Vladislava Urazova

Urazova was born in Rostov-on-Don, Russia on 14 August 2004^[2] and began gymnastics at the age of four.^[3] Urazova received the title of Master of Sport in the Russian Federation in 2020.^[3] She represents the Southern Federal District.

Urazova competed at the Russian National Championships in April in the KMS division. She placed fourth in the all-around and on floor exercise but won gold on vault.^[4] In December she competed at the 2017 Voronin Cup where she won silver in the all-around behind Aleksandra Shchekoldina. She won gold on vault and floor exercise.^[5]

Urazova competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy in April. She helped Russia win silver in team final behind Italy and individually she won gold in the all-around ahead of Giorgia Villa of Italy.^[6] During event finals she won gold on balance beam and floor exercise and won bronze on vault, behind Celia Serber of France and Asia D'Amato of Italy.^[7] In July she competed at the Russian National Championships where she won silver in the all-around behind Ksenia Klimenko. She qualified to all four events where she placed first on vault, balance beam, and floor exercise, and placed sixth on uneven bars.^[8]

Urazova was selected to represent Russia at the 2018 European Championships alongside Olga Astafyeva, Ksenia Klimenko, Irina Komnova, and Yana Vorona. They won silver in the team final, losing to Italy. In the all-around, Urazova finished in 20th after falling off the uneven bars twice. In event finals she placed seventh on vault and fifth on floor exercise.^[9]

In December Urazova competed at the Vornin Cup where she won gold in the all-around, vault, and floor exercise, and won silver on uneven bars and balance beam, behind Lee Yun-seo of South Korea and compatriot Elena Gerasimova respectively.^[10]

Urazova competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy as the reigning junior all-around champion. She helped Russia win gold ahead of the United States. In the all-around, she won silver behind American Konnor McClain.^[11] In event finals she placed fourth on vault, first on uneven bars, and second on floor exercise.^[12] In May she competed at the Russian National Championships where she won gold in the all-around.^[13] She also qualified to all four event finals where she won gold on vault and uneven bars, silver on floor exercise, and placed fourth on balance beam.^[14]

In late June Urazova competed at the inaugural Junior World Championships alongside Viktoria Listunova and Elena Gerasimova. Together the team won gold, finishing 2.157 points ahead of second place China. Individually she finished second in the all-around behind compatriot Listunova.^[15] She qualified to the balance beam, uneven bars, and vault event finals. On the first day of event finals she won bronze on vault behind Kayla DiCello of the US and Jennifer Gadirova of Great Britain and won gold on the uneven bars after upgrading her routine to beat out top qualifier Listunova.^[16] On the second day she placed fourth on balance beam behind Gerasimova, Wei Xiaoyuan of China, and DiCello.^[17]

Team/All-Around final

Vault final

Uneven Bars Final

Balance Beam Final

Urazova at the 2019 Junior World Championships

In August Urazova competed at the Russian Cup, where, although she was a junior, she competed against senior gymnasts. After two days of competition she won the all-around competition, finishing over four points ahead of second place finisher Angelina Melnikova.^[18] On the first day of event finals Urazova won silver on uneven bars, finishing behind 2015 World co-champion on the event Daria Spiridonova. On the second day of event finals she won bronze on balance beam, finishing behind fellow juniors Yana Vorona and Elena Gerasimova and won gold on floor exercise, finishing ahead of Gerasimova and senior competitor Lilia Akhaimova.^[19]

In late November Urazova competed at the Top Gym tournament in Charleroi, Belgium on a team that was composed of compatriot Gerasimova and Canadians Natasha Lopez and Jenna Sartoretto. She won gold in the all-around and the team final and on vault, uneven bars, and floor exercise.^[20]

Urazova turned senior in 2020 but did not compete during the year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She made her senior debut at the 2021 Russian National Championships. She finished qualifications with a 56.299, the second highest score of the day behind Viktoria Listunova. During finals she earned a 57.365, which was the highest score of the day. However her two day total was less than Listunova's and therefore Urazova finished second.^[21] During event finals Urazova won gold on the uneven bars, bronze on floor exercise behind Angelina Melnikova and Listunova, and placed seventh on the balance beam after multiple falls.^[22]

In April it was announced that Urazova would make her senior international debut at the European Championships in Basel alongside Melnikova, Listunova, and Elena Gerasimova.^[23] During qualifications Urazova finished third in the all-around and second on uneven bars; however Melnikova and Listunova finished higher in the all-around and Urazova therefore did not qualify for the final. During event finals Urazova earned silver on the uneven bars behind Melnikova.^[24]

Urazova competed at the Russian Cup in June. During qualifications she finished in second behind Melnikova. During the all-around final she once again finished second but this time behind Listunova.^[25] After the competition Valentina Rodionenko, the senior coach of the Russian national artistic gymnastics team, announced that Urazova would be on the Olympic Team along with Melnikova and Listunova.^[26]

At the Olympic Games Urazova qualified to the all-around and balance beam finals; she scored high enough to qualify to the uneven bars final but did not due to two-per-country limitations and Anastasia Ilyankova and Melnikova scoring higher. Additionally she helped the Russian Olympic Committee qualify to the team final in a surprise first place, ahead of the United States team. During the team final Simone Biles withdrew after vault; Urazova competed on all four apparatuses. Although Urazova and teammate Melnikova fell off the balance beam, the Russian team performed well on all other routines and finished in first place, over three points ahead of the second place American team.^[27] During the all-around final Urazova hit all four of her routines and recorded the highest balance beam score of the day; however she finished fourth behind Sunisa Lee of the United States, Rebeca Andrade of Brazil, and compatriot Melnikova.^[28]

In September it was announced that Urazova would compete at the upcoming World Championships alongside Maria Minaeva, Yana Vorona, and Olympic teammate Melnikova.^[29] In qualifications she fell on her double twisting Yurchenko, which was also downgraded to a 1.5 twisting Yurchenko, but came back strong to qualify fifth for the all-around final. Additionally she qualified for the uneven bars and floor exercise finals. During the finals she placed fourth in the all-around and on floor exercise and seventh on uneven bars.^[30][31]

Urazova competed at the Doha World Cup in early March. She qualified to the balance beam and floor exercise finals. Urazova won gold on the balance beam and placed fourth on floor exercise.^[32]

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