Daria Spiridonova
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Spiridonova at the 2014 European Championships
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| Full name | Daria Sergeyevna Spiridonova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Dasha, Spiridoz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |
 Russia
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| Born |
8 July 1998 Novocheboksarsk, Russia |
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| Residence | Moscow, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 156 cm (5 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 45 kg (99 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior international elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Sambo 70 / Central Army Sports Club (CSKA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Tatiana Fomkina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World ranking | 1 (UB, 15.533) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Daria Sergeyevna Spiridonova (Russian: Дарья Сергеевна Спиридонова, born 8 July 1998) is a Russian artistic gymnast. She is the 2015 World Champion and 2015 European Champion on uneven bars. She is also the 2014 World uneven bars and team bronze medalist.
Spiridonova made her international debut at the 2012 Pre-Olympic Youth Cup in Bergisch-Gladbach, Germany, where she won the all-around gold medal.
2013 was Spiridonova's breakout year. She took gold with her team and silver on uneven bars at the Russian Junior Championships in the spring. She competed at the Olympic Hopes, winning gold with her team and on uneven bars, bronze in the all-around, and placing fifth on vault. She went on to compete at the KSI Cup, winning team and all-around gold medals.
Spiridonova's senior debut came at the 2014 Cottbus World Cup, but she did not make the event finals. She then competed at the Russian Championships in April, winning gold on bars, silver with her team and on balance beam, and placing fifth in the all-around, and seventh on floor.
At the 2014 European Championships, Spiridonova competed on uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise. She scored 14.900 on uneven bars which qualified her to the event finals in 4th place. She also scored a 14.058 on beam and 11.900 on floor after a fall. In the team final, Spiridonova contributed scores of 15.066 on bars, 12.300 on beam and 13.100 on floor towards the Russian team's bronze medal finish.
Individually, she won the bronze medal in the uneven bars final with a score of 15.283. On 29 October she placed first ahead of Larisa Iordache at the Arthur Gander Memorial, her first international win at the senior level. Days later, she partnered up with male Russian gymnast Nikita Ignatyev to win her second international title at the Swiss cup. At the Massila Master, she claimed the first all-around crown of her career.
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