Darya Alexandrovna Kleshcheva (Russian: Дарья Александровна Клещёва; born January 22, 1998) is a
Russian
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*A citizen of Russia
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rhythmic gymnast
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.
Career
Senior
Kleshcheva was included in the Russian group in 2015, she won two gold medals (All-Around and 3 pairs of clubs + 2 hoops) at the
2015 World Championships in the
Porsche Arena in
Stuttgart
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.
In the same year, she won two gold medals at the
2015 European Games
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in Baku.
Awards
* 2016:
Honored Master of Sports of
Russia
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fpio.org.ru 11 April 2011 (in Russian)
References
1998 births
Living people
Russian rhythmic gymnasts
Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships
European Games gold medalists for Russia
European Games medalists in gymnastics
Gymnasts at the 2015 European Games
21st-century Russian sportswomen
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