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Victoria Veinberg Filanovsky
Victoria Filanovsky (; born 23 February 1995 in Saint Petersburg, Russia) is a retired Israeli individual rhythmic gymnast. Personal life Filanovsky speaks Hebrew, Russian and English. She is also a FIG brevet judge. Career Junior Veinberg Filanovsky became a member of the Israeli Gymnastics National Team in 2008. She competed at the 2010 European Junior Championships in Bremen where she qualified to two event finals, finishing 6th in rope and 5th in clubs, as well as qualifying in the 2010 Youth Olympic Games where she finished 6th in the all-around. Senior Veinberg Filanovsky's first senior international competition was in the 2011 season, competing in her first Worlds at the 2011 World Championships in Montpellier, France and placing 39th in qualifications. In 2012, she became the Israeli National Champion ahead of Neta Rivkin. She qualified for her first event final in the World Cup Series in Penza, Russia finishing 8th in ball. She competed at the 2012 London Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city had a population of 5,601,911 residents as of 2021, with more than 6.4 million people living in the Saint Petersburg metropolitan area, metropolitan area. Saint Petersburg is the List of European cities by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in Europe, the List of cities and towns around the Baltic Sea, most populous city on the Baltic Sea, and the world's List of northernmost items#Cities and settlements, northernmost city of more than 1 million residents. As the former capital of the Russian Empire, and a Ports of the Baltic Sea, historically strategic port, it is governed as a Federal cities of Russia, federal city. The city was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27 May 1703 on the s ... [...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] |
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] |
Kseniya Moustafaeva
Kséniya Moustafaeva (born 8 June 1995 in Minsk, Belarus) is a French individual rhythmic gymnast of Belarusian origin. She is a 5-time French National all-around champion. Career Moustafaeva started gymnastics at 4 years of age. She and her mother, Svetlana moved to France in 2000. She has been member of the French national team since 2010. She won the silver in all-around in the 2011, 2012 French Nationals behind Delphine Ledoux. She competed at the 2012 London Olympics Test Event and finished 22nd, she did not qualify for the 2012 Olympics. In 2013, she competed in the World Cup and Grand Prix Series. She then competed at the 2013 European Championships. She won the bronze medal in all-around at the 2013 Mediterranean Games behind Greek gymnast Varvara Filiou. In the 2013 World Championships, Moustafaeva finished 12th in the All-around final. In 2014, she began the season competing at the 2014 Moscow Grand Prix finishing 19th in the all-around. She finished 10th in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
The 2014 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships, the 33rd edition, was held in İzmir, Turkey, from September 21 to 28, 2014 at the İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall. Yana Kudryavtseva of the Russian Federation became the youngest rhythmic gymnast to win back-to-back individual all-around titles in the World Championships at 16 years old. She was also awarded the Longines Prize for elegance, which saw her receive $5,000, a statue by Swiss artist Jean-Pierre Gerber, and a watch. The Bulgarian group won the group all-around, 18 years later since the Bulgarian group won gold in group at the 1996 World Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. Participating countries List of delegations participating in Championship. Schedule ;Sat Sep 20 Saturday *09:00-19:00 Training and Podium training for Individuals as per schedule ;Sun Sep 21 Sunday *09:00-19:00 Training and Podium training for Individuals *19:00-21:00 Opening Ceremony ;Sep 22 Monday *10:00-11:30 CI Individual group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazan
Kazan; , IPA: Help:IPA/Tatar, [qɑzan] is the largest city and capital city, capital of Tatarstan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka (river), Kazanka Rivers, covering an area of , with a population of over 1.3 million residents, and up to nearly 2 million residents in the greater Kazan metropolitan area, metropolitan area. Kazan is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, fifth-largest city in Russia, being the Volga#Biggest cities on the shores of the Volga, most populous city on the Volga, as well as within the Volga Federal District. Historically, Kazan was the capital of the Khanate of Kazan, and was Siege of Kazan, conquered by Ivan the Terrible in the 16th century, at which point the city became a part of the Tsardom of Russia. The city was seized (and largely destroyed) during Pugachev's Rebellion (1773–1775), but was later rebuilt during the reign of Catherine the Great. In the following centuries, Kazan grew to become a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships
