Aleksandr Balandin (gymnast)

Aleksandr Sergeyevich Balandin (Russian: Александр Сергеевич Баландин, born 20 June 1989) is a retired Russian gymnast. He is known for his work on the rings and has three skills named after him on this apparatus. He placed fourth in the rings at the 2012 Olympics.

Aleksandr Balandin
Full nameAleksandr Sergeyevich Balandin
Country represented Russia
Born (1989-06-20) 20 June 1989
Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, Russia
ResidenceMoscow
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1]
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International
ClubDinamo Petrozavodsk[1]
GymRound Lake
College teamPhysical Education - Karelian State Pedagogical Academy
Head coach(es)Vitaly Bubnovsky
Assistant coach(es)Sergey Zagorskikh
Retired2017
Medal record
Representing  Russia
World Championships
2013 AntwerpRings
European Championships
2012 MontpellierRings
2014 SofiaTeam
2014 SofiaRings
2011 BerlinRings
2012 MontpellierTeam
Summer Universiade
2009 BelgradeRings
2009 BelgradeTeam

Career

He is known for his three skills – Balandin 1, Balandin 2 and Balandin 3. Balandin 1 is "From hang vertical pull up with straight arms to maltese cross". Balandin 2 is "From hang vertical pull up with straight arms to inverted cross". Balandin 3 is "From hang vertical pull up with straight arms to planche". Balandin 1 and Balandin 3 are valued as E while Balandin 2 is valued at F from the scale A to I in the Code of Points, which is used to show the difficulty of an element in gymnastics.[2]

In August 2011 he broke his thigh bone during the Russian Cup, underwent surgery and was out of competition for six months.

2012 Summer Olympics

Balandin competed at the 2012 Olympic Games in London as a member of the Russian MAG team. The team finished sixth with a score of 269.603 pts. Individually he placed fourth in the rings with a score of 15.666 pts.[1]

2013–present

Balandin competed at the 2013 World Championships in Antwerp. He qualified for the still rings final and won the silver medal – Russia's only MAG medal of the championships. At these championships he performed his eponymous skill which was officially named the Balandin 3.

In 19–25 May, at the 2014 European Championships in Sofia, Balandin contributed a score of 15.633 (rings) for Russia and along with teammates (Denis Ablyazin, David Belyavskiy, Nikita Ignatyev, Nikolai Kuksenkov) won Russia the team event gold medal with a total score of 267.959, ahead of Great Britain. In the event finals, Balandin tied for the gold medal with teammate Denis Ablyazin – both scored 15.800 points.[3]

After suffering injuries for 3 years, Balandin announced his retirement in September 2017 due to his past shoulder injury, he began working as a coach.[4] He has studied a master's programme in sports studies at Smolensk State Academy of Physical Education, Sport and Tourism.

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References
  1. Aleksandr Balandin. sports-reference.com
  2. "Balandin skills on Rings". gymnastics coaching. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
  3. "Final Day: Three European Titles for Denis Abliazin, four for Russia". gymmedia. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  4. Серебряный призер ЧМ-2013 гимнаст Баландин завершил карьеру спортсмена. tass.ru (7 September 2017)
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