Ekaterina Selezneva

Ekaterina Selezneva
Selezneva at the 2017 Summer Universiade
Personal information
Full name Ekaterina Sergeevna Selezneva
Nickname(s) Katya
Country represented  Russia
Born (1995-05-18) 18 May 1995
Pushkino, Pushkinsky District, Moscow Oblast
Hometown Pushkino, Russia
Residence Moscow
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 48Kg
Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
Level senior elite
Years on national team 2013-present
Gym Novogorsk
Head coach(es) Irina Viner
Assistant coach(es) Olga Nazarova
World ranking 4 WCC (2017 Season) [1]
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Summer Universiade
2017 TaipeiBall
2017 TaipeiAll-around
2017 TaipeiHoop
2017 TaipeiRibbon
2017 TaipeiClubs

Ekaterina Sergeevna Selezneva (Russian: Екатери́на Серге́евна Селезне́ва, born May 18, 1995 in Pushkino, Pushkinsky District, Moscow Oblast) is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2017 Summer Universiade All-Around silver medalist. On the national level, she is the 2018 Russian National all around bronze medalist.

Personal life

Selezneva is engaged to Russian TV Host Organizer and Sports journalist Sergey Gladun. She has appeared in editorial pages for Vogue Russia.

Career

Ekaterina Selezneva was born in the city of Pushkino, in Moscow region, Russia. She is trained by her mother, Olga Nikolaevna Nazarova.[2] She is a Master of Sports of International Class in Russia.[3] A veteran in Russian rhythmic years, Selezneva has competed as a senior since 2011 and was member of the Russian individuals reserve.

2013 season

In 2013, Selezneva got her breakthrough in Russia, she won the bronze medal in hoop apparatus in Russian Cup and in Russian Championships and was invited to be the member of the Russian National Team in January 2013. She graduated from No8 Pushkino secondary school with a gold medal the same year.[4]

2014 season

In 2014, at the 2014 Russian Championships, Selezneva won gold in Clubs ahead of Arina Averina who took the silver medal respectively.[5] The same year, she competed in the Italian Serie A club championship.

2015 season

In 2015, Selezneva had her highest placement finishing 4th in all-around at the 2015 Russian Championships, she won gold in the ribbon apparatus final.[6] She then won the all around gold at the Holon International tournament. She again competed in the Italian Serie A club championship culminating the end of the season.

2016 season

In February 2016, she won the all around gold at the Alina Cup in Moscow with overall score of 71.516 points.[7] She finished 6th in the all-around at the 2016 Russian Championships. She took sixth place overall in Baltic Hoop International Rhythmic Gymnastics Tournament in Riga, Latvia.

2017 season

Selezneva at the 2017 Summer Universiade

In February 2017, Selezneva won the all around gold at Alina Cup in Moscow with overall score of 72.350 points.[8] In March 2017, she competed at the 2017 Russian Championships finishing 7th in the all-around.[9] She won the all-around bronze medal at the Corbeil-Essonnes tournament. On June 2–4, Selezneva competed in her first World Cup event at the 2017 Guadalajara World Cup where she won silver medal in the all-around behind teammate Polina Khonina. She qualified to 3 apparatus finals and won gold in hoop, ribbon and silver in ball.[10] On June 23–26, Selezneva won the all-around gold at the Holon Senior International Tournament. On July 7–9, Selezneva competed at the World Challenge Cup at the 2017 World Cup Berlin where she won bronze in the all-around behind Iuliia Bravikova. She qualified to all the apparatus finals taking 2 gold medals in hoop, ball, silver in clubs and bronze in ribbon. On August 9, during the control training selection process for the 2017 Summer Universiade, Selezneva and Iuliia Bravikova were selected to represent Russia in the rhythmic gymnastics universiade participants. On August 27–29, she won the all-around silver medal at the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei, in the apparatus finals: she took gold in ball, silver medals in hoop, ribbon and bronze in clubs.[11]

2018 season

In 2018, Selezneva participated for the first time at the 2018 Grand Prix Moscow, finishing eleventh in the all-around competition.[12] At the 2018 Russian National Championships, Selezneva won the bronze medal in the all-around competition behind Dina Averina and Aleksandra Soldatova. She qualified in three appartuses finals, and won gold with hoop, ball and clubs. At the 2018 Grand Prix Kiev, she won the gold medal in all-around with a total score of 72.350, ahead of Katrin Taseva and Maria Sergeeva. She qualified to all appartuses finals and won gold with ball and ribbon and silver with hoop and clubs.[13] At the 2018 Grand Prix Thiais, she won the silver medal in all-around, behind Dina Averina. She qualified in 2 appartus finals winning bronze with hoop and silver with ribbon. Selezneva participated at the 2018 Sofia World Cup, finishing with a silver medal in the all-around competition, behind teammate Aleksandra Soldatova. At the events finals, she won a silver with ball and a bronze with ribbon; she finished 7th with hoop and 5th with clubs. On April 20–22, at the 2018 Tashkent World Cup, Selezneva won bronze in the all-around, she qualified in all apparatus finals: she won two bronze with ball, ribbon, placed 4th in hoop and 5th in clubs. On April 27–29, Selezneva then competed in a World Challenge Cup event at the 2018 Baku World Cup where she won finished 11th in the all-around after a disastrous clubs and ribbon routine, she qualified in 1 apparatus winning the gold in hoop ahead of teammate Maria Sergeeva. On May 16–17, Selezneva competed at the 2018 Holon Grand Prix and won the all-around bronze medal with a total of 72.050 points, she qualified in 2 apparatus: ball and ribbon, however she took the placement qualification of Soldatova in hoop and clubs after she withdrew from competition in the event finals, Selezneva won silver in ribbon, bronze in clubs and finished 4th in hoop, ball.

Routine music information

Year Apparatus Music title
2018 Hoop "Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, S. 124, R. 458" by Philippe Entremont & The Philadelphia Orchestra
Ball "London" by Zemfira
Clubs ?
Ribbon " Sex Bomb" by Tom Jones

References

  1. ↑ "FIG World standings for rhythmic gymnastics". International Federation of Gymnastics. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Селезнева Екатерина - Гимнастика ПРО - всё о художественной гимнастике!" (in Russian). gimnastika.pro. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  3. ↑ "Приказ Министерства спорта, туризма и молодежной политики Российской Федерации от 20 апреля 2012 г. № 63-нг «О присвоении спортивного звания „Мастер спорта России международного класса"»" (in Russian). minsport.gov.ru. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  4. ↑ "МОУ ПСШ №8 г. Пушкино - Гимнастика" (in Russian). pssh8.ru. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
  5. ↑ "Чемпионат России, Пенза, 21-27 апреля 2014" (in Russian). vfrg.ru. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  6. ↑ "2015 Russian Championships". Gimnastika Pro. Retrieved 2015-04-18.
  7. ↑ "Alina Cup (Moscow) 16—21.02.2016". vfrg.ru. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
  8. ↑ "Alina Cup (Moscow) 2017". vfrg.ru. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
  9. ↑ "Russian Championships". vfrg.ru. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
  10. ↑ "Russia lead way at Guadalajara Rhythmic World Challenge Cup". International Federation of Gymnastics. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  11. ↑ "29th Universiade 2017 - Rhythmic Gymnastics". gymmedia. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  12. ↑ http://giocosathequeen.altervista.org/moscow-grand-prix-2018/
  13. ↑ http://giocosathequeen.altervista.org/kiev-grand-prix-2018-event-finals/
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