Angelina Anatoliyivna Radivilova (
née
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Kysla (Кисла); uk, Ангеліна Анатоліївна Радівілова; born 15 February 1991) is a
Ukrainian
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artistic gymnast
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. She competed at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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and also competed at the
World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
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in 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2019.
Personal life
Radivilova was born on 15 February 1991 in
Kiev
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...
. On 4 September 2016, she married fellow Ukrainian gymnast
Igor Radivilov
Ihor (Igor) Vitaliyovych Radivilov ( uk, Ігор Віталійович Радівілов; born 19 October 1992) is a Ukrainian gymnast and three-time Olympian, having competed at the 2012, 2016, and 2020 Olympic Games. Although he competes on ...
.
Senior career
Radivilova made her international senior debut in 2007.
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Radivilova and her compatriot
Natalia Kononenko
Natalia Alexeyevna Kononenko ( uk, Наталія Олексіївна Кононенко; born 25 August 1994 in Kyiv) is a retired Ukrainian artistic gymnast who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She is a two-time European bronze medalist on ...
qualified for the
2012 Summer Olympics
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through the
test event held in January 2012.
However, the
National Olympic Committee
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ruled that only Kononenko could compete in
London
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.
Radivilova won a bronze at the Osijek World Cup in 2013. At the 3rd Mexico Open in
Acapulco
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on 30 November 2013, Radivilova finished fifth all-around with an overall score of 53.700.
She was chosen by an expert panel as the most elegant gymnast in the competition and was awarded with a white Swarovski leotard worth approximately $10,000.
Radivilova competed in this leotard at the 4th Mexico Open in December 2014, placing fifth all-around with an overall score of 52.70.
She won a silver with
Oleg Vernyayev
Oleg Yuriyovych Vernyayev ( uk, Олег Юрійович Верняєв; born 29 September 1993) is a Ukrainian artistic gymnast. He is the 2016 Olympic parallel bars champion and individual all-around silver medalist. Vernyayev is also the ...
at the Swiss Cup in 2014.
At the
2015 European Games
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, Radivilova finished 14th in the all-around.
Radivilova
competed for
Ukraine
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at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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, having qualified through the
test event held in April.
She placed 47th in
qualification
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with an overall score of 52.223.
At the 2017 Baku World Cup, Radivilova finished fifth on uneven bars. At the 2017 Cottbus World Cup, she finished eighth on uneven bars.
At the 2018 Osijek World Challenge Cup, Radivilova finished sixth on vault and eighth on floor. At the 2018 Paris World Challenge Cup, she finished eighth on vault.
At the 2019 Cottbus World Cup, Radivilova finished eighth on vault and eighth on floor. At the 2019 Osijek World Challenge Cup, she won the silver medal on vault, finished fourth on bars, and won the gold medal on balance beam. At the 2019 Szombathely World Challenge Cup, she won the bronze medal on vault.
At the 2020 Melbourne World Cup, Radivilova finished fourth on vault. At the 2020 Szombathely World Challenge Cup, she won the bronze medal on vault and the gold medal on floor.
At the
2020 European Championships, she won a gold medal with Ukraine in the team competition and finished sixth on floor.
"33rd European Championships in Women's Artistic Gymnastics"
europeangymnastics.com. 20 December 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
See also
* List of Olympic female artistic gymnasts for Ukraine
Ukrainian female gymnasts have competed in every Olympics since 1996. A total of 23 female gymnasts have represented Ukraine at the Olympics, but the only medalist is Lilia Podkopayeva. Lilia Podkopayeva won a total of 3 medals at the 1996 Summer ...
References
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1991 births
Living people
Ukrainian female artistic gymnasts
Olympic gymnasts of Ukraine
Gymnasts at the 2016 Summer Olympics
European champions in gymnastics
European Games competitors for Ukraine
Gymnasts at the 2015 European Games
Gymnasts at the 2019 European Games
Universiade medalists in gymnastics
Universiade silver medalists for Ukraine
Universiade bronze medalists for Ukraine
Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade
Gymnasts from Kyiv
21st-century Ukrainian women