Gymnast of the week: Darya Svatkovskaya

November 4, 2013 rhythmicgymnasticsinfo

Darya Svatkovskaya is the brand new Russian Champion. Since she was a junior gymnast, her career is really successful. But she made her breakthrough this year, since Moscow Grand Prix 2013.

Her best apparatus is the hoop. She won gold medal with this apparatus at the European Championships this year in Vienna and also was her best score at Russian Championships.

This year, Dasha is turning 17 years old in December as a double European Champion: Junior (Minsk 2011) and Senior (Vienna 2013).

Darya is Oksana Skaldina’s daughter (bronze at Olympic Games 1992) and Dmitriy Svatkovsky (silver at Olympic Games 1992).
Her mother and coach Oksana Skaldina, could’t stop crying during Hoop medal Ceremony at European Championships Vienna.

Hoop Podium European Championships Vienna

Darya and her father

Darya and her mother, former gymnast Oksana Skaldina – Grand Prix Thiais 2013
Photo Copyright: Oleg Naumov

Last weekend, Dasha became Russian All-Around Champion, before her team mates Elizaveta Nazarenkova who was 2nd and Anna Trubnikova who was 3rd.

Russian Championships All-Around Results:

Russian Championships AA Podium: from left to right: Elizaveta nazarenkova, Darya Svatkovskaya, Anna Trubnikova.

Darya Svatkovskaya
Elizaveta Nazarenkova
Anna Trubnikova
Maria Titova
Ekaterina Vedeneeva
Alexandra Soldatova
Kristina Dinina
Diana Ibragimova
Nataliya Bulychëva
Ekaterina Chukalina
Elizaveta Sorokovaya
Ekaterina Kuvaldina
Elizaveta Ilyuhina
Yuliya Zakharova
Anastasiya Kadochnikova
Elena Banina
Maria Pavlova
Nadezhda Akhulova
Anna Kochetova
Mariya Mal’steva

Darya Svatkovskaya- Berlin Masters 2013
Photo Copyright: Dirk Zimmermann

Russian Junior team won Gold medal at European Championships Minsk 2011
Photo Copyright: Motusmedia

Russian Junior Group and their coach Inna Bystrova (red)

Training

Russian Championships 2010.

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Silviya Miteva

October 23, 2013 rhythmicgymnasticsinfo

Legendary Bulgarian gymnast, Silviya Miteva announces her retirement at the age of 27 years old.

Berlin Grand Prix was her last official competition, where she got gold in ribbon routine and bronze medal in All-around. After her amazing performance, she suddenly started crying and kissed her apparatus.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWXZ5E1BNKk

Silviya is coached by her mother, Silviya Divcheva-Miteva, European and World Champion in Rhythmic Gymnastics.

Silviya Miteva and her mother

She became an international gymnast in 2003 (Budapest World Championships 2003), but her best results are from 2009 to 2013. Silviya is the oldest gymnast in the History of Rhythmic gymnastics that won a medal at European Championships (27 years old) and at World Championships (25 years old)

Silviya Miteva – World Championships Budapest 2003

Original ending for her 2003 clubs routine

Miteva is one of the most popular gymnasts for the audience. Her routines are a mix of expression and elegance.

Silviya’s turns are one of the most technical ones
Photo Copyright Tom Theobald

Achievements

Bronze medal at 2009 World Championships Mie 2009 (Ribbon)
Bronze medal at 2011 World Championships Montpellier 2011 (Ribbon)
Bronze medal at 2011 World Championships Montpellier 2011 (Clubs)
Bronze medal at 2011 European Championships Minsk 2011 (Ribbon)
Bronze medal at 2013 European Championships Vienna 2013 (Ribbon)
Bronze medal at 2013 European Championships Vienna 2013 (Ball)

World Championships Mie 2009

London Olympic games 2012

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Gymnast of the week: Veronika Poliakova

October 10, 2013 rhythmicgymnasticsinfo

Veronika Poliakova is a Russian junior gymnast.

