Viktoria Listunova

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Viktoria Listunova
Виктория Листунова
Viktoriya Listunova (RUS) 2019.jpg
Listunova at the 2019 Junior World Championships
Personal information
Full nameViktoria Viktorovna Listunova
Nickname(s)Vika
Country represented Russia
Born (2005-05-12) May 12, 2005 (age 16)
Moscow, Russia
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2018 – Present (RUS)
ClubSambo 70 Olympia
Head coach(es)Olga Petrovicheva
Assistant coach(es)
  • Gennady Petrovichev
  • Raisa Ganina
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Medal record
Women's artistic gymnastics
Representing Russia ROC
Olympic Games
Olympic rings.svg
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
Representing  Russia
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Basel All-Around
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Győr Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Győr All-Around
Gold medal – first place 2019 Győr Floor Exercise
Silver medal – second place 2019 Győr Uneven Bars

Viktoria Viktorovna Listunova (Russian: Виктория Викторовна Листунова, IPA: [vʲɪˈktorʲɪɪ̯ə lʲɪstʊˈnovə], born 12 May 2005)[1] is a Russian artistic gymnast. She represented the Russian Olympic Committee at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal in the team event. She was a member of the team that won gold at the inaugural Junior World Championships. Individually, she is the 2019 Junior World all-around and floor exercise champion, the 2021 European all-around champion, and the 2021 Russian National Champion.

Personal life[]

Listunova was born in Moscow, Russia on 12 May 2005. In April 2018, she appeared on the Russian talent show Blue Bird.[2] In 2019, she received the title of Candidate for Master of Sport in the Russian Federation.[3]

Gymnastics career[]

Junior[]

2018[]

Listunova made her international debut at International Gymnix in March 2018 where she placed third in the all-around behind Zoé Allaire-Bourgie of Canada and Asia D'Amato of Italy. During event finals she placed eighth on vault, second on uneven bars behind compatriot Elena Gerasimova, sixth on balance beam, and won gold on floor exercise.[4] In June she competed at the Russian National Championships as an Espoir. She won gold in the all-around, on uneven bars, and on floor exercise. She won silver on vault behind and won bronze on balance beam behind and .[5] In December Listunova competed at the 2018 Voronin Cup where she won silver in the all-around behind Vladislava Urazova. She won silver on floor exercise behind Urazova, bronze on vault behind Urazova and of Kazakhstan, and placed fourth on uneven bars.[6]

2019[]

Listunova competed at the 2019 City of Jesolo Trophy. She helped Russia win gold ahead of the United States.[7] In event finals she placed second on vault and first on balance beam and floor exercise.[8] In May she competed at the Russian National Championships where she won silver in the all-around behind Vladislava Urazova.[9] She also qualified three event finals where she won silver on vault, gold on floor exercise, and bronze on balance beam.[10]

In late June Listunova competed at the inaugural Junior World Championships alongside Vladislava Urazova and Elena Gerasimova. Together the team won gold, finishing 2.157 points ahead of second place China. Individually she won gold in the all-around and qualified to the floor exercise, uneven bars, and vault event finals.[11] On the first day of event finals she finished eighth on vault and won silver on uneven bars behind teammate Urazova.[12] On the second day of event finals Listunova won gold on floor exercise and was the only competitor to score above 14.[13]

Team / All-Around Final
Uneven Bars Final
Floor Exercise Final
Listunova at the 2019 Junior World Championships

In July Listunova competed at the 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival alongside Iana Vorona and .[14] While there she helped Russia win the gold in the team final and individually she qualified first in the all-around.[15] During the all-around final she once again placed first, finishing ahead of Ondine Achampong of Great Britain and Vorona.[16] During event finals she won gold on vault, uneven bars, and floor exercise and finished seventh on balance beam after falling on her wolf turn.

In November Listunova competed at Elite Gym Massilia where she placed second in the all-around, behind of Vorona, first on floor exercise, and fifth on balance beam.[17]

Senior[]

2021[]

Listunova turned senior in 2021 and made her senior debut at the Russian National Championships in March. She finished qualifications with a score of 57.566, the highest of the day. During the all-around final she earned a 56.598, the second highest of the day behind Vladislava Urazova; however her two day total was higher and therefore Listunova became the Russian National Champion.[18] Listunova was the only athlete to qualify to all four event finals. She won gold on balance beam and silver on uneven bars (behind Urazova), vault, and floor exercise (behind Angelina Melnikova).[19]

In April it was announced that Listunova would make her senior international debut at the European Championships in Basel alongside Melnikova, Urazova, and Elena Gerasimova.[20] During qualifications Listunova finished second in the all-around behind Melnikova. Due to finishing top 2 amongst individuals who did not help qualify a team or qualify individually to the Olympic Games, Listunova qualified an additional quota for Russia. Listunova also qualified to the floor exercise final.[21] During the all-around final Listunova won the all-around gold medal, placing ahead of Melnikova and Jessica Gadirova.[22][23] Listunova became only the second woman to have won the all-around at the European championships as a first year senior, a feat only ever achieved by Romania's Nadia Comăneci in 1975.[24]

Listunova competed at the Russian Cup in June. During qualifications she finished in third behind Melnikova and Urazova after falling off the balance beam and during floor exercise. During the all-around final she managed to pull ahead and finished in first place.[25] After the competition Valentina Rodionenko, the senior coach of the Russian national artistic gymnastics team, announced that Listunova would be on the Olympic Team along with Melnikova and Urazova.[26]

At the Olympic Games Listunova qualified to the floor exercise final. She scored high enough to qualify to the all-around and uneven bars finals but did not due to two-per-country limitations. Additionally she helped the Russian Olympic Committee qualify to the team final in a surprise first place, ahead of the United States team. During the team final Simone Biles withdrew after vault; Listunova competed on all event except vault. Although teammates Melnikova and Urazova fell off the balance beam, the Russian team performed well on all other routines and finished in first place, over three points ahead of the second place American team.[27] During the floor exercise final Listunova stepped out of bounds on her first tumbling pass and fell during her second resulting in an eighth place finish.

In September it was revealed that Listunova would forgo competing at the upcoming World Championships in order to heal an elbow injury.[28]

Selected competitive skills[]

Apparatus Name Description Difficulty[a] Performed
Vault Baitova Yurchenko entry, laid out salto backwards with two twists 5.4 2021
Uneven Bars Inbar 1/1 Inbar Stalder to full (1/1) pirouette E 2021
Van Leeuwen Toe-on Shaposhnikova transition with ½ twist to high bar E 2021
Chow ½ Stalder Shaposhnikova transition with ½ twist to high bar E 2021
Komova II Inbar Shaposhnikova transition to high bar E 2021
Ricna Stalder to counter reversed straddled hecht over high bar E 2021
Fabrichnova Dismount: Double-twisting (2/1) double tucked salto backwards F 2021
Balance Beam Mitchell 1080° (3/1) turn in tuck stand on one leg E 2021
Floor Exercise Mitchell 1080° (3/1) turn in tuck stand on one leg E 2021
Triple Twist Triple-twisting (3/1) laid out salto backward E 2021
Double Layout Double laid out salto backwards F 2021
  1. ^ Valid for the 2017–2021 Code of Points

Competitive history[]

Listunova (center) on the All-Around podium at the 2019 Junior World Championships

Junior[]

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2018 International Gymnix 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Russian Championships (Espoir) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Voronin Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2019 City of Jesolo Trophy 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Russian Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Junior World Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 8 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Euro Youth Olympic Festival 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Elite Gym Massilia 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Senior[]

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2021 National Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
European Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7
Russian Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 8 7
Olympic Games 1st place, gold medalist(s) 8

References[]

  1. ^ "Листунова Виктория Викторовна". sportgymrus (in Russian).
  2. ^ "Viktoriia Listunova Appeared On A Russian Talent Show "Blue Bird"". Gymnovosti. April 17, 2018.
  3. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics LISTUNOVA Viktoriia". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  4. ^ "2018 International Gymnix Results". The Gymternet. March 11, 2018.
  5. ^ "2018 Russian Junior Championships Results". The Gymternet. July 2, 2018.
  6. ^ "2018 Voronin Cup Results". The Gymternet. December 15, 2018.
  7. ^ "Russia Wins Junior Team Title, USA's Konnor McClain Wins All-Around". FloGymnastics. March 2, 2019.
  8. ^ "2019 City of Jesolo Trophy Results". The Gymternet. March 4, 2018.
  9. ^ "Ростовчанка победила на первенстве России по спортивной гимнастике". Don24 ru (in Russian). May 17, 2019.
  10. ^ "2019 Russian Junior Championships Results". The Gymterent. May 19, 2019.
  11. ^ "Russia Wins the First Junior Worlds". Gymnovosti. June 29, 2019.
  12. ^ "2019 Junior World Championships Live Blog – Event Finals Day 1". The Gymternet. June 29, 2019.
  13. ^ "2019 Junior World Championships Live Blog – Event Finals Day 2". The Gymternet. June 30, 2019.
  14. ^ Babayeva, Jani (July 24, 2019). "Russian gymnasts hope to win gold medal in EYOF Baku 2019 team standings". Trend News Agency.
  15. ^ https://results.eyofbaku2019.com/assets/pdf/GARW1AA---------------QUAL--------_70B%201.0.pdf[dead link]
  16. ^ @Olympic_Russia (July 25, 2019). "Виктория Листунова – обладательница золотой медали Европейского юношеского олимпийского фестиваля в Баку по спортивной гимнастике в многоборье!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  17. ^ "2019 Elite Gym Massilia Results". The Gymternet. November 25, 2019.
  18. ^ "ЧЕМПИОНАТ РОССИИ СРЕДИ МУЖЧИН И ЖЕНЩИН ПО СПОРТИВНОЙ ГИМНАСТИКЕ (№ ЕКП 31632)". Федерация спортивной гимнастики России (in Russian). March 12, 2021.
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  20. ^ "Тренеры решили сократить число российских гимнастов на чемпионате Европы до четырех". Федерация спортивной гимнастики России (in Russian). April 14, 2021.
  21. ^ "Iordache secures Olympic ticket as Melnikova shines at qualifications at #Basel2021". European Gymnastics. April 21, 2021.
  22. ^ @UEGymnastics (April 23, 2021). "Congratulations to all participants and medalists in the women's all-around final at #Basel2021" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  23. ^ "Viktoria Listunova wins first European gymnastics all-around title". Olympic Channel. April 23, 2021.
  24. ^ "Viktoria Listunova Achieved a Record Only Held by Nadia Comaneci". The Medal Count. May 4, 2021.
  25. ^ "Viktoria Listunova, Nikita Nagornyy win Russian Cup titles". International Olympic Committee. June 10, 2021.
  26. ^ "Определен состав российских гимнастов в командном многоборье на Олимпиаду" [The composition of the Russian gymnasts in the team all-around for the Olympics has been determined]. RIA Novosti. June 10, 2021.
  27. ^ "With Simone Biles out, Russia wins women's gymnastics team gold in Tokyo". Yahoo! Sports. July 27, 2021.
  28. ^ "Олимпийская чемпионка гимнастка Листунова пропустит чемпионат мира из-за травмы локтя" [Olympic champion gymnast Listunova will miss the world championship due to an elbow injury]. TASS (in Russian). September 16, 2021.

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