Nicole Sladkov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Sladkov in June 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Lake Forest, Illinois | November 2, 1999|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Vernon Hills, Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Vernon Hills, Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gymnastics career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 2012–2021 [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | North Shore Rhythmic Gymnastics Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | August 25, 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nicole Sladkov (born November 2, 1999) is an American group rhythmic gymnast who represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [1]
Sladkov began rhythmic gymnastics because her mother is a coach. [3] She competed as a junior at the 2014 Pacific Rim Championships and won a silver medal in the group all-around and in 5 clubs and a bronze medal in 5 hoops. [4]
Sladkov competed with the senior U.S. group at the 2017 World Championships and finished twelfth in the group all-around. [5] At the 2017 Pan American Championships in Daytona Beach, Florida, she won the gold medal in the 5 hoops and silver medals in the group all-around and 3 balls + 2 ropes, both behind Brazil. [6]
Sladkov competed at the 2018 World Championships in Sofia where the American group finished fourteenth in the all-around. [7] Then at the 2018 Pan American Championships in Lima, she won the silver medal in both the group all-around and the 3 balls + 2 ropes event final, both behind Mexico. [8]
Sladkov competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima and won the silver medal in the group all-around and in the 5 balls event final, both times finishing behind Mexico. [9] Then at the 2019 World Championships in Baku, the American group finished tenth in the group all-around. [10]
Sladkov was selected to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Isabelle Connor, Camilla Feeley, Lili Mizuno, and Elizaveta Pletneva. [11] They finished eleventh in the qualification round for the group all-around. [12]