Olesya Petrova

Olesya Petrova
Full nameOlesya Vitalievna Petrova
Alternative name(s)Olesia
Nickname(s)Olya, Olenka
Born (1999-04-26) 26 April 1999 (age 25)
Moscow, Russia
Gymnastics career
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
Country represented Russia
LevelSenior International Elite
GymNovogorsk
Head coach(es)Irina Viner
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Junior European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Baku Team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Baku Clubs

Olesya Vitalievna Petrova (Russian: Олеся Витальевна Петрова; born 26 April 1999 in Moscow)[1] is a Russian rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2014 European Junior champion in clubs and with the Russian team.

Career

Junior

Petrova competed at her first junior nationals at the 2012 Russian Junior Championships where she finished seventeenth in all-around.[2]

During the 2013 season, Petrova finished fourth in all-around at the Russian Junior Championships behind Yulia Bravikova, Aleksandra Soldatova, and Dina Averina.[3] She then won the junior all-around gold medal at the Grand Prix in Brno with a score of 64.316, ahead of her Russian teammate Veronika Polyakova.[4]

In 2014, Petrova once again finished fourth in the all-around at the Russian Junior Championships, this time behind Yulia Bravikova, Veronika Polyakova, and Alina Ermolova. Next, she competed at the World Cup in Lisbon where she won gold medals in team and ball and a bronze medal in clubs.[5] Then at the World Cup in Minsk, she won gold medals in both team and clubs. She then competed at the 2014 Junior European Championships, where Petrova together with teammates Irina Annenkova, Yulia Bravikova, and Veronika Polyakova won the team gold medal. She qualified for the clubs event final where she won the gold medal with a score of 16.400.[6]

Senior

Petrova sustained an ankle injury early in the 2016 season. She returned to competition at the 2016 Russian Championships and finished fourteenth in the all-around and won the gold medal with the Moscow team.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Олеся Петрова". Gimnastika (in Russian). Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Лучшие гимнастки России определили сильнейших". r-gymnastics. 2 February 2012. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  3. ^ "2013 Russian Junior Championships". rg4u.clan. 10 February 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Grand Prix Brno Results". Rhythmic Gymnastics Info. 6 October 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  5. ^ "Zeng wins two medals in Lisbon". USA Gymnastics. 6 April 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  6. ^ Aliyev, Emin (15 June 2014). "Russian gymnast wins gold in exercises with clubs at European championship in Baku". World News Report. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  7. ^ "Итоги чемпионата России 2016 в индивидуальном первенстве". Gimnastika (in Russian). 17 April 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2021.