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Gymnastics At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's Rhythmic Individual All-around
The women's rhythmic individual all-around competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held at the Wembley Arena from 9–11 August. Competition format The competition consisted of a qualification round and a final round. The top ten gymnasts in the qualification round advanced to the final. In each round, the gymnasts performed four routines (ball, hoop, clubs, and ribbon), with the scores added to give a total. Six gymnasts returned from the 2008 Olympics, and five of them made it to the final. Among them was of Russia, who became the first gymnast to successfully defend her O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wembley Arena
Wembley Arena (originally the Empire Pool, now known as OVO Arena Wembley for sponsorship reasons) is an indoor arena next to Wembley Stadium in Wembley, London, England, used for music, comedy, family entertainment and sport. The 12,500-seat facility is London's second-largest indoor arena after The O2 Arena, and the List of indoor arenas in the United Kingdom, ninth-largest in the United Kingdom. History The Empire Pool (also known as Empire Pool and Sports Arena) was built for the 1934 British Empire Games at Wembley, by Arthur Elvin, and originally housed a swimming pool, as reflected by its name. The pool itself was last used for the 1948 Summer Olympics. Today, the building is used for music, comedy, family entertainment and sport. It was designed by the engineer Sir Owen Williams (engineer), Owen Williams, without the employment of an architect. Williams built a unique structure, with cantilevers meeting in the middle, thus avoiding the need for internal pillars. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neta Rivkin
Neta Rivkin ( he, נטע ריבקין; born June 19, 1991) is a retired Israeli individual rhythmic gymnast. She is one of Israel's most successful rhythmic gymnasts. A three-time Olympian, in 2011 she won the silver medal in clubs at the 2011 European Championships. That same year she also won a bronze medal in the individual hoop final at the 2011 World Championships. She won the all-around silver medal at the 2014 Grand Prix Final. Personal life Rivkin was born in Petah Tikva, Israel, to parents Veronica and Arkady who immigrated to Israel from St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1991. Career Rivkin was coached by Ella Samofalov. When asked in 2008 whether she had suffered a "missed childhood", she said: "It's true. I don't know what it's like to be a 'normal kid,' I've been a gymnast since I was six and I don't know anything else, but I don't think I'm missing out on anything. Not everyone qualifies for the Olympics." 2008 Rivkin competed on behalf of Israel at the 2008 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janine Murray
Janine Murray (born 10 March 1990) is a Zimbabwean born Australian rhythmic gymnast. She won a gold medal in the team event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Personal Nicknamed Jeannie, Murray was born on 10 March 1990 in Harare, Zimbabwe and attended primary school while living there. As a child, she dealt with food and petrol shortages, with the latter making it difficult for her to get to her school, Chisipite Junior School in Harare. She moved to Perth, Western Australia in 2002, and continues to reside there. She attended Presbyterian Ladies' College in Western Australia. , she is working on a degree in sports science at the University of Western Australia in a programme she started in 2008. Murray is tall and weighs . She has ballet skills. One of her hobbies is cooking. Rhythmic gymnastics Murray competes in rhythmic gymnastics and is a ribbon specialist. She started in the sport while in primary school as a six-ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Zetlin
Julie Ashley Zetlin (born June 30, 1990) is a retired elite rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2010 U.S. Senior National Champion in Rhythmic Gymnastics, and represented the United States at the 2012 Olympic Games. Personal life Zetlin is Jewish, and her mother Zsuzsi is a former Hungarian national champion in the sport. Career Zetlin began rhythmic gymnastics instruction at the age of four. She has been a member of the U.S. junior and senior national rhythmic gymnastics teams since 2004. She trained with longtime coach Olga Kutuzova at Capital Rhythmics in Darnestown, Maryland. Junior career In her final year as a junior competitor, Zetlin placed second all-around at 2005 Junior U.S. National Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana, and she won the junior titles on rope, hoop, clubs and ribbon. In 2002, she competed in her first Junior Nationals in Cleveland, Ohio, where she placed 12th all-around. At 2004 Junior Nationals in Nashville, Tennessee, she placed second in the all-aro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulyana Trofimova
Ulyana Olyegovna Trofimova (Uzbek: Ульяна Олеговна Трофимова; born 28 February 1990 in Navoiy Province) is an Uzbekistani rhythmic gymnast. Career Trofimova took up gymnastics at age five in Navoiy, Uzbekistan and currently trains in Novogorsk center in Moscow. She won the silver medal in all-around at the 2010 Asian Games. She had her highest placement at the 2010 World Championships in Moscow finishing 12th in the All-around and was awarded the Alina Kabaeva Prize. Trofimova competed in the individual all-around event at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ... with a both injured ankles, which prevented her to fight for a top 10 spot she went to be placed 20th in qualifications. She retired after the end of the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chrystalleni Trikomiti
Chrystalleni Trikomiti (born 30 November 1993) is a Rhythmic Gymnast from Cyprus. Career Trikomiti At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, she burst on to the scene when she won two gold medals, one silver medal, and two bronze medals. Notably, her final and second gold medal winning performance of the event had a difficulty rating of 8.85, an artistic skills rating of 8.5, and an execution rating of 8.5, earning her a total score of 25.8 and a standing ovation from the crowd. Chrystalleni narrowly missed the Gold in the all round performance when she dropped the ball. At this moment she was tied with Naazmi Johnston (AUS) with 75.425 points but the drop cost her the Gold and she finished with the Silver. On 14 October, at the 2010 Commonwealth Games' closing ceremony, Chrystalleni was honored with the responsibility of carrying the Cyprus flag in front of 60,000 attending spectators. She finished 19th in qualifications at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Weber (gymnast)
