Anna Dogonadze
Anna -Alexandra Dogonadze, also Anna Aleksandre Dogonadze (Georgian ანა დოღონაძე transcribed Ana Doghonadse; * February 15, 1973 in Mtskheta, Georgian SSR ) is a German trampoline gymnast Georgian origin.
Anna Dogonadze lives near Koblenz and trained at the MTV Bad Kreuznach. She is by profession a qualified sports teacher. Dogonadze has since 1998 a German passport.
Her biggest success was the Olympic gold medal in Athens in 2004. Four years earlier at the Olympic Games in Sydney she had suffered falling back from first place in the preliminaries on the eighth of the finals after a feverish cold. At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008, it reached, weakened by illness, in turn, 8th place
After the games Dogonadze took a little creative break, found in 2009 but thereafter slowly reconnect with the world's best. At the World Cup events in 2010 and 2011 they showed with rankings among the " Top Ten", that again is to be expected with her. Together with her partner Jessica Simon, she won the title in sensational synchronous competition at the World Championships in Birmingham 2011. At the European Championships 2012 in St. Petersburg Dogonadze / Simon won the bronze medal in synchronized gymnastics. In the internal secretion of the DTB ( Olympic Qualification London 2012), the 39 - year-old Anna Dogonadze qualified for the fourth time for the Olympics. This makes it the most successful trampoline gymnast in the world. At the games in London Dogonadze again showed their class. The desired final of the top eight remained, however, denied her. Despite good performance in duty and choice, she placed "only" on the 10th Place. Due to the recurring back problems she decided to end her career after the Olympic competition. The planned start at the World Games 2013 in Colombia, together with its synchronous partner Jessica Simon is therefore invalid.
Anna Dogonadze focused on the sporting career of their professional development. Since 1 May 2013, it is responsible full-time coach of MTV Bad Kreuznach and for the " gifted trampoline " at the Olympic base Rhineland-Palatinate/Saarland. Along with her longtime trainer Steffen Eislöffel they will take care of the offspring and lead to competition readiness. At the German Olympic Sports Confederation ( DOSB), she is also an integration ambassador.
In January 2014 Dogonadze was proclaimed as a carnival princess of Bad Ems. As such, they will complete over 60 appearances.
Dogonadze was married to the trampoline Turner Axel Lilkendey. She is the mother of a daughter. In competitions she wore at times the name Dogonadze - Lilkendey.
Achievements
- Olympic Games 2012 10th Place
- Olympic Champion 2004
- Olympic Games 2000 8th Place
- Olympic Games 2008 8th Place
- World Champion 2001 ( individual competition ); 1998, 2011 ( synchronous competition, with Tina Ludwig and Jessica Simon )
- World Games winner 2005 ( synchronous Competition with Jessica Simon )
- European Champion 1997, 1998, 2000, 2010
- European Championships in 2012, winning the bronze medal, qualifying for the London Olympics
- German Champion 2000, 2001, 2007
- German synchronous Champion 2001, 2007
- German team champion with the MTV Bad Kreuznach 2002