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2013 FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup Series
The 2013 FIG World Cup circuit in Rhythmic Gymnastics includes one category A event (Sofia) and seven category B events. Apart from Tartu, Bucharest and Corbeil-Essonnes (individuals only), all events include both individual and group competitions, with all-around competitions serving as qualifications for the finals by apparatus. With stopovers in Europe only, the competitions took place on 8 – 10 February in Tartu (EST), 3 – 6 April in Lisbon (POR), 19 – 21 April April in Bucharest (ROU), 26 – 28 April in Pesaro (ITA), 4 – 5 May in Sofia (BUL), 10 – 12 May in Corbeil-Essonnes (FRA), 17 – 19 May in Minsk (BLR) and 17 – 18 August in St Petersburg (RUS). The world ranking points collected by the competitors at their best four World Cup events added up to a total, and the top scorers in each event were crowned winners of the overall series at the final event in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Formats Medal winners All-around Individual Group all-around Apparatus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup
The Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup is a competition for rhythmic gymnastics sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG). It is one of the few tournaments in rhythmic gymnastics officially organized by FIG, as well as the World Championships (including the Junior World Championships), the gymnastics competitions at the Olympic Games and the Youth Olympics, and the rhythmic gymnastics events at the World Games. The World Cup series should not be confused with the Rhythmic Gymnastics Grand Prix series, which is neither officially organized nor promoted by FIG. History In 1983, FIG decided to hold a World Cup event in rhythmic gymnastics. The event was staged as an alternative to the World Championships, a tournament held, at the time, every four years. The World Cup aimed to bringing together elite gymnasts in all around competition and in apparatus finals. Standalone World Cup tournaments were staged in 1983, 1986 and 1990, and have been retroactively call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melitina Staniouta
Melitina Dmitryevna Staniouta (, ; born 15 November 1993) is a Belarusian retired individual rhythmic gymnast. Staniouta in The-sports.org She is a three-time ( 2015 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, 2015, , ) World all-around bronze medalist, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Series ...
The 2013 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series consists of 10 events in total. Formats World Cups World Challenge Cups Medal winners Individual all-around Men Women Men's Apparatus Floor Pommel horse Rings Vault Parallel bars Horizontal bar Women's Apparatus Vault Uneven Bars Balance Beam Floor Exercise See also * 2013 FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup series References {{2013 in artistic gymnastics 2013 Artistic Gymnastics World Cup The Artistic Gymnastics World Cup is a competition series for artistic gymnastics sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG). It is one of the few tournaments in artistic gymnastics officially organized by FIG, as well as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deng Senyue
Deng Senyue ( zh, s=邓森悦; born 5 February 1992 in Liuzhou, Guangxi Province China) is a retired Chinese individual rhythmic gymnast. She finished 4th in All-around at the 2013 World Championships. She is the first Chinese rhythmic gymnast to qualify for apparatus final in the World Championships. She is the first Chinese rhythmic gymnast to win a medal in the World Cup series. Career Deng started rhythmic gymnastics at 6 years old, In 1999, she went to Beijing to pursue gymnastics and was recruited by the China Rhythmic Gymnastics Team. She made her senior international debut at the 2007 Aeon Cup. In 2009, Deng won the gold medal at the 11th National Games, raising her national ranking to first. She finished 21st in the All-around final and 16th in Team at the 2010 World Championships in Moscow, Russia. Deng won a bronze medal in Hoop at the 2011 Summer Universiade and won the bronze medal in all-around at the 2011 Asian Championships. She then represented China at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neta Rivkin
Neta Rivkin (; born June 19, 1991) is a retired Israeli individual rhythmic gymnast. She is one of Israel's most successful rhythmic gymnasts. A three-time Olympian, in 2011 she won the silver medal in clubs at the 2011 European Championships. That same year she also won a bronze medal in the individual hoop final at the 2011 World Championships. She won the all-around silver medal at the 2014 Grand Prix Final. Personal life Rivkin was born in Petah Tikva, Israel, to parents Veronica and Arkady who immigrated to Israel from St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1991. Rhythmic gymnastics career Rivkin was coached by Ella Samofalov. When asked in 2008 whether she had suffered a "missed childhood", she said: "It's true. I don't know what it's like to be a 'normal kid,' I've been a gymnast since I was six and I don't know anything else, but I don't think I'm missing out on anything. Not everyone qualifies for the Olympics." 2008 Rivkin competed on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Son Yeon-Jae
Son Yeon-jae KTM (; born 28 May 1994) is a retired South Korean individual rhythmic gymnast. She is a former member of the South Korean national gymnastics team, based in Taereung, Seoul. Son is the 2014 Asian Games All-around Champion, the 2010 Asian Games All-around bronze medalist, three-time (2016, 2015, 2013) Asian Championships All-around Champion. She is the first and only South Korean individual rhythmic gymnast to win a medal at the World Championships, FIG World Cup series, Universiade and the Asian Games. Son is managed by the IB Sports agency. She trained in Russia. Son is also a recipient of the Talent Medal of Korea in 2011. Athletic career Son was born in Seoul, South Korea on 28 May 1994. She is of the . In 2008, she won the all-around gold medal at the Angel Cup in Malaysia. In 2009, she performed for the opening ceremony of Olympic and World champion figure skater, Kim Yuna's Festa on Ice. In 13–15 November, she became the junior all-around champion at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Piscupescu
