Linoy Ashram

Linoy Ashram
Country represented  Israel
Born (1999-05-13) May 13, 1999
Rishon LeZion, Israel
Residence Tel Aviv, Israel
Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
Level senior
Head coach(es) Natalia Smolova
Assistant coach(es) Elena Kopylenko and Ayelet Zussman
World ranking 13 (2016 Season)[1]

Linoy Ashram (Hebrew: לינוי אשרם, born May 13, 1999 in Rishon LeZion, Israel) is an Israeli individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2015 Grand Prix Final All-around silver medalist. On the junior level, she is the 2014 JGP Final all-around champion and two-time Israeli Junior national champion.

Career

Junior

Ashram appeared in international competitions in 2011. In 2014, Ashram started her season competing in the 2014 Miss Valentine Cup in Tartu, Estonia, then in the junior division at the 2014 Moscow Grand Prix where she finished 9th in the all-around, following her placement she earned a qualification for Israel to compete for the Youth Olympic Games.[2] Ashram competed in the World Cup series Pesaro and in Tashkent where she won silver medal in clubs and hoop. Her next event at the Minsk World Cup, she took silver for Team Israel and finished 4th in all event finals.

In June 10–16, 2014, Ashram competed at the 2014 European Junior Championships and qualified to all 4 event finals taking bronze medal in clubs and ribbon, placed 4th in ball, 5th in hoop.[3] Ashram then competed at the World Cup in Sofia where she finished 4th in all-around. Ashram went to represent Israel at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China[4] where she finished 5th in all-around finals behind Romania's Ana Luiza Filiorianu.[5] She was the flag bearer of the closing ceremony in the Youth Olympic Games. In November, Ashram won the all-around gold at the 2014 JGP Final in Innsbruck, Austria ahead of Moldova's Nicoleta Dulgheru.

Senior

In 2015 season, Ashram debuted as a senior competing in the international tournament at the 2015 Moscow Grand Prix finishing 4th in the all-around. In May 15–16, Ashram competed at the 2015 Holon Grand Prix finishing 11th in all-around. In August, Ashram competed at the MTK Budapest Cup finishing 5th in the all-around and qualified to 3 apparatus finals. She won the all-around bronze at the Yoldyz Cup International in Kazan, Russia. In September 9–13, Ashram (together with teammates Neta Rivkin and Victoria Veinberg Filanovsky) competed at the 2015 World Championships in Stuttgart, with Team Israel finishing 4th.[6] In October 16–18, Ashram competed at the 2015 Grand Prix Final in Brno, where she won the all-around silver medal with a total of 70.000 points. She qualified to all apparatus finals taking silver in hoop, ball and in the last two apparatus, due to Margarita Mamun's withdrawal in the last 2 events, Ashram won gold in clubs and another silver in ribbon behind Anastasiya Serdyukova.[7] Ashram became the second youngest Grand Prix Final medalist since Yanina Batyrchina. In November, Ashram won the all-around gold at the 2015 Happy Cup in Asker, Norway ahead of Moldova's Nicoleta Dulgheru.

In 2016, Ashram began her season competing at the 2016 Grand Prix Moscow finishing 16th in the all-around and qualified to hoop, ball, and ribbon finals.[8] In March 12-13, Ashram competed at the MTM Tournament in Ljubljana, Slovania where she won the all-around bronze with a total of 71.350 points,[9] in the apparatus finals; she won bronze in hoop, ribbon placed 4th in ball and 7th in clubs. At the 30th Thiais Grand Prix event in Paris, Ashram finished 8th in the all-around with a total of 71.100 points, she qualified 3 apparatus finals.[10] On April 1-3, Ashram then competed at the 2016 Pesaro World Cup where she finished 9th in the all-around and qualified to ribbon final placing 8th. She won the all-around silver medal at the 2016 Israeli Championships behind Victoria Veinberg Filanovsky. On May 13-15, Ashram competed at the 2016 Tashkent World Cup where she won bronze in the all-around (71.800) edging out teammate Neta Rivkin, Ashram qualified to all 4 apparatus finals: winning bronze in ball (tied with Anastasiya Serdyukova), 4th in hoop, clubs and 6th in ribbon.[11] On May 27-29, Ashram finished 7th in the all-around at the 2016 Sofia World Cup with a total of 70.800 points, she qualified in hoop, ball and ribbon finals. On June 17-19, Ashram competed at the 2016 European Championships where she finished in 8th place with a total of 72.074 points.[12] On September 23-24, Ashram culminated her season with her competition at the 2016 Grand Prix Final in Eilat, where she finished 4th in the all-around with a total of 72.850 points behind russian Arina Averina. She qualified to all the apparatus finals; winning a bronze in clubs, placed 4th in hoop, ball and 5th in ribbon.

In the 2017 season, Ashram competed at the 2017 Grand Prix Moscow, finishing 6th in the all-around and qualifying to all the apparatus finals; she won bronze in clubs, placed 4th in ball, and 5th in hoop and ribbon. She then competed at the 2017 Tashkent World Cup finishing 8th in the all-around and qualified 3 apparatus finals taking bronze in hoop, finished 6th in ball and 5th in clubs. On May 5-7, Ashram competed at the 2017 Sofia World Cup and took bronze in the all-around with a total of 70.300 points, she qualified in all the apparatus finals and won silver in hoop, bronze in clubs, placed 4th in ribbon and 8th in ball. On May 19-21, Ashram together with teammate Victoria Veinberg Filanovsky represented the individual senior for Isreal at the 2017 European Championships, she qualified in all the apparatus finals and won bronze medals in clubs, hoop finished 5th in ball and 6th in ribbon. At the 2017 Maccabiah Games, she won all five gold medals (the all-around, ball, ribbon, hoop, and clubs).[13] Ashram competed at the quadrennial held 2017 World Games in Wrocław, Poland from July 20-30, she qualified in all the apparatus finals winning a silver medal in clubs ahead of Arina Averina, a bronze in hoop behind Dina Averina, finished 8th in ball and 6th in ribbon.

Achievements

Routine music information

Year Apparatus Music title
2017 Hoop Star Fusion by Really slow motion
Ball Hoy Tengo Ganas de Ti by Alejandro Fernández, Christina Aguilera
Clubs Don't Stop Me Now by Queen
Ribbon Suite Mignone, Holding Out for a Hero by Joop Celis, Silver Screen Superstars
2016 Hoop Henry's Death' by BT
Ball Mi Amor by Benise
Clubs Run the World (Girls) by Beyoncé, I Am the Best by 2NE1
Ribbon Moon Trance by Lindsey Stirling
2015 Hoop ?
Ball Mi Amor by Benise
Clubs What A Feeling by Irene Csra
Ribbon Moon Trance by Lindsey Stirling

References

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