Yulia Bravikova
| Yulia Bravikova | |
|---|---|
| — Gymnast — | |
| Full name | Yulia Bravikova |
| Alternative name(s) | Iulia Bravikova |
| Country represented |
 Russia |
| Born |
17 July 1999 Oryol Oblast |
| Residence | Moscow |
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics |
| Level | Junior International Elite |
| Club | Novogorsk |
| Head coach(es) | Irina Viner |
| Assistant coach(es) | Marina Nikolaeva |
| Choreographer | Veronika Shatkova |
Yulia Bravikova (Russian: Юлия Юрьевна Бравикова; born 17 July 1999) is a Russian rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2014 European Junior hoop champion and a two-time (2013, 2014) Russian Junior National All-around champion.
Career
Junior
Bravikova began appearing in international junior competitions in the 2011 Season, she competed in her first junior nationals at the 2012 Russian Junior Championships finishing 12th in all-around behind Arina Averina.[1] she competed in junior division at the 2012 Aeon Cup and won the silver medal in all-around behind Katsiaryna Halkina of Belarus.
In 2013 Season, Bravikova started her season winning the 2013 Russian Junior Championships scoring ahead of Aleksandra Soldatova.[2] She won the junior all-around titles at the 2013 Moscow Grand Prix and 2013 Bucharest World Cup.[3] In October 25–27, Bravikova competed at the World Club Championship, the 2013 Aeon Cup in Tokyo, Japan representing team Gazprom where she won the junior all-around division and (together with Senior teammates Yana Kudryavtseva and Margarita Mamun) and won the team gold.[4] She culminated her successful season winning the junior all-around title at the 2013 Gymnasiade held in Brasilia, Brazil.
In 2014 Season, Bravikova repeated as Russian Junior National champion, She won the all-around gold at the 2014 Moscow Grand Prix.[5] She continued her success winning gold in Team and apparatus finals in the 2014 World Cup series in Debrecen, Pesaro. In June 10–16, Bravikova competed at the 2014 European Junior Championships and together with teammates (Veronika Polyakova, Irina Annenkova and Olesya Petrova) won Russia the Team gold. She qualified to 1 event final and won gold in hoop. In early July, Bravikova suffered a leg injury, she stayed in hospital was discharged 2 days later. She then was withdrawn from the entry list for Russia at the 2014 Youth Olympics and was replaced by Irina Annenkova.
Senior
In 2015, after spending last season recovering form her surgery; Bravikova appeared as Define Hors concours (Out of Competition, her scores were not counted, e.g: appearing only for an Exhibition) at the 2015 World Cup Final in Kazan.
Routine music information
| Year | Apparatus | Music title[6] |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Ball | Concerto For Violin And Orchestra by Gidon Kremer, Christoph Von Dohnayi |
| Hoop | ? | |
| Clubs | Pogonya by Yan Frenkel | |
| Ribbon | Long Tall Sally by Cagey Strings | |
| 2014 | Ball | Concerto de Berlin By Vladimir Cosma |
| Hoop | ? | |
| Clubs | ? | |
| Ribbon | Kalinka by André Rieu | |
| 2013 | Ball | Flames music from Russian Gypsy Fire by Talisman |
| Hoop | Nine - Be Italian by Fergie | |
| Clubs | Tengo Tengo (Remix) | |
| Ribbon | Green Hornet by Al Hirt | |
Competitive Highlights
| International: Senior | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Event | AA | Team | Ball | Ribbon | Hoop | Clubs |
| 2015 | World Cup Final | HC | |||||
| International: Junior | |||||||
| Year | Event | AA | Team | Ball | Ribbon | Hoop | Clubs |
| 2014 | Youth Olympic Games | WD | |||||
| European Championships | 1st | 1st | 2nd (Q) | ||||
| Desio Italia Cup | 1st | ||||||
| Pesaro World Cup | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |||
| Grand Prix Holon | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||||
| Debrecen World Cup | 1st | 2nd (Q) | 1st | 1st | |||
| Grand Prix Moscow | 1st | ||||||
| 2013 | Gymnasiade | 1st | |||||
| Aeon Cup | 1st | 1st | |||||
| Bucharest World Cup | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||
| Lisboa World Cup | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||
| Grand Prix Holon | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||||
| Grand Prix Moscow | 1st | ||||||
| 2012 | Aeon Cup | 2nd | 1st | ||||
| Tashkent World Cup | 1st | 2nd | |||||
| National | |||||||
| Year | Event | AA | Team | Ball | Ribbon | Hoop | Clubs |
| 2014 | Russian Junior Championships | 1st | |||||
| 2013 | Russian Junior Championships | 1st | |||||
| Q = Qualifications (Did not advance to Event Final due to the 2 gymnast per country rule, only Top 8 highest score); WD = Withdrew; NT = No Team Competition | |||||||
References
- ↑ "Лучшие гимнастки России определили сильнейших". r-gymnastics. 2 February 2012.
- ↑ "2013 Russian Junior Championships". rg4u.clan. 10 February 2013.
- ↑ "2013 Irina Deleanu Cup" (PDF). Romania Gymnastics Federation. 21 April 2013.
- ↑ "2013 AEON-Cup of Rhythmic Gymnastics". Gymmedia. 27 October 2013.
- ↑ "2014 Moscow Grand Prix results" (PDF). gymmedia. 2 March 2014.
- ↑ "Yulia Bravikova RG Music List". rgforum.
