Angelina Melnikova

Angelina Melnikova
Ангелина Мельникова
Melnikova at the Kremlin in 2021
Personal information
Full nameAngelina Romanovna Melnikova
Nickname(s)Gelya
Born (2000-07-18) 18 July 2000 (age 24)
Voronezh, Voronezh Oblast, Russia
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented Russia
Years on national team2014–present (RUS)
LevelSenior International Elite
ClubCSKA
Head coach(es)Sergei Denisevich, Natalia Ishkova
Medal record
Women's artistic gymnastics
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 1 2
World Championships 1 3 3
European Games 2 2 0
European Championships 4 4 4
FIG World Cup 1 1 0
Total 9 11 9
Representing  Russia,
 ROC, & RGF
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo All-around
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Floor exercise
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Kitakyushu All-around
Silver medal – second place 2018 Doha Team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Stuttgart Team
Silver medal – second place 2021 Kitakyushu Floor exercise
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Stuttgart All-around
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Stuttgart Floor exercise
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Kitakyushu Vault
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Minsk All-around
Gold medal – first place 2019 Minsk Uneven bars
Silver medal – second place 2019 Minsk Vault
Silver medal – second place 2019 Minsk Balance beam
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Bern Team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Cluj-Napoca Floor exercise
Gold medal – first place 2018 Glasgow Team
Gold medal – first place 2021 Basel Uneven bars
Silver medal – second place 2018 Glasgow Vault
Silver medal – second place 2019 Szczecin Uneven bars
Silver medal – second place 2021 Basel All-around
Silver medal – second place 2021 Basel Floor exercise
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Glasgow Uneven bars
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Szczecin All-around
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Szczecin Floor exercise
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Basel Vault
AwardsLongines Prize for Elegance (2018)

Angelina Romanovna Melnikova (Russian: Ангели́на Рома́новна Ме́льникова, IPA: [ɐnɡʲɪˈlʲinə ˈmʲelʲnʲɪkəvə]; born 18 July 2000) is a Russian artistic gymnast. With eleven Olympic and World medals, she is the joint third-most decorated Russian gymnast of all time. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, she led the Russian Olympic Committee to gold in the team competition. She previously represented Russia at the 2016 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in the team competition. She was also a member of the gold medal-winning Russian teams at the 2016 and 2018 European Championships, and the silver medal-winning Russian teams at the 2018 and 2019 World Championships.

Individually, Melnikova is a two-time Olympic medalist, five-time World medalist, a nine-time European Championships medalist, a four-time European Games medalist, and a two-time Russian national all-around champion (2016, 2018). She is the 2020 Olympic all-around and floor bronze medalist, the 2021 World all-around champion, floor silver medalist, and vault bronze medalist, and the 2019 World all-around and floor bronze medalist. She is also the 2019 European Games all-around and uneven bars champion, the 2017 European champion on floor, and the 2021 European champion on uneven bars. In winning the 2021 World all-around title, she became the first non-American to win a World or Olympic all-around title in over a decade.

At the junior level, Melnikova won gold medals at the 2014 European Championships in the team, all-around, and balance beam events and was the 2014 Russian junior all-around national champion. She has been captain of the Russian women's national gymnastics team since 2017.


Angelina Melnikova

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