Anna Aleksandrovna Rodionova (; born 21 November 1996) is a Russian former artistic gymnast."Anna Rodionova" . fig.lx2.sportcentric.com. August 6, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2013. She competed at the 2013 World Championships and won a bronze medal at the 2014 European Championships."Women's Qualification" . fedintgym.com. October 1, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
Junior career
2010 At the 2010 Russian National Championships, Rodionova won all-around bronze in the Candidate for Master of Sport division behind Anastasia Grishina and Anastasia Sidorova with a two-day total of 111.750. She also won bronze on vault and silver on uneven bars. Rodionova made her international debut at the 2010 Pacific Rim Championships. She won a bronze medal in the all-around with a 53.450 behind Americans Jordyn Wieber and Kyla Ross, and she finished sixth on vault and beam. She competed at the 2010 Eurasian Youth Games and won team gold with Anastasia Sidorova, Kristina Sidorova, Evgenia Shelgunova, and Maria Dunayeva. Rodionova won silver in the all-around, uneven bars, and balance beam.
2011 Rodionova won three bronze medals in the Junior Master of Sport division of the 2011 Russian National Championships. She finished behind Anastasia Grishina and Anastasia Sidorova in the all-around with a two-day total of 106.025. Her other bronze medals were won on vault and beam. She competed at the 2011 City of Jesolo Trophy and won silver in the junior team competition with Grishina, Anastasia Sidorova, Kristina Sidorova, Shelgunova, and Yulia Chemaryova. Rodionova had a poor performance, scoring only 49.900 in the all-around. Rodionova competed at the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival where the Russian team finished in fourth. She finished 5th in the all-around final with a 53.850. She finished 7th in the balance beam final and 5th in the floor final.
Senior career
2012 In January, Rodionova was selected for the Olympic training squad which was for the gymnasts that could have contended for a spot on the Russian Olympic team. She was the youngest gymnast selected. At the 2012 Russian National Championships, Rodionova placed eighth in the all-around with a 54.434. She finished fourth on the uneven bars and seventh on balance beam. Rodionova's first senior international meet was the 2012 City of Jesolo Trophy. Along with Anastasia Grishina, Yulia Inshina, and Yulia Belokobylskaya, she won a bronze medal in the team event. She finished 14th in the all-around with a 54.300, but Grishina was the only Russian to score higher than her. Rodionova competed at the 2012 Russian Cup where the Volga team won bronze. She finished tenth in the all-around with a 51.100. She was not selected to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She competed at the Stuttgart World Cup and won team gold with Aliya Mustafina, Kristina Goryunova, and Inshina.
2013 Rodionova's first meet of the season was the Anadia World Cup where she place eighth on the uneven bars. She competed at the 2013 Russian Cup where the Volga Federal District team won silver behind Saint Petersburg. She finished fourth in the all-around with a 55.093. In the event finals, Rodionova finished sixth on uneven bars and balance beam.
2013 World Championships After Ksenia Afanasyeva had ankle surgery, Mustafina, Tatiana Nabieva, and Maria Paseka were named to the 2013 World Championship team. The fourth spot was between Viktoria Komova and Rodionova. Komova, who had viral meningitis, was told not to compete by doctors. Originally, Rodionova was scheduled to do balance beam only. However, Paseka withdrew due to back injury, and Nabieva suffered a fall that caused a large bruise on her forehead, and she only competed uneven bars. Rodionova competed all-around in the qualification round. She qualified for the all-around final in fifteenth with a 54.599. She qualified for the balance beam final in fourth behind Larisa Iordache, Shang Chunsong, and Kyla Ross with a 14.466. She finished sixteenth in the all-around final with a 53.298. She finished in last place in the balance beam final after falling on her Arabian salto.
After the World Championships, Rodionova competed at the 2013 Elite Gym Massilia with Alla Sosnitskaya, Ekaterina Kramarenko, and Evgenia Shelgunova. The team won silver behind Romania, and Rodionova finished tenth in the all-around with a 53.550. She finished sixth in the uneven bars final with a 12.233. She and her teammates – Kramarenko, Mustafina, and Nabieva – won silver behind China at the Stuttgart World Cup.
2014 In March 2014, Rodionova competed at the Cottbus World Cup event with Maria Kharenkova, Polina Fedorova and Daria Spiridonova. She qualified to the uneven bars final in second place and in the final won the silver medal behind Sophie Scheder of Germany. In May 2014, she competed at the European Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. In qualifications she contributed scores of 13.933 on vault and 14.866 on uneven bars. In the team finals she contributed a score of 13.433 on uneven bars towards the Russian team's bronze medal finish. In August she competed at the Russian Cup and finished fourth with her team and sixth on the uneven bars.
Rodionova announced her retirement in 2015. After the 2014 European Championships, she sustained an ankle injury that she never recovered from.
Competitive history Year EventTeamAAVTUBBBFX2010National Championships (Junior) (CMS) 3rd3rd2nd Pacific Rim Championships (Junior) 3rd 6th 6th Eurasian Youth Games1st2nd 2nd2nd2011National Championships (Junior) (MS) 3rd 3rd 5th 3rd 6thCity of Jesolo Trophy2nd European Youth Summer Olympic Festival4th5th 7th5th2012National Championships 5th 8th 4th 7th City of Jesolo Trophy3rd Russian Cup 3rd 10th 5th Stuttgart World Cup 1st 2013Anadia World Cup 8th Russian Cup 2nd 4th 6th 6th World Championships 16th 8th Massilia Cup (Master Massilia) 2nd 10th 6th Stuttgart World Cup 2nd 2014Cottbus World Cup 2nd National Championships 4th 2nd European Championships 3rd Russian Cup 4th 6th 2015Russian Hopes 5th 2nd
Year Competition description Location Apparatus Rank-Final Score-Final Rank-Qualifying Score-Qualifying 2013 World Championships Antwerp All-around 16 53.298 15 54.599 Uneven bars 17 13.800 Balance beam 8 13.100 4 14.466 Floor exercise 47 12.400 2014 European Championships Sofia Team 3 169.329 3 170.621 Uneven bars 5 14.866
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