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Alexandra Skubova
Personal information
Born	(2005-07-16) July 16, 2005 Moscow, Russia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Country represented	Russia
Club	Lokomotiv

Alexandra Ruslanovna Skubova (born July 16, 2005) is a Russian rhythmic gymnast. She is a Master of Sports of International Class. Winner and medalist of international competitions, national championships, and Cups of Russia.

Biography

Born on July 16, 2005, in Moscow. She is a pupil of the Olympic Reserve Sports School No. 74 of the city of Moscow. Her coaches are Oksana Skaldina and Irina Kozharina. She began her sports career in 2009 in figure skating at the age of 4, and at 5 she started rhythmic gymnastics. In 2017, she joined the Russian national rhythmic gymnastics team.

Alexandra's first competitions took place in 2012 at the age of seven, where the gymnast won first place, which came as a surprise to her, and from that moment her sports career began..

Sports career

Alexandra began her path at the Olympic Reserve Sports School No. 74 in Moscow under the guidance of coaches Oksana Skaldina and Irina Kozharina. Over the years, she has performed at competitions representing the strongest athletes in Russia.

Active competitive activity at the all-Russian level began in 2016, when Alexandra transitioned to competing in the first senior sports category. At the 2016 Russian Championship, Alexandra took eighth place in the all-around final and won gold as part of the Moscow city team. At the all-Russian competitions "Young Gymnasts", she won a silver medal. Following the results of the competitions, she was included in the Russian national team and by the selection system was enrolled in the national team for the next season.

In 2017, Alexandra solidified her position at the national level by winning the Russian Championship in the first senior sports category, and also won gold as part of the Moscow city team. She won gold at the all-Russian competitions "Young Gymnasts".

After transitioning to the junior program (Candidate for Master of Sports) in 2018, Alexandra began competing in international tournaments, gradually strengthening her position at the national and international levels. This year at the Russian Championship she took fourth place in the all-around final, and in individual apparatuses won bronze with the ball and clubs, as well as a gold medal as part of the Moscow team. She became the silver medalist of the all-Russian competitions "Hopes of Russia".

In 2019, at the Russian Championship, Alexandra won gold as part of the Moscow team, bronze in the all-around, silver in rope, and gold with clubs. Winner of the all-Russian competitions "Hopes of Russia". In the same year, at the age of 13, she was awarded the title of Master of Sports of International Class.

In 2020, at the Russian Championship, Alexandra won gold as part of the Moscow team, silver in the all-around, and gold with the ball and ribbon. In the same year, Alexandra became the first winner of the international online tournament, winning gold in the ball routine after the long quarantine of the coronavirus pandemic.

In 2021, Alexandra transitioned to the senior program (Master of Sports), where she continued to win medals at the Russian Championships, including a gold medal as part of the Moscow city team. She also continued participating in international tournaments: at the Alina Kabaeva Champions Cup, Alexandra won the ribbon routine. She won silver at the Russian Cup.

In 2022, at the Russian Championship, Alexandra entered the top six strongest gymnasts in the all-around, won bronze in the clubs routine, and also won gold as part of the Moscow team. After the rule change at the beginning of the new Olympic cycle, she debuted at the Moscow stage of the Grand Prix, performing honorably alongside world-class gymnasts. She was planned to be registered for the World Cup stages and the Grand Prix series, but since 2022, Russian gymnasts have been banned from participating in FIG competitions due to the political situation. Also this year, one of Alexandra's elements was officially recognized as a named element in Russia — "catching the ball in a roll from a high throw into a step-somersault".

In 2023, Alexandra faced a serious injury but demonstrated outstanding resilience, competing at the Russian Championship with a stress fracture and winning gold as part of the Moscow team. After a period of treatment, she returned six months later for the Russian series of the Cup of the Strongest stages.

In 2024, at the Russian Championship, Alexandra won gold as part of the Moscow team, silver in the ribbon routine, and successfully performed in the all-around final.

In 2025, Alexandra once again won gold as part of the Moscow team at the Russian Championship. After the competitions at the national team's training camp in Novogorsk, a knee injury was revealed, due to which the athlete was forced to take a break in her career

In 2026, Alexandra underwent knee surgery.

Sporting achievements

• 2016 All-Russian competitions "Young Gymnasts" — silver (all-around).
• 2017 Russian Championship — gold (all-around), gold (Moscow team).
• 2017 All-Russian competitions "Young Gymnasts" — gold (all-around).
• 2018 Russian Championship — gold (Moscow team), 4th place (all-around), bronze (ball, clubs).
• 2018 MT "Alina Cup" — gold (team).
• 2018 MT "Portimao" — silver (clubs).
• 2018 All-Russian competitions "Hopes of Russia" — silver (all-around).
• 2019 All-Russian competitions "Hopes of Russia" — gold (all-around).
• 2019 MS Alina Cup — gold (team).
• 2019 MT "Miss Valentine" — silver (all-around), gold (ball, ribbon).
• 2019 MT "Aphrodite Cup" — gold (all-around), gold (ribbon).
• 2019 MT "Riga spring" — gold (team), gold (ball).
• 2019 Russian-Chinese Games — gold (team).
• 2019 Russian Championship — gold (Moscow team), bronze (all-around), silver (rope), gold (clubs).
• 2020 Russian Championship — gold (Moscow team), silver (all-around), gold (ball, ribbon).
• 2020 MT "among juniors within the framework of Grand Prix Moscow" — gold (team), gold (ball).
• 2020 MT "Online tournament" — gold (ball).
• 2021 Moscow International RG Tournament — gold (ribbon).
• 2022 Moscow Championship — gold (all-around).
• 2022 Russian Championship — gold (Moscow team), bronze (clubs).
• 2023 Russian Championship — gold (Moscow team).
• 2024 Russian Championship — gold (Moscow team).
• 2024 Russian Championship — silver (ribbon).
• 2024 Cup of the Strongest Final — bronze (ball).
• 2025 Russian Championship — gold (Moscow team).

External links

• Russian Skubova became the first winner of the online rhythmic gymnastics tournament
• Top young and promising athletes with a bright future
• Profile on gimnastica.pro
• Gymnastics - My destiny. Interview for the RFSO "Lokomotiv" press service
• [sport24.ru/gymnastics/news-586245-skubova-o-vozvrashchenii-posle-travmy-smotrela-na-devochek-po-televizoru-i-dumala-kak-kruto-ya-tozhe-khochu Skubova — on returning after an injury: "I looked at the girls on TV and thought: 'How cool, I want that too'"]
• [sport24.ru/gymnastics/article-590798-svetlana-khorkina-shou-duel-kommentarii-sofi-velikoy-marii-paseki-lilii-akhaimovoy-aliny-gornosko-aleksandry-skubovoy "Here you can see yourself as in a mirror." Stars and legends of world sports about Svetlana Khorkina's new show]
• Looking up to the best. "Gudok" Issue No. 32 (26171) 02/28/2017

Category:Russian rhythmic gymnasts