Elizaveta Nazarenkova

Elizaveta Sergeyevna Nazarenkova (Russian: Елизавета Сергеевна Назаренкова; born August 27, 1995 in Murmansk, Russia) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast who competed for Uzbekistan. She is a two-time all-around silver medalist at the Asian Championships.

Elizaveta Nazarenkova
Full nameElizaveta Sergeyevna Nazarenkova
Nickname(s)Lizzy
Country represented Uzbekistan
Former countries represented Russia
Born (1995-08-27) 27 August 1995
Murmansk, Russia
ResidenceMoscow, Russia
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
Years on national team2010 - present
ClubGazprom
GymNovogorsk
College teamLesgaft National State University, St. Petersburg
Head coach(es)Irina Viner
Assistant coach(es)Natalia Gorbulina
Retiredyes
World ranking32 (2016 Season)[1]
11 (2015 Season) [2]
11 (2014 Season)[3]
Medal record
Rhythmic gymnastics
Representing  Uzbekistan
Asian Championships
2015 Jecheon Clubs
2015 Jecheon Team
2016 Tashkent All-around
2016 Tashkent Clubs
2015 Jecheon All-around
2015 Jecheon Ball
2016 Tashkent Hoop
2016 Tashkent Ball
2016 Tashkent Ribbon
Representing  Russia
World Games
2013 Cali Hoop

Career

Born in a family of sportsmen. Nazarenkova's father is a master of sports in swimming, and her mother has the same title in rhythmic gymnastics. At first, Elizaveta trained under the guidance of her mother in Murmansk Sports School of Olympic Reserve for Children and Youth-13 but was later invited to train under the Russian training center in Novogorsk[4]

In 2013, Nazarenkova won the bronze medal in hoop at the 2013 World Games in Cali, Colombia. She competed in her first World Cup event at the 2014 Debrecen World Cup and won bronze in the all-around and clubs, a silver in ribbon.[5]

Competing for Uzbekistan

In May 2014, Nazarenkova switched nationality and will compete for Uzbekistan.[6] On May 22–24, Nazarenkova competed at the 2014 Tashkent World Cup where she finished 8th in all-around. She won her first World Cup medal representing Uzbekistan winning a bronze medal in clubs final (tied with Azerbaijan's Marina Durunda).[7] Nazarenkova then competed at the 2014 Minsk World Cup and finished 16th in all-around. On July 4–6, Nazarenkova competed at the Izmir Tournament Cup and won the all-around bronze medal behind Maria Titova, In event finals, Nazarenkova won gold in clubs, silver in ribbon and bronze in hoop. On August 8–10, Nazarenkova competed at the 2014 Sofia World Cup finishing 8th in all-around with a total of 67.950 points, she qualified to 3 event finals, finishing 5th (clubs, ball) and 7th in ribbon behind Varvara Filiou. On September 5–7, Nazarenkova competed at the 2014 World Cup Final in Kazan, finishing 8th in all-around, she qualified to 3 event finals. On September 22–28, Nazarenkova (along with teammates Djamila Rakhmatova and Anastasiya Serdyukova) represented Uzbekistan at the 2014 World Championships where Team Uzbekistan finished in 8th place. She finished 15th in the all-around finals with a total of 65.524 points.

