Angelina Anatolyevna Shkatova ( rus, Ангелина Анатольевна Шкатова, , ɐnɡʲɪˈlʲinə ˈʂkatəvə; born 25 January 2001) is Russian group

rhythmic gymnast Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, flexible, agile, dexterous and co ...

. She is the 2021 European Group All-around champion and the 2015 European Junior Group All-around champion.

Career

Junior

She competed as a member of the Russian Group that competed at the 2015 European Junior Championships where

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won Group All-around gold medal and silver in 5 Balls final.

Senior

She was part of Russian group from

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

that took three gold medals (Group All-around, 5 Balls, 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs) at the

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, Italy. In 2020, she was invited to join the main Russian national group. Her first major competition with the new squad was Grand Prix Moscow in February. They won gold medal in Group All-around (64.250) in front of

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(61.250) and

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(57.400). They also won gold medals in both Apparatus finals the next day. In 2021, she started the season at Grand Prix Moscow, where they took gold medal in Group All-around (80.900) in front of Belarus (74.650) and

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(73.500). In the end of May, she competed at the 2021 Pesaro World Cup, where she won gold medal in Group All-around and two silver medals in Apparatus finals. On July 5, 2021, the Russian Federation announced that Shkatova was selected to represent Russia at the

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, as a member of the Russian group formed by

Anastasia Tatareva Anastasia Alekseyevna Tatareva ( rus, Анастасия Алексеевна Татарева, , ɐnəstɐˈsʲiɪ̯ə tɐˈtarʲɪvə; born 19 July 1997) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is 2016 Olympics Group all-around champion, a th ...

Anastasia Bliznyuk Anastasia Ilyinichna Bliznyuk ( rus, Анастасия Ильинична Близнюк, , ɐnəstɐˈsʲiɪ̯ə blʲɪˈzʲnʲuk; born 28 June 1994) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is a two-time 2012 and 2016 Olympics Group All-aroun ...

Anastasia Maksimova Anastasia Ivanovna Maksimova ( rus, Анастасия Ивановна Максимова, , ɐnəstɐˈsʲiɪ̯ə mɐˈksʲiməvə; born 27 June 1991) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympics Group champion, the 2015 Wor ...

and

Alisa Tishchenko Alisa Sergeyevna Tishchenko ( rus, Алиса Сергеевна Тищенко, , ɐˈlʲisə ˈtʲiɕːɪnkə; born 17 February 2004) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the silver medalist and group Olympic runner-up at the Tokyo 202 ...

. In 2021 Moscow World Challenge Cup, the Russian group took gold in all aspects ahead of Japan and all possible golds in the apparatus finals ahead of Uzbekistan. From August 7-8, the Russian group competed in the

where they achieved the silver medal in the general competition behind

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, and it is the first time in 25 years that

has lost the first place and the gold medal in the Olympic Games.

Detailed Olympic results

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shkatova, Angelina 2001 births Living people Russian rhythmic gymnasts Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade Universiade medalists in gymnastics Universiade gold medalists for Russia Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts of Russia Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in gymnastics Olympic silver medalists for the Russian Olympic Committee athletes