Veronika was born in Irtkutsk where Oksana Kostina and Daria Dmitrieva were born

She competed both as an individual and group gymnast (Universiade Kazan 2013). She was born in Irkutsk, where many other champions like Oksana Kostina and Daria Dmitrieva (Olympic silver medalist in 2012) were born.

She trains at Dinamo Dmitrov, near Moscow. Her coach is Anna Shumilova (former coach of Daria Kondakova)

Veronika and her coach Anna Shumilova at Grand Prix Moscow 2013
Photo Copyright Oleg Naumov

Her best results this year were at Grand Prix Moscow and Brno Grand Prix.

Photosession

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Gymnast of the Week: Zeynab Javadli

August 2, 2013 rhythmicgymnasticsinfo

Zeynab at World Championships Montpellier 2011

Zeynab started doing RG in Baku when she was 9 years.

When she was 16 years old, Irina Viner Usmanova, invited Zeynab to train in Russia, with the National Team but still representing Azerbaijan.

After this time, Zeynab was invited to come back to Baku with the bulgarian coach, Mariana Vasileva.

Medals:

1st position :Black Sea Games in Trabzon, Turkey, (2007)
Bronze medal : team Competition in the 2007 World Championship in Patras, Greece, and 2009 World Championships in Mie, Japan.
Silver medalist: 2009 European Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan

Awards:

– F.I.G. World Class Gymnast.

– “Miss Elegance” in several international competitions in Russia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Latvia, and Poland.

Nowadays, Zeynab works as a coach. She has been coaching the Turkish National Team under Irina Viner, as she holds the title as “Master of Sports in International Class”.

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Happy Birthday Artemi Gavezou Castro!

June 19, 2013 rhythmicgymnasticsinfo

Artemi – World Cup Corbeil-Esssonnes 2013

Photo Copyright© Fa Buleux

Today’s Artemi’s birthday. Artemi Gavezou Castro competed as individual gymnast for Greece. Last year, she decided to move to Spain to complete her studies. Since her mother is spanish, Artemi speaks fluently spanish language.

Artemi in WC Montpellier 2011.

Photo Copyright© Olivier Aubrais.

Once she moved to Madrid, she aimed to continue her career as gymnast. She joined a rhythmic gymnastics club over there, where her coaches could realize her amazing skills.

Some coaches from that club in Madrid, decided to talk with Spanish National team coaches: Sara Bayón and Anna Baranova. After some tests, Artemi was included in the National team as Senior Group Gymnasts.

Firstly, Artemi was living far from C.A.R. (the place where National team is training). She shared a flat. Since last month, she is living in a residence close C.A.R. and University, where sportspeople is living.

Wish you success!

Artemi is the first one from the left.

Hoy es el cumpleaños de la gimnasta Artemi Gavezou Castro. Artemi, compitió por Grecia como gimnasta individual. Sin embargo, el año pasado, Artemi decidió mudarse a España para completar sus estudios. Ella domina perfectamente el español, ya que su madre es española.

Una vez que llega a Madrid, pretende continuar su carrera como gimnasta, inscribiéndose en un club local. Allí sus entrenadoras ven sus increíbles condiciones y deciden hablar con la entrenadora y seleccionadora nacional (Sara Bayón y Anna Baranova). Tras comprobar las aptitudes de esta gimnasta, deciden incluirla dentro del equipo nacional de gimnasia rítmica, como gimnasta de conjunto.

No ha sido fácil para ella, puesto que en los inicios, Artemi vivió en un piso en Madrid alejado del C.A.R., donde ni siquiera estaba concentrada con sus compañeras. Desde el mes pasado, Artemi ya convive en la residencia donde se encuentra el resto de sus compañeras.

¡Felicidades y éxito!

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Happy Birthday Alexandra Piscupescu

June 10, 2013 rhythmicgymnasticsinfo

Alexandra Piscupescu was born in Romania today, 19 years ago. Since she was really young, Alexandra showed her amazing skills for Rhythmic Gymnastics. In 2010, her first year as Senior Gymnast, she qualified 33th at the World Championships in Moscow, 2010.

