Aliaksandra Narkevich

Aliaksandra Narkevich
Narkevich at the 2012 Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1994-12-22) 22 December 1994 Minsk, Belarus
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Countryrepresented	Belarus
Head coach(es)	Irina Leparskaya
Retired	2015
Medal record Representing  Belarus Olympic Games 2012 London Group all-around World Championships 2013 Kyiv Group all-around 2010 Moscow Team 2011 Montpellier Team 2013 Kyiv 3 balls/2 ribbons European Games 2015 Baku Group all-around European Championships 2012 N. Novgorod 3 ribbons/2 hoops 2012 N. Novgorod Group all-around Junior European Championships 2008 Torino Hoop 2008 Torino Team

Aliaksandra Narkevich (Belarusian: Аляксандра Сяргееўна Наркевіч; Łacinka: Aliaksandra Siarhiejeŭna Narkievič; Russian: Александра Сергеевна Наркевич; born 22 December 1994) is a Belarusian former rhythmic gymnast who competed mainly in group events. She is the 2012 Olympic group all-around silver medalist with group members Anastasiya Ivankova, Alina Tumilovich, Maryna Hancharova, Nataliya Leshchyk, and Kseniya Sankovich.^[1]

Career

Narkevich with the Belarusian group all-around medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics

At the 2008 European Junior Championships, Narkevich won gold in the hoop final and the team silver medal. She competed as an individual gymnast at the 2011 World Championships but switched to competing with the Belarusian group in 2012.

Narkevich won the silver medal at the 2012 European Championships in group all-around. She then won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the group all-around event together with group members Anastasiya Ivankova, Alina Tumilovich, Nataliya Leshchyk, Maryna Hancharova, and Kseniya Sankovich.^[2]

At the 2013 World Championships in Kyiv, Narkevich won gold in group all-around and silver in 3 balls / 2 ribbons.

In 2014, Narkevich sustained a leg injury and sat out the whole season. She returned to the Belarusian group the following season. Narkevich was a member of the Belarusian group that won gold in 6 clubs / 2 hoops and bronze in the all-around at the inaugural European Games, in 2015. At the 2015 World Cup series in Kazan, Narkevich won the silver medal in group all-around, silver in 3 hoops / 6 clubs, and bronze in 5 ribbons. She announced her retirement at the end of the 2015 season.

Detailed Olympic results

Year	Competition Description	Location	Music [3]	Apparatus	Rank	Score-Final	Rank	Score-Qualifying
2012	Olympics	London		All-around	2nd	55.500	3rd	54.750
			Allegro Non Molto (Winter) by Antonio Vivaldi	5 Balls	4th	27.825	3rd	27.900
			24 Caprices, Op. 1: Caprice No. 24 in A Minor, Op. 1, No. 24 by Ilya Kaler	3 Ribbons + 2 Hoops	2nd	27.675	6th	26.850

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aliaksandra Narkevich". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
2. "Russia take Group gold". London 2012 Olympics. 12 August 2012. Archived from the original on 23 August 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
3. "Russia Group RG music list". rgforum. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2020.

External links

• Aliaksandra Narkevich at World Gymnastics
• Aliaksandra Narkevich at Olympics.com
• Aliaksandra Narkevich at Olympedia
• Aliaksandra Narkevich at InterSportStats
• Aliaksandra Narkevich on Instagram