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Melitina Dmitryevna Staniouta is a Belarusian retired individual rhythmic gymnast. She is a three-time (2015, 2013, 2010). Photo by Tiitstitanic. .

Top 10 Outstanding Facts about Melitina Staniouta

Melitina Dmitryevna Staniouta is a Belarusian retired individual rhythmic gymnast. She is a three-time (2015, 2013, 2010) World all-around bronze medalist, the 2015 European Games all-around bronze medalist, the 2014 European Championships all-around silver medalist, and 2009 Grand Prix Final all-around bronze medalist. Let us look at the Top 10 Outstanding Facts about Melitina Staniouta.

1. She started doing rhythmic gymnastics in 1998

Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva performing a side balance during her hoop routine. Photo by Unknown. .

Staniouta first took up the sport of rhythmic gymnastics in 1998. In 2005, she started to train with former Belarusian rhythmic gymnast Larissa Loukianenko, and she was included in the national team.

Staniouta won a number of junior medals, including at the 2008 European Junior Championships winning the silver medal in ribbon and rope.

2. Melitina broke her foot in 2010

She was also the all around bronze medalist and won a bronze in rope finals at the 2010 World Championships, she broke her foot during competition but continued to compete.

Following the event she had an iron pin put into her foot and missed several months of competition. She also suffered a broken finger, leg and collarbone in 2010. In 2011, Staniouta continued to struggled with injuries throughout the World Cup and Grand Prix season.

3. She went back to gymnastics after the injury in 2012

In 2012, Staniouta competed at the 2012 European Championships and finished 6th in All-around. At the World Cup series in Minsk, she won bronze medals in hoop, clubs and ribbon final ahead of fellow Belarusian Liubov Charkashyna.

She competed in her first Olympics in 2012 London and finished 12th at the qualifications but did not advance to the Top 10 finals.

4. She has appeared in commercials

Staniouta has appeared in a commercial ad for Bon Aqua. She is also one of Belarus’ United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Celebrity representatives.

5. She took part is protesting against Alexander Lukashenko

Dmitry Medvedv and Alexander Lukashenko president of Belarus. Photo by Kremlin.ru. .

After Alexander Lukashenko’s presidential re-election in August 2020, tens of thousands of civilians took to the streets in peaceful protest and faced brutal repression. The gymnast was at the forefront of those protests against the autocrat Aleksander Lukashenko . Despite the threats of purging and excluding her from national teams, as well as withdrawing any economic aid from her government to athletes who demonstrate against her regime, Melitina always stood up.

In those bitter days, the former rhythmic gymnast Melitina Staniouta’s Instagram became an essential chronicle of what was happening, documenting riot police beating peaceful civilians, security forces dragging men through the streets, and women’s faces covered in blood. 鈥淚 feel that I must spread the truth鈥� she stated then. 鈥淢aybe if I didn’t care about my country, I would close my eyes and try not to listen to anything. But I can not. I can’t and I won’t. Belarus is a small country, not in the European Union, and nobody cares.

6. She is also a gymnastics coach

Melitina publishes details of her brilliant career in the hope of receiving help. 鈥淚 have been doing rhythmic gymnastics for 20 years (1996-2016). I have been a member of the Belarus national team for 10 years. I won 24 medals in European and world championships.

I participated in 2 Olympic Games.” “Right after ending my sports career in 2016, I started working as a coach in numerous countries including North and South America, Italy, Spain, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Japan and others. I have done over 100 masterclasses/training camps since then. I have a university degree diploma in sports coaching.”

7. She has won many medals

In the 2015 season, Staniouta’s first competition was at the 2015 L.A. Lights where she won the all-around silver medal behind Ukraine’s Ganna Rizatdinova. At the 2015 Moscow Grand Prix, she won the all-around bronze medal. In event finals, she won gold in clubs, silver in (hoop, ball) and 4th in ribbon.

She then competed at the 2015 Baltic Hoop and won the all-around gold ahead of senior debutant Irina Annenkova. In the event finals, Staniouta took gold in hoop, silver in clubs and bronze in ribbon. On April 3鈥�5, Staniouta competed at the 2015 Bucharest World Cup and finished all-around bronze, in apparatus finals, she won bronze in hoop, ball, ribbon and placed 6th in clubs.

8. She is a UNHCR supporter

Photo by Fernando Fraz茫o/Ag锚ncia Brasil. .

There were 65 million of forcibly displaced persons worldwide. In 2017, Belarus received 748 applications for asylum, most of them from nationals of Ukraine, Iraq, and Syria. As of June 2018, there were 327 refugees registered in the country, and 2344 persons with complementary protection.

UNHCR thanks the Government of the Republic of Belarus, diplomatic corps, UN sister agencies, NGOs, private sector, Goodwill Ambassador Iskui Abalyan and Celebrity Supporter Melitina Staniouta for their valuable contribution to the refugee cause in the Republic of Belarus.

9. She is the great granddaughter of an actress

Melitina is the great-granddaughter of Belarusian actress Stefaniya Staniouta. Staniouta speaks Russian, Belarusian, English and French.

10. She retired in 2016

Photo by Maya Bielik. .

On July 1-3, Staniouta competed at the 2016 Berlin World Cup winning the All-around silver with a total of 73.900 points behind Russia’s Dina Averina, Staniouta qualified to all apparatus finals winning gold in hoop (tied with Ganna Rizatdinova), silver in ball, clubs and bronze in ribbon (tied with Salome Pazhava).

On July 8-10, Staniouta then finished 5th in the all-around at the 2016 Kazan World Cup with a total of 74.150 points behind Korea’s Son Yeon-Jae, Staniouta qualified to 3 apparatus finals winning silver in ribbon and bronze in ball, clubs.

On August 19-20, Staniouta competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She qualified to the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around final where she finished 5th overall after a drop in her clubs routine. On December 23, Staniouta announced her retirement from her sport and culminating her career in the 2016 Season.