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Eleonora Romanova
Romanova at the 2014 Grand Prix Final
Personal information
Full name	Eleonora Alekseevna Romanova
Alternative name(s)	Eleonora Oleksiivna Romanova
Nickname(s)	Elya
Born	(1998-08-17) 17 August 1998 (age 26) Krasnodon, Luhansk region
Residence	Moscow
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Country represented	Russia
Former countries represented	Ukraine
Level	Senior International Elite
Gym	Novogorsk
Head coach(es)	Irina Viner
Assistant coach(es)	Evgenia Kanaeva
Former coach(es)	Irina Deriugina
World ranking	20 (2015 Season) 50 (2014 season)
Medal record Representing  Ukraine Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships 2014 Izmir Team 2015 Stuttgart Team European Championships 2015 Minsk Team

Eleonora Alekseevna Romanova (Russian: Элеоно́ра Алексе́евна Рома́нова; Ukrainian: Елеонора Олексіївна Романова, born 17 August 1998) is a Russian (since September 2016) and former Ukrainian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2013 Ukrainian national junior champion.

Career

Junior

Romanova began appearing in international junior competitions in the 2011 Season. She won team silver at the 2012 Kyiv World Cup. Romanova together with teammate Anastasiia Mulmina competed at the 2012 European Junior Championships, she qualified to 2 event finals (6th in hoop and 8th in ribbon).

In 2013 Season, Romanova started her season competing at the 2013 Moscow Grand Prix where she won the all-around silver medal behind Russia's Yulia Bravikova. She won the all-around bronze at the 2013 Irina Deleanu Cup and won the Ukrainian National Junior championships. Romanova briefly competed as member of the Ukrainian group that competed at the 2013 European Junior Championships in Vienna, Austria. On October 25–27, Romanova competed at the World Club Championship, the 2013 Aeon Cup in Tokyo, Japan representing team Deriugina school where she won the junior all-around bronze medal and (together with Senior teammates Ganna Rizatdinova and Viktoria Mazur) won the team bronze.

Senior

In 2014 Season, Romanova competed in the senior international division at the 2014 Holon Grand Prix finishing 7th in all-around, she qualified to 2 event finals (bronze in ball, 7th in hoop). Romanova appeared in her first World Cup assignment at the 2014 Minsk World Cup finishing 18th in all-around and went to qualify in the clubs final. She finished 4th in all-around at the Ukrainian National Championships behind Anastasiia Mulmina. On September 22–28, Romanova (along with teammates Ganna Rizatdinova and Viktoria Mazur) represented Ukraine at the 2014 World Championships where they took the Team bronze with a total of 135.515 points. On October 17–19, Romanova traveled in Tokyo for the 2014 Aeon Cup, representing team Deriugina school club (together with teammates Ganna Rizatdinova and junior Mariia Mulyk) won the team bronze. She finished 9th in the All-around finals behind Azerbaijan's Marina Durunda. Romanova competed at the 2014 Grand Prix Final in Innsbruck where she finished 6th in all-around. She qualified to all 4 event finals, finishing 6th in hoop, clubs, ribbon and 5th in ball.

In 2015 Season, Romanova's first competition was at the 2015 L.A. Lights where she finished 5th in the all-around. At the 2015 Valentine Cup, she won bronze medals in the all around, hoop, ball and placed 4th in clubs and ribbon. On March 14–15, Romanova competed at the 2015 Baltic Hoop finishing 5th in all-around, she took silver in ball and bronze in hoop finals. On March 27–29, Romanova competed at the 2015 Lisboa World Cup finishing 11th in the all-around. On April 10–12, Romanova finished 16th in the all-around at the 2015 Pesaro World Cup. Romanova with teammates (Ganna Rizatdinova, Viktoria Mazur) competed at the 2015 European Championships where Team Ukraine won bronze. Romanova competed at the 2015 Holon Grand Prix finishing 12th in all-around and qualified to 1 event final. On June 15–21, Romanova competed at the inaugural 2015 European Games where she finished 16th in the all-around. In August, Romanova finished 18th in the all-around at the 2015 Sofia World Cup behind Varvara Filiou. On September 9–13, Romanova (together with teammates Ganna Rizatdinova and Viktoria Mazur) competed at the 2015 World Championships in Stuttgart, with Team Ukraine taking bronze. Romanova also dramatically qualifies to the individual all-around finals (0,008 points ahead of Viktoria Mazur), but misses it due to the foot injury (she was substituted by Viktoria Mazur).

In February 2016, Romanova unexpectedly disappeared from the Deriugina School of Rhythmic Gymnastics and the Ukrainian Rhythmic Gymnastics National Team (which led to a scandal in the Ukrainian RG Federation). The Ukrainian media said that parents took her away from Ukraine and that she allegedly decided to change her nationality to compete for the Russian Federation. However, in late 2016 it was confirmed that Romanova was granted Russian citizenship. Romanova is currently trained by Evgenia Kanaeva, and was originally set to compete for Russia in 2017 - however, since Ukraine disagreed with letting her change nationality, Romanova is to wait until 2018 when her current FIG License expires before she is allowed to compete for Russia where she will renew her FIG License.

Routine music information

Competitive Highlights

References

1. "FIG World standings for rhythmic gymnastics". International Federation of Gymnastics. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
2. "FIG World standings for rhythmic gymnastics 2014" (PDF). International Federation of Gymnastics. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
3. Двое украинских спортсменок получили гражданство России
4. "Eleonora Romanova: bronze medalist in 2013 Aeon Cup". Sports Ukraine. 28 October 2013.
5. "Yana Kudryavtseva (RUS), Russia golden again at Stuttgart Rhythmic Worlds". FIG-Gymnastics. 10 September 2015.
6. "2015 World Championships - All-around Qualifications" (PDF). rhythmic gymnastic results. 7 September 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
7. Українська гімнастка вирішила виступати за Росію
8. "Putin Grants Citizenship to Ukrainian Gymnast and Draughts Champion". Newsweek.
9. "Eleonora Romanova RG Music List". rgforum. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
10. "Grand Prix Holon 2014". rg4u. Retrieved 2014-03-29.
11. "2013 Irina Deleanu Cup" (PDF). Romania Gymnastics Federation. 21 April 2013.

External links

• Eleonora Romanova at the International Gymnastics Federation
• Eleonora Romanova on Instagram

• 1998 births
• Living people
• People from Krasnodon
• Ukrainian rhythmic gymnasts
• Deriugins Gymnasts
• European Games competitors for Ukraine
• Gymnasts at the 2015 European Games
• Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships
• Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships
• Russian rhythmic gymnasts
• Ukrainian emigrants to Russia
• Naturalized citizens of Russia
• Sportspeople from Luhansk Oblast
• 21st-century Russian sportswomen
• 21st-century Ukrainian sportswomen