Angelina Shkatova

Angelina Shkatova
Born	(2001-01-25) 25 January 2001 (age 23)[1] Vladimir,[2] Russia
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Country represented	Russia
Years on national team	2019–
Level	Senior International Elite
Gym	Novogorsk
Head coach(es)	Irina Viner
Assistant coach(es)	Tatiana Sergaeva
Medal record Representing ROC Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Group All-around Representing RGF World Championships 2021 Kitakyushu Team 2021 Kitakyushu Group All-around 2021 Kitakyushu 5 Balls 2021 Kitakyushu 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs Representing  Russia European Championships 2021 Varna Team 2021 Varna Group All-around 2021 Varna 5 Balls Summer Universiade 2019 Naples Group All-around 2019 Naples 5 Balls 2019 Naples 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs Junior European Championships 2015 Minsk Group All-around 2015 Minsk 5 Balls

Angelina Anatolyevna Shkatova (Russian: Ангелина Анатольевна Шкатова, IPA: [ɐnɡʲɪˈlʲinə ˈʂkatəvə]; born 25 January 2001) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2021 European Group All-around champion and the 2015 European Junior Group All-around champion.

Career

Junior

She competed as a member of the Russian Group that competed at the 2015 European Junior Championships where Russia won Group All-around gold medal and silver in 5 Balls final.^{[citation needed]}

Senior

She was part of Russian group from St. Petersburg that took three gold medals (Group All-around, 5 Balls, 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs) at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples, Italy.^[3]

In 2020, she was invited to join the main Russian national group. Her first major competition with the new squad was Grand Prix Moscow in February.^[4] They won gold medal in Group All-around (64.250) in front of Belarus (61.250) and Israel (57.400). They also won gold medals in both Apparatus finals the next day.^{[citation needed]}

In 2021, she started the season at Grand Prix Moscow, where they took gold medal in Group All-around (80.900) in front of Belarus (74.650) and Uzbekistan (73.500).^[5] In the end of May, she competed at the 2021 Pesaro World Cup, where she won gold medal in Group All-around and two silver medals in Apparatus finals. On July 5, 2021, the Russian Federation announced that Shkatova was selected to represent Russia at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, as a member of the Russian group formed by Anastasia Tatareva, Anastasia Bliznyuk, Anastasia Maksimova and Alisa Tishchenko. In 2021 Moscow World Challenge Cup, the Russian group took gold in all aspects ahead of Japan and all possible golds in the apparatus finals ahead of Uzbekistan.

From August 7–8, the Russian group competed in the 2020 Olympic Games where they achieved the silver medal in the general competition behind Bulgaria, and it is the first time in 25 years that Russia has lost the first place and the gold medal in the Olympic Games.^{[citation needed]}

Detailed Olympic results

Year	Competition Description	Location	Music	Apparatus	Rank	Score-Final	Rank	Score-Qualifying
2020	Olympics	Tokyo		All-around	2nd	90.700	2nd	89.050
			Prince Igor: Polovetskie tancy s khorom by Symphony Orchestra of State Moscow	5 Balls	2nd	46.200	2nd	45.750
			Ruslan and Liudmila by State Symphony Orchestra of USSR	3 Hoops + 4 Clubs	2nd	44.500	3rd	43.300

References

1. "Ангелина Шкатова 12.08.2020" (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-06-10.
2. "Place of Birth". FIG.
3. "Владимирская учительница воспитала одну из лучших гимнасток страны" (in Russian). 8 February 2020. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
4. "Ангелина Шкатова закрепилась в основном составе" (in Russian). 25 February 2020. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
5. "Grand Prix Moscow 2021 Senior Group All-around Results" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-06-10.

External links

• Angelina Shkatova at the International Gymnastics Federation
• Angelina Shkatova on Instagram