Alina Andreevna Makarenko (russian: Алина Андреевна Макаренко; born 14 January 1995) is a Russian group

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. She is the 2012 Olympics Group All-around champion, the 2011 World Group All-around silver medalist, 2012 European Group All-around gold medalist and

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Group All-around champion.

Career

As a junior, Makarenko competed as an individual gymnast but switched to competing in the Russian Group under Russian Head Coach

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. She and the Russian Junior Group won the gold medal at the

. She was again part of the group that competed at the 2011 World Championships. Makarenko was a member of the Russian Group that competed at the 2011 World Championships. She was part of the gold medal winning Russian Group at the 2012 European Championships and at the World Cup Final in

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. She won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the group all-around event together with other group members (

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). For six months leading up to the Olympic Games, the Russian gymnasts only ate buckwheat in their diet. Makarenko and the rest of the Russian Group returned to competition at the 2013 Moscow Grand Prix where they won the all-around, at the Thiais Grand Prix they also won the all-around gold medal as well as in the event finals. They competed at their first

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competition of the season in

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, Portugal where they won bronze in all-around and won the gold medal in 10 clubs and 2 ribbons/3 balls final. She suffered a knee injury and was temporarily replaced by Diana Borisova in the Russian Group. Struggling with injuries, Makarenko finally retired from competitive gymnastics. In 2021, she started coaching Russian junior group. They won three gold medals at the 2021 Junior European Championships in

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Detailed Olympic results

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Makarenko, Alina Living people Russian rhythmic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts of Russia Olympic gold medalists for Russia Olympic medalists in gymnastics Gymnasts at the 2012 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics 1995 births Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics People from Elista Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships Youth Olympic gold medalists for Russia Sportspeople from Kalmykia 21st-century Russian women

Career

Detailed Olympic results

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