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Arina Averina

Arina Averina
Full name Arina Alexeevna Averina
Nickname(s) Arisha
Country represented  Russia
Born (1998-08-13) 13 August 1998 (age 18)
Zavolzhye, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Residence Moscow
Height 162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 40 kg (88 lb)
Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
Level Senior International Elite
Club CSKA
Gym Novogorsk
Head coach(es) Irina Viner
Assistant coach(es) Vera Shatalina
Former coach(es) Larisa Belova
Choreographer Tatiana Pomerantseva
World ranking 11 (2016 Season)

Arina Alexeevna Averina (Russian: Арина Алексеевна Аверина; born 13 August 1998) is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2016 Grand Prix Final All-around bronze medalist. On the national level, she a two-time (2015, 2017) Russian National All-around bronze medalist. Her Identical Twin sister, Dina Averina is also a competitive rhythmic gymnast.

Born to parents Ksenia Averina and Alexey Averin, Arina along with her twin sister Dina started gymnastics at 4 years old. Arina was born 20 minutes ahead of Dina. They have an older sister named Polina.

The Averinas (Dina and Arina) first trained under their first coach Larisa Belova until they became members of the Russian national team and began training in Olympic Training Center in Moscow where they are now coached by Vera Shatalina.

The Averinas began appearing in international competitions in 2011 competing at the 2011 Russian-Chinese Youth Games where Arina finished 5th in the all-around and Dina won the all-around gold medal. In 2012, Arina finished 11th at the Russian Junior Championships.Arina and Dina both competed at the Venera Cup in Eilat, Israel where Arina won bronze in the all-around, she also took silver in hoop and bronze medals in ball, clubs and ribbon. She then competed at International MTM Cup in Ljubljana (along with teammates Aleksandra Soldatova and Dina Averina) won the Team gold medal.

In 2013 season, Arina finished 5th at the 2013 Russian Junior Championships, she competed in Junior division at Happy Caravan Cup in Tashkent and won Team gold with Dina Averina. At the 2013 Russian Spartakiada's 6th Summer Student Games, Arina won the all-around silver medal.


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