Russian rhythmic gymnast
| Angelina Shkatova |
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| Country represented |  Russia |
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| Born | (2001-01-25) 25 January 2001 (age 23)[1]
Vladimir,[2] Russia |
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| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics |
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| Level | Senior International Elite |
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| Years on national team | 2019– |
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| Gym | Novogorsk |
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| Head coach(es) | Irina Viner |
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| Assistant coach(es) | Tatiana Sergaeva |
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Angelina Anatolyevna Shkatova (Russian: Ангелина Анатольевна Шкатова, IPA: [ɐnɡʲɪˈlʲinə ˈʂkatəvə]; born 25 January 2001) is 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]
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