Arina Averina

Arina Averina at the2017 European Championships
Personal information
Full name	Arina Alexeevna Averina
Nickname	Tiger cub, Arisha
Born	(1998-08-13)13 August 1998 (age 27) Zavolzhye,Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Gymnastics career
Country represented	Russia
Club	CSKA
Head coach	Irina Viner
Assistant coach	Yulia Barsukova
Former coach	Vera ShatalinaLarisa Belova
Choreographer	Irina Zenovka, Tatiana Pomerantseva
Retired	2024
World ranking	6WC[1] (2019) 14WC[2]13WCC[3] (2018) 2WC13WCC (2017)[4] 12 (2016)[5]
Medal record Rhythmic Gymnastics Representing Russia andRGF Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championships 5 6 5 European Championships 9 0 1 Grand Prix Final 3 3 1 World Games 3 0 1 Total 20 9 8 World Championships 2017 Pesaro Ball 2017 Pesaro Ribbon 2018 Sofia Team 2019 Baku Team 2021 Kitakyushu Team 2017 Pesaro All-around 2017 Pesaro Hoop 2019 Baku Ball 2019 Baku All-around 2021 Kitakyushu Ball 2021 Kitakyushu Clubs 2017 Pesaro Clubs 2018 Sofia Hoop 2018 Sofia Clubs 2021 Kitakyushu Ribbon 2021 Kitakyushu All-around European Championships 2017 Budapest Team 2017 Budapest Ball 2017 Budapest Clubs 2018 Guadalajara All-around 2019 Baku Team 2019 Baku Ball 2019 Baku Clubs 2021 Varna All-around 2021 Varna Team 2021 Varna Ribbon Grand Prix Final 2019 Brno Ball 2019 Brno Hoop 2019 Brno Ribbon 2016 Eilat Ribbon 2016 Eilat Hoop 2019 Brno All-around 2016 Eilat All-around World Games 2017 Wroclaw Hoop 2017 Wroclaw Ball 2017 Wroclaw Ribbon 2017 Wroclaw Clubs

Arina Alekseyevna Averina (Russian:Арина Алексеевна Аверина; born 13 August 1998)^[6] is a Russian former individualrhythmic gymnast. She was a2020 Summer Olympics finalist, a two-time (2017,2019)world all-around silver medalist, a two-time European all-around champion(2018,2021) and the2016 Grand Prix Final all-around bronze medalist. She was a three-time (2019–2021)Russian national all-around champion and a three-time (2015, 2017, 2022)Russian national all-around medalist. Heridentical twin sisterDina Averina is also a competitiverhythmic gymnast.

Arina Averina was born to Ksenia Averina and her husband Alexey Averin on August 13, 1998, twenty minutes before her identical twin sisterDina. The twins began gymnastic training at the age of four. Arina‘s mole on her right cheekbone near her ear is slightly higher than her sister Dina’s. A scar above Arina‘s right eye is the result of an accident with a club.^[7]

On 18 March 2022, Averina, as well as her sister, participated in theMoscow rally in support of theRussian invasion of Ukraine.^[8]

Since 2025, she has been dating Russian figure skaterDmitriy Aliev.^[9]

The Averina twins trained under their first coach Larisa Belova until they became members of the Russian national team.

The Averinas began appearing in international competitions in 2011. They competed 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.^[10] Arina and Dina both competed at theVenera Cup inEilat, Israel where Arina won bronze in the all-around; she also took silver in hoop and bronze medals in ball, clubs, and ribbon.^[11]

In 2013, Arina finished 5th at the2013 Russian Junior Championships.^[12] She competed in the Junior division at the Happy Caravan Cup inTashkent and won Team gold with Dina Averina. At the 2013 Russian Spartakiada's 6th Summer Student Games, Arina won the all-around silver medal.^[13]

In 2014 Season, Arina debuted at the2014 Moscow Grand Prix competing in the senior international tournament division where she won the all-around silver medal behind her twin sister Dina . Arina then competed at the2014 Grand Prix Holon international tournament and won the all-around gold. Her next competition was at the 2014 Baltic Hoop where she won the all-around silver behind Aleksandra Soldatova. In the event finals: she won gold in ball, 2 silver medals (clubs, ribbon) and bronze in hoop.