Alexandra Piscupescu (born 10 June 1994) is a retired Romanian rhythmic gymnast. She is a 6-time Romanian national champion. She now works as a judge and is a member of the European Gymnastics rhythmic gymnastics technical committee. Career As a junior, she competed at the 2009 Irina Deleanu Cup, where she won the junior all-around gold medal. Piscupescu debuted as a senior in 2010. She competed at the 2010 World Championships in Moscow and did not qualify for the all-around final. The next year, she competed at the 2011 World Championships in Montpellier, France, and this time advanced to the final. She finished 17th in the all-around final. In early 2012, she participated in the 2012 London Test Event. She placed 7th in the all-around final and 6th out of the gymnasts eligible to qualify for a place at the 2012 Summer Olympics; there were only five spots available, so Piscupescu only qualified as the first reserve gymnast. The Romanian Gymnastics Federation protested the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lala Yusifova
Lala Yusifova (, born 16 October 1996) is an Azerbaijani rhythmic gymnast currently competing for Great Britain. Career Junior Yusifova began competing in as a junior in international competition in 2009. She won the silver medal in ball at the 2010 European Junior Championships and briefly competed as a member of the Azerbaijani group who won the bronze medal 2011 European Junior Championships in Minsk. Senior Yusifova debuted as a full senior in 2012. In the absence of most veteran rhythmic gymnasts competing in the Grand Prix series after the 2012 Summer Olympics, she was able to compete at the 2012 Grand Prix Final in Brno. There, she won silver medals in ribbon and clubs behind the reigning Olympic silver medalist Daria Dmitrieva. In 2013, at the 2013 Miss Valentine Cup in Tartu, Estonia, Yusifova won the bronze medal in hoop, and she won another at the 2013 Irina Deleanu Cup. She competed at the 2013 European Championships in Vienna, Austria where she and teammat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Titova
Maria Pavlovna Titova (; born 19 August 1997) is a Russian retired individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2013 Grand Prix Final all-around silver medalist Career Junior Titova began to do gymnastics at the age of five when she was noticed by one RG coach on the street and invited to the gym. Later on she was invited by Amina Zaripova to the Center of Olympics in Moscow and this year she began to train in Novogorsk. She won the gold medal in hoop at the 2011 Russian-Chinese Youth Games and placed fifth in all-around at the 2012 Russian Junior Championships in Kazan. Her international junior-level appearances included the 2012 Moscow Grand Prix and the 2012 Deriugina Cup in Kyiv, where she was a member of the gold medal-winning team. Senior In 2013, at the press conference of Grand Prix Moscow, Irina Viner mentioned that she took Titova to the ballet to watch Vrubel's ''The Swan Princess''. Titova used Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake Pas de deux for her hoop routine. On February 9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daria Svatkovskaya
Daria Dmitrievna Svatkovskaya (; born 4 December 1996 in Moscow) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2012 Russian National All-around silver medalist. She retired in August 2014, due to a serious back injury. Career Junior Svatkovskaya had a successful junior career, winning gold in rope and bronze in ball finals at the 2010 Pesaro Junior World Cup as well as gold in all-around and all event finals (rope, hoop, ball and clubs) at the junior Schmiden International. She also won the all-around junior gold medal at the 2010 Aeon Cup in Japan. Svatkovskaya also briefly competed as a member of the Russian group, winning gold in 5 Ropes and silver in Group all-around at the 2011 European Junior Championships held in Minsk, Belarus. Senior In 2012, Svatkovskaya made her senior individual debut at the Moscow Grand Prix and then competed at the International Schmiden tournament. Her breakthrough came at the 2013 Moscow Grand Prix where she won the bronze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alina Maksymenko
Alina Oleksandrivna Maksymenko (, born 10 July 1991) is a retired individual rhythmic gymnast. Career Junior She competed at the 2006 Deriugina cup and won silver medal in All-around, behind Daria Kushnerova. Senior In 2007, she made a debut at the World Championships in Patras, Greece, where she was a part of the Ukrainian senior group ( Olena Dmytrash, Polina Kondaurova, Viera Perederiy, Oksana Petulko, Vita Zubchenko) that finished 8th in Group All-around. In 2008, Maksymenko participated as a member of the Ukrainian Group at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. They finished eighth in the group all-around finals. At the 2009 World Championships in Ise, Mie, Japan, Maksymenko began competing as an individual gymnast and placed 16th in the all-around final. She competed at the 2009 World Games in Kaohsiung, Taiwan and placed 5th in Hoop, 6th in Ribbon, 7th in Rope and 8th in Ball. At the 2010 World Championships in Moscow, Russia, she placed 5th in the all-a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Merkulova
Alexandra Sergeyevna Merkulova (; born 25 November 1995) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2010 Youth Olympic Games champion and the 2012 European all-around silver medalist. Personal life Merkulova is the middle child of five children. She has two older sisters, Olya and Natasha, and two younger brothers, Savva and Vasya. She is married to Igor Ozhiganov, an ice hockey player for SKA Saint Petersburg in the Kontinental Hockey League, and they have a son together. Career Merkulova began rhythmic gymnastics because her mother wanted her to be a dancer, and her father wanted her to do sports—rhythmic gymnastics was the compromise. She is often compared to Alina Kabaeva in looks and in style. Merkulova's junior international debut came in 2008. After winning all-around gold at the 2008 Junior Grand Prix Final in Bratislava and in the 2010 Junior Grand Prix in Innsbruck, she won the all-around gold at the 2009 Pesaro Junior World Cup, the 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
