Natalia Kononenko | |||||||||||||
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Full name | Natalia Alexeyevna Kononenko | ||||||||||||
Alternative name(s) | Nataliya | ||||||||||||
Country represented | Ukraine | ||||||||||||
Born |
Kiev, Ukraine |
August 25, 1994 ||||||||||||
Residence | Sunny Isles, Florida | ||||||||||||
Club | Master of Sports of Ukraine | ||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Igor Belyakov | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Natalia Alexeyevna Kononenko (Ukrainian: Наталія Олексіївна Кононенко born 25 August 1994 in Kiev) is a Ukrainian artistic gymnast that competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She is a two-time European bronze medalist on the uneven bars.
At the 2010 European Championships, Kononenko contributed scores of 14.625 on bars and 12.600 on beam towards Ukraine's eighth-place finish. She won the bronze medal on the uneven bars with a score of 14.750.
At the 2012 London Prepares series, Kononenko placed eighth on the uneven bars. This qualified her a spot for the Olympics.
At the 2012 European Championships, Kononenko finished tenth with her team. She also won a bronze medal on the uneven bars with a score of 15.133.
Kononenko was Ukraine's only representative for Women's artistic gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In the qualification round, she finished 44th in the all-around, and did not qualify into any event finals.
Kononenko now lives in Sunny Isles, Florida and is a coach.