In 2015 season, Arina started her season at the2015 Moscow Grand Prix. she then competed at the Corbeil-Essonnes International Rhythmic Gymnastics Tournament where she won the all-around gold medal ahead of twin sister Dina Averina, she won gold in all 4 of the event finals (hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon). On August 7–9, Arina competed at the MTK Budapest placing 3rd in the all-around behindMaria Titova. In apparatus finals, she won a silver in ball and bronze in hoop.

In 2016, Arina began her season competing at the2016 Grand Prix Moscow taking third place in the all-around, in apparatus finals: she won gold in ribbon and silver in clubs.^[14] On March 17–20, Arina then competed at the2016 Lisboa World Cup where she finished 5th in the all-around with a total of 70.400 points, she qualified 2 event finals taking silver in ribbon (tied with teammate Aleksandra Soldatova) and placed 4th in ball. At the 30thThiais Grand Prix event inParis, Arina finished 5th in the all-around and qualified 2 apparatus finals finishing 4th in clubs and ribbon.^[15] Arina finished 4th in the all-around at the2016 Russian Championships held inSochi.^[16] On May 6–8, Arina competed at theBrno Grand Prix where she finished 5th in the all-around behindVictoria Veinberg Filanovsky. On May 13–15, Arina won the all-around silver at theBucharest Grand Prix with a total of 73.600 points, she qualified to all apparatus finals: taking silver in ball, bronze in clubs, ribbon and 4th in hoop. On May 27–29, Arina finished 4th in the all-around at the2016 Sofia World Cup with a total of 73.450 points, she qualified to all apparatus finals and won bronze in hoop, clubs, placed 4th in ball, 7th in ribbon. On July 1–3, Arina competed at the2016 Berlin World Cup however, she withdrew after the first day of qualifications because she suffered a hand injury.^[17]

In 2017, Arina's season began in competition at the2017 Grand Prix Moscow where she won the all-around bronze medal, she qualified to 1 apparatus final winning the silver medal in ribbon behind her twin sister Dina.^[18] Arina then participated in the organized Desio-Italia Trophy where she won silver in the all-around and team gold medal (together with Twin Sister Dina). On March 10–12, Arina won the all-around bronze medal at the2017 Russian Championships behind Aleksandra Soldatova.^[19] On March 31 - April 2, Arina competed at the2017 Grand Prix Marbella where she won silver in the all-around, she won 2 bronze medals in the ball and clubs. On April 21–23, Arina competed in her first World Cup of the season at the2017 Tashkent World Cup where she won silver in the all-around behind Dina Averina, she qualified 3 apparatus finals winning gold in hoop, ball and ribbon. Her next event was at the2017 Baku World Cup where she won her first gold medal in the all-around, she qualified to all apparatus finals taking gold in hoop, silver medals in ball, ribbon and bronze in clubs. On May 19–21, at the2017 European Championships inBudapest,Hungary, Arina was member of the Golden winning Russian Team (together with senior individuals: twin sister Dina Averina, Aleksandra Soldatova and the junior group) scoring a total of 182.175 points which was more than 11 points ahead of their nearest competitor teamBelarus. Arina qualified to 2 apparatus finals taking the gold medals in ball and clubs.^[20] On June 23–26, Arina then competed at the2017 Holon Grand Prix taking gold in the all-around ahead of sister Dina, she qualified two apparatus finals winning gold in ribbon and silver in ball. At the quadrennial2017 World Games which was held inWrocław, Poland from July 20–30, Arina won 3 gold medals in hoop, ball, ribbon and a bronze medal in clubs.^[21][22] On August 11–13, Arina competed at the2017 Kazan World Challenge Cup and won silver in the all-around behind Dina, she qualified in all the apparatus finals and won 2 gold medals in ball, ribbon and 2 silver medals in hoop, clubs.^[23] At the2017 World Championships held on August 30 - September 3 inPesaro,Italy, in the first day of the apparatus finals; Arina won gold in ball (18.950) and silver in hoop (19.000).^[7][24] During the individual all-around finals, she accumulated scores in (hoop:18.150, ball:18.500, clubs:18.550, ribbon:18.250) scoring a total of 73.450 points to win the silver medal behind twin sister Dina Averina.^[25]

In 2018, recovering from an off season injury, Arina's season began in competition at the2018 Grand Prix Moscow where she won the all-around silver medal, she qualified to 3 apparatus finals but withdrew due to a hand injury.

