Arina Averina

Arina Averina
 Gymnast 
Full name Arina Alexeevna Averina
Nickname(s) Arushka/Arisha
Country represented  Russia
Born (1998-08-13) 13 August 1998
Zavolzhye, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Residence Moscow
Height 162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 40 kg (88 lb)
Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
Level Senior International Elite
Club Gazprom
Gym Novogorsk
Head coach(es) Irina Viner
Assistant coach(es) Vera Shatalina
Former coach(es) Larisa Belova
Choreographer Tatiana Pomerantseva
World ranking 9 (2016 Season)-(As of 5 April 2016)[1]

Arina Alexeevna Averina (Russian: Арина Алексеевна Аверина; born 13 August 1998) is a Russian rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2015 Russian National All-around bronze medalist. Her Identical Twin sister, Dina Averina is also a competitive rhythmic gymnast.

Career

Junior

The Averinas (Dina and Arina) first trained under their first coach Larisa Belova until they became members of the Russian national team and began training in Olympic Training Center in Moscow where they are now coached by Vera Shatalina.

The Averinas began appearing in international competitions in 2011 competing at the 2011 Russian-Chinese Youth Games where Arina finished 5th in the all-around and Dina won the all-around gold medal. In 2012, Arina finished 11th at the Russian Junior Championships.[2] She then competed at International MTM Cup in Ljubljana (along with teammates Aleksandra Soldatova and Dina Averina) won the Team gold medal. In 2013 season, Arina finished 5th at the 2013 Russian Junior Championships,[3] she competed in Junior division at Happy Caravan Cup in Tashkent and won Team gold with Dina Averina. At the 2013 Russian Spartakiada's 6th Summer Student Games, Arina won the all-around silver medal.[4]

Senior

In 2014 Season, Arina debuted at the 2014 Moscow Grand Prix competing in the senior international tournament division where she won the all-around silver medal behind her twin sister Dina. Arina then competed at the 2014 Grand Prix Holon international tournament and won the all-around gold. Her next competition was at the 2014 Baltic Hoop where she won the all-around silver behind Aleksandra Soldatova. In the event finals: she won gold in ball, 2 silver medals (clubs, ribbon) and bronze in hoop. In April 23–27, Arina competed in senior nationals at the 2014 Russian Championships where she finished 7th in the all-around.

In 2015 season, Arina started her season at the 2015 Moscow Grand Prix. she then competed at the Corbeil-Essonnes International Rhythmic Gymnastics Tournament where she won the all-around gold medal ahead of twin sister Dina Averina, she won gold in all 4 of the event finals (hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon). In August 7-9, Arina competed at the MTK Budapest placing 3rd in the all-around behind Maria Titova. In apparatus finals, she won a silver in ball and bronze in hoop. Arina then took the silver medal in the all-around at the 2015 Dundee International Tournament in Sofia, behind her twin sister Dina.

In 2016, Arina began season competing at the 2016 Grand Prix Moscow taking third place in the all-around, in apparatus finals: she won gold in ribbon and silver in clubs.[5] On March 17-20, Arina then competed at the 2016 Lisboa World Cup where she finished 5th in the all-around with a total of 70.400 points, she qualified 2 event finals taking silver in ribbon (tied with teammate Aleksandra Soldatova) and placed 4th in ball. At the 30th Thiais Grand Prix event in Paris, Arina finished 5th in the all-around and qualified 2 apparatus finals finishing 4th in clubs and ribbon.[6] Arina finished 4th in the all-around at the 2016 Russian Championships held in Sochi.[7]

Personal life

Born to parents Ksenia Averina and Alexey Averin, Arina along with her twin sister Dina started gymnastics at 4 years old. They have an older sister named Polina.

Routine music information

Year Apparatus Music title [8]
2016 Hoop "Soul Sacrifice" by Santana
Ball "Hava Nagila" by London Festival Orchestra & Chorus
Clubs "Akh Vy Seni Moi Seni" by Marina Devyatova
Ribbon "Paquita: Pas De Deux" by London Symphony Orchestra
2015 Hoop "Asturias" by Isaac Albéniz
Ball "ACT III": (Quiteria's Variation)
Clubs "Akh Vy Seni Moi Seni" by Marina Devyatova
Ribbon
2014 Hoop "Volare", "Bang Bang", "Quien Como Tu" by JJ Vianello, Tito Nieves, Enzo Diaz
Ball "Capone", by Ronan Hardiman
Clubs "Livin' la Vida Loca" by Ricky Martin
Ribbon "Rio Rita" by Dj Valer Orchesta

Competitive highlights

(Team competitions in seniors are held only at the World Championships, Europeans and other Continental Games.)

International: Senior
Year Event AA Team Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon
2016Grand Prix Thiais5th11th (Q)5th (Q)4th4th
Lisboa World Cup5th17th (Q)4th12th (Q)2nd
Moscow Grand Prix3rd7th (Q)6th (Q)2nd1st
2015Dundee Cup2nd
MTK Budapest Cup3rd2nd3rd6th (Q) 5th (Q)
Corbeil-Essonnes International1st1st1st1st1st
International Tournament of Pesaro1st1st1st
2014EWUB Luxembourg Trophy2nd2nd (Q)2nd (Q)
Baltic Hoop2nd3rd1st2nd2nd
Holon International Tournament1st1st1st2nd (OC)2nd
Alina International Tournament2nd
International: Junior
Year Event AA Team Ball Ribbon Hoop Clubs
2013Happy Caravan Cup 1st1st
2012MTM Ljubljana1st
2011Russian-Chinese Youth Games5th
National
Year Event AA Team Ball Ribbon Hoop Clubs
2016Russian Championships4th1st2nd4th3rd3rd
2015Russian Championships3rd1st2nd7th6th4th
2014Russian Championships7th1st1st4th3rd2nd
2013Russian Junior Championships5th
2012Russian Junior Championships11th
Q = Qualifications (Did not advance to Event Final due to the 2 gymnast per country rule, only Top 8 highest score);
WR = World Record; WD = Withdrew; NT = No Team Competition; OC = Out of Competition(competed but scores not counted for qualifications/results)

References

  1. "FIG World standings for rhythmic gymnastics". International Federation of Gymnastics.
  2. "2012 Russian Championships". r-gymnastics. 12 February 2012.
  3. "2013 Russian Junior Championships". rg4u.clan. 10 February 2013.
  4. "Arina and Dina Averina - young stars of Zavolzhye". r-gymnastics. 11 September 2013.
  5. "Rhythmic Gymnastics Grand Prix starts into Olympic Season". Gymmedia. 21 February 2016..
  6. "Grand Prix: 30th International Thiais 2016". Gymmedia. 27 March 2016.
  7. "2016 Russian Championships". Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  8. "Arina Averina RG Music List". rgforum.

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