Junior gymnastics career
Ilyankova began gymnastics when she was four years old because her older sister was also a gymnast. Ilyankova made her international debut at the 2014 International Gymnix and won the team gold medal alongside Angelina Melnikova, Daria Skrypnik, and Ekaterina Sokova. In the event finals, she won the bronze medal on vault behind Shallon Olsen and Skrypnik and the silver medal on balance beam behind Rose-Kaying Woo. Then at the 2014 Voronin Cup, she won the team gold medal with Ekaterina Kramarenko. Individually, she won the all-around gold medal, the balance beam silver medal behind Sokova, and the vault bronze medal. At the 2015 International Gymnix, Ilyankova helped the Russian team win the silver medal behind Canada, and she won silver on the uneven bars behind Natalia Kapitonova. Then at the European Youth Olympic Festival, she won a team gold medal alongside Daria Skrypnik and Elena Eremina. Ilyankova won the all-around bronze medal behind Skrypnik and Axelle Klinckaert and the uneven bars bronze medal behind Skrypnik and Nina Derwael. She won the gold medal on the uneven bars at the 2015 Junior Japan International. Ilyankova began the 2016 season at the International Gymnix where the Russian team won the silver medal behind the United States. Individually, Ilyankova won the uneven bars gold medal. At the Russian Championships, she won the junior all-around title. She also won the uneven bars and floor exercise titles and the vault bronze medal. She was then selected to compete at the 2016 European Junior Championships alongside Elena Eremina, Uliana Perebinosova, Angelina Simakova, and Varvara Zubova, and they won the team gold medal. Ilyankova qualified for the all-around final and finished tenth after falling on both vault and balance beam. In the event finals, she won the gold medals on both the uneven bars and balance beam. Then at the Elite Gym Massilia, she won the all-around gold medal by over a point ahead of Eremina. In the event finals, she won gold on floor exercise, silver on uneven bars behind Irina Alexeeva, and silver on balance beam behind Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos.Senior gymnastics career
2017
Ilyankova was injured at the beginning of the 2017 season, competing only on uneven bars at the Russian Championships and finishing fourth. She made her senior international debut at the Osijek World Challenge Cup where she won gold on the uneven bars and silver on the balance beam behind Thaís Fidélis. She then competed at the Russian Cup, winning the uneven bars title and finishing fourth on the balance beam. She was then named to the Russian World Championships team. Although she struggled with a back injury in training, she still competed on the uneven bars and balance beam at the World Championships. She qualified for the uneven bars final in second place with a score of 15.066, less than a tenth of a point behind Elena Eremina. In the final, her foot hit the bar on her Shang release, incurring a 3-tenth deduction, leading her to take fourth place behind Nina Derwael of Belgium, Eremina, and Fan Yilin of China.2018
Ilyankova began the season at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge, but the Russian team finished fifth and did not advance into the four-team team final. At the2019
Ilyankova began the season at the Russian Championships and won the uneven bars title. As a result, she was chosen to compete at the European Championships alongside Angelina Simakova, Angelina Melnikova, and Maria Paseka. A week later, she competed at the Baku World Cup and won the silver medal on the uneven bars. Then at the Doha World Cup, she won the uneven bars bronze medal behind Nina Derwael and Fan Yilin. At the European Championships, Ilyankova won the gold medal on the uneven bars. In June, she was named as Aliya Mustafina's replacement for the European Games; she competed alongside Angelina Melnikova and Aleksandra Shchekoldina. During qualifications, she finished third on uneven bars behind2020
Ilyankova began the 2020 season at the Melbourne World Cup, and she placed sixth on the uneven bars. She then competed at the Baku World Cup and during qualifications she finished second on uneven bars behind Fan Yilin. However, the event finals were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan. She did not compete again until November when she successfully defended her uneven bars title at the Russian Championships.2021
Ilyankova competed at the Russian Championships where she finished seventh on uneven bars after falling off the apparatus, and she placed fifth on the balance beam. She next competed at the Russian Cup in June where she finished third on uneven bars behind Vladislava Urazova and Angelina Melnikova. Ilyankova was selected to represent the Russian Olympic Committee athletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics as an individual athlete. At the2022–23
Ilyankova did not compete in any international competitions in 2022 due to the International Gymnastics Federation banning Russian and Belarusian athletes for theCompetitive history
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