Irina Deleanu 2009 Podium

1. Alexandra Piscupescu ROU, 2. Nataliya Bulychyova RUS, 3. Rebecca Sereda USA

In 2012, she competed at the 2012 London Test Event to qualify for a place at Olympic Summer Games 2012 in London. She failed and due to the scores she was taking, she wore a black flag in her leotards.

London Olympic Test Event 2012

This year, she won 3 medals at Bucharest World Cup: 2 silver medals and a bronze medal (ribbon routine with live music)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NnCXBGxGUN0

Alexandra Piscupescu nació en Rumania hoy, 10 de Junio hace 19 años. Desde muy pequeña, Alexandra demostró tener sobradas condiciones para la gimnasia rítmica, siendo una gimnasta plástica, expresiva, elegante y flexible. Su primer C Campeonato del Mundo en categoría senior fue en el añ0 2010, donde consiguió un puesto número 33.

En el año 2012, luchó por una plaza individual en el Preolímpico de Londres 2012, la cual no pudo conseguir. Por ello decidió llevar en esta competición un crespón negro en su maillot.

Este año parece ser bueno para Alexandra, puesto que consiguió hasta 3 medallas en la Copa del Mundo de Bucarest: dos platas y un bronce con un espectacular ejercicio de cinta con música en directo.

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Happy Birthday Carolina Rodríguez

May 24, 2013 rhythmicgymnasticsinfo

Today’s Birthday: Carolina Rodríguez Ballesteros, senior individual gymnast from Spain.

Carolina competed for Spain since 2001, when she joined National Team. Her first major international competition was at Madrid (World Championships

Madrid World Championships 2001

Her first and actual coach is Ruth Fernández. Carolina shared a lot of great experiences with Ruth through her career.

Ruth Fernández and Carolina

In 2004, Carolina competed in Athens Olymmpic Games with the group (7th position). In 2007 she announced she would stop doing gymnastics. A year after she just competed in national competitions. In 2009 she was back in national team as Senior individual, winning several medals: bronze medal in World Cup Corbeil Final and bronze medal in AA Mediterranean Games in Pescara. Unfortunatly, she sprained her ankle in 2009, and once again in 2010.

Carolina at World Cup Corbeil 2009

In 2012 she was in London Olympic Games, obtaining a 14th position. After Olympic Games, Carolina underwent surgery in her ankle.

Carolina at London Olympic Games 2012

2013 could be a successful year for Carolina: for the moment, she won Spanish Queen’s Cup and “Miss Expression” prize at World Cup Minsk. She will compete aswell next week in European Championships in senior category. Good luck!

Hoy es el cumpleaños de Carolina Rodríguez Ballesteros, gimnasta individual senior española.

Carolina comenzó su carrera internacional en el año 2001. Ese mismo año compitió junto con Almudena Cid y Jennifer Colino en el campeonato del Mundo, Madrid 2001, siendo así su debut internacional en una competición de tal magnitud.

Carolina Rodríguez y Jennifer Colino en la exhibición realizada al final de la Vitry Cup (Zaragoza) 2003

Foto Copyright: Patricia Sainz de la Maza

Carolina Rodríguez en sus inicios

En el año 2004, Carolina compitió con el conjunto, obteniendo una 7º plaza. En el 2007, anunció su retirada de la gimnasia. A pesar de ello, el año siguiente, se animó a competir en diferentes torneos nacionales. Finalmente, desde el año 2009 Carolina vuelve a formar parte del equipo nacional, siendo este año para ella de éxito: medalla de bronce en la Copa del Mundo de Corbeil (final de pelota) y medalla de bronce también en los Juegos Mediterráneos. Desafortunadamente, Carolina arrastró una lesión de ligamento de tobillo desde esta época, que concluiría con una cirugía en el año 2012, tras las Olimpiadas de Londres, en donde obtuvo una 14º plaza.

