Aleksandra Soldatova
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Aleksandra Sergeyevna Soldatova (Russian: Александра Сергеевна Солдатова; born 1 June 1998) is a retired Russian individual
Russian Junior
National All-around medalist.
She was coached by Anna Shumilova-Dyachenko. On 24 December 2020, Soldatova announced that she had retired from competitive gymnastics.[8]
Early and personal life
On 21 January 2023, Soldatova announced via her Instagram that she was pregnant. She gave birth to a baby boy, Nikolai Dmitrievich, on 21 March 2023.
Career
Junior
Soldatova began training in rhythmic gymnastics at age five. She burst onto the junior international scene at the 2011 Junior
Evgenia Kanaeva and Daria Kondakova).[9] At the Russian National Junior Championships, she won the bronze in 2012[10] and silver in 2013 in the all-around.[11]
In 2012, Soldatova started her season at the 2012 Moscow Grand Prix. She won the all-around gold at the Schmiden International Tournament and all event finals before winning Team gold with Dina Averina and Arina Averina at the 2012 MTM Ljubljana. After winning gold in ribbon at the 2012 Pesaro Junior World Cup, she then won the all-around title at the 2012 Sofia Junior World Cup and the event finals. At the 2012 European Junior Championships, Soldatova won the gold medal in ribbon as well as helping the Russian junior team (with Yana Kudryavtseva, Julia Sinitsina and Diana Borisova) win the junior team gold medal.[12]
Competing at the 2013 Russian Spartakiada's 6th Summer Student Games, Soldatova won the all-around gold ahead of the Averina twins, as well as gold in ribbon and silver in clubs and hoop. In October, she was the all-around gold medalist in the junior division in the Italian Serie A.[citation needed]
Senior
2014 season
In the 2014 season, due to Russia's repository of rhythmic gymnasts, Soldatova was part of the reserve team, and nevertheless made her senior debut competing in the senior international tournament division at the
2014 World Championships, she competed in only 2 apparatus, contributing scores of 17.675 (ball) and 18.050 (hoop) helping Russia win the Team gold medal with a total of 147.914 points. Soldatova did not advance to any event finals because of the 2 gymnast per country rule with Kudryavtseva and Mamun placed ahead of her in qualifications.[citation needed
]
2015 season
Soldatova started her season competing at the
2015 Grand Prix Final in Brno, but withdrew before the start of the competition because of fever.[citation needed
]
2016 season
In 2016, Soldatova started her season at the
2016 Minsk World Cup
with a total of 74.200 points, in the event finals: she won 3 silver medals (ball, ribbon, clubs) and placed 7th in hoop.
2016 Grand Prix Final in Eilat, Israel, where she won the all-around gold earning a new personal best total of 77.033 points, she also swept gold in all the apparatus finals in Hoop (19.300), Ball (19.367), Clubs (19.200) and Ribbon (19.117).[citation needed
]
2017 season
In 2017, Soldatova started her Post-Olympics season in competition at the
2017 World Championships as she has not fully recovered from her injury, she is still heavily recovering not just physically, but mentally.[27]
On 5–6 November, Soldatova competed at the 2017 Dalia Kutkaite Cup winning the all-around gold with a total of 74.850 points, a 0.5 ahead of silver medalist Katsiaryna Halkina.[28]
2018 season
In 2018, Soldatova started the season at the
2018 Grand Prix Moscow, where she placed 4th in all-around. She qualified to two apparatus finals, where she won silver with clubs and ribbon. At the 2018 Russian National Championships, she won the silver medal behind the defending champion Dina Averina.[citation needed
]
On 30 March – 1 April, Soldatova began with the world cup events competing at the
