Aleksandr Sergeyevich Balandin (russian: Александр Сергеевич Баландин, born 20 June 1989) is a retired
Russia
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gymnast
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. He is known for his work on the rings and has three skills named after him on this apparatus. He placed fourth in the rings at the 2012 Olympics.
Career
He is known for his three skills – Balandin 1, Balandin 2 and Balandin 3. Balandin 1 is "From hang vertical pull up with straight arms to maltese cross". Balandin 2 is "From hang vertical pull up with straight arms to inverted cross". Balandin 3 is "From hang vertical pull up with straight arms to planche". Balandin 1 and Balandin 3 are valued as E while Balandin 2 is valued at F from the scale A to I in the Code of Points, which is used to show the difficulty of an element in gymnastics.
In August 2011 he broke his thigh bone during the Russian Cup, underwent surgery and was out of competition for six months.
2012 Summer Olympics
Balandin competed at the 2012 Olympic Games in London as a member of the Russian MAG team. The team finished sixth with a score of 269.603 pts. Individually he placed fourth in the rings with a score of 15.666 pts.
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2013–present
Balandin competed at the 2013 World Championships in Antwerp. He qualified for the still rings final and won the silver medal – Russia's only MAG medal of the championships. At these championships he performed his eponymous skill which was officially named the Balandin 3.
In 19–25 May, at the 2014 European Championships in Sofia
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, Balandin contributed a score of 15.633 (rings) for Russia and along with teammates (Denis Ablyazin
Denis Mikhailovich Ablyazin ( rus, Денис Михайлович Аблязин, , dʲɪˈnʲis ɐˈblʲæzʲɪn, born 3 August 1992) is a Russian artistic gymnast. Ablyazin is Olympic Champion 2020 in Tokyo and a seven-time Olympic Games med ...
, David Belyavskiy
David Sagitovich Belyavskiy ( rus, Давид Сагитович Белявский, , dɐˈvʲid bʲɪˈlʲafskʲɪɪ̯; born 23 February 1992) is a Russian artistic gymnast and three-time Olympian, representing Russia in 2012 and 2016 and RO ...
, Nikita Ignatyev
Nikita Alekseevich Ignatyev (russian: Никита Алексеевич Игнатьев, born 21 June 1992 in Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia) is a Russian artistic gymnast. He is the 2015 European Games All-around bronze medalist.
Comp ...
, Nikolai Kuksenkov
Nikolai Yulievich Kuksenkov (russian: Николай Юльевич Куксенков, uk, Микола Юлійович Куксенков; born 2 June 1989) is a retired Russian gymnast who won a silver medal in the team event at the 2016 Su ...
) won Russia the team event gold medal with a total score of 267.959, ahead of Great Britain. In the event finals, Balandin tied for the gold medal with teammate Denis Ablyazin
Denis Mikhailovich Ablyazin ( rus, Денис Михайлович Аблязин, , dʲɪˈnʲis ɐˈblʲæzʲɪn, born 3 August 1992) is a Russian artistic gymnast. Ablyazin is Olympic Champion 2020 in Tokyo and a seven-time Olympic Games med ...
– both scored 15.800 points.
tass.ru (7 September 2017) He has studied a master's programme in sports studies at
Smolensk State Academy of Physical Education, Sport and Tourism.
See also
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List of Olympic male artistic gymnasts for Russia
Russian male artistic gymnasts have competed at every Olympic Games since 1996. In total, there have been 29 Russian male gymnasts who have competed at the Olympics.
Gymnasts
''Note:'' The following only counts medals won by gymnasts when they ...
References
External links
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Aleksandr Balandinat sportgymrus.ru
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1989 births
Living people
Russian male artistic gymnasts
People from Petrozavodsk
Gymnasts at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic gymnasts of Russia
Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
European champions in gymnastics
Universiade medalists in gymnastics
Universiade gold medalists for Russia
Universiade silver medalists for Russia
Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade
Sportspeople from the Republic of Karelia
21st-century Russian people