Vera Sessina

Vera Sessina
Personal information
Full name Vera Valerevna Sessina
Country represented  Russia
Born February 23, 1986 (1986-02-23) (age 26)
Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union
Hometown Moscow
Height 177 centimetres (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 57 kilograms (130 lb)
Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
Club MGFSO
Head coach(es) Irina Viner
Assistant coach(es) Natalia Gorbulina
Choreographer Veronica Shatkova
Music Yablochko, The Firebird by Igor Stravinsky
Retired 2009

Vera Sessina (Russian: Вера Валерьевна Сесина, Vera Valer'evna Sesina) (born 23 February 1986 in Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union) is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She trains in Moscow at the MGFCO - Dinamo Club. She started rhythmic gymnastics in 1993.

Vera Sessina won the all-around competition in the 2006 European Championships in Moscow, beating five-times European champion and Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva. In Mie Prefecture in Japan, Sessina closed a successful season winning three events of the FIG World Cup Finals.

She completed her career in 2009, after 2009 European Championship in Baku. Vera was elected to the FIG Athletes Commission, where she is representing Rhythmic Gymnastics.

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