Aleksandra Soldatova

Aleksandra Soldatova
— Gymnast —
Full name	Aleksandra Sergeyevna Soldatova
Alternative name(s)	Alexandra Soldatova
Nickname(s)	Sasha
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1998-06-01) 1 June 1998 Sterlitamak, Bashkortostan, Russia
Hometown	Pushkino, Moscow Oblast
Residence	Dmitrov, Moscow Oblast
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	44Kg
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Years on national team	2008—present
Club	Dinamo Dmitrov
Gym	Novogorsk
Head coach(es)	Irina Viner
Assistant coach(es)	Anna Shumilova
World ranking	3 (2015 Season)[1] 8 (2014 Season)[2]
Medal record Competitor for  Russia Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships 2015 Stuttgart Team 2014 Izmir Team 2015 Stuttgart Clubs 2015 Stuttgart Hoop European Championships 2015 Minsk Team World Cup Final 2015 Kazan Hoop 2015 Kazan Ball 2015 Kazan Ribbon 2015 Kazan Clubs 2015 Kazan All-Around Junior World Cup 2012 Sofia All-Around

Aleksandra Sergeyevna Soldatova (Russian: Александра Сергеевна Солдатова; born 1 June 1998) is a Russian rhythmic gymnast.

She is the 2015 World Cup Final All-around bronze medalist and the 2014 Russian National All-around bronze medalist. On the junior level, she is the 2012 European Junior ribbon champion and two-time Russian Junior National All-around medalist. She is coached by Anna Shumilova.

Personal life

Soldatova started rhythmic gymnastics after following her brother, Alexey Soldatov, a fromer Artistic gymnast to the gym. Her brother; is also an athlete practicing Judo.^[3]

Career

Junior

Soldatova burst onto the junior international scene at the 2011 Irina Deleanu Cup where she won gold in the all-around and event finals in ribbon, clubs and hoop. She then competed at the World Club Cup, the 2011 Aeon Cup in Tokyo, Japan, where she won the junior all-around gold together with Team Gazprom (seniors Evgenia Kanaeva and Daria Kondakova).^[4] At the Russian National Junior Championships, she won the bronze in 2012^[5] and silver in 2013 in the all-around.^[6]

In 2012, Soldatova started her season at the 2012 Moscow Grand Prix. She won the all-around gold at the Schmiden International Tournament and all event finals before winning Team gold with Dina Averina and Arina Averina at the 2012 MTM Ljubljana. After winning gold in ribbon at the 2012 Pesaro Junior World Cup, she then won the all-around title at the 2012 Sofia Junior World Cup and the event finals. At the 2012 European Junior Championships, Soldatova won the gold medal in ribbon as well as helping the Russian junior team (with Yana Kudryavtseva, Yulia Sinitsina and Diana Borisova) win the junior team gold medal.^[7]

Competing at the 2013 Russian Spartakiada's 6th Summer Student Games, Soldatova won the all-around gold ahead of the Averina twins, as well as gold in ribbon and silver in clubs and hoop. In October, she was the all-around gold medalist in the junior division in the Italian Serie A.

Senior

2014 season

In 2014 Season, due to Russia's repository of rhythmic gymnasts; Soldatova was part of the reserve team, nevertheless she made her senior debut competing in the senior international tournament division at the 2014 Moscow Grand Prix where she won the bronze medal in the All-around behind the Averina Twins (Dina and Arina). Soldatova was assigned to her first World Cup event after replacing Yulia Sinitsina in the entry list for the 2014 Debrecen World Cup where Soldatova finished 1st place in the all-around with a total score of 70.750 points, beating 2013 World Silver medalist Ganna Rizatdinova for the gold. In event finals, she won gold in clubs (18.067) and ribbon (17.633), silver in ball (17.583) and bronze in hoop (17.283) points.^[8] In 4–6 April, Soldatova competed at the 2014 Baltic Hoop where she won the all-around gold medal, teammate Arina Averina took the silver medal and bronze to Belarusian Katsiaryna Halkina. She won 3 gold medals in event finals: (in hoop, clubs, ribbon) and finished 4th in ball. In 23–27 April, Soldatova made her senior national appearance at the 2014 Russian Championships where she won the all-around bronze medal behind Yana Kudryavtseva (gold) and Margarita Mamun (silver). In 9–11 May, Soldatova competed in her second World Cup at the 2014 Corbeil-Essonnes World Cup where she finished 4th in all-around behind Ganna Rizatdinova, she qualified to 1 event final winning the silver medal in ball. Soldatova then competed at the 2014 Tashkent World Cup winning bronze in the all-around behind teammates Margarita Mamun and Yana Kudryavtseva who took the gold and silver medal respectively, she did not advance to the event finals due to the 2 gymnast per country rule, with Mamun and Kudryavtseva placing ahead of her in qualifications. In 4–6 July, Soldatova competed at the Izmir Tournament Cup and won the all-around gold ahead of teammate Maria Titova, she qualified to all 4 event finals and won gold in ribbon, 3 silver medals (hoop, ball and clubs). In 16–17 August, Soldatova was invited for an international competition meet in Vitoria, Brazil where she made a sweep of the gold medals with high scores in the all-around (71.500 points) and all event finals (Hoop:18.150, Ball: 17.650, Clubs: 18.200, Ribbon: 18.000).^[9] In 22–28 September, Soldatova (along with teammates Yana Kudryavtseva and Margarita Mamun) represented Russia at the 2014 World Championships, she competed in only 2 apparatus, contributing scores of 17.675 (ball) and 18.050 (hoop) helping Russia win the Team gold medal with a total of 147.914 points. Soldatova did not advance to any event finals because of the 2 gymnast per country rule with Kudryavtseva and Mamun placed ahead of her in qualifications.

