Angelika Timanina
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| Full name | Angelika Igorevna Timanina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 April 1989 Yekaterinburg, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Synchronized swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Childs Youth School of Olympic Reserve “Trud” of synchronized swimming “Junost’ Moskvy” | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Angelika Igorevna Timanina (Russian: Анжелика Игоревна Тиманина; born April 26, 1989, in Yekaterinburg) is a retired Russian competitor in synchronized swimming. Captain of the National Olympic team and a member of the city club of Moscow, she was an eight times winner of the World Championships, seven times winner of the European Championships. She won a gold medal in the women's team competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and announced her retirement on 1 July 2017 and working for Russian Football Union.[1][2]
Career[edit]
She started synchronized swimming at five in the Secondary Children Youth School of Olympic Reserve "Trud" of synchronized swimming "Yunost Moskvy" No. 19 in Yekateriburg. After reaching a certain level, Timanina moved to Moscow, where she started to train in the Sport School of preparation of Olympic Reserve - "Trud."[clarification needed]
At the FINA World Cup in 2008 she was part of the junior National Team that took part in the competition, Angelika performed in the duet event with Daria Korobova and captured bronze medals in the "free routine".[3]
In 2009 Angelika made her senior debut in the World Cup held in Rome as a member of the Russian national team (with Anastasia Davydova, Natalia Ishchenko, Daria Korobova, Anna Nasekina, Alexandra Patskevich, Svetlana Romashina, Alla Shishkina) and won two gold medals in the team events (free routine and technical routine).
In 2010, at the European Aquatic Championship in Budapest, Russian competitors completed a grand slam performance, winning gold medals in team and figures.
In 2011 at the World Championships in Aquatics, held in Shanghai (China), Timanina became a three-time champion in the competition combo routine and groups.
In 2012, the Russian became the Olympic champion in the team competition.
Education[edit]
She is a student of the Institute of Physical Culture, Ural State Pedagogical University (USPU), Yekaterinburg.
Awards and titles[edit]
Honored Master of Sports of Russia.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Anzhelika Timanina Olympic Results". sports-reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
- ^ "Russia Wins Three More Gold Medals". Radio Free Europe. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
- ^ СЕРГЕЕВА, Ольга. Наша землячка стала чемпионкой мира по синхронному плаванью. Интервью с Анжеликой Тиманиной (in Russian). Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
- ^ Приказ о присвоении почетного спортивного звания "Заслуженный мастер спорта России" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 15 May 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
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- Living people
- 1989 births
- Russian synchronized swimmers
- Sportspeople from Yekaterinburg
- Olympic gold medalists for Russia
- Olympic synchronized swimmers for Russia
- Synchronized swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in synchronized swimming
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming
- Synchronized swimmers at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
- Synchronized swimmers at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships
- Synchronized swimmers at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
- Synchronized swimmers at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships
- Summer World University Games medalists in synchronized swimming
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia
- Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade