Daria Spiridonova
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| Full name | Daria Sergeyevna Spiridonova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Dasha, Spridoz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |
 Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
8 July 1998 Moscow, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior international elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | CSKA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Tatiana Fomkina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World ranking | 1 (UB, 15.533) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Daria Sergeyevna Spiridonova (Russian: Дарья Сергеевна Спиридонова, born 8 July 1998 in Moscow) is a Russian elite artistic gymnast. She is the 2015 World Champion and 2015 European Champion on uneven bars, and a two-time bronze medalist at the 2014 World Championships.
Junior career
Spiridonova made her international debut at the 2012 Pre-Olympic Youth Cup in Bergisch-Gladbach, Germany, where she won the all-around gold medal.
2013 was Spiridonova's breakout year. She took gold with her team and silver on uneven bars at the Russian Junior Championships in the spring. She competed at the Olympic Hopes winning gold with her team and on uneven bars, bronze in the all-around, and placing fifth on vault. She went on to compete at the KSI Cup, winning team and all-around gold medals.
Senior career
2014
Spiridonova's senior debut came at the 2014 Cottbus World Cup, but she did not make the event finals. She then competed at the Russian Championships in April, winning gold on bars, silver with her team and on balance beam, and placing fifth in the all-around, and seventh on floor.[1]
At the 2014 European Championships, Spiridonova competed on uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise. She scored 14.900 on uneven bars which qualified her to the event finals in 4th place. She also scored a 14.058 on beam and 11.900 on floor after a fall. In the team final, Spiridonova contributed scores of 15.066 on bars, 12.300 on beam and 13.100 on floor towards the Russian team's bronze medal finish.
Individually, she won the bronze medal in the uneven bars final with a score of 15.283. On October 29 she placed first ahead of Larisa Iordache at the Arthur Gander Memorial, her first international win at the senior level. Days later, she partnered up with male Russian gymnast Nikita Ignatyev to win her second international title at the Swiss cup. At the Massila Master, she claimed the first all-around crown of her career.
2015
Spiridonova competed at the 2015 Russian Championships in Penza, Russia on March 2-8, 2015. She won a silver medal with her team, as well as placing 4th in the all around, winning gold on the uneven bars, and silver on the balance beam.
Due to her strong performance, Spiridonova was selected to compete at the 2015 European Championships in Montpellier, France on April 15-19. She placed 13th in the all around final after complications on beam and floor, and she won the gold medal on the uneven bars, beating out the reigning European UB champion, Becky Downie, by 2 tenths.
At the 2015 World Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow, Spiridonova became a World Champion on the uneven bars, together with three other gymnasts who were part of the four-way tie.
Competitive history
| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 2011 | National Championships (Junior) (CMS) | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | |||
| 2012 | Pre-Olympic Youth Cup | 1st | |||||
| 2013 | National Championships (Junior) (MS) | 2nd | |||||
| Olympic Hopes | 1st | 5th | 1st | ||||
| KSI Cup (Junior) | 1st | 1st | |||||
| 2014 | Cottbus World Cup | ||||||
| National Championships | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 2nd | 7th | ||
| European Championships | 3rd | 3rd | |||||
| Russian Cup | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | WD | ||
| World Championships | 3rd | 3rd | |||||
| Arthur Gander Memorial | 1st | ||||||
| Swiss Cup | 1st | ||||||
| Massilia Cup (Master Massilia) | 2nd | 1st | 1st | ||||
| 2015 | National Championships | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 2nd | ||
| European Championships | 13th | 1st | |||||
| Rusudan Sikharulidze tournament | 1st | ||||||
| Russian Cup | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 6th | ||
| World Championships | 4th | 1st | |||||
| Toyota International Cup | 1st | 5th | |||||
| 2016 | DTB Pokal Team Challenge Cup | 1st | |||||
| National Championships | 2nd | 7th | 1st | 5th |
| Year | Competition description | Location | Apparatus | Rank-Final | Score-Final | Rank-Qualifying | Score-Qualifying |
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| 2014 | European Championships | Sofia | Team | 3 | 169.329 | 3 | 170.621 |
| Uneven bars | 3 | 14.966 | 4 | 14.900 | |||
| Balance beam | 10 | 14.058 | |||||
| Floor exercise | 58 | 11.900 | |||||
| World Championships | Nanning | Team | 3 | 171.462 | 3 | 228.135 | |
| Uneven bars | 3 | 15.283 | 7 | 15.100 | |||
| Balance beam | 126 | 12.166 | |||||
| Floor exercise | 73 | 12.833 | |||||
| 2015 | European Championships | Montpellier | All-around | 13 | 53.516 | 9 | 54.673 |
| Uneven bars | 1 | 15.466 | 1 | 15.241 | |||
| Balance beam | 22 | 13.200 | |||||
| Floor exercise | 37 | 12.466 | |||||
| World Championships | Glasgow | Team | 4 | 171.964 | 2 | 231.437 | |
| All-around | 30 | 54.998 | |||||
| Uneven bars | 1 | 15.366 | 1 | 15.466 | |||
| Balance beam | 70 | 13.100 | |||||
| Floor exercise | 143 | 12.466 |
References
- ↑ "Daria Spiridonova winning uneven bars and taking second on balance beam.". Retrieved 6 April 2014.
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