Natalia Kononenko
Full nameNatalia Alexeyevna Kononenko
Alternative name(s)Nataliya
Country represented Ukraine
Born (1994-08-25) 25 August 1994
Kyiv, Ukraine
ResidenceSunny Isles, Florida, United States
Height158 cm (5 ft 2 in)[1]
ClubMaster of Sports of Ukraine
Head coach(es)Igor Belyakov
Eponymous skillsKononenko (E) (uneven bars): Tkatchev with 1/2 turn[2]
Retired2012
Medal record
Representing  Ukraine
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2010 BirminghamUneven Bars
Bronze medal – third place2012 BrusselsUneven Bars

Natalia Alexeyevna Kononenko (Ukrainian: Наталія Олексіївна Кононенко; born 25 August 1994 in Kyiv)[1] 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]

Apparatus Name Description Difficulty[lower-alpha 1] Added to the Code of Points
Uneven barsKononenkoTkatchev with ½ turn (180°)E2011 World Championships
  1. ↑ Valid for the 2022-2024 Code of Points

Personal life

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

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Nataliya Kononenko". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Tkatchev 1/2 (Kononenko)". Balance Beam Situation. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "27th European Championships women's artistic gymnastics Clermont-Ferrand (FRA) 2008 April 3-6 Finals Women Juniors". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS GIRLS TEAM & ALL-AROUND FINALS TEAM FINAL" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. ISF. 9 December 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS GIRLS TEAM & ALL-AROUND FINALS INDIVIDUAL ALL-AROUND FINAL" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. ISF. 9 December 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS GIRLS APPARATUS FINALS UNEVEN BARS" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. ISF. 11 December 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS GIRLS APPARATUS FINALS BALANCE BEAM" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. ISF. 12 December 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "28th European Artistic Gymnastics Championships Results" (PDF). Birmingham, United Kingdom: Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. 2 May 2010. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  9. ↑ "Gymnastics Artistic Women's Apparatus Final-Uneven Bars" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. 12 January 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  10. ↑ "Team Results Senior Qualification" (PDF). UEG. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  11. ↑ "Results Senior Apparatus Final Uneven Bars" (PDF). UEG. 13 May 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  12. ↑ "London 2012 Olympic Games Women Artistics Gymnastics List of participants" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. 12 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  13. ↑ "Gymnastics Artistic Women's Qualification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. 29 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  14. ↑ "2022-2024 Code of Points Women's Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation. pp. 84, 207. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  15. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/kononenkonatali
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