Yana Olegovna Lukonina (russian: Яна Олеговна Луконина; born 26 September 1993 in
Ryazan
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,
Russia
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) is a retired Russian individual
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 coordi ...
. She is the
2010 Russian National all-around bronze medalist.
Career
Lukonina relocated to Novogorsk at 12 years old and began training under
Amina Zaripova
Amina Vasilovna Zaripova (russian: Амина Василовна Зарипова; tt-Cyrl, Әминә Васил кызы Зарипова, born 10 August 1976) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast who now works as an elite rhythmi ...
. She became the
2008 European Junior champion in ball held in
Torino
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, Italy and also won the Junior Team gold medal.
Lukonina debuted in senior at the 2010 Season, she competed at the
2010 Montreal World Cup finishing 10th in all-around and won silver in ribbon finals. Lukonina finished 6th in all-around at the
2010 St. Petersburg World Cup. She then won the all-around bronze medal at the
2010 Russian Championships. She won silver in ribbon and finished 4th in ribbon finals at the
2010 Corbeil-Essonnes World Cup and finished 10th in the all-around at the
2010 Pesaro World Cup. Lukonina was selected as part of the Russian Team for the
2010 World Championships held in
Moscow
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where she won the gold medal in the team event (together with
Evgenia Kanaeva
Evgeniya Olegovna Kanaeva Order For Merit to the Fatherland, OMF (russian: Евгения Олеговна Канаева; born 2 April 1990) is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the only individual rhythmic gymnast in history to wi ...
,
Daria Kondakova
Daria Vladimirovna Kondakova (russian: Дарья Владимировна Кондакова; born 30 July 1991) is a Russian retired individual rhythmic gymnast. She is a three-time ( 2011, 2010, 2009) World all-around silver medalist, the ...
and
Daria Dmitrieva
Darya Andreyevna Dmitriyeva ( rus, Дарья Андреевна Дмитриева, , ˈdarʲɪ̯ə ˈdmʲitrʲɪ(ɪ̯)ɪvə; born 22 June 1993) is a Russian rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2012 Olympic all-around silver medalist, the 2010 Worl ...
).
Lukonina competed at the
2011 Montreal World Cup along with
Margarita Mamun
Margarita Mamun (russian: Маргарита Мамун; born 1 November 1995) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast of Bangladeshi-Russian descent. She is the 2016 Olympic All-around champion, two-time (2015, 2014) World All-arou ...
, Lukonina won gold in hoop and bronze medals in clubs and ribbon. She then won the all-around bronze at the
2011 Kyiv World Cup. Lukonina suffered a serious back injury and decided to complete her career in the 2012 Season.
[.]
References
External links
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Yana Lukonina ProfileRhythmic Gymnastics Results
1993 births
Living people
Russian rhythmic gymnasts
Sportspeople from Ryazan
Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships
21st-century Russian women
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