Viktoria Viktorovna Listunova ( rus, Виктория Викторовна Листунова, , vʲɪˈktorʲɪɪ̯ə lʲɪstʊˈnovə, born 12 May 2005) is a Russian artistic gymnast. She represented the
Russian Olympic Committee at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal in
the team event. She was a member of the team that won gold at the
inaugural Junior World Championships. Individually, she is the
2019 Junior World all-around and floor exercise champion, the
2021 European all-around champion, and the
2021
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, 2022, and 2023 Russian National Champion.
Personal life
Listunova was born in
Moscow
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, Russia on 12 May 2005. In April 2018, she appeared on the Russian talent show ''Blue Bird''. In 2019, she received the title of Candidate for Master of Sport in the Russian Federation.
On 18 March 2022 Listunova participated in the
Moscow rally in support of the
Russian invasion of Ukraine
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.
Gymnastics career
Junior
2018
Listunova made her international debut at International Gymnix in March 2018 where she placed third in the all-around behind
Zoé Allaire-Bourgie
Zoé Allaire-Bourgie (born September 27, 2004) is a retired Canadian artistic gymnast and is the 2018 Junior Pan-American gold medalist on balance beam.
Early life
Zoé Allaire-Bourgie was born in Bangkok, Thailand in 2004. At eight months ...
of Canada and
Asia D'Amato
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of Italy. During event finals she placed eighth on vault, second on uneven bars behind compatriot
Elena Gerasimova
Elena Anatolyevna Gerasimova (russian: Елена Анатольевна Герасимова, born 21 June 2004) is a Russian artistic gymnast who represented Russian Olympic Committee athletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She was a member of t ...
, sixth on balance beam, and won gold on floor exercise. In June she competed at the Russian National Championships as an Espoir. She won gold in the all-around, on uneven bars, and on floor exercise. She won silver on vault behind
Angelina Kosynkina and won bronze on balance beam behind
Yulia Nikolayeva and
Sofia Koroleva. In December Listunova competed at the
2018 Voronin Cup
The 2018 Mikhail Voronin Cup took place on December 12–13 in Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Mosk ...
where she won silver in the all-around behind
Vladislava Urazova
Vladislava Sergeyevna Urazova ( rus, Владислава Сергеевна Уразова, , vɫədʲɪˈsɫavə ʊˈrazəvə, born 14 August 2004) is a Russian artistic gymnast. She represented the Russian Olympic Committee at the 2020 Summe ...
. She won silver on floor exercise behind Urazova, bronze on vault behind Urazova and
Darya Yassinskaya
Daria or Darya (russian: Дарья) is a traditional Russian female name, also used in some other predominantly Eastern Orthodox countries in Europe.
Origin
Saint Daria of Rome is a venerated martyr of the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox ...
of Kazakhstan, and placed fourth on uneven bars.
2019
Listunova competed at the
2019 City of Jesolo Trophy
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. She helped Russia win gold ahead of the United States. In event finals she placed second on vault and first on balance beam and floor exercise. In May she competed at the Russian National Championships where she won silver in the all-around behind
Vladislava Urazova
Vladislava Sergeyevna Urazova ( rus, Владислава Сергеевна Уразова, , vɫədʲɪˈsɫavə ʊˈrazəvə, born 14 August 2004) is a Russian artistic gymnast. She represented the Russian Olympic Committee at the 2020 Summe ...
. She also qualified three event finals where she won silver on vault, gold on floor exercise, and bronze on balance beam.
In late June Listunova competed at the inaugural
Junior World Championships alongside
Vladislava Urazova
Vladislava Sergeyevna Urazova ( rus, Владислава Сергеевна Уразова, , vɫədʲɪˈsɫavə ʊˈrazəvə, born 14 August 2004) is a Russian artistic gymnast. She represented the Russian Olympic Committee at the 2020 Summe ...
and
Elena Gerasimova
Elena Anatolyevna Gerasimova (russian: Елена Анатольевна Герасимова, born 21 June 2004) is a Russian artistic gymnast who represented Russian Olympic Committee athletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She was a member of t ...
. Together the team won gold, finishing 2.157 points ahead of second place China. Individually she won gold in the
all-around
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Championshi ...
and qualified to the floor exercise, uneven bars, and vault event finals. On the first day of event finals she finished eighth on vault and won silver on uneven bars behind teammate Urazova. On the second day of event finals Listunova won gold on floor exercise and was the only competitor to score above 14.
In July Listunova competed at the
2019 European Youth Olympic Festival alongside
Iana Vorona and
Irina Komnova
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. While there she helped Russia win the gold in the team final and individually she qualified first in the all-around. During the all-around final she once again placed first, finishing ahead of
Ondine Achampong
Ondine Achampong (born 10 February 2004) is a British artistic gymnast who was part of the women's team that won silver at the 2022 World Championships. She won a gold medal with the English team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, and individuall ...
of Great Britain and Vorona. During event finals she won gold on vault, uneven bars, and floor exercise and finished seventh on balance beam after falling on her
wolf turn.
