Arina Tsitsilina
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| Full name | Arina Alexandrovna Tsitsilina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alternative name(s) | Aryna Aliaksandrauna Tsytsylina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1998-10-09) 9 October 1998 (age 27) Barnaul, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Belarus (2014 – present) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Republican Centre of Olympic Training | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Tatiana Nenasheva | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Katsiaryna Bialiauskaya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Volha Strakhava | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Arina Alexandrovna Tsitsilina (Belarusian: Арына Аляксандраўна Цыцыліна; Russian: Арина Александровна Цицилина; born 9 October 1998)[1] is a Russian-born group rhythmic gymnast representing Belarus. She is a five-time World bronze medalist and the 2016 European champion in 5 ribbons. She also is the 2016 European group all-around silver medalist and the 2021 European team silver medalist. She represented Belarus at the 2016 and the 2020 Summer Olympics finishing fifth in the group all-around both times. She is the 2015 European Games 6 Clubs + 2 Hoops champion and the 2019 European Games group all-around and 3 hoops + 4 clubs champion.
2014–2015
Tsitsilina began rhythmic gymnastics when she was three years old. In 2013, she was noticed at a competition in Spain by Olympic champion and Belarusian coach Marina Lobatch. Lobatch invited Tsitsilina to train in Belarus, so she moved to Minsk and joined the Belarusian national team group.[2][3]
Tsitsilina competed at her first European Championships in 2014. In the group all-around final, Belarus only finished seventeenth overall after making major mistakes in their 3 balls + 2 ribbons routine. They then finished fourth in the ten clubs final.[4] She then competed at the World Championships alongside Ksenya Cheldishkina, Hanna Dudzenkova, Maria Kadobina, Maryia Katsiak, and Valeriya Pischelina. In the group all-around final, they won the bronze medal behind Bulgaria and Italy.[5] They then won bronze medals in both apparatus finals.[6]
Tsitsilina represented Belarus at the 2015 European Games where the Belarusian group won the gold medal in the 6 clubs + 2 hoops final. They also won a bronze medal in the group all-around behind Russia and Israel.[7] She then competed at the 2015 World Championships and helped the Belarusian group finish fourth in 6 clubs + 2 hoops and seventh in the group all-around.[8][9]
2016
Tsitsilina won a gold medal in 5 ribbons and a silver medal in the group all-around at the European Championships in Holon, Israel.[10] At the Kazan World Challenge Cup, the Belarusian group won a silver medal in the 6 clubs + 2 hoops final behind Russia.[11] She was selected to represent Belarus at the 2016 Summer Olympics alongside Maria Kadobina, Hanna Dudzenkova, Maryia Katsiak, and Valeriya Pischelina. They finished outside of medals in the group all-around final with a fifth-place score of 35.299.[12][13][14]
2017
Tsitsilina competed with Hanna Shvaiba, Alina Sevastsyanava, Hanna Haidukevich, Ksenya Cheldishkina, and Marharyta Avadzinskaya at the Tashkent World Cup where they won the bronze medal in the group all-around behind Russia and Bulgaria.[15] They also finished fourth in both apparatus finals.[16] The same group then competed at the Baku World Cup where they won the silver medal in 5 hoops and the bronze medal in 3 balls + 2 ropes behind Ukraine and Bulgaria.[17] Then at the Sofia World Cup, the group won the bronze medals in the all-around and in both apparatus finals.[18] At the World Championships, the Belarusian group finished fifth in the group all-around and in both apparatus finals.[19][20]
2019
Tsitsilina and the Belarusian group won the gold medal in the 5 balls final at the 2019 Sofia World Cup.[21] She was selected to represent Belarus at the 2019 European Games alongside Anastasiya Rybakova, Hanna Shvaiba, Hanna Haidukevich, Karyna Yarmolenka. They won the gold medal in the group all-around by 0.050 ahead of Bulgaria. They also won the gold medal in the 3 hoops + 4 clubs final. In the 5 balls final, they won the bronze medal behind Russia and Bulgaria.[22] She then competed at the World Championships in Baku where the Belarusian group finished fourth in the all-around.[23] They also finished fourth in the 3 hoops + 4 clubs final and seventh in the 5 balls final.[24]
2021
Tsitsilina competed at the Tashkent World Cup where the Belarusian group won the all-around bronze medal behind Uzbekistan and Israel. They won the silver medal in the 5 balls final behind Uzbekistan, and in the 3 hoops + 4 clubs behind Israel.[25] She won a group all-around bronze medal at the Baku World Cup behind Bulgaria and Italy.[26] They also won the bronze medal in the 3 hoops + 4 clubs final and placed fourth in the 5 balls.[27] She then competed at the European Championships and won a silver medal in the team competition with the senior group and individuals Alina Harnasko and Anastasiia Salos.[28] The Belarusian group finished fourth in the all-around and in 5 balls and finished eighth in 3 hoops + 4 clubs.[29][30][31]
Tsitsilina was selected to represent Belarus at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Hanna Haidukevich, Anastasiya Malakanava, Anastasiya Rybakova, Karyna Yarmolenka.[32] In the qualification round, the group finished in eighth and qualified for the final spot in the final.[33] Then in the group all-around final, the group improved to finish in fifth place.[34] The same group then competed at the 2021 World Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan. They won the group all-around bronze medal behind Italy and Russia.[35] This marked the first time Belarus won a World group all-around medal since 2014.[36] In the apparatus finals, they finished fourth in 5 balls and eighth in 3 hoops + 4 clubs.[37] The Belarusian team of Alina Harnasko, Anastasiia Salos, and the senior group won the team bronze medal behind Russia and Italy.[38]
2022
Tsitsilina did not compete in any international competitions in 2022 due to the International Gymnastics Federation banning Russian and Belarusian athletes due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[39]
References
