Dina Averina

Dina Averina
— Gymnast —
Full name Dina Alexeevna Averina
Nickname(s) Dinushka / Dinka
Country represented  Russia
Born 13 August 1998
Zavolzhye, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Residence Moscow
Height 158 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Weight 34.5 kg (76 lb; 5 st 6 lb)
Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
Level Senior International Elite
Club Gazprom
Gym Olympic Training center
Head coach(es) Irina Viner
Assistant coach(es) Vera Shatalina
Former coach(es) Larisa Belova
Choreographer Veronika Shatkova
World ranking 16 (2014 Season)As of 14 April 2014[1]

Dina Alexeevna Averina (Russian: Дина Алексеевна Аверина; born 13 August 1998) is a Russian rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2013 Russian Junior National All-around bronze medalist. Her Identical Twin sister, Arina Averina is also a competitive rhythmic gymnast.

Career

Junior

The Averinas (Dina and Arina) first trained under their first coach Larisa Belova until they became members of the Russian national team and began training in Olympic Training Center in Moscow where they are now coached by Vera Shatalina.

The Averinas began appearing in international competitions in 2011 competing at the 2011 Russian-Chinese Youth Games where Dina won the gold and Arina finishing 5th in the all-around. In 2012, Dina finished 4th at the Russian Junior Championships.[2] She then competed at International MTM Cup in Ljubljana (along with teammates Aleksandra Soldatova and Arina Averina) won the Team gold medal. In 2013 season, Dina won bronze in all-around at the 2013 Russian Junior Championships[3] behind Soldatova, she competed in Junior division at Happy Caravan Cup in Tashkent and won Team gold with Arina Averina. At the 2013 Russian Spartakiada's 6th Summer Student Games, Dina won the all-around bronze medal.[4]

Senior

In 2014 Season, Dina debuted at the 2014 Moscow Grand Prix competing in the senior international tournament division. Dina appeared in her first World Cup competition at the 2014 Lisboa World Cup where she won the all-around bronze medal behind Melitina Staniouta. In the event finals: she won silver in clubs and bronze in ribbon. In April 23-27, Dina competed in senior nationals at the 2014 Russian Championships where she finished 6th in the all-around.

Personal life

Born to parents Ksenia Averina and Alexey Averin, Dina along with her twin sister Arina started gymnastics at 4 years old. They have an older sister named Polina.

Routine music information

Year Apparatus Music title [5]
2014 Hoop "Song about Bears (Песня о Медведях)" by Alsou
Ball "Jamaica", by Vitas
Clubs
Ribbon "Sabre Dance" by Aram Khachaturian

Competitive highlights

(Team competitions in seniors are held only at the World Championships, Europeans and other Continental Games.)

International: Senior
Year Event AA Team Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon
2014EWUB Luxembourg Trophy1st1st1st
Lisboa World Cup3rd4th6th2nd3rd
Grand Prix Holon2nd (OC)2nd (OC)2nd (OC)1st3rd (OC)
Grand Prix Moscow1st
International: Junior
Year Event AA Team Ball Ribbon Hoop Clubs
2013Happy Caravan Cup 1st1st
2012MTM Ljubljana1st
2011Russian-Chinese Youth Games1st
National
Year Event AA Team Ball Ribbon Hoop Clubs
2014Russian Championships6th1st6th3rd2nd 4th
2013Russian Junior Championships3rd
2012Russian Junior Championships4th
Q = Qualifications (Did not advance to Event Final due to the 2 gymnast per country rule, only Top 8 highest score);
WR = World Record; WD = Withdrew; NT = No Team Competition; OC = Out of Competition(competed but scores not counted for qualifications/results)

References

  1. ↑ "FIG World standings for rhythmic gymnastics". International Federation of Gymnastics. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "2012 Russian Championships". r-gymnastics. 12 February 2012.
  3. ↑ "2013 Russian Junior Championships". rg4u.clan. 10 February 2013.
  4. ↑ "Arina and Dina Averina - young stars of Zavolzhye". r-gymnastics. 11 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "Dina Averina RG Music List". rgforum.

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