Alina Maksymenko


Alina Oleksandrivna Maksymenko is a retired individual rhythmic gymnast.

Career

Junior

She competed at the 2006 Deriugina cup and won a silver medal in the all-around behind Daria Kushnerova.

Senior

In 2007, she made a debut at the World Championships in Patras, Greece, where she was a part of the Ukrainian senior group that finished 8th in 2007 World [Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships|Group All-around].
In 2008, Maksymenko participated as a member of the Ukrainian Group at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. They finished eighth in the group all-around finals.
At the 2009 World Championships in Ise, Mie, Japan, Maksymenko began competing as an individual gymnast and placed 16th in the all-around final. She competed at the 2009 World Games in Kaohsiung, Taiwan and placed 5th in Hoop, 6th in Ribbon, 7th in Rope, and 8th in Ball. At the 2010 World Championships in Moscow, Russia, she placed 5th in the all-around final. She was also one of the only two gymnasts to qualify for all of the event finals. She was 4th in Rope final, 5th in Hoop, 6th in Ball, and 8th in Ribbon.
Maksymenko won three gold and one silver medal at the Deriugina World Cup 2011. At the 2011 Universiade held in Shenzhen, she won the silver medal in the hoop final and the bronze medal in the clubs final. Maksymenko also helped Ukraine win the team bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships in Montpellier, France. She placed 5th in the all-around final and qualified for the London 2012 Olympics.
She started her 2012 season competing at the LA Lights in Los Angeles, but struggled with her new routines and finished behind fellow Ukrainian Ganna Rizatdinova in all-around. She then competed at the 2012 Deriugina Cup and took silver in all-around behind Russian gymnast Daria Dmitrieva. Maksymenko competed in the Gymnastics at the [2012 Summer Olympics – Women's rhythmic individual all-around|individual all-around] event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where her fashion style caught attention. She qualified for the finals and finished 6th overall.
At the 2013 LA Lights, she won the silver medal in the all-around behind teammate Ganna Rizatdinova. She then competed at the Rhythmic Gymnastics [Grand Prix Series|2013 Holon Grand Prix], where she finished 12th in all-around and won gold in clubs final. She finished 5th in all-around in her first World Cup competition of the season in Lisbon, Portugal. At the 2013 [Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup Series|2013 Irina Deleanu Cup], she won the silver in all-around and bronze in clubs. She won another bronze medal in the hoop final at the Pesaro World Cup. She withdrew from the Sofia World Cup due to an aggravated injury. Maksymenko then competed at the 2013 European Championships in Vienna, Austria, and together with her teammates Ganna Rizatdinova and Viktoria Mazur won the Team silver medal. Maksymenko competed at the International Trophy "Ciutat de Barcelona", where she won silver in the all-around behind Russian gymnast Alexandra Merkulova. At the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, she finished 4th in all-around behind teammate Ganna Rizatdinova. She won silver in the hoop and bronze in the clubs. Maksymenko, together with Rizatdinova and Mazur, appeared in an editorial in the August 2013 edition of Ukraine Vogue. Maksymenko competed at the 2013 World Games in Cali, where she won bronze medals in ball and clubs. Maksymenko won a bronze in Clubs at the 2013 World Championships in Kyiv, Ukraine. Maksymenko finished 7th in the All-around at the 2013 World Championships. Maksymenko completed her career at the end of the 2013 season and accepted the invitation of her coaches in the Deriugins School to work as a coach.

Personal life

Maksymenko can speak Ukrainian, English, and Russian. Since 2023, she has been working at iSTAR Academy in West Sussex, Great Britain. She is currently a coach of senior national group that competed at 2024 European Championships.

Detailed Olympic results

YearCompetition DescriptionLocationMusicApparatusScore-FinalScore-Qualifying
2008OlympicsBeijingGroup All-around31.10031.625
2008OlympicsBeijingSummer by Antonio Vivaldi5 Ropes15.97515.800
2008OlympicsBeijingTheme music from Avrora by Valeri Tishler3 Hoops / 2 Clubs15.12515.825