Campeonato del Mundo Mie 2009

El año 2013 parece ser un año agraciado para Carolina, ya que de momento, ha ganado diferentes medallas en la Copa de la Reina (España) y el premio a “Miss Expresividad” en la Copa del Mundo de Minsk. Asímismo, competirá con todos los aparatos como gimnasta individual senior la semana que viene en el Campeonato de Europa de Viena. Deseamos a Carolina y a todo el equipo español mucha suerte.

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Happy Birthday Marina Fernandez!

May 9, 2013 rhythmicgymnasticsinfo

Today’s Birthday: Marina Fernández, senior group gymnast from Spain.

Marina competed as individual gymnast for Spain years ago. Her coach was Iratxe Aurrekoetxea (former coach of Almudena Cid). Her main competition as individual was World Championships 2009 in Mie, Japan.

Marina, in red leotard

Marina with the 2^nd Spanish group

From left to right: Dagmara Brown, Marina Fernández, Clara Gil, Marina Viejo, Miriam Belando, Nuria Sancho and Noelia Fernández.

M. Fernández was training in C.A.R. Sant Cugat (Barcelona) with Natalia García and Julia Usón. But afterwards, she moved to Madrid in order to train with the group. Once in Madrid, she joined the 2^nd group. From this year, she will be in the 1^st group with Alejandra Quereda, Sandra Aguilar, Lourdes Mohedano and Lidia Redondo, who were also in London 2012 Olympic Games.

Wish you success, Marina!

Marina es la segunda gimnasta, comenzando por la izquierda

Hoy es el cumpleaños de la gimnasta española Marina Fernández Moreno. Marina compitió anteriormente representando a España en categoría individual. Su competición más importante en categoría senior fue el Campeonato del Mundo en el año 2009, celebrado en Mie, Japón.

Su entrenadora era Iratxe Aurrekoetxea (la cual fue también entrenadora de Almudena Cid). M. Fernández entrenaba en el C.A.R de Sant Cugat (Barcelona), junto con Natalia Garcia y Julia Usón, entre otras. Posteriormente, Marina se trasladó a Madrid para entrenar con el conjunto suplente. Ahora formará parte del primer conjunto, con Lidia Redondo, Alejandra Quereda, Sandra Aguilar y Lourdes Mohedano (las cuales también estuvieron en el Londres 2012).

¡Suerte y feliz cumpleaños!

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Darya Dmitrieva: The recovery

April 21, 2013 rhythmicgymnasticsinfo

Darya Dmitrieva Portrait

Darya Dmitrieva wants to battle back from her ankle injury. Two thousand and twelve was not a regular year for Darya. Before European Championships, Darya injured. This put her place in Russia’s Olympic team in doubt. But finaly, she took second place in London Olympic Games, behind two times Olympic medalist Evgeniya Kanaeva.

Daria Kondakova RUS, Daria Dmitrieva RUS and Aliya Garayeva AZE,

Moscow World Championships 2010 (Ribbon Final)

“I was so happy to perform with Evgeniya Kanaeva, because I learned so much from her. We lived also a lot of experience together. Of course we are friends after all these years, of course there were some moments of misunderstanding, but that’s normal”.

Darya Dmitrieva and Evgeniya Kanaeva, London Olympic Games 2012

After Olympic Games, Darya Dmitrieva won several competitions, including GP. But she got injured once again.

“The first week after I got injured I was quite frustrated”

At the end of February of this year, Darya flew to Germany, where she underwent ankle ligament surgery.

“When I injured my ankle, a few people turned their backs to me. Olga Buyanova, my coach always supported me”

“My goal is to stand on my two feet again without any pain . I’m sure God will help to get better and hopefuly to come back and show what I can do”.

Darya Dmitrieva warming up, Marbella GP 2010

Full Interview:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfiKHvf5SEQ

Darya Dmitrieva quiere volver pronto a competir tras su seria lesión de tobillo. El año 2012 no fue fácil para Dasha. Semanas antes del Campeonato de Europa, celebrado en Nizhny Novgorod, se lesionó. Esto hizo dudar de su participación dentro del equipo Olímpico ruso, pero finalmente consiguió recuperarse y así obtener la segunda posición, tras la doble campeona Olímpica Evgeniya Kanaeva.

