| Milana Parfilova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country represented |  Kazakhstan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 June 2007 Kazakhstan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | International Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2022-present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Milana Parfilova (born 30 June 2007) is a Kazakhstani rhythmic gymnast. [1] She is the 2022 Asian Games individual bronze medalist and silver team medalist.
At the 2022 Junior Asian Championships in Pattaya, she won gold in teams and with ball and silver with hoop. [2] [3]
Parfilova started her senior career at the Aphrodite Cup in March, where she won two silver medals, one with hoop and one with ball. [4] Two weeks later, she competed at the 2023 World Cup in Sofia, where she was 21st in the all-around. [5] She then participated at her first senior Grand Prix in Thiais, France. She finished 7th in the all-around, and in the finals she finished 4th in clubs and 5th with ribbon. [6] [7] Her next competition was the World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan where she finished 17th. [8]
She was selected for the Asian Championships in Manila, where she won silver in teams along with the other Kazakhstani gymnasts. [9] In mid-July, she was 18th in the World Cup stage in Cluj-Napoca. [10]
In September, she competed at the delayed 2022 Asian Games. There she won silver in the team competition, along with her teammates Elzhana Taniyeva and Erika Zhailauova, and she was bronze in the individual all-around. [11] [12]
In the 2024 season, she competed in April at the World Cup in Tashkent, where she qualified for the hoop final and finished in 5th place. [13] While she was not sent to the 2024 Asian Championships, in May, she went to the World Challenge Cup in Portimão, where she came in 5th place in the all-around. In the apparatus finals, she won a silver with hoop and bronze with ribbon. [14] In late May, she was the silver all-around medalist at the Kazhakstani national championships, behind Taniyeva and ahead of Aibota Yertaikyzy. [15]
| Year | Apparatus | Music title |
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| 2024 | Hoop | Lust of Power by Gabriel Saban |
| Ball | FEVER (feat. SUPERBEE & BIBI) by J.Y. Park | |
| Clubs | Hector's Death / Succession by James Horner, Brand X Music | |
| Ribbon | "Bumblebee Boogie" by Robert Wells | |
| 2023 | Hoop | "Qélé, Qélé" by Sirusho |
| Ball | "Una Mattina", "Ping Pong" by Ludovico Einaudi, Hyuna & Dawn | |
| Clubs | "Soul Makossa (Money) - UK Radio Edit" by Yolanda Be Cool & DCup | |
| Ribbon | "Bumblebee Boogie" by Robert Wells | |
| 2022 | Hoop | Carmen Suite No. 1 Les toreadors by Alfred Schols, London Festival Orchestra |
| Ball | El Anillo by Jennifer Lopez | |
| Clubs | ||
| Ribbon | ||
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