Krystyna Sankova ( uk, Кристина Санкова; born 7 July 1996) is a retired Ukrainian

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Career

Sankova competed at the 2010 European Junior Championships and finished 12th in the all-around final. She competed at the 2012 FIG World Cup in Cottbus, and she finished 6th in the vault final. She competed at the 2012 European Championships alongside Yevheniya Cherniy,

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, and Mariya Livchikova, and the team finished 10th. She won the bronze medal on floor exercise at the FIG World Cup in Ostrava behind Barbara Achondo Andino and

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. Sankova competed at the 2013 Stella Zakharova Cup where she won the bronze medal in the all-around behind Aliya Mustafina and Anna Dementyeva, and she won the gold medal on the balance beam and the silver medal on the floor exercise. She then competed at the 2013 European Championships and finished 8th in the floor exercise final. At the FIG World Cup in

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, she won the bronze medal on beam and the silver medal on floor exercise. She competed at the 2013 World Championships where she placed 10th on the balance beam in the

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, making her the second reserve for the event final. Sankova competed at the 2014 European Championships alongside

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, Angelina Kysla,

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, and Olena Vasylieva, and the team finished 18th. Then, she competed at the 2014 World Championships with Fedorova, Kysla, Sazonova,

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, and Daria Matveieva, where they finished 27th. At the 2014 Sokol Grand Prix, she competed with Maksym Semiankiv, and they won the team gold medal. Sankova competed at the 2015 European Championships, and she qualified for the all-around final where she finished 23rd. She then competed at the

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with Angelina Kysla and Yana Fedorova, and they finished 14th in the team competition.

Eponymous skill

Sankova has one eponymous skill listed in the Code of Points.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sankova, Krystyna 1996 births Living people Ukrainian female artistic gymnasts European Games competitors for Ukraine Gymnasts at the 2015 European Games Originators of elements in artistic gymnastics Sportspeople from Luhansk Oblast 21st-century Ukrainian women