Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform individually or in groups on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon and rope. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, flexible, agile, dexterous and coordinated. Rhythmic gymnastics is governed by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), which first recognized it as a sport in 1963. At the international level, rhythmic gymnastics is a women-only sport.
Irina Alexandrovna Viner, formerly Irina Alexandrovna Viner-Usmanova, is a Russian rhythmic gymnastics coach who is head coach of the Russian national team, former president of the Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation, and former vice president of the Rhythmic Gymnastics Technical Committee of the International Gymnastics Federation.
The 2013 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Kyiv, Ukraine, from August 28 to September 1, 2013 at the Palace of Sports.
Katsiaryna Aliaksandraŭna Halkina is a retired Belarusian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2018 European all-around bronze medalist. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, and finished 6th in the all-around final.
Salome Pazhava is a former Georgian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is Georgia's most successful rhythmic gymnast after Irina Gabashvili. She finished 4th in All-around at the 2015 World Championships.
Arina Alekseyevna Averina is a Russian former individual rhythmic gymnast. She was a 2020 Summer Olympics finalist, a two-time world all-around silver medalist, a two-time European all-around champion and the 2016 Grand Prix Final all-around bronze medalist. She was a three-time (2019–2021) Russian national all-around champion and a three-time Russian national all-around medalist. Her identical twin sister Dina Averina is also a competitive rhythmic gymnast.
FIG World Cup refers to a number of events organized by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) across seven competitive gymnastics disciplines: 1) acrobatic gymnastics, 2) aerobic gymnastics, 3) men's artistic gymnastics, 4) women's artistic gymnastics, 5) women's rhythmic gymnastics, 6) trampoline and tumbling, and 7) parkour.
Themida Christodoulidou is a Cypriot individual rhythmic gymnast. She represents her nation at international competitions. She competed at world championships, including at the 2014 and 2015 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, she won the bronze medal for the clubs.
Maria Yuryevna Tolkacheva is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympics Group all-around champion, a four-time World Group all-around champion, the 2015 European Games Group all-around champion and three-time European Championships Group all-around gold medalist.
Pantelitsa Theodoulou is a Cypriot individual rhythmic gymnast. She represents her nation at international competitions. She competed at world championships, including at the 2013 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships. In 2014, she competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, finishing in fourth place in the individual competition.
Alexandra Ana Maria Agiurgiuculese is a Romanian-Italian individual rhythmic gymnast who represents Italy. She is a World Championships silver and bronze medalist, and she competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Agiurgiuculese was the first Italian gymnast to win the Longines Prize for Elegance. At the national level, she is the 2019 Italian National all-around champion and three-time Italian National all-around silver medalist.
Ekaterina Sergeyevna Selezneva is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the hoop world champion in the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships 2019. She is also the 2018 Grand Prix Final All-around champion and the 2019 Summer Universiade All-Around gold medalist. On the national level, she is the 2018 Russian National all around bronze medalist.
Fanni Pigniczki is a Hungarian rhythmic gymnast. She competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Živilė Rezgytė is a Lithuanian-American business executive and former rhythmic gymnast. During her professional rhythmic gymnastics career in the late 1990s, Rezgytė competed at the 1996 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships, the 1997 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, and the Rhythmic Gymnastics Grand Prix. After immigrating to the United States in the early 2000s, she began working in the real estate industry as a business executive. She married Andrew Giuliani, son of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, in 2017.
Carmel Kallemaa is an Estonian-born Canadian rhythmic gymnast. She is a Commonwealth Games champion and a Pan American Championships medalist.
Viktoria Bogdanova is an Estonian rhythmic gymnast.
Hanna Panna Wiesner is a Hungarian rhythmic gymnast. She represents her country in international competitions.
Khurshidabonu Abduraufova is an Uzbek rhythmic gymnast, member of the national group.
Nilufar Azamova is an Uzbek rhythmic gymnast, member of the national group.
Emilie Holte is a retired Norwegian rhythmic gymnast. She is the most domestically successful rhythmic gymnast in Norway.
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