Russia women's national artistic gymnastics team
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{{Infobox
| title = Russia
| image =
| label1 = Continental union | data1 = European Union of Gymnastics
| label2 = National federation | data2 = Artistic Gymnastics Federation of Russia
| header3 = Olympic Games
| label4 = Appearances | data4 = 6
| label5 = Medals | data5 = 16px Gold: 2020
16px Silver: 1996, 2000, 2012, 2016
16px Bronze: 2004
| header6 = World Championships
| label7 = Appearances | data7 = 11
| label8 = Medals | data8 = 16px Gold: 2010
16px Silver: 1997, 1999, 2001, 2011, 2018, 2019
16px Bronze: 1994, 2006, 2014
| header14 = Junior World Championships
| label15 = Appearances | data15 = 1
| label16 = Medals |data16 = 16px Gold: 2019
}}
The Russia women's national artistic gymnastics team represents Russia in FIG international competitions. Additionally, they have competed as the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) and the Russian Gymnastics Federation (RGF) due to the World Anti-Doping Agency imposing sanctions on Russia in the aftermath of the doping scandal.{{cite web|url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/athletics/news/roc-olympics-team-russia-meaning/accfgfbapav71u2uraz4xpoz1|title=What is ROC in the Olympics? Here's why Team Russia is competing under new name in Tokyo|work=Sporting News|date=3 August 2021}} While competing under the Russian Olympic Committee designation, they won the gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games. They also won the team gold medal at the 2010 World Championships and at the inaugural Junior World Championships in 2019.{{cite web|url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=24063|title=U.S. women win team bronze at 2019 Junior World Championships|work=USA Gymnastics|date=June 28, 2019}}
After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) barred Russian athletes and officials, including judges.{{Cite web |last1=Bissada |first1=Mason |last2=Dellatto |first2=Marisa |date=8 March 2022 |work=Forbes |title=International Gymnastics Federation Bars Russia, Belarus As Sports World Reacts To Ukraine Invasion |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/masonbissada/2022/03/04/international-gymnastics-federation-bars-russia-belarus-as-sports-world-reacts-to-ukraine-invasion/}} It also announced that "all FIG World Cup and World Challenge Cup events planned to take place in Russia ... are cancelled, and no other FIG events will be allocated to Russia ... until further notice." FIG also banned the Russian flag and anthem at its events.{{cite press release |title=FIG decision regarding the conflict in Europe |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?idNews=3439 |access-date=26 February 2022 |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |date=26 February 2022}} European Gymnastics announced in March 2022 that no athletes, officials, and judges from the Russian Gymnastics Federation can participate in any European Gymnastics events, that no European Gymnastics authorities from Russias can pursue their functions, and that European Gymnastics had removed from its calendar all events allocated to Russia and would not allocate any future events to Russia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.europeangymnastics.com/news/ssr_backend/news/further-measures-regarding-russia-and-belarus|title=Further measures regarding Russia and Belarus|website=European Gymnastics}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.europeangymnastics.com/news/ssr_backend/news/european-gymnastics-position-regarding-invasion-ukraine|title=European Gymnastics’ position regarding the invasion of Ukraine|website=European Gymnastics}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1124242/european-rhythmic-gymnastics-moscow-2023|title=Moscow stripped of 2023 European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships|date=June 9, 2022|website=www.insidethegames.biz}}
History
At the Olympic Games, Russia has made seven appearances in the women's team competition and won six medals,[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417110835/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/RUS/summer/GYM/womens-team-all-around.html "Russia Gymnastics Women's Team All-Around Results"]. sports-reference.com. Retrieved 16 August 2015. including a gold in 2020.{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/roc-wins-women-s-team-gold-medal-ending-team-usa-s-decade-long-reign|title=ROC wins women's team gold medal, ending Team USA's decade long reign|work=International Olympic Committee|date=July 27, 2021|access-date=July 27, 2021|archive-date=July 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727145350/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/roc-wins-women-s-team-gold-medal-ending-team-usa-s-decade-long-reign|url-status=dead}} Russia has also won ten medals in the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships women's team competition.{{cite web |title=Men's and Women's World Championships Results & Medalists |url=https://usagym.org/history/artistic-worlds-results/ |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=3 June 2024}}
After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) barred Russian athletes and officials, including judges. It also announced that "all FIG World Cup and World Challenge Cup events planned to take place in Russia ... are cancelled, and no other FIG events will be allocated to Russia ... until further notice." FIG also banned the Russian flag and anthem at its events.