The 30th Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships took place from June 10 to June 15, 2014 at the then newly opened National Gymnastics Arena in Baku, Azerbaijan. 33 participating federations with their juniors and seniors gymnasts participated at the event. Participating countries List of delegations participating in Championship. Schedule * Wednesday, June 11 **08h00 - 22h00 Official Training **18h00 Briefing session with the Heads of delegation * Thursday, June 12 **08h00 - 22h00 Official Training * Friday, June 13 **09h30 - 11h15 C I - Juniors, Group A - Hoop + Ball **11h50 - 13h50 C I - Juniors, Group B - Hoop + Ball **14h45 - 16h30 C I - Juniors, Group C - Hoop + Ball **17h00 - 17h55 Opening Ceremony **17h55 - 20h45 C I - Seniors groups alternating 10 Clubs / 3 Balls - 2 Ribbons **20h45 Award Ceremony - Seniors group all-around competition I * Saturday, June 14 **09h30 - 11h30 C I - Juniors, Group B - clubs + ribbon **11h50 - 13 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 World Games
The 2013 World Games (), the ninth World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in the city of Cali, Colombia, from July 25 to August 4. It is the first edition of the World Games to be held in South America. Host city allocation history The 2013 World Games were initially allocated to the German cities of Duisburg and Düsseldorf. However, at the end of 2008, Duisburg withdrew and Düsseldorf dropped out because both cities could not secure enough funding, partly as a result of the 2008 financial crisis and the subsequent Great Recession. Two alternate cities came forward to the IWGA to bid for these Games: Pretoria, South Africa and Cali, Colombia. During The World Games 2009 in Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei, the IWGA announced that Cali has won the right to host The World Games in 2013. Sports Official sports The 2013 World Games programme featured 32 official sports, and 4 invitational sports. The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events, which w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salome Phajava
Salome Pazhava ( ka, სალომე ფაჟავა; born 3 September 1997) is a Georgian former individual rhythmic gymnast. She finished 4th in All-around at the 2015 World Championships. Personal life Pazhava was born to Georgian parents in Moscow, Russia. She began gymnastics at age one, after participating in dance and swimming. In 2008, she moved to Georgia with her grandmother. She speaks Georgian, Russian, and English. Junior career Pazhava started appearing in international junior competitions in 2005. She was a member of the Georgian junior team that won the team bronze medal at the 2012 European Junior Championships in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. She finished 6th in the ribbon final. Senior career 2013 In 2013, Pazhava debuted as a senior and competed in the World Cup and Grand Prix Series. At the 2013 World Cup series in Corbeil-Essonnes, France, she was 17th, in St.Petersburg, Russia, she finished 13th in All-Around. In June she was selected for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
The 2013 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Kyiv, Ukraine, from August 28 to September 1, 2013 at the Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Palace of Sports. Yana Kudryavtseva of the Russia, Russian Federation became the youngest individual world all-around champion in rhythmic gymnastics history at the age of 15 years. The official song of the tournament was "We make this world go!" performed by Iryna Blokhina, Ireeshawatch here. Schedule ;28 August 2013 Wednesday *10:00–19:15 Individuals Hoop & Ball alternatively (CI) *20:00–20:30, Individual Final (CIII) Hoop *20:30–21:00, Individual Final (CIII) Ball *Following Award ceremony Hoop *Following Award ceremony Ball ;29 August 2013 Thursday *10:00–19:15, Individuals Clubs & Ribbon alternatively (CI) *20:00–20:30 Individual Final (CIII) Clubs *20:30–21:00 Individual Final (CIII) Ribbon *Following Award ceremony Clubs *Following Award ceremony Ribbon ;30 August 2013, Friday *14:00–16:00 Individuals All-Around F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships
The 29th Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships took place from May 31 to June 2, 2013 at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria including 34 National Federations. Medal winners Results Seniors Team Hoop Ball Kudryavtseva became the first rhythmic gymnast to score a 19 points (19.000) under the new 2013-16 Code of Points. Clubs Ribbon Juniors Group All-around Group: 5 hoops Medal count Seniors Juniors References External links *UEG SiteRhythmic Gymnastics Results {{DEFAULTSORT:Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships,2013 2013 in gymnastics 2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ... 2013 in Austrian sport International gymnastics competitions hosted by Austria ... [...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] |
