Polina Berezina

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Polina Berezina
Polina at the 2017 Spanish National Championships
Personal information
Full namePolina Berezina Ksenofontova
Country represented Spain
Born (1997-12-05) December 5, 1997 (age 26)
Moscow, Russia
ResidenceValencia, Spain
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2015-present
ClubClub Gimnasia Rítmica Torrevieja[1]
Head coach(es)Mónica Ferrández[2]
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
FIG World Cup 0 0 1
Total 0 0 1
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Representing  Spain
Gymnasiades
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Brasilia Hoop
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Sofia Team

Polina Berezina Ksenofontova (born December 5, 1997) is a Russian-born Spanish individual rhythmic gymnast. She is a five-time (2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022) all-around champion at the Spanish Rhythmic Gymnastic Championships.[3]

Routine music information

Year Apparatus Music Title
2024 Hoop Time Will Catch Me First by Peter Crowley
Ball HOPE by NF
Clubs We Know What You Whisper (feat. Busiswa) / Waterfall Fight / Wakanda by Ludwig Göransson
Ribbon Pompeii MMXXIII by Bastille & Hans Zimmer
2023 Hoop Time Will Catch Me First by Peter Crowley
Ball Shang-Chi Main Theme by Samuel Kim
Clubs Running Up That Hill (Stranger Things) by Kate Bush
Ribbon Flashdance... What a Feeling (Radio Edit) by Irene Cara
2022 Hoop The Rise of Skywalker - Epic Version by Samuel Kim
Ball Shang-Chi Main Theme by Samuel Kim
Clubs Rock DJ by Robbie Williams
Ribbon To Build a Home by The Cinematic Orchestra
2021 Hoop Brothers in Arms (Extended Version) by Junkie XL
Ball Charms by Abel Korzeniowski
Clubs Reel Around the Sun by Bill Whelan
Ribbon Hedwig's Theme / Buckbeak's Flight by John Williams
2020 Hoop Brothers in Arms (Extended Version) by Junkie XL
Ball Can't Hold Us (feat. Ray Dalton) by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Clubs Reel Around the Sun by Bill Whelan
Ribbon Hedwig's Theme / Buckbeak's Flight by John Williams
2019 Hoop The Earth's Fall by Peter Crowley
Ball Can't Hold Us (feat. Ray Dalton) by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Clubs Lijo by Alina Orlova
Ribbon March of the Magicians by Lorenzo Castellarin
2017-2018 Hoop I Wanna Dance by Artem Uzunov
Ball Solo ESS3 by Edith Salazar
Clubs Act One: Trouble by DeeLee and Brenda
Ribbon Ghost of Sky (Epic Dub) by Steed Lord
2016 Hoop Prophecy by Full Tilt (Dracula Untold Epic Trailer)
Ball Everything by Sean Christopher
Clubs March of the Magicians by Lorenzo Castellarin
Ribbon SOS New York by Borislav Slavnov (Crysis 2)

Personal life

She received her Spanish citizenship in 2014, enabling her to compete for the Spanish national team. Berezina studies Audiovisual Communication at the Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia in Murcia as of 2022. Her goal is to become a film director. She is fluent in Russian, Spanish, and English. [4]She has one older sister who works in film and music in Moscow.[5]

Career

Although she was born in Moscow, Russia, she had lived in Alicante since 2001. At the age of 7 she took up rhythmic gymnastics in Guardamar del Segura and, at the age of 8, entered a Rhythmic Gymnastics Club in Torrevieja (Alicante), where she trained under Mónica Ferrández until 2016. By 2008, her father's work led her to live again in Moscow and she began to combine her training sessions between Spain, with Mónica Ferrández, and Russia, with Oksana Skaldina.[6]

Senior

She made her World Championships debut in 2015, at the age of 18. It was held in Stuttgart, Germany and she performed with Ribbon, finishing on 80th place in Qualifications. Together with Carolina Rodriguez, Sara Llana Garcia and Natalia Garcia she placed 10th in Team competition.

At the 2022 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships, she was part of the Spanish delegation that won the bronze medal in the team event, making the award Berezina’s first world team title at the World Championships.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Polina Berezina/Club". FIG.
  2. ^ "Polina Berezina/Coach".
  3. ^ "Polina Berezina se proclama campeona de España en Valencia". European Gymnastics. 6 December 2020.
  4. ^ "BEREZINA Polina - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  5. ^ "Polina Berezina Ksenofontova | Ficha Oficial deportista UCAM | UCAM Deportes". www.ucamdeportes.com. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  6. ^ "ENTREVISTA POLINA BEREZINA" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2018-06-23. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Team All-Around Competition". FIG. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.

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