Caroline Weber (born 31 May 1986 in Dornbirn) is a retired Austrian rhythmic gymnast. Career Weber competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, she placed 17th in qualifications and did not advance to the finals. In 2009, she earned the bronze medal on hoop at the 2009 Bourgas Grand Prix. She had her highest placement at the 2011 World Championships finishing 15th in the All-around. She competed in the individual all-around event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she placed 18th in qualifications. She competed in her 11th European in a home crowd in Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ..., Austria at the 2013 European Championships. performing a gala after the competition where she also completed her competitive career. References External l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jana Berezko-Marggrander
Jana Berezko-Marggrander (russian: Яна Березко-Маргграндер, born 17 October 1995 in Tolyatti, Samara Oblast, Russia) is a German retired individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2010 Youth Olympic all-around bronze medalist. Career Junior Berezko-Marggrander moved to Germany with her family in 2008 and started training on the federal base in Fellbach with coach Galina Krylenko. She is a member of the club TSV Schmiden. As a junior, she competed at the 2010 Junior International Schmiden where she won silver in all-around behind Russian Daria Svatkovskaya. She won silver in hoop and clubs and bronze in ball final. She won three bronze medals at the 2010 European Junior Championships in the team event and in the ball and hoop finals. She also represented Germany and competed at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games where she won the all-around bronze medal. Senior Berezko-Marggrander competed as a senior at the 2011 European Championships in Minsk, Belarus wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julieta Cantaluppi
Julieta Cantaluppi (born 24 January 1985, in Como) is a retired Italian rhythmic gymnast and currently a coach in rhythmic gymnastics. Career Julieta's mother Kristina Guiourova (who is also her coach) competed in rhythmic gymnastics for Bulgaria and was world champion with rope in London in 1979. She competed in the individual all-around event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she placed 16th. Julieta speaks Italian, Bulgarian and French. Nowadays, Cantaluppi is coaching successful Italian rhythmic gymnasts Milena Baldassarri Milena Baldassarri (born 16 October 2001 in Ravenna, Italy) is an Italian individual rhythmic gymnast. She won the silver medal at the World Championship at the 2018 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympi ... (2018 World Ribbon silver medalist, 6th at the Tokyo Olympics), Talisa Torretti (2018 Youth Olympic Games AA bronze medalist) and Sofia Raffaeli (2022 five-times World champion, two times European champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Alyabyeva
Anna Romzatovna Alyabyeva (born 13 November 1993, in Astana) is a Kazakhstani individual rhythmic gymnast. Career Anna Alyabyeva began to compete in the senior circuit in 2009 as the second gymnasts of her home country. Her highest achievement that year was a top 24 ranking at the 2009 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships held in Mie. In 2010 she became the number one gymnast of Kazakhstan after the retirement of Aliya Yussupova. Alyabyeva was invited in Russia's National rhythmic gymnastics training center in Novogorsk under Irina Viner's class; there she improved her difficulty and execution. Alyabyeva was the 2010 Asian Games All-Around gold medalist. She had her highest placement at the 2010 World Championships in Moscow finishing 7th in the All-Around finals. She won the bronze medal in All-Around at the 2012 World Cup series in Tashkent. For the 2011 Alyabyeva presented routines with so much difficulty that she wasn't being able to cope and started to have irregu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolina Rodríguez
Carolina Rodríguez Ballesteros (born 24 May 1986 in León) is a retired Spanish rhythmic gymnast. She is a veteran of the sport who started her senior career in the early 2000s. She competed in three Olympic cycles: at the 2004 Athens where she was member of the Spanish group, at the 2012 London competing as an individual gymnast where she finished 14th in all-around qualifications and at the 2016 Rio competing again as an individual, finishing in 8th in the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around final. Career Early Years Rodríguez began rhythmic gymnastics at the age of seven. She says, “Since the first time I saw this sport I fell in love with it.” She competes for the Ritmo club. She has three coaches who are Nina Vitrichenko, Ruth Fernández Menéndez, and Nuria Castaño Fernández. Rodríguez trains for 25 hours per week and she dreams of becoming an Olympic medalist. In 2001 during the World Championships in Madrid, she became the Junior National Vice-Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delphine Ledoux
Delphine Ledoux (born 15 May 1985 in Calais) is a French rhythmic gymnast. She is a nine-time French National All-around Champion. Career She is the French National Champion for a national record of nine consecutive years (2004-2012). Delphine took up gymnastics at age seven and started competing in 2002 for France, She did not compete at the 2003 World Championships due to injury. At the 2005, 2009 Mediterranean Games The 2009 Mediterranean Games, officially the XVI Mediterranean Games ( it, XVI Giochi del Mediterraneo) and commonly known as Pescara 2009, was a multi-sport event held in Pescara, Italy, from 26 June to 5 July 2009. It was governed by the Inter ... she won the silver medal in All-around. At the 2011 International Tournament of Calais, Ledoux won the silver medal in All-around and gold in ball final. She had her highest placement at the 2011 World Championships finishing 12th in All-around. She won the bronze medal in hoop and ribbon at the 2011 Corbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
