Jenna Alavahtola

Last updated

Jenna Alavahtola
Country represented Finland
Born (1994-05-11) 11 May 1994 (age 30) [1]
Helsinki, Finland
Discipline Aesthetic group gymnastics, Rhythmic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2008-2017
ClubOlarin Voimistelijat [2]
Head coach(es)Anneli Laine-Näätänen
ChoreographerAnneli Laine-Näätänen
Retiredyes
Medal record
Aesthetic group gymnastics
Representing Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Varna Senior Final
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Lahti Senior Final
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Helsinki Senior Final
Junior World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Cartagena Junior Final
World Cup Final
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Chicago Senior Overall

Jenna Alavahtola (born 11 May 1994) is a Finnish rhythmic and aesthetic group gymnast. She is the 2010 World champion and a four-time (2011-2014) Finnish National champion in Aesthetic group gymnastics competing with OVO Team.

Contents

Career

Junior

Jenna was competing for Olarin Voimistelijat since the beginning. She was a member of junior team Fotonit from 2005 to 2009. They took gold medal at the 2008 Finnish Junior Championships in front of Minetit and Mimodes. She is the 2008 Junior World champion. [3]

Senior

In 2010, she and her teammates from team Fotonit started competing in senior category. They won silver medal at the 2010 Finnish Championships behind Ampeerit from Olarin Voimistelijat. They won gold medal at the 2010 World Championships in Varna, Bulgaria, which was a huge surprise. [4] She was also a part of Finnish national rhythmic gymnastics group that year. They competed at the 2010 World Championships in Moscow, Russia and placed 17th in Group All-around competition.

In 2011, she continued training in both disciplines at the same time. She competed at the 2011 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Montpellier and took 23rd place in Group All-around competition. Fotonit fell apart, so she and some other girls joined OVO Team. They took fourth place at the 2011 World Championships and won gold medal at the 2011 Finnish Championships.

In 2014, she became a captain of OVO Team and remained on that position until her retirement. Her team placed 5th at the 2014 World Championships in Moscow. [5]

She finished her career in 2017, after winning bronze medal with OVO Team at the 2017 World Championships in her hometown Helsinki and gold medal at World Cup Final in Chicago in November. [6]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Natalia Godunko</span> Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast

Natalia Oleksandrivna Godunko is a Ukrainian former rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2001 team all-around world champion, 2005 European ribbon champion and the 2004 Grand Prix Final all-around champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tapiolan urheilupuisto</span> Sports complex in Espoo, Finland

Tapiolan urheilupuisto is a sports park in the Tapiola district of Espoo, Finland. The park includes several sports halls and football pitches, as well as the multipurpose Espoo Metro Areena. The Urheilupuisto metro station, which connects the park to the Länsimetro, was opened in 2017.

Alexandra Piscupescu is a retired Romanian rhythmic gymnast. She is a 6-time Romanian national champion.

Aesthetic group gymnastics (AGG) is a discipline of gymnastics developed from Finnish "Women's Gymnastics" (naisvoimistelu). The discipline is reminiscent of rhythmic gymnastics, with some significant differences: in AGG, the emphasis is on big and continuous body movement, and the teams are larger. AGG teams often consist of 4–10 gymnasts, and some children’s teams are bigger. Furthermore, apparatus is not used in international AGG competitions as it is in rhythmic gymnastics where balls, ribbons, hoops and clubs are used on the floor area. The sport requires physical qualities such as flexibility, balance, speed, strength, coordination and sense of rhythm where movements of the body are emphasized in the flow and, expressive and aesthetic appeal. A good performance is characterized by uniformity and simultaneity. The competition program consists of versatile and varied body movements, such as body waves and swings, balances and pivots, jumps and leaps, dance steps, and lifts.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yulia Bravikova</span> Russian rhythmic gymnast

Yulia Yuryevna Bravikova is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2017 Grand Prix Final All-around champion. On the junior level, she is the 2014 European Junior hoop champion and a two-time Russian Junior National All-around champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jouki Tikkanen</span> Finnish rhythmic gymnast

Jouki Aino Terhikki Tikkanen is a Finnish individual rhythmic gymnast.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sumire Kita</span> Japanese rhythmic gymnast

Sumire Kita is a retired Japanese individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2016 Asian Junior all-around champion, the 2022 Asian Senior all-around silver medalist, two-time Japanese National Junior champion, and four-time Japanese National senior champion.

