Nicol Ruprecht
| Nicol Ruprecht | |||||||||||||
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| — Gymnast — | |||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Nici | ||||||||||||
| Country represented |
 Austria | ||||||||||||
| Born |
October 2, 1992 Innsbruck, Austria | ||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | ||||||||||||
| Level | Senior | ||||||||||||
| Club | VRG Worgl | ||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Lucia Egermann | ||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Petr Koudela | ||||||||||||
| World ranking | 24 (2015 Season)[1] | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nicol Ruprecht (born 2 October 1992 in Innsbruck) is an Austrian rhythmic gymnast.[2]
Person life
Her younger sister, Anna Ruprecht is also a rhythmic gymnast.
Career
Ruprecht began rhythmic gymnastics in 2001 and has competed in numerous World Cup and Grand Prix series.
She competed in her first Worlds as member of the Austrian Team at the 2010 World Championships in Moscow and the following year at the 2011 World Championships in Montpellier. She competed in the London test event finishing 24th in all-around, she did not qualify to the 2012 London Olympics.
In 2013, following the retirement of Caroline Weber, Ruprecht became the No.1 Austrian rhythmic gymnast. She finished 41st in All-around qualifications at the 2013 World Championships in Kiev and 26th in All-around qualifications at the 2014 World Championships. Ruprecht finished 12th in the all-around at the 2014 European Championships behind Varvara Filiou. She competed at the Grand Prix Final in Innsbruck, she finished 5th in all-around and became the first Austrian rhythmic gymnast to win a medal at the Grand Prix Final; a bronze in hoop.[3]
Ruprecht finished 11th in the all-around at the inaugural 2015 European Games ahead of Bulgarian Neviana Vladinova. She qualified in her first All-around Finals at the 2015 World Championships finishing 18th overall. In October 2-4, Ruprecht competed at the 2015 Aeon Cup in Tokyo Japan finishing 7th in the individual all-around finals with a total of 69.366 points.
References
- ↑ "FIG World standings for rhythmic gymnastics". International Federation of Gymnastics. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ↑ "Nicol Ruprecht: Österreichs fünffache Gymnastik-Meisterin". Gymmedia. Retrieved 2014-10-26.
- ↑ "GRAND PRIX-FINAL Innsbruck 2014". Gymmedia. Retrieved 2014-11-16.