Aleksandra Eduardovna Shchekoldina (; born 11 July 2002) is a retired Russian

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different types of apparatus. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which assigns the '' Code of Points'' used ...

. She is the 2016 Russian national junior champion in vault and silver medalist in the team competition, in all-around, and on beam.

Gymnastics career

2019

Shchekoldina was named to Russia's team for the

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alongside

Angelina Melnikova Angelina Romanovna Melnikova ( rus, Ангели́на Рома́новна Ме́льникова, , ɐnɡʲɪˈlʲinə ˈmʲelʲnʲɪkəvə; born 18 July 2000) is a Russian artistic gymnast. With eleven Olympic and World medals, she is the j ...

and Anastasia Iliankova. In the qualification round, Shchekoldina competed on all four events and qualified to the all-around final in ninth with a total score of 51.565. In the final, she totaled a 52.365 and finished in fifth. In July, Shchekoldina went to train in Tokyo for a week with the Russian national team in preparation for the

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. Others in attendance included Olympic champion Aliya Mustafina. Shortly after the conclusion of the Russian Cup Shchekoldina was named to the nominative team for the 2019 World Championships alongside

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, Lilia Akhaimova, Anastasia Agafonova, and Angelina Simakova (later replaced by Maria Paseka). While there she helped Russia win the silver medal behind the United States.

2020

In early February it was announced that Shchekoldina was selected to represent Russia at the Birmingham World Cup taking place in late March. However the Birmingham World Cup was later canceled due to the

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. In November Shchekoldina competed at the Friendship & Solidarity Competition in

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. She was on the Solidarity Team who won gold.

Competitive History

References

External links

Aleksandra Shchekoldina profile
on the Russia Artistic Gymnastics Federation website {{DEFAULTSORT:Shchekoldina, Aleksandra 2002 births Living people Gymnasts at the 2019 European Games Russian female artistic gymnasts Sportspeople from Surgut European Games competitors for Russia Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships 21st-century Russian sportswomen