Lala Dmitrievna Kramarenko is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2019 junior world champion in ball and clubs and the 2018 European junior champion in ball and ribbon. At the 2021 European Championships, she won team gold. She is also a three-time junior national all around champion (2017-2019) and a two-time national all-around silver medalist (2020-2021).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Samira Mustafaeva</span> Russian/Azerbaijani rhythmic gymnast

Samira Arastunovna Mustafaeva is a Russian and Azerbaijani rhythmic gymnast. She is a multiple time medalist of the World Team Championships, a champion in St. Petersburg, “Master of Sport” in Russia, and a world-class gymnast according to FIG. She was part of the national team of Azerbaijan, and later became part of the Russian national team. She retired from her career in professional rhythmic gymnastics in 2013.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sofia Raffaeli</span> Italian rhythmic gymnast

Sofia Raffaeli is an Italian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2022 World all-around, hoop, ball, ribbon and team champion, the 2023 World all-around, hoop and ball silver medalist, the 2023 European ball and clubs champion and silver all-around medalist, the 2024 European ball champion and all-around and ribbon silver medalist and the 2022 European hoop and clubs champion. She is also the 2019 Junior World silver medalist with rope and clubs. She is the first Italian individual rhythmic gymnast to win a gold medal at the World Championships, European Championships and World Games, and she has won seven all-around gold medals in the FIG World Cup circuit.

Riina Ruismäki is a Finnish aesthetic group gymnast. She is a three-time (2018-2020) Finnish National champion in Aesthetic group gymnastics competing with Team Minetit. She is the 2017 AGG Junior World champion.

The 2003 World Aesthetic Gymnastics Championships, the 4th edition of the Aesthetic group gymnastics competition, was held in Graz, Austria from May 23 to 24.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Finland at the World Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships</span> Sporting event delegation

Finland has competed at every edition of the World Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships since its inception in 2000. In fact, the first edition of World Championships in Aesthetic group gymnastics was held in Helsinki, Finland. It has been the second most successful nation at the global competition for Aesthetic group gymnastics. By the end of the 2022 World Championships, its gymnasts had won a total of 45 medals, being the most successful nation. As one of the foremost nations in the sport internationally, its delegation for the championships are among the largest.

The Finnish Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships is an annual aesthetic group gymnastics national competition in Finland.

The 2010 IFAGG World Cup series in Aesthetic Group Gymnastics is a series of competitions officially organized and promoted by the International Federation of Aesthetic Group Gymnastics.

Rebecca Gergalo is a Finnish individual rhythmic gymnast.

Olivia Yli-Juuti is a Finnish aesthetic group gymnast. She is a five-time Finnish National champion in Aesthetic group gymnastics competing with Team Minetit. She is the 2021 European silver and the 2019 World bronze medalist in aesthetic group gymnastics.

Camilla Berg is a Finnish aesthetic group gymnast. She is a five-time (2016–2020) Finnish National champion in Aesthetic group gymnastics competing with Team Minetit. She is the 2017 AGG World champion and the 2016 AGG European champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aurora Arvelo</span> Finnish rhythmic gymnast

Aurora Arvelo is a Finnish rhythmic gymnast. She represented her country at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games.

Anastasia Rogozhina is a Finnish individual rhythmic gymnast and former aesthetic group gymnast. On national level, she is the 2023 Junior All-around champion.

References

  1. "OVO Team › Jenna Alavahtola" (in Finnish). Olarin Voimistelijat. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  2. "Valmentajien esittely › Jenna Alavahtola" (in Finnish). Olarin Voimistelijat. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  3. "OVOn palkintokaappi › Joukkuevoimistelu" (in Finnish). Olarin Voimistelijat. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  4. "Joukkuevoimistelun MM-kulta Fotoneille" (in Finnish). Yle.fi. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  5. "Kaksikymppinen äitihahmo haluaa mestaruuden Moskovasta" (in Finnish). 19 May 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  6. "Suomalaiset putsasivat pöydän joukkuevoimistelun maailmancupissa" (in Finnish). Voimistelu.fi. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2021.