Rebecca Gergalo (born 16 March 2000) is a Finnish individual

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Early life and career

Gergalo was born to a Russian mother and Ukrainian father, and she speaks Russian. She began training

rhythmic gymnastics Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, flexible, agile, dexterous and coord ...

at the age of 4.

2016

She made her World Cup debut on February 26-28 at World Cup Espoo. She then competed at three more World Cups that year -

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and

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2017

After the retirement of Ekaterina Volkova, she got her spot in National team and continued competing at World Cup competitions. She competed at the 2017 European Championships in

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, her first one. Rebecca competed with all four apparatus, finishing on 20th place with ribbon was her best result. Together with teammate Jouki Tikkanen and junior group, they took 11th place in Team competition. On August 30-September 3 she competed at the 2017 World Championships in

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. This was her first World Championships. She finished on 45th place in All-around Qualifications (52.350).

2018

She is the 2018 Finnish National All-Around champion and the 2018 Nordic All-Around champion. After competing at several World Cup tournaments, she placed 14th in All-around at 2017 World Challenge Cup

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, which was her best result so far. In September, she competed at the 2018 World Championships in

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, ending on 34th place in All-around Qualifications (47.725) and 19th in Team competition.

2019

In 2019, she became Finnish National All-around champion once again. On July 3-7, she competed at the

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. She ended on 15th place, and did not advance in Apparatus finals.

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* * 2000 births Living people Finnish rhythmic gymnasts Finnish people of Russian descent Finnish people of Ukrainian descent Russian-speaking Finns Competitors at the 2019 Summer Universiade Sportspeople from Helsinki 21st-century Finnish women {{Rhythmic-gymnastics-bio-stub