Ekaterina Selezneva

Ekaterina Sergeevna Selezneva (Russian: Екатери́на Серге́евна Селезнёва, Yekaterina Sergeyevna Seleznyova; born May 18, 1995 in Pushkino, Pushkinsky District, Moscow Oblast) is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the hoop world champion in the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships 2019. She is also the 2018 Grand Prix Final All-around champion and the 2019 Summer Universiade All-Around gold medalist. On the national level, she is the 2018 Russian National all around bronze medalist.

Ekaterina Selezneva
Selezneva at the 2017 Summer Universiade
Personal information
Full nameEkaterina Sergeevna Selezneva
Nickname(s)Katya
Country represented Russia
Born (1995-05-18) 18 May 1995
Pushkino, Pushkinsky District, Moscow Oblast
HometownPushkino, Russia
ResidenceMoscow
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight47 kg (104 lb)
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
Levelsenior elite
Years on national team2013-present
GymNovogorsk
Head coach(es)Irina Viner
Assistant coach(es)Olga Nazarova
World ranking25 WC[1] (2019)
4 WC[2] 30 WCC[3] (2018)
4 WCC (2017) [4]
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Rhythmic Gymnastics
World Championships
2019 Baku Hoop
2019 BakuTeam
2019 Baku Ribbon
Grand Prix Final
2018 MarbellaBall
2018 MarbellaHoop
2018 MarbellaRibbon
2018 MarbellaAll-around
Summer Universiade
2017 TaipeiBall
2019 NaplesAll-around
2019 NaplesHoop
2019 NaplesBall
2019 NaplesRibbon
2017 TaipeiAll-around
2017 TaipeiHoop
2017 TaipeiRibbon
2017 TaipeiClubs
2019 NaplesClubs

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.[5] She is a Master of Sports of International Class in Russia.[6] 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.[7]

2014 season

In 2014, at the 2014 Russian Championships, Selezneva won gold in Clubs ahead of Arina Averina who took the silver medal respectively.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10] 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.[11] In March 2017, she competed at the 2017 Russian Championships finishing 7th in the all-around.[12] 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.[13] 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.[14]

2018 season

In 2018, Selezneva participated for the first time at the 2018 Grand Prix Moscow, finishing eleventh in the all-around competition.[15] 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 apparatuses 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 apparatuses finals and won gold with ball and ribbon and silver with hoop and clubs.[16] At the 2018 Grand Prix Thiais, she won the silver medal in all-around, behind Dina Averina. She qualified in 2 apparatus 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. In 2018 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships she was in the reserve team but didn't participate.

2019 season

In 2019, Selezneva started her International season with the 2019 Grand Prix Moscow, where she finished in 4th place, behind her teammates, Dina Averina, Arina Averina and Aleksandra Soldatova; she took the silver with ball. She won the gold medal with hoop and team, and bronze with ribbon in Baku in the 37th World Championships.

Routine music information

Year Apparatus Music title
2020 Hoop "Strange Birds", by Birdy
Ball (second) No One Ever Called Me That, by Dario Marianelli
Ball (first) "Elegy in E-Flat Minor", by Vladimir Ashkenazy, composed by Sergey Rachmaninoff
Clubs "Bad", "Billie Jean", by Michael Jackson
Ribbon "Bensonhurst Blues", by Oscar Benton
Ribbon (second) I Will Never Forget You, by Alexey Rybnikov
2019 Hoop "Meditaton", "Rescue Me" from Atonement by Cirque du Soleil, Dario Marianelli
Ball Chopin, by Elena Vaenga
Clubs (first) "I'm a Dragon", by Apashe & Sway
Clubs (second) "Highway to Hell", by AC/DC
Clubs (third) "Take You Down", by Daniel Pemberton
Ribbon (first) Do You Only Wanna Dance, Sex and the City-Movie Theme by Julio Daviel Big Band, Pfeifer Broz Orchestra
Ribbon (second) Tico-Tico no fubá by Zequinha de Abreu
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 El Verano, by Novak
Ribbon " Sex Bomb", by Tom Jones

Competitive highlights

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

International: Senior
Year Event AA Team Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon
20202nd International Online Tournament5th (Q)4th (Q)
Russia-Belarus Friendly MatchDNS
Grand Prix Tartu3rd3rd (Q)2nd8th (Q)3rd (Q)
Grand Prix Moscow4th1st5th (Q)7th (Q)2nd
2019 World Championships4th (Q)1st1st5th (Q)3rd
World Cup Cluj-Napoca2nd2nd1st7th4th
Summer Universiade1st1st1st3rd1st
Grand Prix Brno6th10th (Q)7th (Q)7th (Q)6th (Q)
Grand Prix Holon8th5th11th (Q)10th (Q)16th (Q)
World Cup Guadalajara2nd3rd7th3rd2nd
World Cup Sofia9th2nd1st14th (Q)14th (Q)
Grand Prix Thiais5th5th4th16th (Q)4th (Q)
Grand Prix Kyiv3rd2nd1st12th (Q)5th
Grand Prix Moscow4th5th (Q)2nd6th (Q)7th (Q)
2018 Grand Prix Final: Marbella3rd2nd1st4th2nd
Grand Prix Brno1st2nd1st1st8th
World Cup Minsk4th11th (Q)1st7th5th
Grand Prix Holon3rd4th4th3rd2nd
World Cup Baku11th12th (Q)1st20th (Q)15 (Q)
World Cup Tashkent3rd4th3rd5th3rd
World Cup Sofia2nd7th2nd5th3rd
Grand Prix Thiais2nd3rd6th (Q)2nd2nd
Grand Prix Kyiv1st2nd1st2nd1st
Grand Prix Moscow11th10th (Q)9th (Q)12th (Q)13th (Q)
2017 Aeon Cup7th4th
Summer Universiade2nd2nd1st3rd2nd
World Cup Berlin Masters3rd1st1st2nd3rd
International Tournament of Holon1st1st1st2nd1st2nd
World Cup Guadalajara2nd1st2nd10th (Q)1st
International Tournament of Corbeil-Essonnes3rd1st1st2nd2nd
Luxembourg Trophy2nd2nd2nd2nd1st
International Tournament of Pesaro2nd1st2nd
Aura Cup1st1st1st
Aphrodite Cup2nd3rd2ndWDWD
International Tournament of Moscow1st
2016 Aura Cup1st1st1st1st1st
Koop Cup1st2nd2nd4th1st
2015 International Tournament of Holon1st
National
Year Event AA Team Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon
2020Russian Championships4th3rd
2019Russian Championships4th1st9th (Q)2nd1st3rd
2018Russian Championships3rd1st1st1st15th (Q)
2017Russian Championships7th3rd4th2nd4th4th
2016Russian Championships6th3rd5th6th9th24th (Q)
2015Russian Championships4th3rd4th8th8th1st
2014Russian Championships5th12th (Q)4th1st4th
2012Russian Championships4th
2011Russian Championships17th2nd
2010Russian Championships42nd (Q)
2009Russian Championships47th2nd
Q = Qualifications (Did not advance to Event Final due to the 2 gymnast per country rule, only Top 8 highest score);
WR = World Record; WD = Withdrew; NT = No Team Competition; DNS = Did Not Start

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