Alina Makarenko

Alina Makarenko
Makarenko (left) at the 3 Ribbons + 2 Hoops final in 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Alina Andreevna Makarenko
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1995-01-14) 14 January 1995 (age 22) Elista, Kalmykia, Russia
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Head coach(es)	Irina Viner
Assistant coach(es)	Anna Shumilova
Former coach(es)	Tatiana Sergaeva & Inna Bystrova
Retired	2013
Medal record Representing  Russia Group Rhythmic Gymnastics Olympic Games 2012 London Group All-around World Championships 2011 Montpellier 5 Balls 2011 Montpellier Group All-around European Championships 2012 N.Novgorod Group All-around 2012 N.Novgorod 5 Balls Youth Olympic Games 2010 Singapore Group All-around

Alina Andreevna Makarenko (Russian: Алина Андреевна Макаренко; born 14 January 1995) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2012 Olympics Group All-around champion, the 2011 World Group All-around silver medalist, 2012 European Group All-around gold medalist and 2010 Youth Olympic Games Group All-around champion.

As a junior, Makarenko competed as an individual gymnast but switched to competing in the Russian Group under Russian Head Coach Irina Viner. She and the Russian Junior Group won the gold medal at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games. She was again part of the group that competed at the 2011 World Championships.

Makarenko was a member of the Russian Group that competed at the 2011 World Championships. She was part of the gold medal winning Russian Group at the 2012 European Championships and at the World Cup Final in Minsk. She won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the group all-around event together with other group members (Uliana Donskova, Anastasia Bliznyuk, Ksenia Dudkina, Anastasia Nazarenko, Karolina Sevastyanova).