On March 24–25, Arina returned to competition at the2018 Grand Prix Thiais where she finished 5th in all-around competition after big mistakes with ball. She qualified to two apparatus finals winning gold with clubs and silver with hoop. On April 13–15, she then competed at the2018 Pesaro World Cup where she placed 4th in the all-around behindLinoy Ashram. She qualified to 3 apparatus finals and won gold with hoop, bronze with ribbon and placed 4th with clubs. On May 4–6, Arina's next event was2018 Guadalajara World Challenge Cup where she won bronze in the all-around, she qualified to 3 apparatus finals winning gold with hoop and clubs and bronze with ribbon.^[26] On May 16–17, Arina competed at the2018 Holon Grand Prix and won the all-around gold medal with a total of 76.700 points ahead of teammate Aleksandra Soldatova, she qualified in all apparatus finals.

At the 2019 European Championships, she performed in qualifying with a hoop, ball and clubs and took gold medals in the finals with a ball and clubs, as well as gold in the team event.

At the2019 Russian Championship, Arina Averina for the first time in her sports career became the absolute champion of the country in the all-around final, showing all exercises at the highest level and receiving record marks in exercises with a ball of 24.000 and clubs of 24.200, as well as 23.300 for a hoop and 22.300 for a ribbon. On the sum of the four exercises, her score was 93.800. Her sister Dina finished second with a total of 89,400.

At theWorld championship 2019 In Baku, Arina won All-around Silver behind her Sister Dina. She also won Silver in the Ball Final and Team Gold. She shared the Team Gold withDina Averina andEkaterina Selezneva.

In 2020, at the first stage of the Grand Prix in Moscow, she withdrew from the competition due to injury. At theRussian Championship in February, she became the absolute champion in the individual standings. In theEstonian city ofTartu, at the second stage of the Grand Prix, Arina Averina became the absolute champion, having won four gold medals in exercises with a ribbon, ball, hoop and clubs. The remaining 2020 competitive season was curtailed by the coronavirus pandemic.

Averina participated in two 2021 World Cups prior to the Olympics, Tashkent and Pesaro. At the Tashkent World Cup Averina won gold in ball and clubs, but did not make the podium for all-around, ribbon and hoop.^[27] At the Pesaro World Cup, she won gold in ribbon and clubs, silver in all-around behind her twin, and bronze in hoop and ball.^[28] At the European Championships in June, Averina won all-around gold.^[29] Her final competition prior to the Olympics was supposed to be the Moscow World Challenge Cup in July, but she withdrew and Lala Kramarenko took her place.^[30]

In August at the2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Averina qualified to therhythmic gymnastics individual all-around final in second place, behind her twin by 0.125 points, and ahead of Israel's Linoy Ashram.^[31] In theall-around final, Averina scored 102.100 overall^[32] after a ribbon routine with obvious errors. During her routine, a knot in her ribbon appeared after she stepped on it, which is why she had to grab the replacement Ribbon. Arina Averina finished fourth, behind champion Linoy Ashram, silver medalist Dina Averina, and bronze medalist Alina Harnasko.^[33] This was the first time since the 1996 Olympic Games that a Russian rhythmic gymnast did not win gold.^[34] AfterRussian allegations of judging bias in rhythmic gymnastics at the Olympics,^[35][34] FIG investigated and confirmed that the judging panels were fair and impartial.^[36]

In October, Averina competed at the World Championships in Kitakyushu, winning silver in ball behind her sister and finishing sixth with hoop.^[37]

Following theRussian invasion of Ukraine theFIG banned all Russian and Belarusian Gymnasts until further notice, which is why Averina could only compete in domestic competitions.

On February 23, 2024, Arina Averina, like her sister Dina, announced the end of their sports career at age of 25.^[38]

Arina Averina is known for herpivot turns and clean apparatus handling. She can execute a quadruple ring pivot and a tripleKanaeva ring pivot.

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

On 03/22/18, they performed on the main stage of the Luzhniki Stadium in honor of the anniversary of the annexation of Crimea.On the clothes you can see the symbols Z (the symbol of Putin's war in Ukraine). Thus, they supported the invasion of the occupation forces in Ukraine

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