Lilia Akhaimova

Lilia Igorevna Akhaimova (Russian: Лилия Игоревна Ахаимова, born 17 March 1997) is a Russian artistic gymnast. Akhaimova is from Vladivostok, Russian Far East, but has resided with her parents in Saint Petersburg since August 2012.[1]

Liliya Akhaimova
Akhaimova in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Lilia Igorevna Akhaimova
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1997-03-17) 17 March 1997
Hometown	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Residence	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Head coach(es)	T.N. Yatchenko, L.V. Nedovesova, V.N. Govrichenkov
Medal record Representing  Russia World Championships 2018 Doha Team 2019 Stuttgart Team European Championships 2018 Glasgow Team Summer Universiade 2017 Taipei Team 2017 Taipei Vault 2019 Napoli Team 2019 Napoli Vault 2017 Taipei Floor Exercise 2019 Napoli All-Around

Career

2017

Akhaimova competed at the 2017 Summer Universiade, earning team gold, as well as the silver on vault and bronze on floor.

2018

On 20 July, Akhaimova was named to the Russian team to compete at the 2018 European Championships alongside Angelina Melnikova, Angelina Simakova, Irina Alexeeva, and Uliana Perebinosova.[2] They won gold in the team final and individually Akhaimova placed fifth on vault.[3]

On September 29, Akhaimova was named on the nominative team to compete at the 2018 World Championships in Doha, Qatar alongside Alexeeva, Melnikova, Aliya Mustafina, and Simakova.[4] On October 17, the Worlds team was officially announced and was unchanged from the nominative team.[5]

At Worlds, Akhaimova competed on vault and floor during the qualification rounds and was tasked with competing for the same two events during the team final. Despite crashing her Rudi vault in the final, Akhaimova rallied with a strong floor exercise to help Russia win the silver medal behind the United States and ahead of China.

Akhaimova also competed in the floor final, where she placed seventh.

2019

In July Akhaimova competed at the 2019 Summer Universiade alongside Tatiana Nabieva and Perebinosova. In the team final, Akhaimova contributed scores on vault, beam, and floor, helping Russian win the silver behind Japan.[6] Individually Akhaimova won bronze in the all-around behind Hitomi Hatakeda of Japan and teammate Perebinosova.[7] The following day, she won the silver medal on vault, behind Marina Nekrasova of Azerbaijan and just ahead of teammate Nabieva.[8] Despite qualifying in first to the floor final, Akhaimova finished sixth in the final after counting a fall on her piked double Arabian. The Russians were the most decorated female artistic gymnastics team at the Universiade, winning eight medals. They were also the only team to win medals on every event.

In August Akhaimova competed at the Russian Cup. After two days of competition she finished fourth in the all-around competition, behind Vladislava Urazova, Angelina Melnikova, and Elena Gerasimova.[9] On the first day of event finals Akhaimova won gold on vault, finishing ahead of Melnikova. On the second day of event finals she won bronze on floor exercise, finishing behind junior competitors Urazova and Gerasimova. Shortly after the conclusion of the Russian Cup Akhaimova was named to the nominative team for the 2019 World Championships alongside Melnikova, Daria Spiridonova, Anastasia Agafonova, Angelina Simakova (later replaced by Maria Paseka),[10] and Aleksandra Shchekoldina.[11]

During qualifications she helped Russia qualify to the team final in third place behind the United States, and China. Individually she qualified to the all-around, vault, and floor exercise finals. Despite Valentina Rodionenko's, the head coach of the Russian Women's gymnastics team, low expectations for the team,[12] they won the silver medal in the team final with Akhaimova contributing scores on three apparatuses.[13] During the all-around final Akhaimova fell numerous times and finished 22nd in the competition.

In November Akhaimova competed at Elite Gym Massilia where she placed fourth in the all-around and second on vault, behind Jennifer Gadirova of Great Britain.[14]

2020

In January it was announced that Akhaimova would represent Russia at the American Cup, taking place on March 7.[15] However, in late February Akhaimova and Nikita Nagornyy announced on Instagram that Russia withdrew from the upcoming competition due to the escalation of coronavirus worldwide.[16]

Competitive history

Senior

Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
2013	National Championships	4	14
	Russian Cup		10	4			7
	Gymnasiade
2014	National Championships		9	4			4
	Student Spartakiada		4			4
	Russian Cup		10	4			7
	Massilia Cup (Master Massilia)		20
2015	National Championships	4	15
	Diyatin Cup
	Russian Cup		7	8			5
2016	National Championships	4	12
	Russian Cup		8	7	8
	Toyota International				5	7
	Voronin Cup
2017	National Championships		5			4
	DTB Pokal Team Challenge Cup
	Osijek Challenge Cup
	Universiade
	Cottbus World Cup					7
2018	Top 12 Series 4
	European Championships			5
	World Championships			R1			7
	Massilia Cup (Master Massilia)		4
	Cottbus World Cup			6
	Toyota International				5		5
2019	National Championships
	Universiade						6
	Russian Cup		4			5
	World Championships		22	7			8
	Elite Gym Massilia		4

International Scores

Year	Competition Description	Location	Apparatus	Rank-Final	Score-Final	Rank-Qualifying	Score-Qualifying
2018	European Championships	Glasgow	Team	1	165.195	2	161.462
			Vault	5	14.066	4	14.016
			Floor Exercise			60	11.733
	World Championships	Doha	Team	2	162.863	2	165.497
			Vault			9	14.099
			Floor Exercise	7	13.366	8	13.600

References

1. "Лилия Ахаимова из Владивостока стала серебряным призером чемпионата мира по спортивной гимнастике". Novosti Vl.ru. 13 October 2019.
2. "Viktoria Komova wont be on the Russian team for Euros". Gymnovosti. 20 July 2018.
3. "Gymnastics: Melnikova inspires Russia's European team triumph". Reuters. 4 August 2018.
4. "Мустафина и Белявский вошли в заявку сборной России на ЧМ по спортивной гимнастике в Дохе". TASS (in Russian). September 28, 2018.
5. "Russian Teams for Worlds Announced". Gymnovosti. October 17, 2018.
6. "2019 Summer Universiade Live Blog – Women's Team Final". The Gymternet. July 5, 2019.
7. "2019 Summer Universiade Live Blog – Women's All-Around Final". The Gymternet. July 6, 2019.
8. "Гимнастка Ахаимова стала второй в опорном прыжке на Универсиаде". TASS (in Russian). July 7, 2019.
9. "Vladislava Urazova wins AA gold at the Russian Cup". Gymnovosti. August 25, 2019.
10. "Гимнастка Пасека заменит травмированную Симакову в составе сборной России на ЧМ". TASS (in Russian). September 24, 2019.
11. "Назван состав сборной России по спортивной гимнастике на ЧМ в Штутгарте". ru sport (in Russian). August 27, 2019.
12. "Родионенко не ожидает высоких результатов от россиянок на ЧМ по спортивной гимнастике". TASS (in Russian). October 3, 2019.
13. "US women top Russia, Italy to win team title at Stuttgart Worlds". International Gymnastics Federation. October 8, 2019.
14. "2019 Elite Gym Massilia Results". The Gymternet. November 25, 2019.
15. "World, Olympic champions headline field for 2020 American Cup". USA Gymnastics. January 23, 2020.
16. "Russian Gymnasts Will Miss American Cup Due To Coronavirus Fears". Gymnovosti. February 28, 2020.

External links

• Russian Gymnastics Profile