2018 Guadalajara World Challenge Cup where she won silver in the all-around (72.750) behind Linoy Ashram. She qualified in all apparatus finals however mistakes with hoop and ball led to 6th and 7th place respectively in those finals. She still won silver in clubs behind Arina Averina and won gold in the last event with ribbon (18.650).[citation needed
]
On 16–17 May, Soldatova competed at the
2018 Holon Grand Prix and won silver in the all-around with a total of 75.750 points behind teammate Arina Averina. She qualified for the hoop and clubs finals. However she withdrew from the events schedule due to injury, and it was later revealed she sustained a fracture in her left leg. She was in an orthopedic cast and was off the carpet for 4 weeks, then resumed training in early July, joining the Russian national training camp in Croatia.[citation needed
]
2019 season
Soldatova won four gold medals at the Tashkent World Cup in April 2019,[29] and five gold medals at the 2019 Guadalajara World Challenge Cup in early May.[30] On 19 May 2019, she won two silver medals - in ball and ribbon - at the European Championships in Baku.[31] In September at the Portimão World Challenge Cup, Soldatova won the all-around gold.[32]
2020 season
Russian media reported that on 5 February Soldatova was taken to the
bulimia.[34] Soldatova later stated through her coach's Instagram account that she had accidentally cut herself with a knife while making breakfast and gone to the hospital.[34][35] In February 2020, she revealed that she would take time off to receive treatment for bulimia, which she had been suffering from for the past two years, and wanted to begin training again once she became healthy.[36][37]
Soldatova did not compete during the 2020 season, which was curtailed due to the coronavirus pandemic. She announced her retirement from gymnastics on 24 December 2020.[8]
Gymnastics technique
Soldatova was known for her flexible body difficulties and pivot turns, she has executed a quintuple penchee turn and a quadruple ring pivot in competitions. She can also complete a quadruple double backscale pivot.[citation needed]
Routine music information
| Year | Apparatus | Music title[38] |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Gala (Grand Prix
Moscow opening) |
"The Promise", by Secret Garden |
| Gala (Grand Prix
Moscow closing) |
"I Like the Way You're Not Ill With Me" (Russian: Мне нравится, что Вы больны не мной),
by Alla Pugacheva, lyrics by Marina Tsvetaeva | |
| 2020 | Gala | "Mama", by Dalida |
| 2019 | Hoop | The Gypsies; Journey Across Europe / Fanatico Master music from Oxford / KOI
by John Corigliano / Edvin Marton & Ari Zakaryan |
| Ball | "The Love of the Tired Swans" (Russian: Любовь уставших лебедей),
by Dimash Kudaibergen, composed by Igor Krutoy
| |
| Clubs | "Always", by AySel feat. Arash | |
| Ribbon | "Scheherazade", by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | |
| Gala | "The Love of the Tired Swans" (Russian: Любовь уставших лебедей),
by Dimash Kudaibergen, composed by Igor Krutoy
| |
| 2018 | Hoop (first) | "Granada" by Stanley Black |
| Hoop (second) | "Malagueña", by Stanley Black | |
| Ball (first) | "Carmen Suite", by Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, composed by Georges Bizet | |
| Ball (second) | "Don Quixote", by Ludwig Minkus | |
| Clubs (first) | " Eyes Like Yours", by Shakira
| |
| Clubs (second) | " The Second Waltz", by Dmitri Shostakovich
| |
| Ribbon | "You Don't Give Up On Love" (Russian: Не отрекаются любя), by Alla Pugacheva, composed by Mark Minkov | |
| Gala (first) | "Blizzard", by Quatro | |
| Gala (second) | "Por Fin", by Pablo Alborán | |
| 2017 | Hoop | "Prelude in C-sharp minor", by Pierre-Yves Plat, composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff |
| Ball (first) | "The Dying Swan", music from The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns | |
| Ball (second) | "Aria", by Giorgia Fumanti, from The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns | |
