Natalia Kononenko

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.

Natalia Kononenko
Full nameNatalia Alexeyevna Kononenko
Alternative name(s)Nataliya
Country represented Ukraine
Born (1994-08-25) August 25, 1994
Kiev, Ukraine
ResidenceSunny Isles, Florida
ClubMaster of Sports of Ukraine
Head coach(es)Igor Belyakov
Medal record
Representing  Ukraine
European Championships
2010 BirminghamUneven Bars
2012 BrusselsUneven Bars

Career

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.[1]

At the 2012 London Prepares series, Kononenko placed eighth on the uneven bars. This qualified her a spot for the Olympics.[2]

At the 2012 European Championships, Kononenko finished tenth with her team.[3] She also won a bronze medal on the uneven bars with a score of 15.133.[4]

Kononenko was Ukraine's only representative for Women's artistic gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[5] In the qualification round, she finished 44th in the all-around, and did not qualify into any event finals.[6]

Kononenko now lives in Sunny Isles, Florida and is a coach.[7]

See also

References
  1. "28th European Artistic Gymnastics Championships Results" (PDF). Birmingham, United Kingdom: Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. 2 May 2010. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  2. "Gymnastics Artistic Women's Apparatus Final-Uneven Bars" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. 12 January 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  3. "Team Results Senior Qualification" (PDF). UEG. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  4. "Results Senior Apparatus Final Uneven Bars" (PDF). UEG. 13 May 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  5. "London 2012 Olympic Games Women Artistics Gymnastics List of participants" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. 12 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  6. "Gymnastics Artistic Women's Qualification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. 29 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  7. https://www.facebook.com/kononenkonatali
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