Angelina Simakova

Angelina Alekseevna Simakova (Russian: Ангелина Алексеевна Симакова, born 26 August 2002) is a Russian artistic gymnast. She resides in Obninsk, Russia, and is coached by Irina Kolobova. She is the 2019 Russian national all-around champion and the 2018 Russian national all-around silver medalist. Internationally, she was a member of the Russian teams that won gold at the 2018 European Championships and silver at the 2018 World Championships.

Angelina Simakova Ангелина Симакова
Full name	Angelina Alekseevna Simakova
Country represented	Russia
Born	26 August 2002
Hometown	Obninsk, Russia
Residence	Obninsk, Russia
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior international elite
Years on national team	2014–Present (RUS)
Head coach(es)	Irina Kolobova
Medal record Representing  Russia World Championships 2018 Doha Team European Championships 2018 Glasgow Team

Career

Junior

Simakova competed at the 2014 Gym Festival in Trnava, winning the team junior and all-around gold medal. She will turn senior in 2018, consequently becoming age-eligible for a place on the Russian gymnastics team for the 2018 World Championships.

2018

In April Simakova made her senior international debut at the Tokyo World Cup where she finished fourth behind Mai Murakami of Japan, Trinity Thomas of the United States, and Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos of France.[1] Later that month she competed at the Russian National Championships where she won silver behind Angelina Melnikova in the all-around. She additionally won silver on floor exercise, once again behind Melnikova, and placed fifth on vault on fourth on uneven bars.[2] In July she competed at the Russian Cup where she placed fourth in the all-around behind Melnikova, Anastasia Ilyankova, and Viktoria Komova. She placed first on floor exercise, eighth on vault, and third on uneven bars.[3]

On 20 July, Simakova was named to the Russian team to compete at the 2018 European Championships alongside Angelina Melnikova, Irina Alexeeva, Lilia Akhaimova, and Uliana Perebinosova.[4] Together they won gold in the team finals.[5]

On 29 September, Simakova was named on the nominative team to compete at the 2018 World Championships in Doha, Qatar alongside Lilia Akhaimova, Irina Alexeeva, Angelina Melnikova, and Aliya Mustafina.[6] On October 17, the Worlds team was officially announced and was unchanged from the nominative team.[7] Although Simakova originally planned on competing all four events in qualifications, she only competed on vault, balance beam, and uneven bars after hurting her ankle.[8] During qualifications, although she scored a 0 on her vault after crashing it, Russia still qualified to the team final in second place.[9] During team finals Simakova only competed on balance beam where she helped Russia win the silver medal behind the United States.[10]

2019

In March, Simakova won the all-around at the Russian National Championships.[11] As a result she was chosen to compete at the 2019 European Championships alongside Angelina Melnikova, Maria Paseka, and Anastasia Ilyankova.[12] Later in March Simakova competed at the EnBW DTB-Pokal Team Challenge in Stuttgart where she helped Russia win the silver medal in the team final. Individually she placed fifth in the all-around.[13] After a subpar performance, Simakova was replaced by Aliya Mustafina on the European Championships team.[14] She was added back onto the Euros team after Mustafina withdrew.[15]

At the European Championships qualified to the all-around final in sixteenth place and was the first reserve for the balance beam final.[16] During the all-around final Simakova finished in ninth place after falling twice.[17]

In August Simakova competed at the Russian Cup. After two days of competition she finished sixth in the all-around competition.[18] Shortly after the conclusion of the Russian Cup Simakova was named to the nominative team for the 2019 World Championships alongside Angelina Melnikova, Daria Spiridonova, Lilia Akhaimova, and Aleksandra Shchekoldina.[19] She was later injured during the training camp and was replaced by Maria Paseka.[20]

2020

In February it was announced that Simakova would represent Russia at the Tokyo World Cup taking place on April 4.[21] The Tokyo World Cup was later canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Japan.[22] In December Simakova competed at the Voronin Cup. She only competed on uneven bars and balance beam, placing first and second respectively.

