Carmely Reiska

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Carmely Reiska
Country representedFlag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Born (2002-08-08) 8 August 2002 (age 21)
Tallinn, Estonia
Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
LevelInternational Elite
Years on national team2016–2021
ClubSK Nord / Tallinna Spordikool
Head coach(es)Natalja Bestsastnaja
Medal record
Representing Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Rhythmic gymnastics
Event1st2nd3rd
European Championships 001
FIG World Cup 001
Grand Prix series 013
Total015
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Kyiv 5 balls

Carmely Reiska (born 8 August 2002) is an Estonian rhythmic gymnast.

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Career

Junior

From 2016 to 2017, Reiska was a member of the Estonian junior group, winning two Estonian group championship in 2016 and 2017, and from the end of 2017 until December 2021 she trained as part of the national senior group. [1] She competed at the 2017 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships in Budapest, Hungary, with the Estonian junior group, placing 7th in All-Around and also in the 10 clubs final.

Senior

Reiska competed at the 2018 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships in Guadalajara, Spain. She also participated in the 2018 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, placing 13th in the all-around competition. [2] [3] She won silver in the 3 balls + 2 ropes final and bronze with 5 hoops at the 2018 Grand Prix stage in Holon, Israel. [4] Reiska was also part of the Estonian group which earned the nation's first-ever FIG World Cup medal, a bronze medal in the group all-around competition at the Tashkent World Cup in 2018, along with teammates Helena Jaee, Vasilina Kuksova, Maria Susi, Lera Teino and Maria Trofimov. [5]

In 2019, she participated in the European Games in Minsk, Belarus, where she finished 7th overall with her group. [6] That same year, she also earned the bronze medal with the group 5 balls routine at the Thiais Grand Prix stage. [7] In 2020, Reiska was part of the group that won Estonia their first-ever medal at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships, getting bronze in the 5 balls final. [8] In 2021, she competed at the World Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan, finishing 13th in the group all-around competition. [9] Reiska, with the Estonian group, earned the bronze medal in the 5 balls final at the 2021 Moscow Grand Prix stage. [10]

Personal life

Reiska took up rhythmic gymnastics at age four, encouraged by her mother. [11] She graduated from the Kadriorg German Gymnasium in 2018 and continued her high school education there. [12] Carmely can speak four languages- Estonian, German, English, and Russian.

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