Romi Paritzki (

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: רומי פריצקי: born on 17 June 2004) is a retired Israeli world champion

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, and captain of Israel's rhythmic gymnastics team. She won the

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in the group All-Around at the 2022 European Championship, a

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in the same category at the 2022 World Championships, and gold medals in Group and in Group Multiple Apparatus

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, at the 2023 World Championships. Paritzki represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Women's rhythmic team all-around, in which Team Israel won the

Personal life

Paritzki was born in Israel, lives in

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, Israel, and is Jewish. She has two younger sisters, Eleanor and Nela who are also

s. The girls' parents are professional classical ballet dancers, who met in the Israeli ballet troupe. She attended Rabin Elementary School in Netanya, and speaks Hebrew and English. After her sports career concludes, she hope to become a surgeon.

Rhythmic gymnastics career

Paritzki took up gymnastics at age nine in Netanya, after being introduced to it through a school project and following her little sister. She has observed: "Starting in the field at the age of nine is very late. They usually start at the age of three or four." At 14 years of age, as an eighth grader she was training between six and ten hours a day. Her club is

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, and her coaches are Alona Koshevatskiy and Ayelet Zussman.

Junior; Junior world championship bronze medals

At 12 years of age, Paritzki was called up to the Israeli national junior team. Paritzki was part of the national junior group for the 2019 Junior

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and

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. The group was composed of Paritzki, Amit Hedvat, Emili Malka, Mishel Mialitz, and Diana Svertsov. It won the European Championship

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medal with 5

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, as well as World Championship team and 5 ribbons

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Senior

2022; European champion

In 2022 Paritzki was named part of Israel's new national group. They debuted at the

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, Greece, winning the

in 5 hoops and 3 ribbons + 2 balls. Then

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, where they got bronze in the All-Around and 5 hoops.

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(All-Around silver),

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(All-Around gold) and

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(All-Around and 5 hoops silver). In June she participated in the

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, Israel, where the group won the All-Around and got silver with 5 hoops as well as the bronze medal in the senior team category along with teammates Shani Bakanov, Adar Friedmann, Amit Hedvat, Diana Svertsov, Ofir Shaham, and the individuals Daria Atamanov and Adi Asya Katz. In September Paritzki took part in the 2022 World Championships in

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, Bulgaria, along with Adar Friedmann, Diana Svertsov, Ofir Shaham, and Shani Bakanov, winning two silver medals in the All-Around and the 5 hoops' final. Despite being among the favourites for a team medal, Israel couldn't take part in the competition because Atamanov broke her foot the day before the competition started and, as replacements had to be announced at least 24 hours before competition, leaving the country with only Katz as individual.

2023; World champion

In 2023 at the first

of the season in Athens the group won gold in the All-Around and with 5 hoops as well as silver with 3 ribbons + 2 balls. In Sofia they won silver in the All-Around and with 5 hoops. At the 2023 World Championships in

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, Spain, Paritzki won two gold medals, on in Group and one in Group Multiple Apparatus Ball, Ribbon, as she was the team's captain. She said: “We are really happy that we managed to get this medal and that we got the chance to scream out the anthem from the podium. It’s the best feeling any athlete can have."

2024–present; 2024 Paris Olympics silver medal

In March 2024 at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup in

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, Greece, Paritzki and the group won the gold medal in the All-Around. She said: "We are so glad we got this gold medal. We worked really hard to achieve that, especially because of the situation in our country." At the 2024 European Championships in May in

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, Hungary, she won a silver medal in Group Multiple Apparatus Ball, Ribbon, and bronze medals in Team, and in Group Single Apparatus Hoop. Paritzki represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Women's rhythmic team all-around, in which Team Israel won the

.Nadav Zenziper (August 10, 2024)
"Lucky seven: Israeli rhythmic gymnastics team wins silver at Paris Olympics all-around final,"
''Ynet''.

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