Veronika Dmitrievna Polyakova (russian: Вероника Дмитриевна Полякова, born March 3, 1999 in

Irkutsk Irkutsk ( ; rus, Иркутск, p=ɪrˈkutsk; Buryat language, Buryat and mn, Эрхүү, ''Erhüü'', ) is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. With a population of 617,473 as of the 2010 Census, Irkutsk is ...

, Russia) is a Russian group and former individual

rhythmic gymnast 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 coordi ...

. She is the 2014 Russian Junior National all-around silver medalist.

Career

Junior

Polyakova has competed both as an individual and in group gymnastics. She was born in

, hometown of former World Champion

Oxana Kostina Oksana Alexandrovna Kostina (russian: Оксана Александровна Костина; 15 April 1972 – 11 February 1993) was a Soviet and Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She was the 1992 World All-around champion and 1992 Europ ...

and 2012 Olympic all-around silver medalist

Daria Dmitrieva Darya Andreyevna Dmitriyeva ( rus, Дарья Андреевна Дмитриева, , ˈdarʲɪ̯ə ˈdmʲitrʲɪ(ɪ̯)ɪvə; born 22 June 1993) is a Russian rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2012 Olympic all-around silver medalist, the 2010 Worl ...

. Polyakova appeared in international competition at the 2012 Irina Deleanu Cup with teammate

Aleksandra Soldatova Aleksandra Sergeyevna Soldatova (russian: link=no, Александра Сергеевна Солдатова; born 1 June 1998) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2018 World All-around bronze medalist, 2018 World rib ...

. She competed in her first Junior nationals at the 2012 Russian Junior Championships finishing 29th in all-around In 2013 Season, Polyakova finished 10th in all-around at the 2013 Russian Junior Championships. She competed in the junior division at the

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and World Cup Series. She won the all-around gold and event finals at the 2013 Singapore Gymnastics Open. She won the all-around silver medal at the

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with a total of 63.049 behind

Olesya Petrova Olesya Vitalievna Petrova (russian: Олеся Витальевна Петрова; born 26 April 1999 in Moscow) is a Russian rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2014 European Junior champion in clubs and with the Russian team. Career Junior Pet ...

. In 2014, she won the all-around silver at the 2014 Moscow Grand Prix behind

Yulia Bravikova Yulia Yuryevna Bravikova (russian: Юлия Юрьевна Бравикова; born 17 July 1999) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2017 Grand Prix Final All-around champion. On the junior level, she is the 2014 Europ ...

. She competed in the World Cup series in

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winning gold in team, bronze in ribbon, in

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winning Team gold for Russia and gold in event finals for hoop. At the 2014 Minsk World Cup she won gold in Team, hoop and ribbon. She won the all-around silver medal at the 2014 Russian Junior Championships. At the 2014 European Junior Championships, Polyakova together with teammates (

Irina Annenkova Irina Yurievna Annenkova (russian: Ирина Юрьевна Анненкова; born February 22, 1999 in Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia) is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2014 Youth Olympic champion and the 2014 European Jun ...

and

) won

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the Team gold. She competed in 2 apparatus, hoop and ribbon but did not qualify to the event finals with Bravikova and Annenkova placing ahead of her in qualifications for the finals in the 1 gymnast per country junior rule. She competed at the 2014 Junior World Cup in

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where she won the all-around silver behind

. Following the leg injury of

, both Polyakova and Annenkova flew to

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, there Annenkova was selected by

Irina Viner Irina Alexandrovna Viner-Usmanova (russian: Ирина Александровна Винер-Усманова; born July 30, 1948) is an Uzbek-born Russian rhythmic gymnastics coach who is head coach of the Russian national team, president of the ...

as the final representative of

at the

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. On October 17–19, Polyakova traveled in

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for the 2014 Aeon Cup, representing team Gazprom (together with senior teammates

Margarita Mamun Margarita Mamun (russian: Маргарита Мамун; born 1 November 1995) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast of Bangladeshi-Russian descent. She is the 2016 Olympic All-around champion, two-time (2015, 2014) World All-arou ...

and

Yana Kudryavtseva Yana Alexeyevna Kudryavtseva (russian: Я́на Алексе́евна Кудря́вцева; born 30 September 1997) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympic All-around silver medalist, three-time World Champi ...

) won the team gold. She won the All-around junior title ahead of Belarus'

Mariya Trubach Mariya Yuryevna Trubach ( be, Марыя Юр'еўна Трубач; russian: Мария Юрьевна Трубач, born November 11, 1999 in Vitebsk, Belarus) is a Belarusian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2014 Youth Olympic all-aro ...

Senior

In 2015 season, Polyakova debuted as a senior competing at the 2015 Moscow Grand Prix finishing 6th in the all-around finals. On March 21–22, Polyakova competed at the 2015 Thiais Grand Prix finishing 9th in the all-around, she qualified to 3 event finals. On April 3–5, Polyakova competed at the

Irina Deleanu Irina Deleanu (born November 12, 1975) is a former individual rhythmic gymnast from Romania. Biography In the 1992 World Championships she won the bronze medal in rope. She retired from the sport in 1993. An annual Rhythmic Gymnastics competit ...

International tournament and won the all-around gold medal ahead

. She took 4th place in the all-around at the 2015 Russian Championships. Polyakova competed at the 2015 Holon Grand Prix finishing 8th in all-around. Polyakova finished 9th in all-around at the 2015 Grand Prix Berlin and qualified to event final in ball. She won the all-around gold at the 2015 EWUB Luxembourg Trophy. Polyakova competed as an HC (Out of Competition) at the MTK International Tournament in

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and Dundee Cup International in

. Polyakova unexpectedly suffered a leg injury before the end of the 2015 season. In 2016, she spend half of the season in rehabilitation from her surgery. In 2017, Polyakova relocated to

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

for her university studies and switched to group rhythmic gymnastics.

Routine music information

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Polyakova, Veronika 1999 births Living people Russian rhythmic gymnasts Sportspeople from Irkutsk