Anna Kovaleva
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| Full name | Anna Vasilyevna Kovaleva | ||||||||||||||
| Alternative name(s) | Anna Kovalyova | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 January 1983 | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
| Country represented | Russia | ||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Elena Mashinskaya, Leonid Arkayev | ||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2002 | ||||||||||||||
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Anna Vasilyevna Kovaleva (Russian: Анна Васильевна Ковалёва; born 18 January 1983) is a Russian former artistic gymnast. She was a member of the silver medal-winning team at the 1999 World Championships. She won the all-around title at the 1998 Junior European Championships and a team gold medal at the 1996 Junior European Championships.
Gymnastics career
Kovaleva won a gold medal in the team event at the 1996 Junior European Championships, and she placed fourth in the vault final.[1] At the 1997 World Stars, she won gold medals on the vault and floor exercise.[2]
Kovaleva placed sixth in the all-around at the 1998 American Cup.[3] She then won the all-around title at the 1998 Junior European Championships.[4] Additionally, she won another gold medal on the vault and bronze medals on the uneven bars and floor exercise.[5] At the 1998 Goodwill Games, she competed with Alexei Bondarenko in the mixed pairs event, and they won the bronze medal. Individually, she advanced into the vault final and placed sixth.[6] She won the all-around competition at the 1998 World Stars and also won gold medals on the vault, balance beam, and floor exercise.[7]
Kovaleva placed third in the all-around at the 1999 Russian Cup, behind Yelena Produnova and Svetlana Khorkina.[8] At the 1999 World Championships, she helped Russia win the team silver medal behind Romania.[9]
Kovaleva finished eighth in the all-around at the 2000 Russian Cup.[10] She was not selected for the 2000 Olympic team.[11]
Personal life
Kovaleva has a half-brother, Dmitri Lvov, who also competed in gymnastics and won a silver medal at the 1998 European Championships.[12][13] After retiring from competitions, she worked as a gymnastics coach in Zelenograd and in Moscow.[14] She has two sons.[15]
External links
- Anna Kovaleva at World Gymnastics
- Anna Kovaleva at InterSportStats
References
- ^ "1996 Jr. European Championships Women's EF". Gymn Forum. 18 January 2004. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ "1997 World Stars Women's Finals". Gymn Forum. 4 April 2004. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
- ^ "1998 Visa American Cup All-Around Finals Ft. Worth, Texas March 7, 1998" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
- ^ "1998 Jr. European Championships Women's AA". Gymn Forum. 18 January 2004. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ^ "1998 Jr. European Championships Women's EF". Gymn Forum. 18 January 2004. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ^ "USA Gymnastics - September/October 1998". issuu.com. USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "1998 World Stars". Gymn Forum. 12 May 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
- ^ "1999 Russian Cup Women's AA". Gymn Forum. 10 January 1999. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
- ^ "34th World Championships Artistic Gymnastics Tianjin (CHN) October 9 - 16, 1999". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
- ^ "2000 Russian Cup Women's AA". Gymn Forum. 15 February 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
- ^ "Russian Federation at the 2000 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
- ^ "Anna Kovalyova (RUS)". Gymn Forum. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
- ^ "1998 European Championships Artistic Gymnastics Men St Petersburg (RUS) 1998 April 23-26". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
- ^ "Крюкова Анна Васильевна" (in Russian). Реестр Тренеров. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
- ^ Babich, Yulia (4 November 2015). "Анна Ковалева: «Моя самая большая победа – дети»" [Anna Kovaleva: “My greatest victory is my children”]. Artistic Gymnastics Federation of Russia. Retrieved 16 September 2025.