Alla Arkadievna Sosnitskaya (Russian: Алла Аркадьевна Сосницкая, born 10 April 1997) is a Russian artistic gymnast. She won team bronze medals at the 2014 World and European Championships.

Alla Sosnitskaya
Full nameAlla Arkadievna Sosnitskaya
Country represented Russia
Born (1997-04-10) 10 April 1997 (age 27)
HometownMoscow, Russia
ResidenceMoscow, Russia
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
ClubCSKA Moscow
Head coach(es)Marina Ulyankina
Medal record
Representing  Russia
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Nanning Team
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sofia Team

Career

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Sosnitskaya is coached by Marina Ulyankina, who also coaches fellow national team members Maria Paseka and Viktoria Kuzmina. Her best events are vault and floor exercise.

Junior

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Sosnitskaya competed at the Russian Championships in 2012, placing eighth on floor exercise.

Senior

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Sosnitskaya made her senior debut at the Russian Championships in 2013, where she won silver with her team. She went on to make her international debut at the Anadia World Cup, where she placed eighth on vault. At the Russian Cup in August, she won gold on floor exercise, silver in the all-around, bronze on vault and uneven bars, and placed fourth with her team and on balance beam. At the Osijek World Cup in September, she placed fourth on vault and bars.

In late October, Sosnitskaya was named to the Russian team for the Élite Gym Massilia in November. In the Master Team division, the Russian team placed second in the all-around, bars, and beam, and fourth on vault and floor. Individually, she placed fourth on floor, sixth on vault, and nineteenth in the all-around. She qualified to the Top Massilia, placing fourth on floor and winning gold on vault.[1] She went on to compete at the Brasilia Gymnasiade, winning gold with her team and in the all-around, silver on vault, and placing fifth on bars and eighth on floor.

Sosnitskaya competed at the 2014 European Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. In qualifications she scored 14.566 on vault and 14.133 on floor. She qualified in 6th place to the vault final and 7th place to the floor final. In the team final she contributed scores of 14.733 on vault and 13.766 on floor towards the Russian team's bronze medal finish.

Competitive history

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Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2012 National Championships (Junior) (MS) 8th
2013 National Championships 2nd 9th 7th
Anadia World Cup 8th
Russian Cup 4th 2nd 3rd 3rd 5th 1st
Osijek World Cup 4th 4th
Massilia Cup (Master Massilia) 2nd 19th 1st 4th
Gymnasiade 1st 1st 2nd 5th 8th
2014 National Championships 2nd 2nd 1st 3rd 5th 2nd
European Championships 3rd 4th 6th
Russian Cup 1st 4th 1st 7th 7th 4th
World Championships 3rd 7th 4th
Stuttgart World Cup 6th
2015 National Championships 2nd 2nd 1st 8th 7th
European Championships WD
Russian Cup 1st 9th 4th 1st 5th
Voronin Cup 1st
2016 National Championships 2nd 4th
2017 National Championships 1st 5th
Year Competition description Location Apparatus Rank-Final Score-Final Rank-Qualifying Score-Qualifying
2014 European Championships Sofia Team 3 169.329 3 170.621
Vault 4 14.449 6 14.333
Floor exercise 6 14.266 7 14.133
World Championships Nanning Team 3 171.462 3 228.135
All-around 7 56.166 10 56.740
Vault 4 14.966 4 15.016
Uneven bars 16 14.408
Balance beam 30 13.666
Floor exercise 29 13.533

References

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  1. ^ "Sosnitskaya won the vault gold medal in Massilia". Retrieved 17 November 2013.