Alexandra Sergeevna Merkulova
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| Surname: | Alexandra Sergeevna Merkulova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| discipline | Rhythmic sports gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birthday: | 25th November 1995 (age 24) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Moscow , Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Size: | 173 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 52 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alexandra Sergejewna Merkulowa ( Russian Александра Сергеевна Меркулова ; born November 25, 1995 in Moscow ) is a former Russian rhythmic gymnast .
Career
In 2010 Merkulova won a gold medal in singles at the Singapore Youth Olympic Games . In the same year she became European Junior Champion in Bremen.
From 2009 to 2014 she was a member of the Russian team.
At the 2011 World Championships in Pérols , a suburb of Montpellier , Merkulova was world champion (all-around team) together with Darja Kondakowa , Evgenija Kanajewa and Darja Dmitrijewa . At the European Championships in 2012 in Nizhny Novgorod , she won a silver medal in the individual all-around competition behind her compatriot Yevgenia Kanajewa .
In 2010 she became Russian champion. She was unable to take part in the 2012 Olympic Games due to an injury, and the future silver medalist Darya Dmitrieva took her place .
In 2015 Merkulova ended her sporting career and has been coaching the Russian youth team ever since.
Private
Merkulova goes to church regularly and describes himself as a religious person. She is married to the ice hockey player Igor Oshiganov . Merkulova has two sisters, Olga and Natalja, and two brothers, Sawwa and Wassilij.
Awards
- 2013: Honored Master of Sports of Russia
- 2013:
Certificate of Honor of the President of the Russian Federation
Web links
- Aleksandra Merkulova in the database of the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (English)
- Меркулова Александра , gimnastika.pro (Russian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Александра Меркулова: под "Песню про зайцев» из «Бриллиантовой руки» была готова выступать с любым предметом , allsportinfo.ru April 18, 2010 (Russian)
- ↑ a b c d Меркулова Александра Сергеевна on infosport.ru (Russian)
- ↑ Обнаружен двойник Кабаевой , bmsi.ru (Russian)
- ↑ Дмитриева заменит Меркулову на Олимпиаде-2012 , sports.ru (Russian)
- ↑ Александра Меркулова стала тренером молодёжной сборной России , r-gymnastics.com (Russian)
- ↑ Художественная гимнастка Меркулова Александра , gimnastikasport.ru (Russian)
- ↑ Восходящая звезда художественной гимнастики , spletnik.ru , May 27, 2012 (Russian)
- ↑ Минспорт России, Приказ 31 декабря 2013 г. № 186-нг , minsport.gov.ru (Russian)
- ↑ Распоряжение Президента Российской Федерации от 19 июля 2013 года № 277-рп «О поощрении» , kremlin.ru (Russian)
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| SURNAME | Merkulowa, Alexandra Sergejewna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Меркулова, Александра Сергеевна (Russian); Merkulova, Alexandra Sergeyevna (English) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian rhythmic gymnast |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1995 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow , Russia |