Incredibly Skilled Russian Gymnasts 

 

Russian gymnasts from the past and the present time that gave somthing to the history of gymnastics

 

  I`ve decided to dedicate this post to the Russian contribution to the Rhythmic Gymnastics World!

Alina Kabaeva is some of the greatest names  within the Russian and a World Rhythmic  Gymnastics. Gymnast with great achievements that cannot be  forgotten. A person with passion for gymnastics and dedication even after her career. The beginning of her career started in Tashkent, Uzbekistan  when she was only 3 years old girl. Latter on she moved to Moscow to develop herself and at the age of 12.For the first time she became part of the Russian national team in 1996.She has proved that dedication and hard work are paid off. She wins so many medals that it is hard to name all of them. Some of the greatest achievements though are 5 Times European Champion, twice she becomes an absolute World Champion, many times absolute champion of Russia and  twice Olympic Champion. Her motivation, hard work and determination keeps the name of the country as a dominator in this beautiful sport. Currently she is working towards the progress and development of the Rhythmic Gymnastics in Russia.
Alina Kabaeva

Alina Kabaeva

Yana Kudryavtseva another gymnasts that Russia can be proud of. She is known as the first gymnasts to complete her first world cup with All-Around Gold Medal  on her debut in Sofia 2013.Kudryavceva works hard during her career and finishes with total of 26 Medals : one silver medal from the Olympic Games in Rio,13 gold medals from a World Championships,9 gold medals from the European Championships and  4 gold medals from the European Games.Clearly this incredible athlete likes the gold and she knew how to get it.The talented girl Yana Kudryavtseva has retired from the sport.
Yana Kudryavtseva

Kudryavtseva in action
Margarita Mamun also to be put in the list of the Russian achievers in gymnastics. Mamun emerged on the winning ladder in 2011 in the International Tournament in France.Continuously in her career Manun stays on the world stage winning gold and silver medals. Along with her teammate Yana Kudryavtseva they have been coached by the legend Irina Viner-Usmanova ,that brings a generation of champions. Even so Mamun wins a lot of medals, that has been accomplished  through  incredible efforts and persistent training. Her coach is extremely ambitious and does not accept failure. However Margarita Mamun does not give up and deliver Gold medal from the Olympic Games in Rio. She finishes her career 28 gold medals and 13 silver medals.Mamun retires from the gymnastics in November 2017. 
 Mamun(on the right) and teammate Kudryavtseva on the winning ladder

Aleksandara Soldatova ,young ambitious and determined girl that is already holder of a gold and silver medals ,known with her flexibility and  elegance in her performances. She emerged on the world stage in 2014 after being part of the reserved team.Apart from her medals, she was awarded with prize for elegance in Sofia, Bulgaria, which speaks a lot for her style and perfprmance.Some of her great characteristics is the pivots in Soldatova`s performances.A great skilled gymnast with a lot potential to be on the world stage and reach further highs.

Aleksandra Soldatova
Dina and Arina Averina, twin sisters performing a beautiful gymnastics that wins championships.Both perform as an individual gymnast.Both successful and athlets. Currently  both girls are on the world scene one after onather. Incredible skills ,and both of them extremely talented to keep Russia proud of them.The Girls started to train gymnastics at the age of 4.The first senior debut was for Dina in 2014 in Moskow Grand Prix.She is alredy holder of 21 medals in which 12 gold and 9 silver. Her sister Arina Averina also debuted on Moskow Grand Prix 2014,seems like sisters don’t separate even in life achievements and success.Arina Averina is a holder of 10 gold medals,4 silver and 8 bronze medals. Both girls are with strong characteristics and determination to be long time on the world stage, they are also the newest pride of Russia in the Rhythmic Gymnastics. 
Dina and Arina Averina









Desislava Petrova
Referenses:

https://geniusrevive.com/en/alina-kabayeva-famous-russian-gymnast/
https://24smi.org/en/celebrity/35124-alina-kabaeva.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yana_Kudryavtseva
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margarita_Mamun
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandra_Soldatova
https://mediacenter.longines.com/event/gymnastics/the-longines-prize-for-elegance-awarded-to-aleksandra-soldatova-at-the-36th-rhythmic-gymnastics-world-championships-in-sofia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dina_Averina
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arina_Averina







Comments

  1. Unknown25 November 2018 at 05:04

    Of course ,there are so many talented gymnasts in Russia that were not mentioned here,and that contributed to the Rhythmic Gymnastics.List could have been bigger.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Image
  The road to the gold How the Rhythmic Gymnastics in Bulgaria was developed to the level where it dominates in the world scene. For the first time Bulgarian rhythmic gymnasts was seen on the world scene of gymnastics in Budapest World Championship in1963. The contestant is Ulia Trashlieva, she manages to leave the competition with Bronze medal. The next championship in Prague 1965 Bulgaria is represented by another gymnast Maria Gigova. Although she doesn’t win a medal ,on her fist championship ,she receives prize for elegance .Later on she is to become a well known gymnast among the world tops of Rhythmic Gymnastics.She becomes the first gymnast to win “3 consecutive world titles.She finishes her career with 9 Gold medals,2 Silver and 2 Bronze medals. Maria Gigova This epic gymnasts set a high standard   as for the Bulgarian Schools of Gymansts as well as on the world scene .Her teammate Neshka Robeva does not achieve less than her. Neshka Robeva is k...
Read more
Image
Who sponsors some of the Rhythmic Gymnastics Teams?   As beautiful and as passionate as it looks, rhythmic gymnastics, as every other sport needs financial support. It is not easy for a sportsman to be on the world stage without the support and the security they need to perform as best as they can.  In this post I am going to list some of the sponsors for some RG county teams.     In Bulgaria rhythmic gymnasics enjoys the big brand sponsoring and support. One of their sponsor is the car producer Moto Pfohe. As a part of their social responsibility Moto Pfohe supports the Bulgarian Gymnastics.The company supports a wide range of cultural industries in Bulgaria such as Museums and Opera and Ballet, as well as some sports in Bulgaria such as Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation ,Wrestling   Federation and   others. The other major sponsor for the National Team of Gymnastics is the mobile giants Motorola.The company sponsors also the worls champio...
Read more