31 Facts About Aleksandra Soldatova

Aleksandra Sergeyevna Soldatova is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast.

Aleksandra Soldatova is the 2018 World All-around bronze medalist, 2018 World ribbon champion, the 2016 Grand Prix Final All-around champion and the 2016 Russian National All-around champion.

On 24 December 2020, Soldatova announced that she had retired from competitive gymnastics.

On 21 January 2023, Aleksandra Soldatova announced via her Instagram that she was pregnant.

Aleksandra Soldatova gave birth to a baby boy, Nikolai Dmitrievich, on 21 March 2023.

Aleksandra Soldatova then competed at the World Club Cup, the 2011 Aeon Cup in Tokyo, Japan, where she won the junior all-around gold together with Team Gazprom.

In 2012, Aleksandra Soldatova started her season at the 2012 Moscow Grand Prix.

Aleksandra Soldatova won the all-around gold at the Schmiden International Tournament and all event finals before winning Team gold with Dina Averina and Arina Averina at the 2012 MTM Ljubljana.

At the 2012 European Junior Championships, Aleksandra Soldatova won the gold medal in ribbon as well as helping the Russian junior team win the junior team gold medal.

Aleksandra Soldatova was assigned to her first World Cup event after replacing Yulia Sinitsina in the entry list for the 2014 Debrecen World Cup where Aleksandra Soldatova finished 1st place in the all-around with a total score of 70.750 points, beating 2013 World Silver medalist Ganna Rizatdinova for the gold.

Aleksandra Soldatova won 3 gold medals in event finals: and finished 4th in ball.

Aleksandra Soldatova then competed at the 2014 Tashkent World Cup winning bronze in the all-around behind teammates Margarita Mamun and Yana Kudryavtseva who took the gold and silver medal respectively, she did not advance to the event finals due to the 2 gymnast per country rule, with Mamun and Kudryavtseva placing ahead of her in qualifications.

Aleksandra Soldatova started her season competing at the 2015 Moscow Grand Prix where she finished 4th in the all-around.

Aleksandra Soldatova was selected as member of the Russian team to compete at the 2015 European Championships where they won Team gold.

At the 2015 Tashkent World Cup, Aleksandra Soldatova won the all-around silver behind Margarita Mamun, she qualified to all 4 apparatus finals, taking silver and placed 6th in clubs.

At the 2015 World Cup series in Kazan, Aleksandra Soldatova won the all-around bronze medal with a total of 74.300 points.

Aleksandra Soldatova competed in the events suffering from a flu, nevertheless, she only made a few mistakes and won silver medals in Hoop, Ball, Clubs and Ribbon right behind teammate Margarita Mamun who won all the apparatus finals.

Aleksandra Soldatova competed in 3 apparatus in qualifications and qualified to 2 finals, winning the silver medal in hoop and clubs, she was ranked 3rd for the all-around; however she did not advance into the all-around finals because of the two-per country rule and with Kudryavsteva and Mamun ahead of her in qualification scores.

In 2016, Aleksandra Soldatova started her season at the 2016 Moscow Grand Prix where she won the all-around gold medal with a total of 74.066 points, she qualified to 3 apparatus finals taking gold in hoop, ball and a silver in ribbon.

At the 30th Thiais Grand Prix event in Paris, Aleksandra Soldatova won the all-around silver behind teammate Margarita Mamun, she qualified 3 apparatus finals: taking gold in ball, ribbon and silver in hoop.

Aleksandra Soldatova won the all-around gold at the 2016 Russian Championships held in Sochi.

Aleksandra Soldatova won another silver medal in the all-around at the 2016 Minsk World Cup with a total of 74.200 points, in the event finals: she won 3 silver medals and placed 7th in hoop.

In 2017, Aleksandra Soldatova started her Post-Olympics season in competition at the 2017 Grand Prix Moscow where she won the all-around silver medal behind teammate Dina Averina, she qualified 2 apparatus finals winning the gold in ball and silver in hoop.

On 9 August, during the Russian team's control training selection process for the 2017 Summer Universiade, Aleksandra Soldatova was not selected to represent Russia in the rhythmic gymnastics universiade participants, the 2 representatives were Iuliia Bravikova and Ekaterina Selezneva.

In 2018, Aleksandra Soldatova started the season at the 2018 Grand Prix Moscow, where she placed 4th in all-around.

Aleksandra Soldatova swept all the gold medals in the apparatus finals with high scores in hoop, ball, clubs and ribbon.

Aleksandra Soldatova won four gold medals at the Tashkent World Cup in April 2019, and five gold medals at the 2019 Guadalajara World Challenge Cup in early May On 19 May 2019, she won two silver medals - in ball and ribbon - at the European Championships in Baku.

Aleksandra Soldatova later stated through her coach's Instagram account that she had accidentally cut herself with a knife while making breakfast and gone to the hospital.

Aleksandra Soldatova did not compete during the 2020 season, which was curtailed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Aleksandra Soldatova announced her retirement from gymnastics on 24 December 2020.

Aleksandra Soldatova was known for her flexible body difficulties and pivot turns, she has executed a quintuple penchee turn and a quadruple ring pivot in competitions.