Polina Sergeyevna Orlova (russian: Полина Сергеевна Орлова; born ) is a Russian group

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. She is the 2021 World Group All-around champion.

Career

She started training rhythmic gymnastics at age four in her hometown Pushkino,

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. She competed at several international tournaments as individual and switched to group in 2020. After being in reserve team, she was selected to compete at the

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as a member of Russian national group. Together with

Alisa Tishchenko Alisa Sergeyevna Tishchenko ( rus, Алиса Сергеевна Тищенко, , ɐˈlʲisə ˈtʲiɕːɪnkə; born 17 February 2004) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the silver medalist and group Olympic runner-up at the Tokyo 202 ...

Anastasia Bliznyuk Anastasia Ilyinichna Bliznyuk ( rus, Анастасия Ильинична Близнюк, , ɐnəstɐˈsʲiɪ̯ə blʲɪˈzʲnʲuk; born 28 June 1994) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is a two-time 2012 and 2016 Olympics Group All-aroun ...

Angelina Shkatova Angelina Anatolyevna Shkatova ( rus, Ангелина Анатольевна Шкатова, , ɐnɡʲɪˈlʲinə ˈʂkatəvə; born 25 January 2001) is Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2021 European Group All-around champion and the ...

and

Maria Tolkacheva Maria Yuryevna Tolkacheva (russian: Мария Юрьевна Толкачёва; born ) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympics Group all-around champion, a four-time (2015, 2017-2019) World Group all-around champion, the ...

, she won gold medals in Group All-around and Team event.

References

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* 2002 births Living people Russian rhythmic gymnasts Gymnasts from Moscow Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships 21st-century Russian women {{Russia-rhythmic-gymnastics-bio-stub