Alina Melnyk
| Alina Melnyk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 17 May 2005 Lviv, Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Ukraine (2019–2025) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Deriugins School | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Irina Deriugina | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach(es) | Iryna Ruda | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Iryna Blokhina | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=icon}
.svg.png){kind=icon}
Alina Melnyk (Ukrainian: Аліна Мельник, born 17 May 2005) is a retired Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast.[1] She represented 2024 Summer Olympics in the group all-around. She won a bronze medal at the 2023 World Championships in 3 ribbons and 2 balls, a silver medal in teams at the 2023 European Championships and a bronze medal at the 2024 European Championships in 3 ribbons and 2 balls.
Career
Junior
Melnyk debuted on international level as a member of junior group, that competed at the 1st Junior World Championships in Moscow, placing 16th in both teams and the group all-Around. They did not advance into any apparatus finals.[2]
Senior
As a senior, joined the national senior group, after the retirement of few members that competed at the 2020 Olympics. She competed at the 2021 World Championships in Kitakyushu being 4th in teams, 8th in the All-Around, 7th with 3 hoops & 4 clubs.[3]
In 2023 the group debuted at the World Cup in Athens ending 5th in the All-Around, 4th with 5 hoops and 8th with 3 ribbons & 2 balls.[4] In Baku they were 4th in the All-Around, 7th in the mixed apparatus final and won bronze with 5 hoops.[5] There a month later Alina took part in the European Championships, the group was 4th in the All-Around and with 3 ribbons & 2 balls, 6th with 5 hoops, together with the individuals Viktoriia Onopriienko,Polina Karika and Polina Horodnycha the group won silver in teams.[6][7] In July they were in Cluj-Napoca, finishing 5th in the All-Around, 7th and 8th in the event finals.[8] In the last World Cup of the season in Milan they were 10th in the All-Around and 7th with 5 hoops.[9] In late August Melnyk competed at the World Championships in Valencia along Yelyzaveta Azza, Diana Baieva, Daryna Duda, Oleksandra Yushchak, Mariia Vysochanska and the two individuals Onopriienko and Kariika ending 6th in teams, being 5th in the All-Around granted them a spot for Paris 2024, 7th with 5 hoops they won bronze with 3 ribbons & 2 balls.[10]
She represented Ukraine at the 2024 Summer Olympics alongside Diana Baieva, Mariia Vysochanska, Kira Shyrykina, and Valeriia Peremeta. The group qualified for the all-around final in third place, including having the highest score in 3 ribbons and 2 balls.[11] Then in the all-around final, the group sat in second place after the 5 hoops, but after several major mistakes in 3 ribbons and 2 balls, the group dropped to seventh place.[12]
In March 2025 she announced her retirement from competitive sport via her Instagram profile.
See also
References
- ^ "MELNYK Alina - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
- ^ "2019 Junior World Championships Result Book" (PDF). longinestiming.
- ^ Results book longinestiming.com
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Athens 2023 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Baku 2023 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
- ^ "2023 Team Results" (PDF). europeangymnastics.
- ^ "2023 Groups All-Around" (PDF). europeangymnastics.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Cluj-Napoca 2023 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Milan 2023 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
- ^ "2023 World Championships Result Book" (PDF). gym.longinestiming.com.
- ^ Mandebura, Ilya (9 August 2024). "Олімпіада-2024. Українські гімнастки вийшли до фіналу групових вправ" [Olympics-2024. Ukrainian gymnasts reached the group exercise finals]. Glavkom (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 3 November 2024.
- ^ Moroz, Evgeny (10 August 2024). "Україна — сьома у фіналі групового багатоборства на Олімпіаді-2024 у художній гімнастиці" [Ukraine is seventh in the group all-around final at the 2024 Olympics in rhythmic gymnastics]. Suspilne Sport (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 3 November 2024.
External links
- Alina Melnyk at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Alina Melnyk at Olympics.com
- Alina Melnyk at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Alina Melnyk on Instagram
