Varvara Filiou

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Varvara Filiou
 Gymnast 
Alternative name(s) Barbara Filiou
Nickname(s) Barbie
Country represented  Greece
Born (1994-12-29) 29 December 1994
Greece
Hometown Volos, Greece
Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
Level elite
Years on national team 2008 - present
Club Olimpiakos rithmos
Head coach(es) Evgenia Gianîtsopoulou
Choreographer Ioannis Martos
World ranking 20 (2013 Season)[1]
27 (2012 Season)[2]
28 (2011 Season)[3]

Varvara Filiou (Greek: Βαρβάρα Φίλιου; born December 29, 1994) is a Greek rhythmic gymnast. She is a 6 time (2008-2013) Greek National Champion.

Career

Filiou has been a member of the Greek National gymnastics team since 2008 and made her senior debut in 2010. She spends part-time of her training season in Novogorsk in Moscow, Russia.

She has competed at the 2010 World Championships in Moscow where she finished 41st in qualifications and at the 2011 World Championships in Montpellier, France where she qualified for the All-around finals and finished 23rd. She won the silver in all-around at the 2012 Kalamata Cup ahead of Ganna Rizatdinova. She finished 13th in all-around at the 2012 European Championships. Filiou missed qualifying for the 2012 Olympics finishing 11th in London Gymnastics Olympics Test Event.[4]

In 2013, She competed in the 2013 World Cup and 2013 Grand Prix Series. Filiou started her season competing at the 2013 Moscow Grand Prix. She won bronze in all-around at the 2013 Kalamata Cup. At the 2013 European Championships in Vienna, Austria, Filiou qualified to her first event final in ribbon where she finished 8th. She finished 10th in all-around at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia. She won the silver medal in all-around at the 2013 Mediterranean Games. She then competed at the 2013 World Championships where she qualified to her first event final in ribbon finishing 4th behind Belarusian Melitina Staniouta. In the All-around final, Filiou finished 8th at Worlds behind of Ukrainian Alina Maksymenko.

Routine music information

Year Apparatus Music title [5]
2013 Hoop Pigalle (Interlude) music by Patricia Kaas
Ball Habanera music by Wolf Hoffman
Clubs Mi Niña Baila (Fandangos de Huelva) music by Jean-Baptiste Marino
Ribbon Kooza Dance music from Cirque Du Soleil
2012 Hoop Pigalle (Interlude) music by Patricia Kaas
Ball Rêve Rouge music from Le Cirque Du Soleil (La Nouba)
Clubs Mi Niña Baila (Fandangos de Huelva) music by Jean-Baptiste Marino
Ribbon The Mummy (Soundtrack) by Jerry Goldsmith
2011 Hoop ?
Ball Rêve Rouge music from Le Cirque Du Soleil (La Nouba)
Clubs Mi Niña Baila (Fandangos de Huelva) music by Jean-Baptiste Marino
Ribbon The Mummy (Soundtrack) by Jerry Goldsmith

References

  1. "FIG World standings for rhythmic gymnastics". International Federation of Gymnastics. Retrieved 20 September 2013. 
  2. "FIG World standings for rhythmic gymnastics". International Federation of Gymnastics. Retrieved 30 October 2012. 
  3. "FIG World standings for rhythmic gymnastics". International Federation of Gymnastics. Retrieved 30 October 2011. 
  4. "Varvara Filiou's new path to success". Greek Gymnastics. 
  5. "Filiou RG music list". rgforum. 

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