Arina Averina

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Arina Averina
— Gymnast —
Full name Arina Alexeevna Averina
Nickname(s) Arushka/Arisha
Country represented  Russia
Born (1998-08-13) 13 August 1998 (age 25)
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 14 (2016 Season)-(As of 31 May 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] In May 6-8, Arina competed at the Brno Grand Prix where she finished 5th in the all-around behind Victoria Veinberg Filanovsky. On May 13-15, Arina won the all-around silver at the Bucharest Grand Prix with a total of 73.600 points, she qualified to all apparatus finals: taking silver in ball, bronze in clubs, ribbon and 4th in hoop.

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
2016 World Cup Sofia 4th 3rd 4th 3rd 6th
Grand Prix Bucharest 2nd 4th 2nd 3rd 3rd
Grand Prix Brno 5th 4th (Q) 12th (Q) 4th (Q) 6th (Q)
Grand Prix Thiais 5th 11th (Q) 5th (Q) 4th 4th
World Cup Lisboa 5th 17th (Q) 4th 12th (Q) 2nd
Grand Prix Moscow 3rd 7th (Q) 6th (Q) 2nd 1st
2015 Dundee Cup 2nd
MTK Budapest Cup 3rd 2nd 3rd 6th (Q) 5th (Q)
Corbeil-Essonnes International 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st
International Tournament of Pesaro 1st 1st 1st
2014 EWUB Luxembourg Trophy 2nd 2nd (Q) 2nd (Q)
Baltic Hoop 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 2nd
Holon International Tournament 1st 1st 1st 2nd (OC) 2nd
Alina International Tournament 2nd
International: Junior
Year Event AA Team Ball Ribbon Hoop Clubs
2013 Happy Caravan Cup 1st 1st
2012 MTM Ljubljana 1st
2011 Russian-Chinese Youth Games 5th
National
Year Event AA Team Ball Ribbon Hoop Clubs
2016 Russian Championships 4th 1st 2nd 4th 3rd 3rd
2015 Russian Championships 3rd 1st 2nd 7th 6th 4th
2014 Russian Championships 7th 1st 1st 4th 3rd 2nd
2013 Russian Junior Championships 5th
2012 Russian Junior Championships 11th
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)

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