Valeriya Khanina

Valeriya Khanina
— Gymnast ♀ —
Country represented  Ukraine
Born (1999-04-13) April 13, 1999
Donetsk, Ukraine
Residence Kiev, Ukraine
Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
Club Deriugins School
Head coach(es) Albina Deriugina
Assistant coach(es) Irina Deriugina
Choreographer Irina Blokhina

Valeriya Khanina (Ukrainian: Валерія Ханіна; Russian: Валерия Ханина; born 13 April 1999 in Donetsk) is a Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2014 Junior European ribbon silver medalist.[1] She represented Ukraine at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics and finished sixth in the individual all-around.[2]

Personal life

Valeriya Khanina was born in Donetsk, Ukraine on April 13, 1999.[3] She moved to Kiev in 2013.[4] She trains at the famous Deriugins School under Albina and Irina Deriugina.[5] Alina Maksymenko is her sports hero, and her goal is to become a World Champion.[3]

Career

Junior

Khanina competed ball and ribbon at the 2014 Junior European Championships. The Ukrainian team finished fifth with Khanina scoring 14.858 in ball and 14.983 in ribbon.[6] Her score in ribbon was enough for her to qualify for the final.[7] She scored 15.750 in the final and won a silver medal behind Russia's Irina Annenkova.[8]

Khanina was then selected to compete at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. She finished sixth all-around in the qualification round with a total of 54.100.[9] In the all-around finals, Khanina once again finished sixth with a total of 53.750.[10]

Routine music information

Year Apparatus Music title[11]
2014 Ball ?
Hoop ?
Clubs ?
Ribbon Jump With Me Baby by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

References

  1. ↑ "Native of Donetsk Khanina Valeriya won silver medal of the European Championships in Baku". ISD Sport Club. 16 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Results for Youth Olympic Games of the II Olympiad, NANJING 2014 (CHN)". FIG Database. FIG. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Valeriya Khanina". r-gymnastics. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Gymnast Of The Week: Valeriya Khanina". Rhythmic Gymnastics Info. 17 August 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "KHANINA Valeriya (UKR)". FIG Database. FIG. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Junior Individual Team Final Results" (PDF). Rhythmic Gymnastics Results. European Union of Gymnastics. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Junior Individual Qualifications and Team Final Results Ribbon" (PDF). Rhythmic Gymnastics Results. European Union of Gymnastics. 14 June 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Junior Individual Final Results Ribbon" (PDF). Rhythmic Gymnastics Results. European Union of Gymnastics. 15 June 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Rhythmic Gymnastics Individual All-Around Qualification Results" (PDF). Rhythmic Gymnastics Results. Nanjing 2014. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "Rhythmic Gymnastics Individual All-Around Final Results" (PDF). Rhythmic Gymnastics Results. Nanjing 2014. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "Valeriya Khanina RG Music List". rgforum. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
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