Irina Yurievna Annenkova (russian: Ирина Юрьевна Анненкова; born February 22, 1999 in

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, Russia) is a 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 coord ...

. She is the 2014 Youth Olympic champion and the 2014 European Junior ball and ribbon champion.

Personal life

Annenkova has been practicing gymnastics since the age of 5 but it wasn't until she was 7 years old she had her proper training after begging her grandmother to take her to rhythmic gymnastics class, considered a late start for the sport.

Career

Her international breakthrough event was competing in junior division at the 2012 Moscow Grand Prix. In 2013, Annenkova finished 15th in all-around at the 2013 Russian Junior Championships, she finished 2nd place as out of competition at 2013 Moscow Grand Prix behind

Yulia Bravikova Yulia Yuryevna Bravikova (russian: Юлия Юрьевна Бравикова; born 17 July 1999) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2017 Grand Prix Final All-around champion. On the junior level, she is the 2014 Europ ...

. She has also competed at the 2013 Russian-Chinese Youth Games where she won the all-around gold and medaled in all 4 of the event finals. Annenkova briefly competed as member of the Russian Group but returned to competing as an individual gymnast. In 2014, Annenkova finished 6th in all-around at the 2014 Russian Junior championships. At the 2014 European Junior Championships Annenkova together with teammates (

Veronika Polyakova Veronika Dmitrievna Polyakova (russian: Вероника Дмитриевна Полякова, born March 3, 1999 in Irkutsk, Russia) is a Russian group and former individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2014 Russian Junior National all-around s ...

and

Olesya Petrova Olesya Vitalievna Petrova (russian: Олеся Витальевна Петрова; born 26 April 1999 in Moscow) is a Russian rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2014 European Junior champion in clubs and with the Russian team. Career Junior Pet ...

) won

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the Team gold. She qualified to 2 event finals winning gold in ball and ribbon.

She then competed at the Junior World Cup in

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where she won the all-around gold beating

by 2.5 points. Following the leg injury of

, both Annenkova and Polyakova flew to

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but Annenkova was selected by Irina Viner as the final representative of her country at the

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. Annenkova led after the qualification round and went on to win in the all-around finals with a total score of 58.575 points putting her ahead of Belarusian

Mariya Trubach Mariya Yuryevna Trubach ( be, Марыя Юр'еўна Трубач; russian: Мария Юрьевна Трубач, born November 11, 1999 in Vitebsk, Belarus) is a Belarusian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2014 Youth Olympic all-aro ...

and America's

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Senior

In 2015 season, Annenkova debuted as a senior competing in the international division at the 2015 Moscow Grand Prix. She then competed at the 2015 Baltic Hoop where she won the all-around silver behind Belarusian

Melitina Staniouta Melitina Dmitryevna Staniouta ( be, Меліціна Дзмітрыеўна Станюта, russian: Мелитина Дмитриевна Станюта; born 15 November 1993) is a Belarusian retired individual rhythmic gymnast.Irina Deleanu Irina Deleanu (born November 12, 1975) is a former individual rhythmic gymnast from Romania. Biography In the 1992 World Championships she won the bronze medal in rope. She retired from the sport in 1993. An annual Rhythmic Gymnastics competit ...

International tournament and won the all-around silver medal behind

. Annenkova finished 6th in all-around at the 2015 Russian Championships. Annenkova competed as an HC (Out of Competition) at the MTK International Tournament in

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and Dundee Cup International in

. In 2016, Annenkova began her season competing at the 2016 Grand Prix Moscow finishing 14th in the all-around.. In 2017, Annenkova competed at the International Tournament of Portimao and won silver in the all-around. In 2018, Anenkova competed at the 2018 Moscow International tournament finishing second in the all-around behind

Anastasiia Salos Anastasiia Maksimovna Salos ( be, Настасся Максімаўна Салас; russian: Анастасия Максимовна Салос; born 18 February 2002) is an individual rhythmic gymnast representing Belarus. She is the 2020 Euro ...

Routine music information

References

External links

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2014 YOG Profile

Rhythmic Gymnastics Results
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