Angelika Igorevna Timanina (russian: Анжелика Игоревна Тиманина; born April 26, 1989, in
Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg ( ; rus, Екатеринбург, p=jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( rus, Свердло́вск, , svʲɪrˈdlofsk, 1924–1991), is a city and the administra ...
) is a retired Russian competitor in
synchronized swimming
Synchronized swimming (in British English, synchronised swimming) or artistic swimming is a sport where swimmers perform a synchronized choreographed routine, accompanied by music. The sport is governed internationally by FINA (the ''Fédérati ...
. Captain of the National Olympic team and a member of the city club of Moscow, she was an eight times winner of the World Championships, seven times winner of the European Championships. She won a gold medal in the
women's team
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competition at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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, and announced her retirement on 1 July 2017 and working for Russian Football Union.
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Career
She started synchronized swimming at five in the Secondary Children Youth School of Olympic Reserve "Trud" of synchronized swimming "Yunost Moskvy" No. 19 in Yekateriburg. After reaching a certain level, Timanina moved to Moscow, where she started to train in the Sport School of preparation of Olympic Reserve - "Trud."
At the FINA World Cup in 2008 she was part of the junior National Team that took part in the competition, Angelika performed in the duet event with Daria Korobova and captured bronze medals in the "free routine".
In 2009 Angelika made her senior debut in the World Cup held in Rome as a member of the Russian national team (with Anastasia Davydova
Anastasia Semyonovna Davydova (russian: Анастасия Семёновна Давыдова; born 2 February 1983) is a Russian former synchronised swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist, and current coach.
Biography
Davydova won gold ...
, Natalia Ishchenko
Natalia Sergeyevna Ishchenko (russian: Наталья Серге́евна Ищенко; born 8 April 1986) is a retired Russian competitor in synchronized swimming, five-times Olympic champion and nineteen-times world champion.
Ishchenko annou ...
, Daria Korobova, Anna Nasekina, Alexandra Patskevich
Alexandra Vyacheslavovna Patskevich ( rus, Александра Вячеславовна Пацкевич, , ɐlʲɪˈksandrə pɐtsˈkʲevʲɪtɕ; born 4 November 1988) is a Russian competitor in synchronized swimming. She is a three-time Oly ...
, Svetlana Romashina
Svetlana Alekseyevna Romashina ( rus, Светлана Алексеевна Ромашина, , svʲɪˈtɫanə rɐˈmaʂɨnə; born 21 September 1989) is a Russian competitor in synchronised swimming that boasts 41 total gold medals from compe ...
, Alla Shishkina
Alla Anatolyevna Shishkina ( rus, Алла Анатольевна Шишкина, , ˈaɫə ˈʂɨʂkʲɪnə; born 2 August 1989) is a Russian synchronized swimmer. She won a gold medal in the women's team competition at the 2012 Summer Olymp ...
) and won two gold medals in the team events (free routine and technical routine).
In 2010, at the European Aquatic Championship in Budapest, Russian competitors completed a grand slam performance, winning gold medals in team and figures.
In 2011 at the World Championships in Aquatics, held in Shanghai (China), Timanina became a three-time champion in the competition combo routine and groups.
In 2012, the Russian became the Olympic champion in the team competition.
Education
She is a student of th
Institute of Physical Culture
Ural State Pedagogical University
(USPU), Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg ( ; rus, Екатеринбург, p=jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( rus, Свердло́вск, , svʲɪrˈdlofsk, 1924–1991), is a city and the administra ...
.
Awards and titles
Honored Master of Sports of Russia.
References
External links
Official website
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Living people
1989 births
Russian synchronized swimmers
Sportspeople from Yekaterinburg
Olympic gold medalists for Russia
Olympic synchronized swimmers for Russia
Synchronized swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in synchronized swimming
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
World Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming
Synchronized swimmers at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Synchronized swimmers at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships
Synchronized swimmers at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
Synchronized swimmers at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships
Universiade medalists in synchronized swimming
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia
Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade