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Aleksandra Soldatova

Aleksandra Soldatova
Full name Aleksandra Sergeyevna Soldatova
Alternative name(s) Alexandra Soldatova
Nickname(s) Sasha
Country represented  Russia
Born (1998-06-01) 1 June 1998 (age 18)
Sterlitamak, Bashkortostan, Russia
Hometown Pushkino, Moscow Oblast
Residence Dmitrov, Moscow Oblast
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 46Kg
Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
Years on national team 2012—present
Club Dinamo Dmitrov / CSKA
Gym Novogorsk
Head coach(es) Irina Viner
Assistant coach(es) Anna Shumilova
Choreographer Lyudmila Dimitrova, Tatiiana Pomerantseva
World ranking 3 (2016 Season)
3 (2015 Season)
8 (2014 Season)

Aleksandra Sergeyevna Soldatova (Russian: Александра Сергеевна Солдатова; born 1 June 1998 in Sterlitamak, Bashkortostan, Russia) is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast.

She is the 2016 Grand Prix Final All-around champion and the 2016 Russian National All-around champion. On the junior level, she is the 2012 European Junior ribbon champion and two-time Russian Junior National All-around medalist.

She is coached by Anna Shumilova.

Soldatova burst onto the junior international scene at the 2011 Junior Irina Deleanu Cup where she won gold medal in the all-around and event finals in hoop and ribbon, silver medal in ball. She then competed at the World Club Cup, the 2011 Aeon Cup in Tokyo, Japan, where she won the junior all-around gold together with Team Gazprom (seniors Evgenia Kanaeva and Daria Kondakova). At the Russian National Junior Championships, she won the bronze in 2012 and silver in 2013 in the all-around.

In 2012, Soldatova started her season at the 2012 Moscow Grand Prix. She won the all-around gold at the Schmiden International Tournament and all event finals before winning Team gold with Dina Averina and Arina Averina at the 2012 MTM Ljubljana. After winning gold in ribbon at the 2012 Pesaro Junior World Cup, she then won the all-around title at the 2012 Sofia Junior World Cup and the event finals. At the 2012 European Junior Championships, Soldatova won the gold medal in ribbon as well as helping the Russian junior team (with Yana Kudryavtseva, Julia Sinitsina and Diana Borisova) win the junior team gold medal.


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