Current senior roster
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| Name | Birthdate and age | District represented | AIN status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maria Agafonova | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2005|10|03}} | Northwestern Federal District | {{tick}} |
| Ekaterina Andreeva | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2008|01|23}} | Volga Federal District | |
| Anastasia Bedrina | Northwestern Federal District | ||
| Diana Gainulina | Southern Federal District | ||
| Alyona Glotova | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2005|08|12}} | Volga Federal District | {{tick}} |
| Anna Kalmykova | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2008|08|22}} | Moscow | {{tick}} |
| Milana Kayumova | Saint Petersburg | ||
| Viktoria Listunova | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2005|05|02}} | Moscow | |
| Angelina Melnikova (captain) | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|07|18}} | Central Federal District | {{tick}} |
| Zlata Osokina | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2008|09|22}} | Northwestern Federal District | {{tick}} |
| Lyudmila Roshchina | 2008 | Northwestern Federal District | {{tick}} |
| Elizaveta Us | Southern Federal District | ||
| Leila Vasilieva | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2007|12|09}} | Central Federal District | |
| Ksenia Zelyaeva | 2009 | Central Federal District | {{tick}} |
Team competition results
Names in italics denote alternates who received a medal.
=Olympic Games=
- 1928 through 1992 — participated as the Soviet Union
- 1996 — 16px silver medal
- :Elena Dolgopolova, Rozalia Galiyeva, Elena Grosheva, Svetlana Khorkina, Dina Kochetkova, Yevgeniya Kuznetsova, Oksana Lyapina
- 2000 — 16px silver medal
- :Anna Chepeleva, Svetlana Khorkina, Anastasiya Kolesnikova, Yekaterina Lobaznyuk, Yelena Produnova, Elena Zamolodchikova
- 2004 — 16px bronze medal
- :Ludmila Ezhova, Svetlana Khorkina, Maria Kryuchkova, Anna Pavlova, Elena Zamolodchikova, Natalia Ziganshina
- 2008 — 4th place
- :Ksenia Afanasyeva, Svetlana Klyukina, Ekaterina Kramarenko, Anna Pavlova, Ludmila Grebenkova, Ksenia Semyonova
- 2012 — 16px silver medal
- :Ksenia Afanasyeva, Anastasia Grishina, Viktoria Komova, Aliya Mustafina, Maria Paseka
- 2016 — 16px silver medal
- :Angelina Melnikova, Aliya Mustafina, Maria Paseka, Daria Spiridonova, Seda Tutkhalyan
- 2020 — 16px gold medal – participated as the Russian Olympic Committee
- :Lilia Akhaimova, Viktoria Listunova, Angelina Melnikova, Vladislava Urazova
- 2024 – banned from participating as a team {{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2023/12/09/1218406353/russian-belarus-athletes-ioc-2024-olympic-games|title=Russians and Belarusians can compete in the 2024 Olympics — as neutral athletes|date=December 9, 2023|work=NPR}}
=World Championships=
{{see also|Russia at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships}}
- 1934 through 1991 — participated as the Soviet Union
- 1994 — 16px bronze medal
- :Oxana Fabrichnova, Elena Grosheva, Natalia Ivanova, Svetlana Khorkina, Dina Kochetkova, Elena Lebedeva, Evgenia Roschina
- 1995 — 4th place
- :Natalia Bobrova, Elena Dolgopolova, Elena Grosheva, Svetlana Khorkina, Dina Kochetkova, Yevgeniya Kuznetsova, Yelena Produnova
- 1997 — 16px silver medal
- :Svetlana Bakhtina, Elena Dolgopolova, Elena Grosheva, Svetlana Khorkina, Yevgeniya Kuznetsova, Yelena Produnova
- 1999 — 16px silver medal
- :Svetlana Khorkina, Anna Kovalyova, Yevgeniya Kuznetsova, Yekaterina Lobaznyuk, Yelena Produnova, Elena Zamolodchikova
- 2001 — 16px silver medal
- :Ludmila Ezhova, Svetlana Khorkina, Elena Zamolodchikova, Maria Zassypkina, Natalia Ziganshina
- 2003 — 6th place
- :Elena Anochina, Aleksandra Shevchenko, Ludmila Ezhova, Svetlana Khorkina, Anna Pavlova, Elena Zamolodchikova
- 2006 — 16px bronze medal
- :Anna Grudko, Svetlana Klyukina, Polina Miller, Anna Pavlova, Kristina Pravdina, Elena Zamolodchikova
- 2007 — 8th place
- :Svetlana Klyukina, Ekaterina Kramarenko, Yulia Lozhechko, Kristina Pravdina, Ksenia Semyonova, Elena Zamolodchikova
- 2010 — 16px gold medal
