| Katerina Pisetsky | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Katerina Yevgenyevna Pisetsky |
| Nickname(s) | Katia |
| Country represented | Israel |
| Former country(ies) represented | Ukraine |
| Born | February 26, 1986 Zaporozhie |
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics |
Katerina Yevgenyevna "Katia" Pisetsky (Russian: Екатерина "Катя" Евгеньевна Писецки, Ukrainian: Катя Пісецька, Hebrew: קטרינה "קטיה" איבגניה פיסצקי, born February 26, 1986 in Zaporozhie, Ukrainian SSR) is an Israeli rhythmic gymnast.
She is Jewish,[1] and started rhythmic gymnastics at age 6 in Zaporozhie, after her parents enrolled her. After her first coach Svetlana Zaharova moved to Germany, she insisted on Katja switching coaches to Ludmila Kovalik, who was the coach of Oxana Skaldina, a former World Champion and Olympic medalist.
Pisetsky's talent was noticed and it was decided to take her to the best coach in Southern Ukraine - Liubov Serebrianskaya, at the Simferopol club Gratsia. To do so, Pisetsky would have to go to a boarding school. Her parents, Eugenij and Tatiana, were at first opposed to sending her boarding school. However, they were convinced to try. Pisetsky's grandmother did not live far from Simferopol and she could visit her grandchild often.
The young Pisetsky was living quite independently, step-by-step learning and developing her body movements and apparatus techniques. Pisetsky shared a room with fellow rhythmic gymnast Svetlana Rudalova for 2 years. Pisetsky had a successful career while training in Simferopol. She was a medalist at the Ukrainian Junior Championships medalist, and was in medal position at international competitions.
Her first international competition was in 1998, when she went to Slovenia with Ekaterina Serebrianskaya. Pisetsky won the competition. In 2000, she competed in the Club World Championships in Tokyo, Japan and was placed 7th.
Coach Liubov Serebrianskaya was sick with cancer and could not attend the gym as often as before. Pisetsky's parents planned to move her to a different country. Her coach opposed the move, but the preparation for immigration had begun. Pisetsky had previously competed in Israel in 1999.
Pisetsky won the 2002 Israeli Cup. Her first international competition representing Israel was the Thias Grand Prix where she was ranked 24th in the All-Around. At the European Championship in Granada, she was second ranked member of the Israeli team, because she had placed second at the 2003 Israeli Cup.
Her first major competition was Israel was the 2002 European Championships. At that competition, she placed 13th in the All-Around and was the best-placing Israeli gymnast of the event. She also competed at the 2003 European Championships, where only the top 15 best European gymnasts compete.
She competed for Israel at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
He competed on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.[2]
She currently belong to the Israel Rhythmic Gymnastic Group who places in 7th in the finals