| Clubs (fist) | "Girl's Dance" from The Path of Thunder, by Gara Garayev | |
| Clubs (second) | "Russian Dance" from Swan Lake, Act III, Op. 20, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | |
| Ribbon | "Spartacus" (The Triumph of Rome, Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia, Spartacus' Death), by Aram Khachaturian | |
| Gala | "Russian Dance" from Swan Lake, Act III, Op. 20, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | |
| 2016 | Hoop | "Phantasia" from The Phantom of the Opera, by Sarah Chang, Julian Lloyd Webber |
| Ball | "Mama", by Dalida | |
| Clubs | "Kadril Veselaya" (Russian: Весёлая кадриль), by Kravtet Sisters and Anna Litvinenko | |
| Ribbon | "Piano Concerto no. 1 in B flat minor, op. 23" by Maksim Mrvica, composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | |
| Gala | "Fantasie-tableaux Op. 5 Barcarolle", by Sergei Rachmaninoff | |
| 2015 | Hoop (first) | "Concerto in F", by George Gershwin |
| Hoop (second) | "Danse de Phryne" from Faust, by Charles Gounod | |
| Ball | " David Garrett, composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
| |
| Clubs | "Straight To Memphis", by Club des Belugas | |
| Ribbon | " Alexandr Borodin
| |
| Gala | "Worth It", by Fifth Harmony feat. Kid Ink | |
| 2014 | Hoop | "Mazurka" from Masquerade, by Aram Khachaturian |
| Ball | "La donna è mobile", by Luciano Pavarotti, composed by Giuseppe Verdi | |
| Clubs | "My Fair Lady", by Frederick Loewe | |
| Ribbon | "Dillo Ancora", by Carmelo Zappulla | |
| Gala | "Goodbye" from Hachi: A Dog's Tale, by Jan A. P. Kaczmarek | |
| 2013 | Hoop | "La Gorda", by Roberto Polisano |
| Ball | "Casta Diva", by Filippa Giordano | |
| Clubs | "Que Bonita Eres", by Latino Tres | |
| Ribbon | "Dillo Ancora", by Carmelo Zappulla | |
| 2012 | Hoop | "Tango Cumparsita", by Bulevard Tango Club |
| Ball | "Schedrivochka" (Russian: Щедривочка), by Pelageya | |
| Clubs | — | |
| Ribbon | "La Maritza", by Sylvie Vartan | |
| 2011 | Hoop | "Cheburashka's Song" (Russian: Песня Чебурашки), by Vladimir Shainsky (arranged) |
| Ball | " Badinerie", by Johann Sebastian Bach (arranged)
| |
| Clubs | "Sole Love", by Nachum Heiman | |
| Ribbon | "On the Boat" (Russian: На катере), by Eugen Doga |
Competitive highlights
(Team competitions in seniors are held only at the World Championships, Europeans and other Continental Games.)
| International: Senior | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Event | AA | Team | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon |
| 2019 | World Cup Portimão | 1st | 8th | 3rd | WD | WD | |
| European Championships | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | ||||
| World Cup Guadalajara | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||
| World Cup Tashkent | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4th | ||
| World Cup Sofia | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 1st | ||
Grand Prix Marbella |
2nd | 4th | 4th (Q) | 4th (Q) | 3rd | ||
Grand Prix Moscow |
3rd | 4th (Q) | 9th (Q) | 1st | 3rd (Q) | ||
| 2018 | World Championships | 3rd | 1st | 3rd (Q) | 2nd | 1st | |
World Cup Kazan |
1st | 8th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | ||
World Cup Minsk |
2nd | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | 1st | ||
Grand Prix Holon |
2nd | WD | 3rd (Q) | WD | WD | ||
World Cup Guadalajara |
2nd | 6th | 7th | 2nd | 1st | ||
World Cup Tashkent |
1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||
World Cup Sofia |
1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 4th | ||
Grand Prix Moscow |
4th | 5th (Q) | 6th (Q) | 2nd | 2nd | ||
| 2017 | Dalia Kutkaite Cup | 1st | |||||
| Gracia Fair Cup | 1st | ||||||
World Cup Minsk |
1st | 2nd | 5th | 6th | 4th | ||
| European Championships | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | |||
World Cup Baku |
2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 5th | ||