2015 season

Soldatova started her season competing at the 2015 Moscow Grand Prix where she finished 4th in the all-around. She qualified to 2 event finals, taking the gold medal in ball ahead of Melitina Staniouta and finished 7th in clubs. In 27–29 March, Soldatova competed at the 2015 Lisboa World Cup where she won the all-around gold with a total score of 73.600 points beating compatriots Margarita Mamun(silver) and Yana Kudryavtseva(bronze). She qualified to 3 event finals: won gold in clubs, silver in ball and placed 6th in hoop.^[10] Her next event, at the 2015 Lisboa World Cup, Soldatova finished 6th in all-around after mistakes and drop from her hoop routine, she qualified to 2 apparatus finals winning gold in ribbon (tied with Yana Kudryavtseva) and silver in clubs. In 10–12 April, Soldatova won the all-around bronze at the 2015 Pesaro World Cup, she qualified to 2 event finals taking gold in ball and bronze in ribbon. Soldatova was selected as member of the Russian team to compete at the 2015 European Championships where they won Team gold (together with teammates Yana Kudryavtseva and Margarita Mamun). Soldatova qualified to 2 apparatus however only placed 7th in hoop and 8th in clubs finals. In 15–26 May, Soldatova competed at the 2015 Holon Grand Prix, she won silver in ball and ribbon finals. At the 2015 Tashkent World Cup, Soldatova won the all-around silver behind Margarita Mamun, she qualified to all 4 apparatus finals, taking silver (in hoop, ball, ribbon) and placed 6th in clubs. Soldatova's next competition was at the 2015 Grand Prix Berlin where she won bronze in all-around behind Melitina Staniouta, she qualified to 3 event finals and won silver in (hoop, clubs, ribbon). In August, Soldatova competed at the 2015 Budapest World Cup finishing 4th in all-around behind Belarusian Melitina Staniouta, Soldatova only qualified to 1 event final placing 7th in ribbon. In her next competition, Soldatova finished 6th in the all-around at the 2015 Sofia World Cup and qualified to 1 event final taking silver in clubs behind teammate Kudryavtseva. At the 2015 World Cup Final in Kazan, Soldatova won the all-around bronze medal with a total of 74.300 points. Soldatova qualified to clubs final, but was given the remaining apparatus finals being the 3rd Russian qualifier in scores, after Kudryavtseva's withdrawal from an ankle inflammation sustained in her clubs routine. Soldatova competed in the events suffering from a flu, nevertheless, she only made a few mistakes and won silver medals in Hoop(18.500), Ball(18.450), Clubs(18.300) and Ribbon(18.400) right behind teammate Margarita Mamun who won all the apparatus finals.^[11] In September 9–13, At the 2015 World Championships in Stuttgart, Soldatova (together with teammates Yana Kudryavtseva and Margarita Mamun) represented Russia where they won the Team gold. She competed in 3 apparatus in qualifications and qualified to 2 finals, winning the silver medal in hoop and clubs, she was ranked 3rd for the all-around; however she did not advance into the all-around finals because of the two-per country rule and with Kudryavsteva and Mamun ahead of her in qualification scores.^[12] In October 2–4, Soldatova together with teammates Margarita Mamun and junior Alina Ermolova represented Team Gazprom at the 2015 Aeon Cup in Tokyo Japan, Soldatova won bronze in the individual all-around finals behind Ganna Rizatdinova and with Team Russia winning the gold medal in the overall standings. Soldatova qualified for the 2015 Grand Prix Final in Brno, but withdrew before the start of the competition because of fever.

Routine music information

Competitive highlights

(Team competitions in seniors are held only at the World Championships, Europeans and other Continental Games.)

References

External links

• Aleksandra Soldatova at International Federation of Gymnastics
• Rhythmic Gymnastics Results
• Alexandra Soldatova Forum