In 2015, Nazarenkova began the season competing at the 2015 Moscow Grand Prix finishing 19th in the all-around. On March 21–22, Nazarenkova competed at the 2015 Thiais Grand Prix finishing 6th in the all-around. She then competed at the 2015 Bucharest World Cup and finished 8th in the all-around. On April 10–12, Nazarenkova finished 9th in the all-around at the 2015 Pesaro World Cup and qualified to 2 event finals. On May 22–24, Nazarenkova competed at the 2015 Tashkent World Cup finishing 7th in the all-around. She qualified to 2 apparatus finals. Nazarenkova finished 7th in all-around at the 2015 Grand Prix Berlin with a total of 70.450 points and qualified to 3 event finals. Nazarenkova won the all-around silver at the 2015 Asian Championships behind Korean Son Yeon-Jae, in apparatus finals she won gold in clubs and silver in ball. Nazarenkova finished 7th in all-around at the 2015 Summer Universiade and qualified to 3 event finals. In August, Nazarenkova competed at the 2015 Budapest World Cup finishing 9th in all-around, she qualified to all 4 apparatus finals, placing 5th in ribbon, 6th in clubs, ball and 8th in hoop. Nazarenkova then finished 12th in the all-around at the 2015 Sofia World Cup behind Israeli Victoria Veinberg Filanovsky. At the 2015 World Cup Final in Kazan, Nazarenkova finished 11th in the all-around and qualified to ball finals. On September 9–13, Nazarenkova (together with teammates Anastasiya Serdyukova and Anora Davlyatova) competed at the 2015 World Championships in Stuttgart were Team Uzbekistan finished 8th. Nazarenkova qualified in the All-around finals finishing in 16th place with a total of 69.282 points.[8]

In 2016, Nazarenkova suffered a leg injury early in the season. On April 1–3, she returned to competition at the 2016 Pesaro World Cup where she finished 21st in the all-around. On April 21–22, Nazarenkova competed at the 2016 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event held in Rio de Janeiro however she finished a disappointing 11th and did not qualify in top 8 highest score for non qualified gymnasts, teammate Anastasiya Serdyukova who finished 5th won the Olympics license for the 2016 Rio Olympics[9] Nazarenkova repeated as silver medalist in the all-around (All-around: 71.450 points) at the 2016 Asian Championships held in Tashkent.[10] On May 13–15, Nazarenkova competed at the 2016 Tashkent World Cup finishing 8th in the all-around, she qualified to 3 apparatus finals and won bronze in clubs.

Routine music information
Year Apparatus Music title [11]
2016 Hoop Grand Guignol by Bajofondo
Ball Fever by Bette Midler
Clubs Burned Letter by James Newton
Ribbon Chopin Impression by Jan Vayne
2015 Hoop Grand Guignol by Bajofondo
Ball Walk Away by Christina Aguilera
Clubs Burned Letter by James Newton
Ribbon Concerto Grosso No. 1 by Alfred Schnittke
2014 Hoop Grand Guignol by Bajofondo
Ball La Vie En Rose
Clubs Tout Dit & Paris By Camille
Ribbon Concierto De Aranjuez by André Rieu
2013 Hoop Fantasy - Overture for Orchestra in B minor music from Romeo and Juliet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Ball Caruso by Katherine Jenkins
Clubs Love by B-Tribe
Ribbon Liebesträume by Franz Liszt
2012 Hoop Who's That Creepin'? by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Ball
Clubs Malaguena by Caterina Valente
Ribbon Feeling Good music from Origin of Symmetry by Muse

References
  1. "FIG World standings for rhythmic gymnastics". International Federation of Gymnastics. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  2. "FIG World standings for rhythmic gymnastics". International Federation of Gymnastics. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  3. "FIG World standings for rhythmic gymnastics". International Federation of Gymnastics. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  4. "Lisa Nazarenkova - Torch Relay". sochi2014.com.
  5. "First Rhythmic World Cup of the Circuit 2014". gymmedia. 16 March 2014.
  6. "FIG Official News". Federation International of Gymanstics. 9 May 2014.
  7. "Two in a row: Mamun takes Tashkent Rhythmic World Cup". International Federation of Gymnastics. 27 May 2014.
  8. "2015 World Championships All-around results". Intlgymnast. 11 September 2015.
  9. "Staniouta in front, Ashirbayeva tops list of Rhythmic Olympic qualifiers at Test Event". International Federation of Gymnastics. 22 April 2016.
  10. "Asian Championships of Rhythmic Gymnastics 2016". Gymmedia. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  11. "Nazarenkova RG music list". rgforum.
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