Arina Averina

Arina Averina
— Gymnast —
Full name	Arina Alexeevna Averina
Nickname(s)	Arishka/Arisha
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1998-08-13) 13 August 1998 Zavolzhye, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Residence	Moscow
Height	162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	40 kg (88 lb)
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Club	Gazprom
Gym	Novogorsk
Head coach(es)	Irina Viner
Assistant coach(es)	Vera Shatalina
Former coach(es)	Larisa Belova
Choreographer	Tatiana Pomerantseva
Medal record Competitor for  Russia Rhythmic Gymnastics Russian Championships 2015 Penza All-around

Arina Alexeevna Averina (Russian: Арина Алексеевна Аверина; born 13 August 1998) is a Russian rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2015 Russian National All-around bronze medalist. Her Identical Twin sister, Dina 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 Arina finished 5th in the all-around and Dina won the all-around gold medal. In 2012, Arina finished 11th at the Russian Junior Championships.^[1] She then competed at International MTM Cup in Ljubljana (along with teammates Aleksandra Soldatova and Dina Averina) won the Team gold medal. In 2013 season, Arina finished 5th at the 2013 Russian Junior Championships,^[2] she competed in Junior division at Happy Caravan Cup in Tashkent and won Team gold with Dina Averina. At the 2013 Russian Spartakiada's 6th Summer Student Games, Arina won the all-around silver medal.^[3]

Senior

In 2014 Season, Arina debuted at the 2014 Moscow Grand Prix competing in the senior international tournament division where she won the all-around silver medal behind her twin sister Dina. Arina then competed at the 2014 Grand Prix Holon international tournament and won the all-around gold. Her next competition was at the 2014 Baltic Hoop where she won the all-around silver behind Aleksandra Soldatova. In the event finals: she won gold in ball, 2 silver medals (clubs, ribbon) and bronze in hoop. In April 23–27, Arina competed in senior nationals at the 2014 Russian Championships where she finished 7th in the all-around.

In 2015 season, Arina started her season at the 2015 Moscow Grand Prix. she then competed at the Corbeil-Essonnes International Rhythmic Gymnastics Tournament where she won the all-around gold medal ahead of twin sister Dina Averina, she won gold in all 4 of the event finals (hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon). In August 7-9, Arina competed at the MTK Budapest placing 3rd in the all-around behind Maria Titova. In apparatus finals, she won a silver in ball and bronze in hoop. Arina then took the silver medal in the all-around at the 2015 Dundee International Tournament in Sofia, behind of twin sister Dina.

Personal life

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

Routine music information

Competitive highlights

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

References

External links

• Arina Averina at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique
• Rhythmic Gymnastics Results