Natalia Kapitonova

Natalia Andreevna Kapitonova (Russian: Наталья Андреевна Капитонова) (born 31 May 2000) is a Russian artistic gymnast.[1]

Natalia Kapitonova
Full nameNatalia Andreevna Kapitonova
Country represented Russia
Born (2000-05-31) May 31, 2000
Penza, Penza Oblast, Russia
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite

Junior career

2013-2014

In 2013, Kapitonova won team silver at the Russian Junior Championships and silver on bars at the Voronin Cup. The following year, she competed at the Russian Hopes, winning gold on floor exercise and silver in the all-around and on bars. She made her international debut in France at the Tournoi International Combs-la-Ville, winning team, all-around, and uneven bars gold and floor exercise bronze.[2] At the Voronin Cup at the end of the year, she won team silver and uneven bars gold.[3]

2015

In March, Kapitonova competed at the International Gymnix, winning uneven bars gold, team and all-around silver, vault bronze, and placing fourth on floor and fifth on beam.[4] At the Russian Junior Championships in April, she won uneven bars silver, team bronze, and placed fourth on beam and floor and fifth in the all-around.[5] At the Student Spartakiada in June, she won all-around, balance beam, and floor exercise gold, team and vault silver, and uneven bars bronze.

In November she competed at the Elite Gym Massilia in Marseille, France, where she took the uneven bars gold medal and helped her team to silver, finishing fourth individually all-around.[6] At the Voronin Cup in December, she beat teammate Angelina Melnikova to the all-around junior title.

Senior career

2016

On March 18-20, Kapitonova debuted in international competition at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge Cup where Team Russia won the gold medal. On April 30-May 1, she competed at the Osijek World Cup where he won silver in floor and bronze in uneven bars.

2017

On March 2 during the Russian Nationals held in Kazan, Russia , Kapitonova defeated Olympians Seda Tuthkhalyan, Angelina Melnikova as well as 2016 Junior European Champion Elena Eremina to become the Russian National All-Around Champion as well as the co-Uneven Bars Champion with Daria Spiridonova. She was then assigned to DTB Pokal Team Challenge Cup at Stuttgart, Germany. She helped the Russian team win gold by nearly 5 points. Then, she attended the 2017 Jesolo Trophy event where she contributed to the bronze medal performance of the Russian squad. After her clutch performances at these competitions, Kapitonova was named to the Russian Team for the 2017 Europeans.

Competitive history

Junior
Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2013Russian Championships
Voronin Cup
2014Russian Hopes (KMS)
Tournoi Int'l Combs-la-Ville
Voronin Cup44
2015International Gymnix54
National Championships544
Student Spartakiada
Elite Gym Massilia4
Russian Hopes (MS Junior)
Voronin Cup (Junior)

Senior
Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2016DTB Pokal Team Challenge Cup
National Championships645
Osijek World Cup
Russian Cup5
2017National Championships44
DTB Pokal Team Challenge Cup
City of Jesolo Trophy16
European Championships9
2018Voronin Cup
Year Competition Description Location Apparatus Rank-Final Score-Final Rank-Qualifying Score-Qualifying
2017 European Championships Cluj-Napoca All-Around 9 52.766 12 52.898
Uneven Bars 10 13.866
Balance Beam 23 12.500
Floor Exercise 12 12.966

References
  1. "KAPITONOVA Natalia". FIG Licence Viewer. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  2. "2014 Combs-la-Ville Results" (PDF). GymnasticsResults. 9 November 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  3. "2014 Voronin Cup Results". The Gymter.net. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  4. "2015 International Gymnix Results". The Gymter.net. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  5. "2015 Russian Junior Championships Results". The Gymter.net. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  6. "2015 Elite Gym Massilia Results". The Gymter.net. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
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