- :Ksenia Afanasyeva, Anna Dementyeva, Ekaterina Kurbatova, Aliya Mustafina, Tatiana Nabieva, Ksenia Semyonova
- 2011 — 16px silver medal
- :Ksenia Afanasyeva, Yulia Belokobylskaya, Anna Dementyeva, Yulia Inshina, Viktoria Komova, Tatiana Nabieva
- 2014 — 16px bronze medal
- :Polina Fedorova, Maria Kharenkova, Ekaterina Kramarenko, Aliya Mustafina, Tatiana Nabieva, Alla Sosnitskaya, Daria Spiridonova
- 2015 – 4th place
- :Ksenia Afanasyeva, Maria Kharenkova, Viktoria Komova, Maria Paseka, Daria Spiridonova, Seda Tutkhalyan
- 2018 — 16px silver medal
- :Lilia Akhaimova, Irina Alexeeva, Angelina Melnikova, Aliya Mustafina, Angelina Simakova, Daria Spiridonova
- 2019 — 16px silver medal
- :Anastasia Agafonova, Lilia Akhaimova, Angelina Melnikova, Aleksandra Shchekoldina, Daria Spiridonova, Maria Paseka
- 2022 – banned from participating {{cite web|url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2022/08/02/russia-gymnastics-world-championships-ban/|title=Russia ban likely to extend to qualifying for world gymnastics championships|work=NBC Sports|date=August 2, 2022}}
- 2023 – banned from participating {{cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1136894/fig-postpone-decision-on-russia-july|title=International Gymnastics Federation postpones decision on re-admitting Russia until July|date=May 12, 2023|work=Inside the Games}}
=European Games=
- 2015 — 16px gold medal
- :Aliya Mustafina, Viktoria Komova, Seda Tutkhalyan
=Junior World Championships=
- 2019 — 16px gold medal
- :Elena Gerasimova, Viktoria Listunova, Vladislava Urazova, Yana Vorona
Most decorated gymnasts
This list includes all Russian female artistic gymnasts who have won at least four medals at the Olympic Games and the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships combined.
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| style="width:1.8em;"|Rank
! class=unsortable|Gymnast ! style="width:4.5em;"|Years ! style="width:4.5em;"|Team ! style="width:4.5em;"|AA ! style="width:4.5em;"|VT ! style="width:4.5em;"|UB ! style="width:4.5em;"|BB ! style="width:4.5em;"|FX ! style="width:7.0em;"|Olympic Total ! style="width:7.0em;"|World Total ! style="width:4.5em;"|Total | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1
|1994–2004 | 16px 1996 | 16px 2004 | 16px 1996 | 16px 2000 |7 | 20 | 27 |
| 2
|2010–2018 | 16px 2012 | 16px 2012 | 16px 2012 | 7 | 12 | 19 |
| 3
| 1999–2006 | 16px 2000 | 16px 2000 | | | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 4
| 2016–2021 | 16px 2020 | 16px 2020 | | | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 5
| 2012–2019 | | 16px 2016 | | | | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 6
| 2011–2015 | | | | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 7
| 1994–1996 | | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 8
| 2014–2019 | 16px 2016 | | | | | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 9
| 1997–2000 | | | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 10
| 2010–2015 | | | | | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 11
| 2001–2004 | | | | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 12
| 2010–2014 | | | | | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 13
| 2001–2004 | | | | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 14
| 1999–2000 | | | | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Best international results
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| World Championships | {{gold1}} | {{gold1}} | {{gold1}} | {{gold1}} | {{gold1}} | {{gold1}} |
| European Games | {{gold1}} | {{gold1}} | {{silver2}} | {{gold1}} | {{silver2}} | {{silver2}} |
| European Championships | {{gold1}} | {{gold1}} | {{gold1}} | {{gold1}} | {{gold1}} | {{gold1}} |
| Youth Olympics | {{N/A}} | {{gold1}} | {{gold1}} | {{gold1}} | {{silver2}} | {{silver2}} |
| Junior World Championships | {{gold1}} | {{gold1}} | {{bronze3}} | {{gold1}} | {{gold1}} | {{gold1}} |
| Universiade | {{gold1}} | {{gold1}} | {{gold1}} | {{gold1}} | {{silver2}} | {{gold1}} |
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
{{National sports teams of Russia}}
{{National Women's Artistic Gymnastics Teams}}