Yulia Andreyevna Inshina (russian: Юлия Андреевна Иньшина, born 15 April 1995) is a

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

n-born

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...

. She has been known for her consistent and reliable work, especially on balance beam. A competitor for

for several years, she began to represent Azerbaijan in November 2013.

Personal life

Inshina was born on 15 April 1995 in

Voronezh Voronezh ( rus, links=no, Воро́неж, p=vɐˈronʲɪʂ}) is a city and the administrative centre of Voronezh Oblast in southwestern Russia straddling the Voronezh River, located from where it flows into the Don River. The city sits on the ...

, Russia.

Career

In the early years, Inshina trained alongside

Viktoria Komova Viktoria Aleksandrovna Komova (russian: Виктория Александровна Комова; born 30 January 1995) is a former Russian artistic gymnast. She is a two-time Olympic medalist, having won silver medals in the all-around and te ...

. The latter is her friend and in 2011 was the World all-around silver medalist.

2011

At the 2011 Russian Cup, Inshina placed 5th in the all-around, 5th on balance beam, and 5th on the uneven bars, winning silver on floor exercise. She was chosen as a team alternate for the 2011 World Championships, but made the Russian team after

Maria Paseka Maria Valeryevna Paseka (russian: Мария Валерьевна Пасека; born 19 July 1995) is a Russian artistic gymnast and member of the Russia women's national gymnastics team. During her decade-long career, she has primarily been succ ...

was injured. The Russian team won the silver medal in the team final, with Inshina contributing a beam score of 14.300. She made the

balance beam The balance beam is a rectangular artistic gymnastics apparatus and an event performed using the apparatus. Both the apparatus and the event are sometimes simply referred to as "beam". The English abbreviation for the event in gymnastics scoring i ...

final, and she finished 6th with a score of 14.525.

2012

In June, Inshina competed at the Russian Cup. She placed third in the all-around behind

and

Aliya Mustafina Aliya Farkhatovna Mustafina (russian: Алия Фархатовна Мустафина) is a Russian former artistic gymnast. With a combined total of 45 Olympic, World and European Championship medals, she is considered one of the most success ...

. She placed fourth on balance beam and on floor exercise. She was added to the Russian Olympic selection squad. In July, Inshina was named an alternate to the Russian team for the Olympics.

2013

In late November, Inshina and fellow Russian gymnast

Anna Pavlova Anna Pavlovna Pavlova ( , rus, Анна Павловна Павлова ), born Anna Matveyevna Pavlova ( rus, Анна Матвеевна Павлова; – 23 January 1931), was a Russian prima ballerina of the late 19th and the early 20th ...

changed nationalities and started competing for

. They wanted more opportunities to compete than they were getting in Russia. She continued training in Russia because Azerbaijan does not have adequate equipment or training centers.

Competitive history

*Competitor for Azerbaijan *Competitor for Russia

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Inshina, Yulia 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Voronezh Russian female artistic gymnasts Azerbaijani female artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Azerbaijan Russian emigrants to Azerbaijan Naturalized citizens of Azerbaijan Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Azerbaijan