66 Facts About Angelina Melnikova

Angelina Melnikova previously represented Russia at the 2016 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in the team competition.

Angelina Melnikova was a member of the gold medal-winning Russian teams at the 2016 and 2018 European Championships, and the silver medal-winning Russian teams at the 2018 and 2019 World Championships.

Individually, Melnikova is a two-time Olympic medalist, five-time World medalist, a nine-time European Championships medalist, a four-time European Games medalist, and a three-time Russian national all-around champion.

Angelina Melnikova is the 2020 Olympic all-around and floor bronze medalist, the 2021 World all-around champion, floor silver medalist, and vault bronze medalist, and the 2019 World all-around and floor bronze medalist.

Angelina Melnikova is the 2019 European Games all-around and uneven bars champion, the 2017 European champion on floor, and the 2021 European champion on uneven bars.

At the junior level, Angelina Melnikova won gold medals at the 2014 European Championships in the team, all-around, and balance beam events and was the 2014 Russian junior all-around national champion.

Angelina Melnikova has been captain of the Russian women's national gymnastics team since 2017.

Angelina Romanovna Melnikova was born 18 July 2000 in Voronezh, Russia.

Angelina Melnikova started gymnastics at age six after her grandmother brought her to practice once.

Angelina Melnikova studied sport and tourism at the Smolensk State Academy of Physical Education.

Angelina Melnikova competed at the International Gymnix competition in Montreal and won the team gold medal alongside Anastasia Ilyankova, Daria Skrypnik, and Ekaterina Sokova.

Angelina Melnikova placed second on uneven bars and third on floor exercise.

Angelina Melnikova's team placed first with a combined total score of 267.966.

Individually, Angelina Melnikova had a strong showing and placed first in the Junior Master of the Sport division with a score of 58.300.

Angelina Melnikova won two other gold medals on balance beam and floor exercise with scores of 14.700 and 14.167 respectively.

Angelina Melnikova competed in the uneven bars final and placed seventh.

At the European Championships, Angelina Melnikova competed in the junior division alongside teammates Maria Bondareva, Daria Skrypnik, Seda Tutkhalyan, and Anastasia Dmitrieva.

Angelina Melnikova then went on to win a gold medal in the all-around and on the balance beam and a silver medal on the uneven bars behind teammate Skrypnik.

Angelina Melnikova finished in first place with her team, then placed second in the all-around, fifth on uneven bars, first on balance beam, and second on floor exercise.

Angelina Melnikova won gold in both the vault and floor exercise event finals.

Angelina Melnikova became age-eligible for senior competition in 2016 and made her senior international debut at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge Cup where the Russian team won the gold medal.

Angelina Melnikova finished fifth in the balance beam event final.

In July, Angelina Melnikova was selected to represent Russia at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil alongside Aliya Mustafina, Maria Paseka, Daria Spiridonova, and Seda Tutkhalyan.

However, Angelina Melnikova performed subpar during the qualification round, partially due to a strained hamstring suffered during podium training.

Angelina Melnikova fell off the balance beam and again on floor exercise, failing to qualify for the individual all-around final or any event finals.

Angelina Melnikova improved upon her performance in the team final; she competed on all four apparatuses but still counted a fall on the balance beam.

Angelina Melnikova's performances helped contribute to Russia's team silver medal.

Angelina Melnikova won the three-event all-around ahead of Eythora Thorsdottir and Jessica Lopez.

Angelina Melnikova next competed at the Swiss Cup, a mixed pairs event where she was partnered with Nikita Ignatyev.

Angelina Melnikova ended the season competing at the Toyota International event held in Japan.

Angelina Melnikova finished fourth on vault but won gold on the uneven bars and silver on balance beam and floor exercise behind Mai Murakami on each.

Angelina Melnikova was named as team captain of the Russian women's national team starting in 2017, succeeding Olympic teammate Aliya Mustafina.

Angelina Melnikova started her season at the Russian Championships in Kazan.

Angelina Melnikova placed first on the balance beam and third on vault and in the team competition.

Angelina Melnikova finished sixteenth in the all-around final after falling twice on the floor exercise.

Angelina Melnikova started off her season at the Stuttgart World Cup, where she finished fourth after making mistakes on both the balance beam and floor exercise.

Angelina Melnikova finished fourth in the all-around and fifth on floor exercise.

Angelina Melnikova finished first with the Central Federal District team in the team competition and the uneven bars final.

Angelina Melnikova was later awarded the Longines Prize for Elegance alongside compatriot Artur Dalaloyan.

Angelina Melnikova finished fourth in the floor exercise final, 0.033 points behind bronze medalist Murakami.

Angelina Melnikova placed fourth in the three-event all-around behind Jade Barbosa and Flavia Saraiva of Brazil and Eythora Thorsdottir of the Netherlands.

Angelina Melnikova then competed alongside countryman Nikita Nagornyy in the Swiss Cup, a unique mixed pairs event.

Angelina Melnikova won gold on the floor exercise, silver on vault and balance beam, and bronze on uneven bars.

Later that month Angelina Melnikova competed at the DTB-Pokal Team Challenge in Stuttgart.

Angelina Melnikova won silver in the team final behind Brazil.

At the European Championships, Angelina Melnikova won bronze in the all-around final behind Melanie de Jesus dos Santos of France and Ellie Downie of Great Britain.

Angelina Melnikova placed fifth in the vault final and won the silver medal on uneven bars behind compatriot Anastasia Ilyankova.

On 9 July, it was announced that Angelina Melnikova would be featured in a year-long documentary series on the Olympic Channel titled All Around, alongside American Morgan Hurd and Chen Yile of China, which followed their journeys and training leading up to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Angelina Melnikova won silver on vault, finishing behind Lilia Akhaimova and bronze on uneven bars behind Daria Spiridonova and Urazova.

At the World Championships, Angelina Melnikova helped Russia qualify for the team final in third place behind the United States and China.

The Russian team won the silver medal in the team final with Angelina Melnikova contributing scores on all four apparatuses.

Angelina Melnikova finished third in the all-around behind new seniors Viktoria Listunova and Vladislava Urazova.

Angelina Melnikova won the gold medal in the all-around, becoming the third Russian woman to do so and the first since Aliya Mustafina did so in 2010.

Angelina Melnikova won the three-event all-around, finishing over four points ahead of Tais Boura of France and Ciena Alipio of the United States.

Angelina Melnikova then competed at the Swiss Cup where she was partnered with Nikita Nagornyy.

Angelina Melnikova did not compete in any international competitions due to the International Gymnastics Federation banning Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from taking part in FIG-sanctioned competitions due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Angelina Melnikova returned to competition at the 2022 Russian Cup in July.

Angelina Melnikova placed first in the all-around, on vault, and on floor exercise and second on uneven bars and balance beam behind Viktoria Listunova and Yana Vorona, respectively.

Angelina Melnikova won the silver medal in the all-around behind Listunova.

Angelina Melnikova then won the all-around gold medal at the Voronin Cup.

Angelina Melnikova won the silver medal in the all-around at the 2023 Russian Championships behind Viktoria Listunova.

In 2024 Angelina Melnikova placed first in the all-around at the Russian Championships; additionally she won gold on vault, balance beam, and floor exercise and bronze on uneven bars.

At this Russian-hosted competition Angelina Melnikova won gold on the uneven bars and silver on vault.

Angelina Melnikova ended the year competing at the 2024 Voronin Cup where she was a part of the gold medal winning team.

In early 2025 Angelina Melnikova was granted Authorised Neutral Athletes status, allowing her to return to international competition.

Angelina Melnikova received the Order of Friendship after the 2020 Olympic Games.