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 nameLilia Igorevna Akhaimova
Country represented Russia
Born (1997-03-17) 17 March 1997
HometownSaint Petersburg, Russia
ResidenceSaint Petersburg, Russia
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Head coach(es)T.N. Yatchenko, L.V. Nedovesova, V.N. Govrichenkov

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] In late September it was announced that Akhaimova would be competing at an upcoming competition in Hiroshima to take place in November alongside Angelina Melnikova, Elena Gerasimova, and Yana Vorona.[17]

Competitive history

Senior

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2013National Championships414
Russian Cup1047
Gymnasiade
2014National Championships944
Student Spartakiada44
Russian Cup1047
Massilia Cup (Master Massilia)20
2015National Championships415
Diyatin Cup
Russian Cup785
2016National Championships412
Russian Cup878
Toyota International57
Voronin Cup
2017National Championships54
DTB Pokal Team Challenge Cup
Osijek Challenge Cup
Universiade
Cottbus World Cup7
2018Top 12 Series 4
European Championships5
World ChampionshipsR17
Massilia Cup (Master Massilia)4
Cottbus World Cup6
Toyota International55
2019National Championships
Universiade6
Russian Cup45
World Championships2278
Elite Gym Massilia4

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.
  17. "Гимнасты Нагорный, Далалоян и Мельникова выступят за сборную России на турнире в Японии". TASS (in Russian). September 28, 2020.
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