| Svetlana Klyukina | |
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 Klyukina at the 2008 European Championships | |
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Full name |
Svetlana Alekseevna Klyukina |
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Country represented |
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Born |
February 10 1989 |
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Club |
Dynamo Moscow |
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Coach |
Tatiana Avinirova Gesikova |
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Choreographer |
Galina Ivanovna Gribkova |
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Current status |
Retired |
Svetlana Alekseevna Klyukina (Russian: Светлана Алексеевна Клюкина; born on February 10, 1989 in Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk, Russian SSR) is a retired Russian gymnast. She competed at the 2006 and 2007 Worlds Championships as well as at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Her best events were uneven bars and balance beam.
Career[]
Klyukina made her first major international team in 2006 when she made the World Championship team. In the team final Klyukina competed on the uneven bars, scoring a 14.825, and on balance beam, scoring a 15.300, helping the Russian team earn a bronze medal. She did not advance to any individual finals. In 2007 Klyukina made her second World Championship team. Klyukina contributed to the team score again on both uneven bars and balance beam scoring a 15.000 and 15.025 respectively. Due to a vaulting incident with teammate Ekatarina Kramarenko scoring a 0 the Russian team placed 8th in the team final. Again Klyukina did not advance to any individual finals.
In 2008 Klyukina competed at the European Championships. Here she competed on her two best events, uneven bars and balance beam. Klyukina helped the Russian team earn a silver medal in the team competition. She did not advance to any individual finals. Later that year Klyukina was one of the first four Russian girls named to the 2008 Olympic team. In Beijing Klyukina competed on vault, uneven bars and the floor exercise in qualifications helping the Russian team qualify in 3rd place to the team final. In the team final she only competed on vault. The Russian team placed 4th in the team final. Klyukina did not advance to any individual finals.
In 2009 after suffering an injury Klyukina attempted to keep competing. She competed in the Russian National Championships placing 6th on beam but wasn't able to get back into full shape and therefore retired.
Medal Count[]
| Year | Event | TF | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 2004 | Russian Cup | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Russian Nationals | 6 | ||||||
| Junior Friendship Classic | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | ||
| Stella Zakharova Cup | 1st | 2nd | 8 | 1st | |||
| European Youth Olympic Festival | 3rd | 8 | |||||
| Amsterdam Junior European Championships | 1st | 14 | 1st | 7 | |||
| 2006 | ITA-RUS | 2nd | 3rd | ||||
| Ghent World Cup | 2nd | ||||||
| Aarhus World Championships | 3rd | ||||||
| 2007 | Russian Cup | 2nd | 2nd | 7 | 4 | ||
| Russian Nationals | 4 | ||||||
| Arthur Gander Memorial | 5 | ||||||
| Swiss Cup | 3rd | ||||||
| Ghent World Cup | 4 | ||||||
| Moscow World Cup | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | ||||
| Stuttgart World Championships | 8 | ||||||
| 2008 | Tianjin World Cup | ||||||
| Clermont-Ferrand European Championships | 2nd | ||||||
| Beijing Olympic Games | 4 | ||||||
| 2009 | Russian National Championships | 6 | |||||
| Belgrade Summer Universiade | 2nd | 6 | 7 | 4 |
Floor Music[]
2008 - "Colette Show Him Le Ropes" from Ratatouille by Michael Giacchino