticsresults.com. Retrieved 2012-11-17. : Melitina Staniouta in Gymnastics Results.com
• : Staniouta in USA Today.
• Staniouta in The-sports.org