Alina Vesselova (born 22 August 2003) is an

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. She won bronze with 5 balls at the 2020 European Championships.

Personal life

Vesselova took up the sport when she was 3 and half, her mother made her try it and she immediately loved it. Vesselova speaks

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, English and Russian. Her ambition is to compete at the Olympic Games. Her hobbies are painting and drawing. Her sport idol is Neymar while she considers

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her role model.

Career

Vesselova competed at the 2017

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in Budapest, as a member of the Estonian junior group, finishing 7th in the All-Around. Vesselova integrated the senior national group in 2019, taking part in the World Championships in

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where the group finished 19th in the All-Around and with 5 balls and 18th with 3 hoops + 4 clubs. In 2020 the season was cut short due to the Covid-19 pandemic but she competed at the 2020 European Championships in Kyiv, where her and her teammates Laurabell Kabrits, Evelin Naptal, Carmely Reiska and Arina Okamanchuk made history by winning Estonia's first European medal: bronze in the 5 balls final, behind Ukraine and Israel. In 2021 Alina took part in the World Championships in

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. The Estonian group made of Alina, Laurabell Kabrits, Evelin Naptal, Carmely Reiska, Arina Okamanchuk finished 13th in the All-Around and both the routines. She was selected for the

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in Tel Aviv, the group finished 15th in the All-Around, 18th with 5 hoops and 9th with 3 ribbons + 2 balls. In September she participated in the World Championships in Sofia, where she along with teammates

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, Mirtel Korbelainen, Kiara Oja, Evelin Naptal, Arina Okamanchuk was 20th in the All-Around, 15th with 5 hoops and 18th with 3 ribbons + 2 balls.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vesselova, Alina 2003 births Living people Estonian rhythmic gymnasts Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships Estonian people of Russian descent Sportspeople from Tallinn