Kseniya Moustafaeva
| Kseniya Moustafaeva | |||||||||||||
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| — Gymnast — | |||||||||||||
| Country represented |
 France | ||||||||||||
| Born |
8 June 1995 Minsk, Belarus | ||||||||||||
| Hometown | Paris, France | ||||||||||||
| Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | ||||||||||||
| Level | elite | ||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2010 - present | ||||||||||||
| Club | Bourges | ||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Svetlena Moustafaeva | ||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Irina Nechoroshkova | ||||||||||||
| Choreographer | David Kowalik, Mickael Avakov | ||||||||||||
| World ranking |
15 (2015 Season) [1] 11 (2014 Season)[2] 18 (2013 Season)[3] 20 (2012 Season)[4] | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kseniya Moustafaeva (born 8 June 1995 in Minsk, Belarus) is a French rhythmic gymnast of Belarusian origin. She is a 3-time French National all-around champion.
Career
Moustafaeva started gymnastics at 4 years of age. She and her mother, Svetlana moved to France in 2000.[5] She has been member of the French national team since 2010. She won the silver in all-around in the 2011, 2012 French Nationals behind Delphine Ledoux. She competed at the 2012 London Olympics Test Event and finished 22nd, she did not qualify for the 2012 Olympics.
In 2013, she competed in the World Cup and Grand Prix Series. She then competed at the 2013 European Championships. She won the bronze medal in all-around at the 2013 Mediterranean Games behind Greek gymnast Varvara Filiou. In the 2013 World Championships, Moustafaeva finished 12th in the All-around final.
In 2014, she began the season competing at the 2014 Moscow Grand Prix finishing 19th in the all-around. She finished 10th in all-around at the 2014 Thiais Grand Prix and won her first Grand Prix medal, a bronze in ball. Moustafaeva then competed at the 2014 Stuttgart World Cup finishing 11th in all-around and 5th in ball final. She followed her next event at the 2014 Pesaro World Cup, where she finished 7th in all-around and qualified to all 4 event finals for the first time in her World Cup competitions. Moustafaeva then competed at the 2014 MTM International Tournament and won the all-around silver medal behind Katsiaryna Halkina. In May 9–11, Moustafaeva competed at the 2014 Corbeil-Essonnes World Cup and finished 10th in all-around, she qualified to 2 event finals and won her first World cup medal, a bronze medal in hoop. In May 30-June 1, Moustafaeva competed at the 2014 Minsk World Cup and finished 5th in all-around behind Maria Titova, she qualified to 2 event finals (hoop, clubs).[6] In June 10–15, Moustafaeva competed at the 2014 European Championships and finished 8th in all-around.[7] At the 2014 World Cup Final in Kazan, Russia. Moustafaeva finished 6th in all-around with a total of 69.450 points behind Korea's Son Yeon-Jae. She qualified to 3 event finals. In September 22–28, Moustafaeva competed at the 2014 World Championships where she finished 11th in the all-around with a total of 67.890 points. She qualified to 1 event final finishing 8th in clubs.
In 2015, she began the season competing at the 2015 Moscow Grand Prix finishing 8th in the all-around. her next event at the 2015 Thiais Grand Prix she won the all-around silver ahead of Israel's Neta Rivkin, she qualified to all 4 event finals winning bronze (ball, clubs, ribbon) and placed 8th in hoop. Moustafaeva finished 10th in all-around at the 2015 Bucharest World Cup, she qualified to 3 event finals and won bronze in clubs. Moustafaeva competed at the 2015 European Championships and finished 8th in hoop and ribbon finals. Moustafaeva finished 14th in all-around at the 2015 Berlin Grand Prix. In June 15–21, Moustafaeva competed at the inaugural 2015 European Games where she finished 7th in the all-around. Moustafaeva then finished 9th in all-around at the 2015 Summer Universiade, she qualified to 3 event finals finishing 5th in ribbon and 6th in clubs, hoop. In August, Moustafaeva competed at the 2015 Budapest World Cup finishing 12th in all-around. At the 2015 World Cup Final in Kazan, Moustafaeva finished 9th in the all-around with a total of 68.800 points, she qualified to 3 apparatus finals finishing 4th in hoop, ball, clubs. In September 9–13, Moustafaeva competed at the 2015 World Championships in Stuttgart where she qualified to 1 apparatus final finishing 7th in ribbon (17.750). In the All-around finals, Moustafaeva finished in 12th place with a total of 69.715 points, behind Korean Son Yeon-Jae.[8]
In 2016 Season, Moustafaeva started her season competing at the 30th Thiais Grand Prix event in Paris, she finished 7th in the all-around and qualified to 3 apparatus finals.[9] On April 1-3, Moustafaeva competed at the 2016 Pesaro World Cup where she finished 7th in the all-around and qualified to hoop, ball and clubs final.
Personal life
Kseniya is coached by her mother Svetlena Moustafaeva who was also a rhythmic gymnast.[10] Kseniya speaks 4 languages: Russian, French, Spanish and English.
Routine music information
| Year | Apparatus | Music title [11] |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Hoop | "Sling The Decks", by The Crystal Method |
| Ball | "Ne me quitte pas" by Jacques Brel | |
| Clubs | "Mutation", music by Cirque du Soleil | |
| Ribbon | "'Elements (Orchestral Version)", music by Lindsey Stirling | |
| 2014 | Hoop | "Flute", music by New World Sound, Thomas Newson |
| Ball | "Code Name Vivaldi", music by The Piano Guys | |
| Clubs | "Mutation", music by Cirque du Soleil | |
| Ribbon | "Carnavalera", music by Havana Delirio | |
| 2013 | Hoop | "Game On", music from Madagascar 3, music by Hans Zimmer |
| Ball | "Primavera", music by Corciolli | |
| Clubs | "Land Of A Thousand Dances", music by Jessica Mauboy | |
| Ribbon | "United We Stand, Divided We Fall", music by Two Steps from Hell | |
| 2012 | Hoop | |
| Ball | "The 5th", music by David Garrett | |
| Clubs | ||
| Ribbon | "The Circle Dance" by Didulya | |
References
- ↑ "FIG World standings for rhythmic gymnastics". International Federation of Gymnastics. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ↑ "FIG World standings for rhythmic gymnastics". International Federation of Gymnastics. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
- ↑ "FIG World standings for rhythmic gymnastics" (PDF). International Federation of Gymnastics. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
- ↑ "FIG World standings for rhythmic gymnastics" (PDF). International Federation of Gymnastics. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ↑ "World Championships a team effort for France's Kseniya Moustafaeva and her mom". International Federation of Gymnastics.
- ↑ "7th World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics in Minsk". gymmedia. 1 June 2014.
- ↑ "World Champion Kudryavtseva is also Europe's Gymnastics Queen". gymmedia. 14 June 2014.
- ↑ "2015 World Championships All-around results". Intlgymnast. 11 September 2015.
- ↑ "Grand Prix: 30th International Thiais 2016". Gymmedia. 27 March 2016.
- ↑ "The revelation of Moustafaeva". DNA.
- ↑ "Moustafaeva RG Music List". rgforum.