Margarita Mamun
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| Full name | Margarita Mamun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Rita | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |
 Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
1 November 1995 Moscow, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2004 - present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Gazprom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Irina Viner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Amina Zaripova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Irina Zenovka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World ranking |
1 (2013 Season)[1] 17 (2012 Season)[2] 22 (2011 Season)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Margarita "Rita" Mamun (Russian: Маргарита Мамун; born November 1, 1995 in Moscow, Russia) is a Russian-Bangladeshi rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2013 World Cup Final All-around champion, the 2013 Grand Prix Final All-around champion and a three time (2011, 2012, 2013) Russian National All-around Champion.
Career
Junior
Mamun was born in Moscow, Russia. As a junior, she competed in a number of international tournaments. She competed at the 2005 Miss Valentine Cup together with teammate Karolina Sevastyanova in Tartu, Estonia. She is coached by former Rhythmic World Champion Amina Zaripova. Mamun briefly competed for Bangladesh but returned to representing Russia as a senior.
Senior
Mamun competed at the 2011 International Tournament of Calais where she won gold in the All-around and in hoop, clubs and ribbon final. She made her senior international breakthrough at the 2011 World Cup in Montreal, Canada where she won the bronze medal in all-around and gold in ball finals ahead of Liubov Charkashyna.[4] In 2012, she competed at the 2012 Moscow Grand Prix where she finished 9th in all-around. At the Diriugina World Cup in Kiev, Mamun won the bronze medal in hoop, ball and ribbon final. She competed in the senior international division at the 2012 Sofia World Cup and won the all-around gold. She finished 4th in all-around at the Tashkent World Cup. She and teammate Daria Dmitrieva then competed at the senior 2012 Aeon Cup in Japan and won the team gold medal.
In 2013, Mamum started her season competing at the Moscow Grand Prix winning the gold medal in all-around ahead of silver medalist Sylvia Miteva and teammate Daria Svatkovskaya. She also won gold in hoop, ball, clubs and bronze in ribbon final.[5] At the Thiais Grand Prix, Mamun won all the gold medals: All-around, hoop, ball, clubs and ribbon. She won the gold medal in All-around and in all apparatus finals at the second World Cup series held in Lisbon, Portugal. Mamun competed at the 2013 Sofia World Cup where she won the bronze in all-around behind Bulgarian Sylvia Miteva. she won gold in ball and silver in ribbon final ( tied with Ganna Rizatdinova ). At the Corbeil-Essonnes World Cup, she won another bronze medal in All-around but won three gold medals in event finals in hoop, ball and ribbon, she won silver in clubs. Mamun competed at her first Senior Europeans at the 2013 European Championships in Vienna, Austria and together with her teammates ( Yana Kudryavtseva and Daria Svatkovskaya ) won Russia the Team gold medal. At the event finals, she won gold in ribbon and three silver medals (ball, hoop and clubs).[6] She then competed at the 2013 Summer Universiade where she won gold in All-around ahead of teammate Alexandra Merkulova. At the event finals, she won gold in hoop, ribbon, clubs and placed 8th in ball. At the 2013 World Cup Final in St.Petersburg, Russia, Mamun won the all-around gold medal and in the event finals, she won gold medal in (hoop, clubs, ribbon) and silver in ball. Mamun then competed at the 2013 World Championships in Kiev, Ukraine where she won gold medal in ball with a score of 18.516 points and shared the gold medal in clubs with teammate Yana Kudryavtseva, she also took bronze medal in hoop and placed 5th in ribbon final. Mamun finished 6th at the 2013 World Championships All-around final. She then competed at the 2013 Grand Prix Brno and won the all-around gold ahead of Svatkovskaya, she won another gold in ribbon, ball, silver in hoop and bronze in clubs. Mamun won the all-around at the 2013 Grand Prix Final in Berlin and gold medal in hoop, ball silver in clubs behind Daria Svatkovskaya and 5th in ribbon. In October 25–27, Mamun competed at the World Club Championship, the 2013 Aeon Cup in Tokyo, Japan representing team Gazprom (together with teammates Yana Kudryavtseva and junior Yulia Bravikova) won the team gold. She then won bronze in the All-around finals.[7]
Personal life
Margarita's father Abdullah Al Mamun is a Marine Engineer from Bangaldesh and her mother Anna, is Russian.[8] She has one younger brother named Fillip.
Routine music information
| Year | Apparatus | Music title [9] |
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| 2013 | Hoop | Dona Francisquita - Fandango by Maria Bayo, Plácido Domingo, Alfredo Kraus |
| Ball | Nocturne in C sharp minor by Chopin | |
| Clubs | I Love Paris by Peter Cincotti | |
| Ribbon | Echo Of Love by Anna German | |
| 2012 | Hoop | La Bohème (instrumental) by Charles Aznavour |
| Ball | Song from a Secret Garden by Secret Garden | |
| Clubs | Andalucia / Taliquete by Bill Whelan / Miguel Czachowski | |
| Ribbon (second) | Ne Me Quitte Pas by Jacques Brel | |
| Ribbon (first) | "Money Money Money" music from royal philharmonic orchestra plays Pink Floyd by The royal philharmonic orchestra | |
| 2011 | Hoop | ? |
| Clubs | Caravane / Der Bauch / Istikhbar by Radar / MC Sultan / Gnawa Diffusion | |
| Ball | Song from a Secret Garden by Secret Garden | |
| Ribbon | Tombe la neige by Raymond Lefevre | |
References
- ↑ "FIG World standings for rhythmic gymnastics". International Federation of Gymnastics. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
- ↑ "FIG World standings for rhythmic gymnastics". International Federation of Gymnastics. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ↑ "FIG World standings for rhythmic gymnastics". International Federation of Gymnastics. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
- ↑ "Small Prelude of the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup Circuit". gymmedia. 31 January 2011.
- ↑ "Rhythmic Gymnastics: Mamun Wins 3 Events at Moscow Grand Prix". rsport. 3 March 2013.
- ↑ "European Championships : final day of competition". European Union of Gymnastics. 2 June 2013.
- ↑ "2013 AEON-Cup of Rhythmic Gymnastics". gymmedia. 27 October 2013.
- ↑ "The success of Bengali origin Margarita". prothom-alo. 8 September 2013.
- ↑ "Mamun RG music list". rgforum.
External links
- Margarita Mamun at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique
- Rhythmic Gymnastics Results
- Rsport Gymnast Athlete Profile