Aleftina Pryakhina
# Aleftina Pryakhina

Aleftina Pryakhina (Russian: Алевтина Пряхина) (born 13 June 1972) is a Soviet former artistic gymnast. At the 1987 European Championships, she won a silver medal in the all-around and a bronze medal on floor exercise. She is known for her daring skills which were considered very hard for the time period. Pryakhina was an alternate for the Soviet team at the 1987 World Championships in Rotterdam. She was coached by Mikhail Klimenko [ru].

## Selected competitive skills

| Apparatus | Name | Description | Difficulty | Performed |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Vault | Baitova | Yurchenko entry, laid out salto backwards with two twists | 5.0 | 1986 |
| Vault | | Yurchenko entry with full twist on, laid out salto backwards with full twist | 5.0 | 1987 |
| Uneven Bars | | Round off full twist mount over the low bar | D | 1986-87 |
| Uneven Bars | Morio | Double back tuck with a full twist dismount | D | 1986-87 |
| Balance Beam | Shishova | Back tuck with a full twist | F | 1986-87 |
| Balance Beam | Zamolodchikova | Round off full twist to hip circle mount | E | 1986-87 |
| Balance Beam | | Double back tuck with a full twist dismount | G | 1986-1987 |
| Floor Exercise | Silivas | Double back tuck with two twists | H | 1986-87 |

## Competitive history

| Year | Event | AA | VT | UB | BB |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Junior ||||||||
| 1985 | SKDA Championships | | | | |
| Senior ||||||||
| 1986 | Chunichi Cup | | | | |
| 1986 | Junior European Championships | | | 4 | |
| 1986 | Riga International | | | | |
| 1986 | Tokyo Cup | | | | |
| 1987 |
| 1987 | European Championships | | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| 1987 | Moscow News | 4 | | | |
| 1987 | USSR Championships | | 8 | | 5 |
| 1987 | USSR Cup | 7 | | | |
| 1988 | USSR Championships | 8 | | | |
| 1988 | USSR Cup | 17 | | | |
| 1988 | World Sports Fair | 7 | | | |
| 1989 | USSR Championships | | 8 | | |
| 1989 | USSR Cup | 13 | | | |