Momento divertido entre Evgeniya Kanaeva y Darya Dmitrieva (2008)

“Fui afortunada al poder competir junto con Evgeniya Kanaeva, he aprendido mucho de ella. Además, hemos compartido muchas experiencias juntas. Por supuesto, somos amigas, aunque haya habido malentendidos, pero eso es normal”.

Después de los Juegos Olímpicos de Londres, Darya ganó diferentes torneos internacionales, incluyendo GP. Pero volvió a lesionarse de nuevo.

Laura Jung GER, Darya Dmitrieva RUS, Victoria Veinberg-Filanovsky ISR, Grand Prix de Berlín 2012

“La primera semana tras la lesión estaba muy triste y frustrada”

A finales del mes de febrero de este año, Darya viajó a Alemania, en donde fue operada de su tobillo, donde padecía una lesión de ligamento.

“Tras lesionarme, mucha gente en la que confiaba me dio la espalda. Sin embargo, Olga Buyanova, mi entrenadora, fue una de las personas que siempre ha estado a mi lado apoyándome, a pesar de todo.”

“Mi objetivo es poder apoyar los dos pies sin tener dolor alguno. Estoy segura de que pronto me recuperaré y así podré regresar a la competición y demostrar de lo que soy capaz”.

Yana Lukonina, Daria Kondakova y Daria Dmitrieva.

Campeonas del Mundo por equipos (Rusia), Campeonato del Mundo Moscú 2010

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In memory of Oksana Kostina

April 15, 2013 rhythmicgymnasticsinfo

Today, 15th of April, it’s Kostina’s birthday. Oksana was one of the best gymnasts of 90’s decade. She won gold medal in all-around competition, World Championships 1992 (Brussels) and also she got first place in all apparatus, although she was not one of the gymnasts selected to compete in Olympic Games Barcelona 1992.

Oksana was born Irkutsk (Russia), like Darya Dmitrieva (2nd place in London Olympic Games). Olga Buyanova was their coach. Every year, a competition in memory of Oksana is celebrated in Irkutsk.

Every year, a competition in memory of Oksana is celebrated in Irkutsk.

Oksana Skaldina, Oksana Kostina and Alexandra Timoshenko Athens 1991

Oksana, born in 1972, died 20 years after in a car crash in Moscow. Oksana will be never forgotten by RG community.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPBlf_8zMSk

Video Uploaded by Kostinajavier

Captured from TVE

Facebook Community Fan Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Oksana-Kostina/111760452434

Oksana Skaldina and Oksana Kostina

Hoy, se recuerda en memoria a Oksana Kostina, gimnasta muy laureada en los primeros años de los 90, su cumpleaños (15 de Abril). Oksana, llegó a su cumbre gimnástica en el año 1992. Ganó en Bruselas el Mundial (competición general y todos los aparatos), a pesar de no ser elegida para competir en los Juegos Olímpicos de Barcelona.

Ganó en Bruselas el Mundial (competición general y todos los aparatos), a pesar de no ser elegida para competir en los Juegos Olímpicos de Barcelona.

Kostina nació en Irkutsk, como la medallista de Londres, Darya Dmitrieva. Las dos compartían la misma entrenadora: Olga Buyanova. Cada año, se celebra en Irkutsk una competición en honor a Oksana.

En el año 1993, casi dos meses antes de su 21 cumpleaños, Oksana sufrió un trágico accidente de tráfico junto a su novio (el cual consiguió sobrevivir). Sin embargo, tras largas horas de reanimación en el hospital, Oksana murió. La comunidad de gimnasia rítmica, siempre recordará con gran afecto a esta maravillosa gimnasta. Hasta siempre.

Página de Facebook en honor a Oksana: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Oksana-Kostina/111760452434

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1st position :Black Sea Games in Trabzon, Turkey, (2007)

Bronze medal : team Competition in the 2007 World Championship in Patras, Greece, and 2009 World Championships in Mie, Japan.

Silver medalist: 2009 European Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan

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