Dina Averina

Dina Averina
— Gymnast —
Full name	Dina Alexeevna Averina
Nickname(s)	Dinushka / Dinka
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
World ranking	16 (2014 Season)[1]
Medal record Competitor for  Russia Rhythmic Gymnastics Russian Championships 2015 Penza All-around

Dina Alexeevna Averina (Russian: Дина Алексеевна Аверина; born 13 August 1998) is a Russian rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2015 Russian National All-around silver 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.

In 2015 season, Dina 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 silver medal behind twin sister Arina Averina, she qualified to 4 event finals, taking gold in ribbon (tied with Arina), silver medals in hoop, ball and placed 6th in clubs. In August 7-9, Dina competed at the MTK Budapest taking gold in the all-around, hoop, ball, clubs and a silver in ribbon. Dina followed another gold medal win in the all-around at the 2015 Dundee International Tournament in Sofia, ahead of twin sister Arina.

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

Competitive highlights

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

References

External links

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