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
Medal record Angelina Melnikova Medal record Women's Artistic Gymnastics Representing  Russia Junior European Championships 2014 Sofia Team 2014 Sofia All-Around 2014 Sofia Balance Beam 2014 Sofia Uneven Bars

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 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]

Melnikova will turn senior in 2016, consequently becoming age-eligible for a place on the Russian Gymnastics team for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.

Competitive history

References

External Links

• Russian Gymnastics Profile