Career
She resides at Voronezh Russia, and is coached by Sergei Denisevich. Junior She also placed second on the Uneven Bars and third on Floor Exercise. In April, Melnikova competed at the Russian National Championships which were held in Penza with her home team, the Central Federal District.
Her team placed first with a combined total score of 267.966.
Individually Melnikova had a strong showing placing first in the Junior Master of the Sport All Around with a score of 58.300. She competed in the uneven bars final and placed seventh.
The results of these championships were used to help determine the gymnasts who would compete at the European Championships in Sofia and due to her strong performance Melnikova was selected for the team In May, Melnikova competed at the European Gymnastics Championships in the junior division alongside team mates Maria Bondareva, Daria Skrypnik, Seda Tutkhalyan and Anastasia Dmitrieva.
As a team they placed first with a combined score of 168.268.
2015 Melnikova competed at the Junior Russian Championships in Penza, Russia on April 1-4. In September she performed at the Russian Cup. She was ineligible to compete due to her junior status, so performed as a guest.
Melnikova competed at the Elite Gym Massilia meet in Marseille, France in November, taking the all-around title ahead of France"s Marine Brevet and Romania"s Diana Bulimar, and winning a silver team medal for Russia with teammates Daria Skrypnik, Evgeniya Shelgunova and Natalia Kapitonova.
She qualified to the floor and uneven bars event finals, but counted falls in both events, leaving her in 6th and 5th place respectively. Melnikova will turn senior in 2016, consequently becoming age-eligible for a place on the Russian Gymnastics team for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.