Dina Averina

Dina Averina
— Gymnast —
Full name	Dina Alexeevna Averina
Nickname(s)	Dinya / Dinochka
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1998-08-13) 13 August 1998 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	Gazprom
Gym	Novogorsk
Head coach(es)	Irina Viner
Assistant coach(es)	Vera Shatalina
Former coach(es)	Larisa Belova
Choreographer	Tatiana Pomerantseva
World ranking	8 (2016 Season)-(As of 5 July 2016)[1] 16 (2014 Season)[2]
Medal record Representing  Russia Rhythmic Gymnastics Grand Prix Final 2016 Eilat All-around 2016 Eilat Ball

Dina Alexeevna Averina (Russian: Дина Алексеевна Аверина; born 13 August 1998) is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2016 Grand Prix Final All-around silver medalist. On the National level, she is a two-time Russian National All-around medalist and the 2013 Russian Junior All-around bronze medalist. Her Identical Twin sister, Arina Averina is also a competitive rhythmic gymnast.

Career

Junior

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 Dina won the gold and Arina finishing 5th in the all-around. In 2012, Dina finished 4th at the Russian Junior Championships.^[3] She then competed at International MTM Cup in Ljubljana (along with teammates Aleksandra Soldatova and Arina Averina) won the Team gold medal. In 2013 season, Dina won bronze in all-around at the 2013 Russian Junior Championships^[4] behind Soldatova, she competed in Junior division at Happy Caravan Cup in Tashkent and won Team gold with Arina Averina. At the 2013 Russian Spartakiada's 6th Summer Student Games, Dina won the all-around bronze medal.^[5]

Senior

In 2014 Season, Dina debuted at the 2014 Moscow Grand Prix competing in the senior international tournament division. Dina appeared in her first World Cup competition at the 2014 Lisboa World Cup where she won the all-around bronze medal behind Melitina Staniouta. In the event finals: she won silver in clubs and bronze in ribbon. In April 23-27, Dina competed in senior nationals at the 2014 Russian Championships where she finished 6th in the all-around.

In 2015 season, Dina started her season at the 2015 Moscow Grand Prix, she then competed at the Corbeil-Essonnes International Rhythmic Gymnastics Tournament where she won the all-around silver medal behind twin sister Arina Averina, she qualified to 4 event finals, taking gold in ribbon (tied with Arina), silver medals in hoop, ball and placed 6th in clubs. In August 7-9, Dina competed at the MTK Budapest taking gold in the all-around, hoop, ball, clubs and a silver in ribbon. Dina followed another gold medal win in the all-around at the 2015 Dundee International Tournament in Sofia, ahead of twin sister Arina.

In 2016, Dina began her season competing at the 2016 Grand Prix Moscow finishing 6th in the all-around and qualified to the hoop final.^[6] In Feb 26-28, Dina competed in the first World Cup of the season at the 2016 Espoo World Cup finishing 6th in the all-around; she won bronze in ball, placed 4th in hoop, clubs and 6th in ribbon.^[7] Dina then competed in the senior division at the International tournament in Lisbon where she won the all-around gold and all apparatus finals. At the 30th Thiais Grand Prix event in Paris, Dina finished 9th in the all-around.^[8] On April 1-3, Dina competed at the 2016 Pesaro World Cup where she finished 5th in the all-around with a total of 73.500 points, she qualified in all apparatus after teammate Yana Kudryavtseva withdrew from the event finals, Dina won silver in ball, ribbon and bronze in hoop, clubs. Dina won the all-around bronze at the 2016 Russian Championships held in Sochi.^[9] In May 6-8, Dina competed at the Brno Grand Prix taking bronze in the all-around with a total of 72.850 points; she qualified to 3 apparatus taking silver in hoop, ribbon and placed 4th in clubs. On May 13-15, Dina won the all-around bronze at the Bucharest Grand Prix with a total of 73.100 points, she qualified to all apparatus finals: taking silver in clubs behind Salome Pazhava, bronze in hoop, ball (tied with Katsiaryna Halkina) and 7th in ribbon. On May 27-29, Dina finished 5th in the all-around at the 2016 Sofia World Cup with a total of 72.900 points, she qualified in hoop finals placing 4th behind sister Arina Averina. On July 1-3, Dina competed at the 2016 Berlin World Cup where she won the All-around gold medal with a total of 74.050 points, she qualified to all apparatus taking gold in Ball, Ribbon, placed 4th in Hoop and 8th in Clubs.^[10] On September 22-24, Dina competed at the 2016 Grand Prix Final in Eilat, Israel where she won the all-around bronze medal with a new personal best total of 74.450 points, she qualified in 2 apparatus finals taking silver medal in ball and placed 5th in clubs.

Personal life

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

Routine music information

Competitive highlights

(Team competitions in seniors are held only at the World Championships, Europeans and other Continental Games.)

References

External links

• Dina Averina at the International Federation of Gymnastics
• Rhythmic Gymnastics Results
• Dina Averina on Instagram