Adi Asia Katz (; born 31 March 2004) is a retired Israeli
rhythmic gymnast
Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform individually or in groups on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon and rope. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, fle ...
. She is the
2022 European bronze medallist in
Ribbon
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, and Team Bronze medallist. As a Junior, She was the
2019 Junior World silver medalist with Ribbon and bronze medalist with Clubs.
Rhythmic gymnastics career
Junior
She competed at the
2018 Junior European Championships in
Guadalajara, Spain
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Guadalajara lies on the central part of the Iberian Peninsula at roughly me ...
, where she placed 41st in Hoop Qualifications and 8th in Ribbon Qualifications. Next day, she improved her result with Ribbon, when she placed 5th in the final. A year later, she took part in the
2019 Junior World Championships as a part of
Israel
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i team, which won bronze medal in Team ranking. She also won silver medal in Ribbon final and bronze medal in Clubs final.
Senior
She debuted as a senior in 2020, but made her first big international appearance at
World Cup Sofia in 2021. She placed 15th in All-around and qualified to Hoop final, where she ended on 8th place. Then she also competed at
World Challenge Cup Minsk and placed 9th in All-around. In Clubs final, she took 6th place.
On a national level, she became the all-around champion of 2021 in
Israel
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.
She won her first-ever
World Cup
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medal in 2022, at
World Cup Baku. It was bronze in Hoop final, behind Italian
Sofia Raffaeli
Sofia Raffaeli (born 19 January 2004) is an Italian individual Rhythmic Gymnastics, rhythmic gymnast. She is the Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's rhythmic individual all-around, 2024 Olympic bronze medalist, 2022 Rhythmic Gymnas ...
and Bulgarian
Boryana Kaleyn
Boryana Nikolaeva Kaleyn (; born 23 August 2000) is a Bulgarians, Bulgarian retired individual Rhythmic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2024 Paris Olympics, 2024 Paris Olympic all-around silver medalist. She is the 2023 Rhythmic Gymnast ...
. Afterwards, she won another medal, silver in Clubs final at
World Challenge Cup Pamplona in May. She achieved her first win at
World Challenge Cup Portimão, where she won gold medal in All-around in front of
Darja Varfolomeev
Darja Varfolomeev (; born 4 November 2006) is a Russian-born German rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2024 Olympic all-around and 2023 World all-around gold medalist and the 2022 World all-around silver medalist. She is a two-time (2024, 2025) E ...
and
Eva Brezalieva, becoming the second Israeli rhythmic gymnast to win gold in All-around at FIG World Cup.
She was selected to compete at the
2022 European Championship in her home city, Katz qualified for the All-Around and ribbon finals. On Saturday she finished 11th in the All-Around final with a score of 124.450, on the same day she earned a bronze medal in the team category along with
Daria Atamanov
Daria Atamanov (, ; born December 6, 2005) is a retired Israeli individual Rhythmic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2022 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships, 2022 European all-around Champion, and the 2023 Rhythmic Gymnastics Wor ...
and the senior group.
Team Results
European Gymnastics The next day, she had earned that bronze medal in the Ribbon competition.
Routine music information
Competitive highlights
''(Team competitions in seniors are held only at the World Championships, Europeans and other Continental Games.)''
References
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2004 births
Living people
Israeli rhythmic gymnasts
Medalists at the Junior World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships
21st-century Israeli sportswomen