- 1 2 "Aryna Tsytsylina". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ↑ Makhnachev, Yaroslav (5 October 2016). "Поверь в мечту: Как гимнастка из Барнаула стала участницей Олимпийских игр в Бразилии" [Believe in the dream: How a gymnast from Barnaul became a participant in the Olympic Games in Brazil]. Altai Sport (in Russian). Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ↑ "Belarus Group ready to break into the big time". International Gymnastics Federation. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ↑ "30th Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships Results Book" (PDF). European Gymnastics. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ↑ "33rd Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Izmir (TUR) Senior All-Around" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 27 September 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ↑ "33rd Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Izmir (TUR) Group Apparatus Finals" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ↑ "Baku 2015 Results Book Rhythmic Gymnastics" (PDF). European Gymnastics. Baku 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ↑ "34th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart (GER) Seniors Groups Apparatus Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 13 September 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ↑ "34th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart (GER) Seniors Groups All-Around Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 13 September 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ↑ "Gold for Belarus at European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships 2016". Belarusian Telegraph Agency. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ↑ "Rhythmic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup Kazan Results Book" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. 10 July 2016. p. 28. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ↑ "Rhythmic Gymnastics: Group All-Around Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ↑ "Russia wins another Olympic gold in rhythmic gymnastics group final". NBC Olympics. 21 August 2016. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ↑ "Беларускія гімнасткі занялі пятае месца на алімпійскім турніры ў групавых практыкаваннях" [Belarusian gymnasts finished fifth in the group all-around at the Olympics] (in Belarusian). Belarusian Telegraph Agency. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ↑ "World Cup bronze medal for Belarus' rhythmic gymnasts". National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus. 22 April 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ↑ "FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup Tashkent Apparatus Final Groups" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 23 April 2017. pp. 5–6. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ↑ "FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup AGF Trophy Results Book" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. pp. 73, 76. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ↑ "FIG RG World Cup Sofia Results Book" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. pp. 22, 29. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ↑ "35th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Pesaro (ITA) Groups All-Around Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 2 September 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ↑ "35th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Pesaro (ITA) Groups Event Finals" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 3 September 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ↑ "Ashram and Soldatova shine in Sofia". International Gymnastics Federation. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ↑ "Minsk 2019 Results Book Rhythmic Gymnastics" (PDF). European Gymnastics. Minsk 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ↑ "37th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Baku (AZE), 16–22 September 2019 Group All-Around Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 21 September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ↑ "37th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Baku (AZE), 16–22 September 2019 Group Event Finals" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 22 September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ↑ "FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup Tashkent Results Book" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. pp. 33–39. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 February 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ↑ "AGF Trophy 2021 Group All-Around Results" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 8 May 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 February 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ↑ "AGF Trophy 2021 Group Apparatus Finals Results" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 9 May 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 February 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ↑ "37th European Championships in Rhythmic Gymnastics Team Results" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 12 June 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ↑ "37th European Championships in Rhythmic Gymnastics Group All-Around Results" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 12 June 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ↑ "37th European Championships in Rhythmic Gymnastics 5 Balls Results" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 12 June 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ↑ "37th European Championships in Rhythmic Gymnastics 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs Results" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 12 June 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ↑ "Утвержден состав спортивной делегации на Игры в Токио" [The composition of the sports delegation for the Tokyo Games is approved]. Belarus Olympic Committee (in Russian). 23 June 2021.
- ↑ "Rhythmic Gymnastics — Group All-Around — Qualification — Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ↑ "Rhythmic Gymnastics Group All-Around Final Results" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Olympic Committee. 8 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ↑ "Belarus win Team All-Around bronze at 2021 Rhythmic World Championships". Belarusian Telegraph Agency. 29 October 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ↑ "RGF Group claims fifth consecutive World All-Around title". International Gymnastics Federation. 29 October 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ↑ "38th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Kitakyushu (JPN), 27–31 October 2021 Group Event Finals" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 31 October 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ↑ "38th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Kitakyushu (JPN), 27–31 October 2021 Team All-Around Competition". Longines Timing. International Gymnastics Federation. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ↑ "FIG adopts further measures against Russia and Belarus". International Gymnastics Federation. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
External links
- Arina Tsitsilina at World Gymnastics
- Arina Tsitsilina at Olympics.com
- Arina Tsitsilina at InterSportStats
- Arina Tsitsilina on Instagram
