Marina Durunda
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Durunda at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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| Full name | Marina Sergeyevna Durunda |
| Country represented |
 Azerbaijan
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| Former countries represented |
 Cyprus Ukraine
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| Born |
12 June 1997 Sevastopol, Ukraine |
| Residence | Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) |
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics |
| Level | international elite |
| Club | Ocaq sports |
| Head coach(es) | Mariana Vasileva |
| Assistant coach(es) | Anastasiya Prasolova |
| Former coach(es) | Kamil Guliyev |
| World ranking |
22 (2016 Season) 6 (2015 Season) 7 (2014 Season) 7 (2013 Season) |
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Medal record
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Marina Sergeyevna Durunda (Azerbaijani: Marina Sergey qızı Durunda;Russian: Марина Сергеевна Дурунда) is a retired Azerbaijani individual rhythmic gymnast of Ukrainian origin.
Durunda started her senior career in 2013, and soon became the leader of the Azerbaijani gymnastics and a three-time (2013-2015) national champion. She won a bronze medal at the 2015 European Championship in Minsk, and a silver medal at the inaugural 2015 European Games in Baku. Marina represented Azerbaijan at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, and finished 9th in the all-around final. In May of 2017, Durunda won five medals, including three golds at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games which were hosted in her home country Azerbaijan. On June 6th of 2017, just days after finishing the European Championship in Budapest, Marina Durunda announced her retirement from rhytmic gymnastics due to the hand injury that she suffered earlier in the year.
Durunda began practicing rhythmic gymnastics in 2001 at age four in Sevastopol. At age six, she and her family moved to Cyprus, where for seven years until 2012 she was the national champion and won all competitions of Cyprus. Unable to receive a Cypriot passport, she accepted an invitation to compete for Azerbaijan from the Azeri National Gymnastics Team Federation.
As a junior, Durunda competed with the Azeri team at the 2012 European Championships and qualified for the ball final finishing 7th. She competed at the 2012 Aeon Cup in Japan finishing 3rd in all-around at the juniors event.
Durunda made her senior debut at the 2013 Miss Valentine Cup in Tartu, Estonia where she won the bronze medal in all-around behind Ukrainian champion Ganna Rizatdinova and silver medalist Melitina Staniouta. She also won bronze in the ball, clubs and ribbon final. Durunda won gold in All-around at the 2013 Baltic Hoop. At the 2013 Pesaro World Cup, Durunda qualified for all four event finals, she finished 5th in ribbon. Durunda finished 6th in all-around at the 2013 Sofia World Cup and qualified for all four event finals. She again finished 6th in all-around at the 2013 Minsk World Cup. Durunda competed at her first Senior Europeans at the 2013 European Championships in Vienna, Austria. She and teammate Lala Yusifova represented Azerbaijan where they finished 4th in Team event. She qualified for three apparatus in the finals and finished 5th in ball, hoop and ribbon. She won her first senior national title at the 2013 Azerbaijan National Championships. At the 2013 World Cup Final in St.Petersburg, Russia, she finished 6th in all-around and again qualified to all 4 event finals. Durunda competed at the 2013 World Championships in Kiev, Ukraine where she qualified and finished 5th in ribbon final. Durunda finished 16th at the 2013 World Championships All-around final behind Belarusian Katsiaryna Halkina. On October, She competed at the 2013 Grand Prix Brno finishing 6th in the all-around and qualified to four event finals. In October 25–27, Durunda competed at the World Club Championship, the 2013 Aeon Cup in Tokyo, Japan representing team Neftchi (together with teammate Lala Yusifova finishing 5th in Team event. She finished 6th in the All-around finals behind Belarusian Katsiaryna Halkina.
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