Polina Shmatko

Polina Shmatko
Full name	Polina Sergeevna Shmatko
Nickname(s)	Appolinaria
Country represented	Russia
Born	(2003-03-26) March 26, 2003 Moscow, Russia
Hometown	Moscow, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Weight	43 kg (95 lb)
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Level	Junior elite
Years on national team	2015-present
Club	Gazprom
Gym	Novogorsk
Head coach(es)	Irina Viner
Assistant coach(es)	Lyaysan Savitskaya

Polina Sergeevna Shmatko (Russian: Полина Сергеевна Шматко, born March 26, 2003 in Moscow, Russia) is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2016 European Junior Clubs and Ball champion. At national level she is the 2016 Russian Junior all-around silver medalist.

Career

Junior

Shmatko first came to notice in the novice girls division at Miss Valentine 2012 in Tartu, Estonia. Shmatko later competed at the prestigious Russian rhythmic gymnastics competition at the 2015 Hope of Russia, winning the all-around gold.

In the 2016 season, Shmatko debuted in her first Junior Grand Prix at the Alina Cup, where she won gold for Team Russia with Alina Ermolova. She qualified for one apparatus final, where she won gold in ball.^[1] Shmatko competed at the Lisboa Junior World Cup where she won team gold (with Daria Pridannikova), she qualified to all event finals: winning gold in ball, silver in hoop, placed 6th in clubs and 8th in rope. She then won the all-around silver at the 2016 Russian Junior Championships behind Ermolova. She competed at the 2016 Junior Grand Prix Brno where Team Russia won silver, and qualified in two apparatus, winning silver in ball and bronze in clubs. At the Junior World Cup in Sofia, Shmatko won team gold but finished 6th in the ball final after dropping her ball twice. She was selected to compete at the 2016 European Junior Championships where she again won team gold (with Alina Ermolova and Maria Sergeeva). Shmatko also qualified for two apparatus finals, where she won gold in ball (17.100) and clubs (17.200),^[2] setting a junior record score under the 20-point CoP judging system.^[3]

In the 2017, Shmatko started the season at the Junior Grand Prix Moscow where she finished 4th in the all-around. Her next event was at the International Tournament of Lisbon were she won bronze in the all-around. At the Junior Grand Prix Marbella, Shmatko finished 4th in the all-around and won gold in Team (together with Lala Kramarenko). Shmatko competed at the Happy Caravan Cup in Tashkent where she won gold in team event, she qualified 2 apparatus finals taking the gold medal in clubs and silver in ball. On May 5-7, Shmatko competed at the Sofia Junior World Cup where she won silver in the all-around behind teammate Lala Kramarenko.

Routine music information

Competitive Highlights

References

External links

• Polina Shmatko at the International Federation of Gymnastics
• Polina Shmatko Profile (in Russian)
• Rhythmic Gymnastics Results
• Polina Shmatko on Instagram