Sofya Skomorokh
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Full name | Sofya Pavlovna Skomorokh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | Sonya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Omsk, Omsk Oblast, Russia | August 18, 1999||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Omsk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | Senior International | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 2013 - present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Gazprom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gym | Novogorsk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Irina Viner / Tatiana Sergaeva | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assistant coach(es) | Vera Shtelbaums | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Choreographer | Olga Markatanova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sofya Pavlovna Skomorokh (
2015 Worlds Group all-around champion, the 2015 European Games Group all-around champion. On the junior level, she is the 2014 Youth Olympic Group all-around champion and the 2013 European Junior
Group all-around champion.
Junior
Skomorokh started gymnastics at an early age in city of
Evgenia Kanaeva, Irina Tchachina, Galima Shugurova, Tatiana Druchinina and Ksenia Dudkina). Skomorokh was member of Russian Group that competed at the 2013 European Junior Championships with Russia taking the gold medal scoring a total of (33.916) ahead of Belarus (32.700) and Bulgaria (32.532) in the all-around competition. They won another gold medal in 5 hoops final.[1]
In 2014, Skomorokh competed with the Russian Group at the
Daria Anenkova, Daria Dubova, Victoria Ilina, Natalia Safonova) at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China where they won gold in Group All-around finals.[2][3]
Senior
In the 2015 season, Skomorokh joined the Russian Senior Group A, she began competing in the
2015 World Championships in Stuttgart where they won the Group all-around title, eight years after the Russian Group last won the all-around title in 2007. In apparatus finals, they won gold in 6 Clubs / 2 Hoop and silver in 5 Ribbons.[4]
In 2016, Skomorokh was out of competitions early in the season as she broke her leg in practice. She underwent an operation and spent the remaining months in recovery, thus ending her quest for a spot as a member of the Russian Group at the
2016 Rio Olympics
.
In 2017, Skomorokh rejoined the Russian national group after recovering from her surgery. She competed with the Russian Group at the
2017 Grand Prix Moscow
where they won gold in Group all-around, 3 balls + 2 ropes and a silver medal in 5 hoops.
References
- ^ "Russia won all Juniors Titles with its Group". gymmedia. 2 June 2013.
- ^ "Russian Rhythmic gymnasts repeat golden sweep at Youth Olympic Games". International Federation of Gymnastics. 27 August 2014.
- ^ "Russians take more gold in rhythmic gymnastics". JSChina. 28 August 2014.
- ^ "Russia fight back to reclaim Rhythmic Gymnastics World group all-around title". insidethegames. 12 September 2015.
External links
- Sofya Skomorokh at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Sofya Skomorokh at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games at the Wayback Machine (archived September 3, 2014)
- Sofya Skomorokh at Olympedia
- Sofia Skomorokh on Instagram