Alina Melnyk
| Alina Melnyk | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country represented |  Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 May 2005 Lviv, Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | International Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2019– | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Deriugins School | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Irina Deriugina | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach(es) | Iryna Ruda | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Iryna Blokhina | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Alina Melnyk (Ukrainian: Аліна Мельник, born 17 May 2005) is a Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast.[1] She won World bronze with 3 ribbons & 2 Balls in 2023.
Career[edit]
Melnyk debuted at the 1st Junior World Championships in Moscow, placing 16th in both teams and the All-Around.[2]
As a senior, after part of the group that competed at the 2020 Olympics retired, she competed at the 2021 World Championships in Kitakyushu being 4th in teams, 8th in the All-Around, 7th with 3 hoops & 4 clubs.[3]
In 2023 the group debuted at the World Cup in Athens ending 5th in the All-Around, 4th with 5 hoops and 8th with 3 ribbons & 2 balls.[4] In Baku they were 4th in the All-Around, 7th in the mixed apparatus final and won bronze with 5 hoops.[5] There a month later Alina took part in the European Championships, the group was 4th in the All-Around and with 3 ribbons & 2 balls, 6th with 5 hoops, together with the individuals Viktoriia Onopriienko,Polina Karika and Polina Horodnycha the group won silver in teams.[6][7] In July they were in Cluj-Napoca, finishing 5th in the All-Around, 7th and 8th in the event finals.[8] In the last World Cup of the season in Milan they were 10th in the All-Around and 7th with 5 hoops.[9] In late August Melnyk competed at the World Championships in Valencia along Yelyzaveta Azza, Diana Baieva, Daryna Duda, Oleksandra Yushchak, Mariia Vysochanska and the two individuals Onopriienko and Kariika ending 6th in teams, being 5th in the All-Around granted them a spot for Paris 2024, 7th with 5 hoops they won bronze with 3 ribbons & 2 balls.[10]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "MELNYK Alina - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
- ^ "2019 Junior World Championships Result Book" (PDF). longinestiming.
- ^ Results book longinestiming.com
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Athens 2023 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Baku 2023 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
- ^ "2023 Team Results" (PDF). europeangymnastics.
- ^ "2023 Groups All-Around" (PDF). europeangymnastics.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Cluj-Napoca 2023 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Milan 2023 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
- ^ "2023 World Championships Result Book" (PDF). gym.longinestiming.com.