Valeriya Davidova (Russian: Валерия Давыдова; born 15 December 1997 in

Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of ...

) is an

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...

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 ...

of Russian origin.

Career

Davidova appeared in international junior competitions in 2008 competing in the Interconti-Club-Cup in

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. She has competed in the Junior World Cup series in 2011 and 2012 season, as well as in Grand Prix events in Moscow, Russia. Davidova began competing in senior division in 2013. In Uzbekistan she won the gold medals. Also, she competed on World Cup in Pesaro, World Cup Tashkent, and many others international competitions. In 2014, Davidova started her season competing in the 2014 Moscow Grand Prix, she finished 4th in all-around at the Baltic Hoop behind Belarusian Katsiaryna Halkina. Davidova was at the 2014 World Championships, however she was member of the Uzbek Team that competed at the

2014 Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...

Incheon Incheon (; ; or Inch'ŏn; literally "kind river"), formerly Jemulpo or Chemulp'o (제물포) until the period after 1910, officially the Incheon Metropolitan City (인천광역시, 仁川廣域市), is a city located in northwestern South Kore ...

, Korea where Team Uzbekistan won the gold. In 2016, Davidova began competing in Group rhythmic, she competed at the

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held in

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where the Uzbek group won an Olympics license by finishing top 3 amongst non qualified gymnasts .

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* * 1997 births Living people Uzbekistani rhythmic gymnasts Sportspeople from Tashkent Uzbekistani people of Russian descent Gymnasts at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts of Uzbekistan Asian Games medalists in gymnastics Gymnasts at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Uzbekistan Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games 21st-century Uzbekistani women {{Uzbekistan-sport-bio-stub