World Cup Pesaro |
1st | 1st | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | ||
Grand Prix Marbella |
1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||
Grand Prix Moscow |
2nd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd (Q) | 4th (Q) | ||
| 2016 | Grand Prix Final: Eilat |
1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
| Aeon Cup | 3rd | 1st | |||||
World Cup Baku |
3rd | 3rd (Q) | 2nd | 3rd (Q) | 3rd (Q) | ||
| Italia-Russia Match | 1st | ||||||
World Cup Kazan |
3rd | 3rd (Q) | 3rd (Q) | 2nd | 3rd (Q) | ||
World Cup Guadalajara |
2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||
World Cup Minsk |
2nd | 7th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | ||
World Cup Tashkent |
2nd | 2nd | 18th (Q) | 2nd | 2nd | ||
Grand Prix Thiais |
2nd | 2nd | 1st | 7th (Q) | 1st | ||
World Cup Lisbon |
1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | ||
World Cup Espoo |
1st | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 3rd | ||
Grand Prix Moscow |
1st | 1st | 1st | 6th (Q) | 2nd | ||
| 2015 | Grand Prix Final |
WD | |||||
| Aeon Cup | 3rd | 1st | |||||
World Championships |
3rd (Q) | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 5th (Q) | ||
World Cup Kazan |
3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | ||
World Cup Sofia |
6th | 6th (Q) | 6th (Q) | 2nd | 7th (Q) | ||
World Cup Budapest |
4th | 4th (Q) | 3rd (Q) | 5th (Q) | 7th | ||
Grand Prix Berlin |
3rd | 2nd | 16th (Q) | 2nd | 2nd | ||
World Cup Tashkent |
2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 6th | 2nd | ||
Grand Prix Holon |
3rd | 5th (Q) | 2nd | 3rd (Q) | 2nd | ||
| European Championships | 1st | 7th | 8th | ||||
World Cup Pesaro |
3rd | 8th (Q) | 1st | 3rd (Q) | 3rd | ||
World Cup Bucharest |
6th | 20th (Q) | 4th (Q) | 2nd | 1st | ||
World Cup Lisbon |
1st | 6th | 2nd | 1st | 4th (Q) | ||
Grand Prix Moscow |
4th | 13th (Q) | 1st | 7th | 4th (Q) | ||
| 2014 | Italian Serie A | 1st | |||||
World Championships |
1st | 4th (Q) | 4th (Q) | ||||
| IV International Brazil Meet | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||
| Izmir Tournament Cup | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | ||
Tashkent World Cup |
3rd | 4th (Q) | 4th (Q) | 3rd (Q) | 3rd (Q) | ||
Corbeil-Essonnes World Cup |
4th | 4th (Q) | 2nd | 12th (Q) | 3rd (Q) | ||
| Baltic Hoop | 1st | 1st | 4th | 1st | 1st | ||
Debrecen World Cup |
1st | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | ||
Gazprom International Tournament |
3rd | ||||||
| International: Junior | |||||||
| Year | Event | AA | Team | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon |
| 2013 | Italian Serie A | 1st | |||||
| 2012 | European Championships | 1st | 1st | ||||
| Penza World Cup | 1st | 1st | |||||
| Tashkent World Cup | 1st | 1st | |||||
| Sofia World Cup | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||
| Pesaro World Cup | 1st | 1st | |||||
| MTM Ljubljana | 1st | ||||||
| Schmiden International | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||
| 2011 | Aeon Cup | 1st | 1st | ||||
| Irina Deleanu Cup | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | ||
| National | |||||||
| Year | Event | AA | Team | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon |
| 2019 | Russian Championships |
9th | 1st | ||||
| 2018 | Russian Championships |
2nd | 1st | ||||
| 2017 | Russian Championships |
2nd | 3rd | 1st | 5th | 2nd | 2nd |
| 2016 | Russian Championships |
1st | 3rd | 4th | 10th | 2nd | 3rd |
| 2014 | Russian Championships |
3rd | 1st | 2nd | 6th | 2nd | |
| 2013 | Russian Junior Championships |
2nd | |||||
| 2012 | Russian Junior Championships |
3rd | |||||
| 2011 | Russian Junior Championships |
8th | |||||
| Q = Qualifications (Did not advance to Event Final due to the 2 gymnast per country rule, only Top 8 highest score); WD = Withdrew; NT = No Team Competition | |||||||
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