Valeriya Davidova (Russian: Валерия Давыдова; born 15 December 1997 in

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) is an

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origin.

Career

Davidova appeared in international junior competitions in 2008 competing in the Interconti-Club-Cup in

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. She has competed in the Junior World Cup series in 2011 and 2012 season, as well as in Grand Prix events in Moscow, Russia. Davidova began competing in senior division in 2013. In Uzbekistan she won the gold medals. Also, she competed on World Cup in Pesaro, World Cup Tashkent, and many others international competitions. In 2014, Davidova started her season competing in the 2014 Moscow Grand Prix, she finished 4th in all-around at the Baltic Hoop behind Belarusian

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. Davidova was at the 2014 World Championships, however she was member of the Uzbek Team that competed at the

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, Korea where Team Uzbekistan won the gold. In 2016, Davidova began competing in Group rhythmic, she competed at the

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held in

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where the Uzbek group won an Olympics license by finishing top 3 amongst non qualified gymnasts .

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* * 1997 births Living people Uzbekistani rhythmic gymnasts Gymnasts from Tashkent Uzbekistani people of Russian descent Gymnasts at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for Uzbekistan Asian Games gold medalists in gymnastics Gymnasts at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Uzbekistan Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games 21st-century Uzbekistani sportswomen Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics Asian Championships {{Uzbekistan-sport-bio-stub