Palina Slancheuskaya ( be, Паліна Сланчэўская, born January 23, 2006, in

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) is a Belarusian group

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. She is the 2019 World Junior Group All-Around bronze medalist and the 2019 European Junior Group All-Around silver medalist.

Career

Junior

Palina was born in

on January 23, 2006. She began training in

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at age 5. She was a member of Belarusian Group that competed at the 2019 World Junior Championships in

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taking the bronze medal in Group All-around event scoring a total of (43.100) behind

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(45.100) and

(49.550). They also won silver medal in 5 Ribbons final and bronze in 5 Hoops final. In 2020, she started competing as individual again. She was a member of Belarusian team together with Dina Agisheva and Yelyzaveta Zorkina that competed at the 2020 Junior European Championships in

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. She finished on 4th place in Rope Qualifications and 3rd place in Ribbon Qualifications, but did not advance into apparatus finals due to one per country rule. In 2021, she returened to competing in group. She took part in 2021 Junior European Championships in

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, where she and Belarusian group took bronze medal in 5 Balls final. They took 5th place in Group All-around event and 4th place in 5 Ribbons final.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Slancheuskaya, Palina 2006 births Living people Belarusian rhythmic gymnasts Gymnasts from Minsk Medalists at the Junior World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships 21st-century Belarusian women