Ksenia Klimenko

Klimenko was born in Surgut, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia in 2003. She trained at Gazprom Transgaz Surgut and represented the Ural district.{{cite web|url=http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4515:ilyankova-klimenko-win-russian-junior-titles&catid=5:competition-reports&Itemid=221|title=Ilyankova, Klimenko Win Russian Junior Titles|work=Intl Gymnast|date=April 7, 2016}}

In April Klimenko competed at the Russian National Championships as an espoir where she won gold in the all-around, on the uneven bars, and on balance beam. She also placed third on floor exercise and sixth on vault and won silver in the team final with the Ural district.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2016/04/06/2016-russian-championships-results/|work=The Gymterent|title=2016 Russian Championships Results|date=April 6, 2016}}

Klimenko competed at the WOGA Classic in early 2017. She placed third in the all-around behind fellow Russian Angelina Simakova and American Audrey Davis.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2017/02/20/2017-woga-classic-results/|title=2017 WOGA Classic Results|work=The Gymternet|date=February 20, 2017}} She later competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy where she placed third in the team final, twelfth in the All-Around, seventh on uneven bars, fourth on balance beam, and fifth on floor exercise.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2017/04/02/2017-city-of-jesolo-trophy-results/|title=2017 City of Jesolo Trophy Results|work=The Gymternet|date=April 2, 2017}} At the Russian National Championships Klimenko placed first in the junior All-Around, on uneven bars, and on balance beam. She also placed third on floor and fifth on vault.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2017/04/06/2017-russian-junior-championships-results/|title=2017 Russian Junior Championships Results|work=The Gymternet|date=April 6, 2017}} In the summer Klimenko competed at the European Youth Summer Olympic Festival where she won gold in the All-Around, on balance beam, and on floor exercise and won silver on uneven bars.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ueg.org/data/result/800/Women's%20all-around.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-10-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811182702/http://www.ueg.org/data/result/800/Women's%20all-around.pdf |archive-date=2017-08-11 |url-status=dead }}

Klimenko competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy in April. Russia placed second in the team competition and individually Klimenko placed first on uneven bars.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2018/04/17/2018-city-of-jesolo-trophy-results/|title=2018 City of Jesolo Trophy Results|work=The Gymternet|date=April 19, 2018}}

Klimenko competed at the 2018 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships where Russia won team silver behind Italy. Individually Klimenko won uneven bars gold and bronze in the all-around behind Giorgia Villa of Italy and Amelie Morgan of Great Britain.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2018/08/06/2018-european-championships-results/|title=2018 European Championships Results|work=The Gymterent|date=August 6, 2018}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.ueg.org/data/result/929/AA_INC_NON_QUAL_JUN_Womens.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-10-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804202111/http://www.ueg.org/data/result/929/AA_INC_NON_QUAL_JUN_Womens.pdf |archive-date=2018-08-04 |url-status=dead }} She was later selected to represent Russia at the 2018 Youth Olympics taking place in Buenos Aires, Argentina.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2018/09/25/the-youth-olympic-games-roster/|title=The Youth Olympic Games Roster|work=The Gymternet|date=September 25, 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://eng.gymnovosti.com/ksenia-klimenko-will-represent-russia-at-the-youth-olympic-games/|title=Ksenia Klimenko Will Represent Russia At The Youth Olympic Games|work=Gymnovosti|date=August 23, 2018}} There she qualified in third place to the floor exercise and balance beam finals and in fifth place to the individual all-around final and to the uneven bars final. In the individual all-around final she faltered on uneven bars and vault and once again finished in fifth place, making her the first Russian to not win the all-around since the inception of the Youth Olympic Games. She later won gold in the uneven bars finals, matching the result of previous Russian Youth Olympic athletes Viktoria Komova and Seda Tutkhalyan.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2018/10/13/villa-wins-youth-olympic-games-gold/|title=Villa Wins Youth Olympic Games Gold|work=The Gymternet|date=October 13, 2018}} She also won silver on the balance beam behind Tang Xijing of China and placed seventh on floor exercise after a fall.{{cite web|url=http://eng.gymnovosti.com/ksenia-klimenko-i-feel-confident-now/|title=Ksenia Klimenko: I Feel Confident Now|work=Gymnovosti|date=October 16, 2018}}

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Klimenko competed at the Russian National Championships in March where she finished sixth in the all-around.{{cite web|url=http://eng.gymnovosti.com/simakova-wins-all-around-at-the-russian-championships/|title=Simakova Wins All-around At The Russian Championships|work=Gymnovosti|date=March 7, 2019}} It was later announced that Klimenko would compete at the Tokyo World Cup in April, replacing Angelina Simakova who would instead compete at the 2019 European Championships.{{cite tweet|user=gymnastics|date=March 11, 2019|number=1105120220388212736|title=Tokyo World Cup update}} Later in March Klimenko competed at the EnBW DTB-Pokal Team Challenge in Stuttgart where she helped Russia win silver in the team final.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2019/03/18/2019-dtb-team-challenge-results/|title=2019 DTB Team Challenge Results|work=The Gymternet|date=March 18, 2019}} At the Tokyo World Cup Klimenko finished in eighth place after falling off the uneven bars, crashing her uneven bars dismount, and placing her hands on the balance beam.

In August Klimenko competed at the Russian Cup where she finished twelfth in the all-around and did not qualify for any event finals.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2019/08/28/2019-russian-cup-results/|title=2019 Russian Cup Results|work=The Gymternet|date=August 28, 2019}}

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