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| Native name | שני בקנוב | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (2006-02-27)27 February 2006 (age 19) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Israel(2021-2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Maccabi Haifa[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Ayelet Zussman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shani Bakanov (Hebrew: שני בקנוב; born 27 February 2006) is a retiredIsraeli world championrhythmic gymnast. She won thegold medal in the group All-Around at the2022 European Championship, and thesilver medal in the same category at the2022 World Championships. She won two gold medals at the2023 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships. She representedIsrael at the 2024 Paris Olympics in theWomen's rhythmic team all-around, in which Team Israel won thesilver medal.
Bakanov was born inHaifa, Israel, and is Jewish.[1][2] Her parents immigrated to Israel from Belarus.[3] She is a student atLeo Baeck High School in Haifa.[4] She lives in the Neve David neighborhood in Haifa, with her mother, who works as a cleaner, and her sister in a small 33 square meter (355 square foot) apartment.[3][5] She speaks Hebrew and English.[1]
Bakanov began the sport at age four at theMaccabi HaifaCarmel club in Israel, and Maccabi Haifa remains her club.[6][1] Her coach isAyelet Zussman.[1] She trains at theWingate Institute 11 hours a day, six days a week, taking one day a week off to study.[3] She speaks Hebrew and English.[1]
In 2021 Shani was part of the junior group along withEliza Banchuk,Alona Hillel, Emili Malka. and Simona Rudnik, that wonbronze medals in the All-Around and with 5 ribbons at theEuropean Championships inVarna, Bulgaria.[7][8]
In 2022 she was named part of Israel's new national group. They debuted at theWorld Cup inAthens, winninggold medals in 5 hoops and 3 ribbons + 2 balls.[9] ThenBaku, where they got bronze in the All-Around and 5 hoops.[10]Pamplona (All-Aroundsilver medal),[11]Portimão (All-Around gold)[12] andCluj-Napoca (All-Around and 5 hoops silver).[13]
In June she competed in theEuropean Championships inTel Aviv, where the group won the All-Around and got silver with 5 hoops as well as the bronze medal in the senior team category along with teammatesAdar Friedmann,Amit Hedvat,Romi Paritzki,Ofir Shaham,Diana Svertsov, and the individualsDaria Atamanov andAdi Asya Katz.[14]
In September, she competed in theWorld Championships inSofia alongAdar Friedmann,Romi Paritzki,Ofir Shaham, andDiana Svertsov, winning two silver medals in the All-Around and the 5 hoops' final.[15] Despite being among the favourites for a team medal, Israel couldn't take part in the competition because Atamanov broke her foot the day before the competition started and, as replacements had to be announced at least 24 hours before competition, leaving the country with only Katz as individual.[16]
In 2023 at the firstWorld Cup of the season in Athens the group won gold in the All-Around and with 5 hoops as well as silver with 3 ribbons + 2 balls.[17] In Sofia they won silver in the All-Around and with 5 hoops.[18]
In May 2023 at the2023 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships inBaku,Azerbaijan, she won a gold medal in Group Hoop, silver medals in Group and Group Ball, Ribbon, and a bronze medal in Team.[19]
In August 2023 at the2023 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships inValencia, Spain, she won gold medals in Group and Group Ball, Ribbon.[19] She said: "I probably cried the most out of all of them, when we stood on top of the podium. We are world champions, it's unbelievable."[20]
In May 2024 at the2024 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships in Budapest, Hungary, she won a silver medal in Group Ball, Ribbon, and a bronze medal in Group Hoop.[19] That same month, at the2024 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Cup, she won gold medals in All-Around and 5 Hoops.[21]
She representedIsrael at the 2024 Paris Olympics in theWomen's rhythmic team all-around, in which Team Israel won thesilver medal.[22][23]
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