Competitive history

Junior

Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
2013	Russian Hopes (1st Class)
2014	National Championships (Youth 1st)
	Gym Festival Trnava
	Russian Hopes (1st Class)	4
2015	L'International Gymnix		5			4
	National Championships (KMS)
	Lugano Trophy
2016	National Championships (MS)		4	4	5
	European Championships
2017	WOGA Classic
	Junior Japan International		4		4		6
	Elite Gym Massilia			5

Senior

Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
2018	Tokyo World Cup		4
	National Championships			5	4
	Russian Cup		4	8
	European Championships
	World Championships
	Joaquin Blume Memorial
2019	National Championships				5
	EnBW DTB-Pokal Challenge		5
	European Championships		9
	Russian Cup		6		8		6
2020	Voronin Cup

International Scores

Year	Competition Description	Location	Apparatus	Rank-Final	Score-Final	Rank-Qualifying	Score-Qualifying
2018	European Championships	Glasgow	Team	1	165.195	2	161.462
			Vault			9	13.783
			Balance Beam			29	12.333
			Floor Exercise			9	13.066
	World Championships	Doha	Team	2	162.863	2	165.497
			Uneven Bars			68	12.366
			Balance Beam			13	13.400
2019	European Championships	Szczecin	All-Around	9	51.465	16	51.965
			Uneven Bars			16	13.666
			Balance Beam			9	13.066
			Floor Exercise			48	11.933

References

1. "2018 Tokyo World Cup Results". The Gymternet. April 16, 2018.
2. "2018 Russian Championships Results". The Gymternet. April 21, 2018.
3. "2018 Russian Cup Results". The Gymternet. July 2, 2018.
4. "Viktoria Komova wont be on the Russian team for Euros". Gymnovosti. 20 July 2018.
5. "Gymnastics: Melnikova inspires Russia's European team triumph". Reuters. 4 August 2018.
6. "Мустафина и Белявский вошли в заявку сборной России на ЧМ по спортивной гимнастике в Дохе". TASS (in Russian). September 28, 2018.
7. "Russian Teams for Worlds Announced". Gymnovosti. October 17, 2018.
8. "Aliya Mustafina will compete on floor in the qualification". Gymnovosti. October 28, 2018.
9. "2018 World Championships Live Blog – Women's Qualifications Subdivision 9". The Gymternet. October 28, 2018.
10. "2018 World Championships Results". The Gymternet. November 6, 2018.
11. "Simakova Wins All-around At The Russian Championships". Gymnovosti. March 7, 2019.
12. "Мельникова и Пасека обеспечили право на участие в ЧЕ по спортивной гимнастике". TASS (in Russian). March 10, 2019.
13. "2019 DTB Team Challenge Results". The Gymternet. March 18, 2019.
14. "Мустафина выступит на чемпионате Европы по спортивной гимнастике". R-Sport (in Russian). March 24, 2019.
15. "Rodionenko: Mustafina Withdrew From Euros". Gymnovosti. April 1, 2019.
16. "Тренер сборной России Родионенко разочарована выступлением на ЧЕ гимнастки Симаковой". TASS (in Russian). April 11, 2019.
17. "Rodionenko: Simakova's Career On The National Team Is In Jeopardy". Gymnovosti. April 13, 2019.
18. "Vladislava Urazova wins AA gold at the Russian Cup". Gymnovosti. August 25, 2019.
19. "Назван состав сборной России по спортивной гимнастике на ЧМ в Штутгарте". ru sport (in Russian). August 27, 2019.
20. "Гимнастка Пасека заменит травмированную Симакову в составе сборной России на ЧМ". TASS (in Russian). September 24, 2019.
21. "Simone Biles heads star-studded field for Tokyo World Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. February 14, 2020.
22. @FIG_media (March 17, 2020). "Japan Gymnastics Association has decided to cancel the #Tokyo All-Around World Cup that was scheduled on 4-5 April 2020" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

External links

• Russian Gymnastics profile