Alina Oleksandrivna Maksymenko ( ua, Аліна Олександрівна Максименко, born 10 July 1991) is a retired individual

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Career

In 2008, Maksymenko participated as a member of the Ukrainian Group at the

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, China. They finished eighth in the group all-around finals. At the 2009 World Championships in

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, Maksymenko began competing as an individual gymnast and placed 16th in the all-around final. At the 2010 World Championships in

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, she placed 5th in the all-around final. She was also one of the only two gymnasts to qualify for all of the event finals (the other being

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Maksymenko won three golds and one silver medal at the Deriugina World Cup 2011. At the 2011 Universiade held in

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, she won the silver medal in the hoop final (28.100) and the bronze medal in the clubs final. Maksymenko also helped Ukraine win the team bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships. Maksymenko qualified for the London 2012 Olympics. She started her 2012 season competing at the LA Lights in Los Angeles but struggled with her new routines and finished behind fellow Ukrainian

Ganna Rizatdinova Hanna Serhiivna RizatdinovaAlternatively spelled as ''Ganna Rizatdinova'' or ''Anna Rizatdinova''. ( ua, Ганна Сергіївна Різатдінова; born 16 July 1993) is a Ukrainian individual rhythmic gymnast. In the all-around event ...

in all-around. She then competed at the 2012 Deriugina Cup and took silver in all-around behind Russian gymnast

Daria Dmitrieva Darya Andreyevna Dmitriyeva ( rus, Дарья Андреевна Дмитриева, , ˈdarʲɪ̯ə ˈdmʲitrʲɪ(ɪ̯)ɪvə; born 22 June 1993) is a Russian rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2012 Olympic all-around silver medalist, the 2010 Worl ...

. Maksymenko competed at the

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in London. She qualified for the finals and finished 6th overall. At the 2013 LA Lights, she won the silver medal in the all-around behind teammate

. She then competed at the 2013 Holon Grand Prix where she finished 12th in all-around and won gold in clubs final. She finished 5th in all-around in her first World Cup competition of the season in

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, Portugal. At the 2013 Irina Deleanu Cup, she won the silver in all-around and bronze in clubs. She won another bronze medal in hoop final at the Pesaro World Cup. She withdrew from the Sofia World Cup due to an aggravated injury. Maksymenko then competed at the 2013 European Championships in

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, Austria and together with her teammates (

and

Viktoria Mazur Viktoria Oleksiivna Mazur ( ua, Вікторія Олексіївна Мазур, russian: Виктория Алексеевна Мазур; born 15 October 1994 in Lugansk) is a retired Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast who competed in individual and g ...

) won the Team silver medal. Maksymenko competed at the International Trophy "Ciutat de Barcelona" where she won silver in All-around behind Russian gymnast

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. At the

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, she finished 4th in all-around behind teammate

. She won silver in hoop (tied with teammate Rizatdinova) and bronze in clubs (also tied with Rizatdinova). Maksymenko together with Rizatdinova and Mazur appeared in an editorial on the 2013 August edition of Ukraine Vogue. Maksymenko competed at the 2013 World Games in

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where she won bronze medal in ball and clubs. Maksymenko won a bronze in Clubs at the 2013 World Championships in

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. Maksymenko finished 7th in the All-around at the 2013 World Championships. Maksymenko completed her career at the end of the 2013 season and accepted the invitation of her coaches in the

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to work as a coach. Maksymenko can speak Ukrainian, English and Russian.

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Detailed Olympic results

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Maksymenko, Alina 1991 births Living people Ukrainian rhythmic gymnasts Deriugins Gymnasts Gymnasts from Kyiv Sportspeople from Zaporizhzhia Gymnasts at the 2008 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts of Ukraine Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships World Games bronze medalists Competitors at the 2013 World Games Universiade medalists in gymnastics Universiade silver medalists for Ukraine Universiade bronze medalists for Ukraine Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade