Anna Dementyeva

Anna Yurievna Dementyeva (Russian: Анна Юрьевна Дементьева; born 28 December 1994) is a retired Russian artistic gymnast. She is the 2011 European all-around and beam champion, and a world gold medalist with the team.

Anna Dementyeva
Personal information
Full nameAnna Yurievna Dementyeva
Country represented Russia
Born (1994-12-28) 28 December 1994
Samara, Russia
Height144 cm (4 ft 9 in)
Weight35 kg (77 lb)
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Years on national team2007 - 2013
ClubCSKA Moscow
Head coach(es)Elena Zigano
Assistant coach(es)Mikhail Sarushkin
ChoreographerOlga Burova
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 1 1 0
European Championships 2 0 0
Summer Universiade 1 0 0
Representing  Russia
World Championships
2010 RotterdamTeam
2011 TokyoTeam
European Championships
2011 BerlinAll-Around
2011 BerlinBalance Beam
Summer Universiade
2013 KazanTeam

Personal life

Dementyeva was born on 28 December 1994 in Samara, Russia.

Career

Junior

Dementyeva competed at the 2008 Junior European Championships in Clermont-Ferrand, France, winning the gold medal with the Russian team.

2009: Senior debut

At the Japan Cup in July 2009, Dementyeva contributed to the team silver by competing on floor (scored 12.850).[1] In August she competed at the Russian Cup where she won bronze in the all-around (overall score 55.133), and silver on beam (14.300) and on floor (14.625). She also placed fourth on uneven bars (13.900) and fifth on vault (13.475).[2]

2010
Demenyeva in Waalwijk 2010

In August, at the Russian Cup, she won gold on beam (15.375) and bronze on vault (13.463), and placed eighth all-around and fourth on floor.[3] In October, Dementyeva was the youngest gymnast competing at the 2010 World Gymnastics Championships. Here, she made a significant contribution to Russia's team gold medal winning performance by competing on uneven bars (13.366), beam (14.400), and on floor (14.533). She also made the beam final, placing sixth with a score of 13.966. Later that year she had a good showing at the DTB Cup in Stuttgart where she won silver on floor, and bronze on beam and uneven bars.[4] Her final 2010 competition was the Toyota Cup, where she won silver on uneven bars and placed fifth on floor. She also placed seventh on beam after suffering two falls.

2011

In February, Dementyeva became Russian all-around national champion.[5] She performed consistently well in all four disciplines, scoring 15.100 on floor (the highest mark on that even among her teammates), 14.650 on the uneven bars, 14.350 on the beam, and 13.950 on the vault, resulting in an overall score of 58.050.[6] Next, Dementyeva competed at the Bercy World Cup (French International) where she won bronze medal on beam and on floor.[7]

In April, Dementyeva went to Berlin for the European Championships where she won gold in the all-around with a score of 57.475.[8] The favourite going into the all-around event was Dementyeva's teammate Aliya Mustafina, but Mustafina injured her left knee on the vault during the first rotation and had to withdraw. In winning the competition, Dementyeva obtained the highest score on beam (15.150), the second highest on floor (14.475 - behind Diana Chelaru), and the third on uneven bars (14.250), and scored 13.600 on vault. These scores gave her an overall of 57.475 (0.775 ahead of second placed Elisabeth Seitz). In the event finals Dementyeva went on to win a second gold medal on beam (with a score of 15.350). She also placed fourth on the uneven bars and seventh in the floor exercise. Coach Alexander Alexandrov said of Dementyeva's win in the European all-around, "There isn't a bigger workaholic on the team; she trains the hardest. Maybe she still doesn't have the most difficult routines, but she is an example for the whole team. Nobody equals her when it comes to hard work. Thanks to this, she managed to become European champion. It's nice when athletes achieve everything thanks to their hard work."[9] At the Moscow World Cup event in May, Dementyeva was in dominant form, winning gold medals in the floor exercise and on the beam. She also won silver on the uneven bars.[10] In July, coach Alexandrov confirmed that the focus was now firmly on upgrading Dementyeva's routines to make her more competitive at the 2011 World Championships and the 2012 Summer Olympics.[11] Alexandrov stated: "Let’s wait and see. I did not know she could win Europeans. And she got on beam and got the highest score right off and was a point ahead of everyone on one event. She needs to improve her vault and if she does then she can be competitive. She has a good beam routine, even though you can always fall on beam, but for the all-around she has a very high difficulty score. And we are still trying to add difficulty to her programme".

Dementyeva next competed at the 2011 Russia Cup in Yekaterinburg between the 17–21 August 2011. She won the all-around competition with a score of 59.800 (Vault 14.700, uneven bars 14.975, beam 15.300, floor 14.825), with Viktoria Komova (returning from injury) finishing second.[12] As Blythe Lawrence pointed out in Universal Sports, Dementyeva brought out some upgrades to her routines during the competition: "In spite of Russian coach Aleksander Aleksandrov's assertion that Dementyeva is not an all-around threat outside of Europe, the baby of last year's World Team looked pretty darn good in her home country. Dementyeva showed off an upgraded double-twisting Yurchenko on vault and channeled a jazz age screen siren in her new floor routine when she wasn't landing some truly challenging tumbling, including a full in double tuck final pass."[13] Dementyeva went on to win silver medals on the vault and on the beam during the event finals of the competition, and also finished fourth on the uneven bars and sixth in the floor event.[14]

In her final event prior to the 2011 World Championships in Tokyo, Dementyeva competed in the 7th Dinamo International in Penza. However, her form during this competition was sub-par compared with her performances earlier in the year and she could only finish fourth in the all-around with a score of just 55.675.[15] In the event finals, she finished fourth in the floor exercise and seventh on the beam.[16]

2012

In 2012, Dementyeva struggled with injuries. She was named as an alternate to the Russian Olympic team.

2013

Dementyeva competed at the 2013 Summer Universiade where she contributed scores of 14.250 on uneven bars, 15.300 on balance beam, and 13.550 on floor exercise to the Russian team's first place finish. She also qualified for balance beam finals in first place. She finished 7th in beam finals.

Competitive history
Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2008European Championships (Junior)1st
2009Japan Cup2nd
2010Japan Cup1st
World Championships1st6th
2011National Championships1st7th2nd1st2nd
Paris World Cup3rd3rd
European Championships1st4th1st7th
Russian Cup1st2nd4th2nd6th
World Championships2nd
2012Russian Cup2nd4th3rd
Mexican Open3rd
2013National Championships1st6th4th4th6th
Cottbus World Cup3rd2nd
Stella Zakharova Cup1st2nd2nd2nd1st
Universiade1st5th
Year Competition description Location Apparatus Rank-Final Score-Final Rank-Qualifying Score-Qualifying
2010 World Championships Rotterdam Team 1 175.397 1 234.521
Uneven bars 17 14.200
Balance beam 6 13.966 3 15.133
Floor exercise 12 14.200
2011 European Championships Berlin All-around 1 57.475 2 56.900
Uneven bars 4 14.475 5 14.450
Balance beam 1 15.350 2 14.825
Floor exercise 7 13.950 5 14.025
World Championships Tokyo Team 2 175.329 2 231.062
All-around 31 54.333
Uneven bars 19 14.200
Balance beam 14 14.400
Floor exercise 132 12.133

References
  1. Gymnastics Results Archived 24 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine 2009 Japan Cup
  2. Gymnastics Results Archived 6 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine 2009 Russian Cup
  3. Gymnastics Results Archived 22 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine 2010 Russian Cup
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 May 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. Between the Olympics Anna Dementyeva wins Russian Championships
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 February 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. http://rewritingrussiangymnastics.blogspot.com/search/label/Anna%20Dementieva
  8. International Gymnast Magazine Dementyeva wins Europeans after Mustafina is injured
  9. https://www.facebook.com/pages/International-Gymnast-Magazine/94617143137?sk=wall
  10. http://www.universalsports.com/news-blogs/article/newsid=533359.html#dementyeva+dominant+home
  11. http://fulltwist.net/russian-gymnast-updates/
  12. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. http://www.universalsports.com/news-blogs/blogs/blog=tumblemumble/postid=551048.html
  14. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2760:russias-komova-garibov-dominate-dinamo-meet&catid=5:competition-reports&Itemid=164
  16. http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2761:russians-sweep-dinamo-cup-in-penza&catid=5:competition-reports&Itemid=164
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