In November Listunova competed at Elite Gym Massilia where she placed second in the all-around, behind of Vorona, first on floor exercise, and fifth on balance beam.
Senior
2021
Listunova turned senior in 2021 and made her senior debut at the
Russian National Championships in March. She finished qualifications with a score of 57.566, the highest of the day. During the all-around final she earned a 56.598, the second highest of the day behind
Vladislava Urazova
Vladislava Sergeyevna Urazova ( rus, Владислава Сергеевна Уразова, , vɫədʲɪˈsɫavə ʊˈrazəvə, born 14 August 2004) is a Russian artistic gymnast. She represented the Russian Olympic Committee at the 2020 Summe ...
; however her two day total was higher and therefore Listunova became the Russian National Champion. Listunova was the only athlete to qualify to all four event finals. She won gold on balance beam and silver on uneven bars (behind Urazova), vault, and floor exercise (behind
Angelina Melnikova
Angelina Romanovna Melnikova ( rus, Ангели́на Рома́новна Ме́льникова, , ɐnɡʲɪˈlʲinə ˈmʲelʲnʲɪkəvə; born 18 July 2000) is a Russian artistic gymnast. With eleven Olympic and World medals, she is the jo ...
).
In April it was announced that Listunova would make her senior international debut at the
European Championships
The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of Berlin, ...
in
Basel
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, neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...
alongside Melnikova, Urazova, and
Elena Gerasimova
Elena Anatolyevna Gerasimova (russian: Елена Анатольевна Герасимова, born 21 June 2004) is a Russian artistic gymnast who represented Russian Olympic Committee athletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She was a member of t ...
. During qualifications Listunova finished second in the all-around behind Melnikova. Due to finishing top 2 amongst individuals who did not help qualify a team or qualify individually to the
Olympic Games
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, Listunova qualified an additional quota for
Russia
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. Listunova also qualified to the floor exercise final. During the all-around final Listunova won the all-around gold medal, placing ahead of Melnikova and
Jessica Gadirova
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. Listunova became only the second woman to have won the all-around at the European championships as a first-year senior, a feat only ever achieved by Romania's
Nadia Comăneci
Nadia Elena Comăneci Conner (born November 12, 1961) is a Romanian retired gymnast and a five-time Olympic gold medalist, all in individual events. In 1976, at the age of 14, Comăneci was the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10. ...
in
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
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Listunova competed at the
Russian Cup in June. During qualifications she finished in third behind Melnikova and Urazova after falling off the balance beam and during floor exercise. During the all-around final she managed to pull ahead and finished in first place. After the competition Valentina Rodionenko, the senior coach of the Russian national artistic gymnastics team, announced that Listunova would be on the
Olympic Team
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along with Melnikova and Urazova.
At the
Olympic Games
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Listunova qualified to the floor exercise final. She scored highly enough to qualify to the all-around and uneven bars finals, but did not due to two-per-country limitations. Additionally she helped the Russian Olympic Committee to qualify to the team final in a surprise first place, ahead of the United States team. During the team final
Simone Biles
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withdrew after vault; Listunova competed on all events except vault. Although teammates Melnikova and Urazova fell off the balance beam, the Russian team performed well on all other routines and finished in first place, over three points ahead of the second-place American team. During the floor exercise final, Listunova stepped out of bounds on her first tumbling pass and fell during her second, resulting in an eighth-place finish.
In September it was revealed that Listunova would forgo competing at the upcoming
World Championships
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in order to heal from an elbow injury.
2022
Listunova competed at the
Doha World Cup in early March. She qualified to the vault and uneven bars finals in first place and was the second reserve for the balance beam final. During event finals Listunova placed third on vault behind
Oksana Chusovitina
Oksana Aleksandrovna Chusovitina (russian: Оксана Александровна Чусовитина; born 19 June 1975) is an eight-time Olympic gymnast who has competed for the Soviet Union, Uzbekistan, and Germany.
Chusovitina's career a ...
and
Csenge Bácskay
Csenge Mária Bácskay (born 4 April 2003) is a Hungarian artistic gymnast and the 2018 Youth Olympic silver medalist on vault. Additionally she was a member of the team who won bronze at the 2020 European Championships.
Early life
Csenge ...
and won gold on uneven bars.
While in Doha it was announced that starting March 7 Russian and Belarusian athletes would be banned from taking part in
FIG
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-sanctioned competitions due to the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...
.
Selected competitive skills
Competitive history
References
External links
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2005 births
Living people
Russian female artistic gymnasts
Gymnasts from Moscow
Medalists at the Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
European champions in gymnastics
Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in gymnastics
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for the Russian Olympic Committee athletes