Alyona Shchennikova

Personal information
Full name	Yelena Aleksandrovna Shchennikova[1]
Nickname	Alyona
Born	(2001-05-12)May 12, 2001 (age 24) Layton, Utah USA
Gymnastics career
Sport	Women's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	United States (2017–2019)
College team	LSU Tigers (2020–2025)
Club	5280 Gymnastics
Head coach	Alex Shchennikov
Assistant coach	Katia Shchennikova
Medal record RepresentingLouisiana State Tigers NCAA Championships 2024 Fort Worth Team

Yelena Aleksandrovna "Alyona"Shchennikova (Russian:Елена Александровна "Алёна" Щенникова, born May 12, 2001) is an American artistic gymnast. She was a member of theU.S. National Team from 2017 to 2019 and was the all-around champion at the2017 U.S. Classic.^[2] She currently competes forLouisiana State in collegiate gymnastics.

Shchennikova was born inLayton, Utah in 2001 to Russian immigrants. She has two sisters,Polina and Kristina, both of whom are gymnasts.^[3]

Shchennikova turned senior in 2017 and was added to the Senior National Team.^[4] She competed at theCity of Jesolo Trophy where the USA placed first. She also placed eighth in the All-Around.^[5] In July, Shchennikova competed at theU.S. Classic where she placed first in the All-Around and second on Uneven Bars behindRagan Smith.^[6][7] In August she competed at theNational Championships where she placed eighth in the All-Around.^[8]

Shchennikova competed at theCity of Jesolo Trophy as an individual due to the US not fielding a team.^[9] She placed fourth in the uneven bars. In the summer she competed at the American Classic where she placed third on uneven bars. She later competed at theU.S. Classic where she placed fifth in the All-Around and second on uneven bars behindRiley McCusker.^[10] In August Shchennikova competed at theNational Championships. She placed ninth in the all-around and fifth on the uneven bars behindSimone Biles, McCusker,Morgan Hurd, andTrinity Thomas.^[11] She was later named as the alternate to the2018 Pan American Gymnastics Championships.^[12]

In October Shchennikova participated in the Worlds Team Selection Camp. During the competition she placed third on uneven bars behind McCusker and Biles, eighth on balance beam, and ninth in the all-around, on vault, and on floor exercise.^[13]

In December Shchennikova competed at theVoronin Cup inMoscow. She placed first in the all-around and on uneven bars and placed second on balance beam behindMaria Kharenkova.^[14]

In February Shchennikova was named to the team to compete at the2019 L'International Gymnix competition inMontreal alongsideSloane Blakely,Kara Eaker, andAleah Finnegan.^[15] While there she helped the USA win team gold. Individually she won silver in the all-around behind Eaker and on uneven bars behindAna Padurariu of Canada and won bronze on floor exercise behindAzuki Kokufugata of Japan andHaley de Jong of Canada.^[16]

In June, while Shchennikova was doing verification for the2019 Pan American Games, sheruptured her achilles tendon and announced that she would be out for the remainder of the season.^[17][18] In August she officially signed herNational Letter of Intent withLouisiana State University and joined theirgymnastics team^[19] in the 2019–2020 season.^[20]

Shchennikova made her collegiate debut in a meet againstArizona, where she only competed on the uneven bars.

Shchennikova competed in the opening match againstCentenary. Her uneven bars score of 9.950 and all-around score of 39.300 were the highest of the night.^[21]

Competitive history of Alyona Shchennikova at the junior level

Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
2013	National Qualifier (HOPEs)			4
	U.S. Challenge (HOPEs)
2014	American Classic		6		7
	U.S. Classic		19	27	21	20	30
	U.S. National Championships		24	28	9	30	25
2015	U.S. Classic		20	30	9	21	30
	U.S. National Championships		15	26		24	24
2016	American Classic		4
	U.S. Classic		11	10		32	33
	U.S. National Championships		17	8	26	12	19

Competitive history of Alyona Shchennikova at the senior level

Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
2017	City of Jesolo Trophy		8
	U.S. Classic					14	5
	U.S. National Championships		8		9	16	9
2018	City of Jesolo Trophy		26		4
	American Classic					12
	U.S. Classic		5			7	19
	U.S. National Championships		9		5	12	9
	Worlds Team Selection Camp		9	9		8	9
	Voronin Cup						4
2019	International Gymnix

Competitive history of Alyona Shchennikova at the NCAA level

Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
2020	SEC Championships	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA[22]
	NCAA Championships
2021	SEC Championships			7	10		5
	NCAA Championships	SF	23		9
2022	SEC Championships	5		25	11		23
2023	SEC Championships		9	12	24	10	10
	NCAA Championships	4	19

• Alyona Shchennikova at theInternational Gymnastics Federation
• Alyona Shchennikova atUSA Gymnastics

• 2001 births
• American female artistic gymnasts
• American people of Russian descent
• Sportspeople from Layton, Utah
• Living people
• LSU Tigers women's gymnasts
• Sportspeople from Utah
• U.S. women's national team gymnasts
• 21st-century American sportswomen

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