Natalia Kononenko Explained

Fullname:Natalia Alexeyevna Kononenko
Also Known As:Nataliya
Birth Date:25 August 1994
Birth Place:Kyiv, Ukraine
Height:158 cm[1]
Residence:Sunny Isles, Florida, United States
Club:Master of Sports of Ukraine
Headcoach:Igor Belyakov
Eponymousskills:Kononenko (E) (uneven bars): Tkatchev with 1/2 turn[2]
Retired:2012
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Natalia Alexeyevna Kononenko (Ukrainian: Наталія Олексіївна Кононенко; born 25 August 1994 in Kyiv) is a retired Ukrainian artistic gymnast who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She is a two-time European bronze medalist on the uneven bars.

Career

Junior

Kononenko competed at the 2008 Junior European Championships and helped the Ukrainian team finish seventh. She qualified for the uneven bars and balance beam event finals where she finished eighth and fourth respectively.[3] She also competed at the 2009 Gymnasiade in Doha where the Ukrainian team won the bronze medal behind Russia and Italy.[4] Individually, Kononenko finished seventh in the all-around.[5] In the event finals, she won the silver medal on the uneven bars behind Aliya Mustafina and finished eighth on the balance beam.[6] [7]

Senior

At the 2010 European Championships in Birmingham, Kononenko contributed scores of 14.625 on uneven bars and 12.600 on balance beam towards Ukraine's eighth-place finish. She won the bronze medal on the uneven bars with a score of 14.750 behind Beth Tweddle and Aliya Mustafina.[8]

At the 2012 London Prepares series, Kononenko placed eighth on the uneven bars. This qualified her a spot for the 2012 Olympics.[9] Then at the 2012 European Championships in Brussels, she finished tenth with her team.[10] She also won a bronze medal on the uneven bars with a score of 15.133 behind Russians Viktoria Komova and Anastasia Grishina.[11] Kononenko was Ukraine's only representative for women's artistic gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[12] In the qualification round, she finished 44th in the all-around, and did not qualify into any event finals.[13]

Eponymous skill

Kononenko has one eponymous skill listed in the Code of Points.[14]

Personal life

Kononenko now lives in Sunny Isles, Florida and is a coach.[15]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nataliya Kononenko . Olympedia . 13 July 2021.
  2. Web site: Tkatchev 1/2 (Kononenko) . Balance Beam Situation . 30 May 2019 . 13 July 2021.
  3. Web site: 27th European Championships women's artistic gymnastics Clermont-Ferrand (FRA) 2008 April 3-6 Finals Women Juniors . Gymnastics Results . 13 July 2021.
  4. Web site: ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS GIRLS TEAM & ALL-AROUND FINALS TEAM FINAL . Gymnastics Results . ISF . 13 July 2021 . 9 December 2009.
  5. Web site: ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS GIRLS TEAM & ALL-AROUND FINALS INDIVIDUAL ALL-AROUND FINAL . Gymnastics Results . ISF . 13 July 2021 . 9 December 2009.
  6. Web site: ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS GIRLS APPARATUS FINALS UNEVEN BARS . Gymnastics Results . ISF . 13 July 2021 . 11 December 2009.
  7. Web site: ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS GIRLS APPARATUS FINALS BALANCE BEAM . Gymnastics Results . ISF . 13 July 2021 . 12 December 2009.
  8. Web site: 28th European Artistic Gymnastics Championships Results . Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique . 28 August 2012 . Birmingham, United Kingdom . 2 May 2010.
  9. Web site: Gymnastics Artistic Women's Apparatus Final-Uneven Bars . Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique . 16 August 2014 . 12 January 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221554/http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/2012/eu/gbr/ogtestart/wagef2ub.pdf . 3 March 2016 . dead .
  10. Web site: Team Results Senior Qualification . UEG . 16 August 2014 . 10 May 2012 . 20 July 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130720093054/http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/euro/2012/wag/senqteamsd.pdf . dead .
  11. Web site: Results Senior Apparatus Final Uneven Bars . UEG . 16 August 2014 . 13 May 2012 . 20 July 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130720114140/http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/euro/2012/wag/senef2ub.pdf . dead .
  12. Web site: London 2012 Olympic Games Women Artistics Gymnastics List of participants . Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique . 16 August 2014 . 12 July 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924045155/http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/olympics/2012/wag/participants.pdf . 24 September 2015 . dead .
  13. Web site: Gymnastics Artistic Women's Qualification . Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique . 16 August 2014 . 29 July 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130720201548/http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/olympics/2012/wag/qaa.pdf . 20 July 2013 . dead .
  14. Web site: 2022-2024 Code of Points Women's Artistic Gymnastics . . 22 January 2022 . 84, 207 . 12 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210512092714/https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_WAG%20CoP%202022-2024.pdf . dead .
  15. https://www.facebook.com/kononenkonatali

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