Alona Koshevatskiy

Alona Koshevatskiy
 Gymnast  
Country represented  Israel
Born (1997-10-08) 8 October 1997
Israel[1]
Residence Petah Tikva, Israel[1]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Weight 53 kg (117 lb)[2]
Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
Level Senior International Elite
Years on national team 2014-
Club Maccabi Tel Aviv[1]
Head coach(es) Lena Zelikman, Ira Vigdorchik, Raya Irgo, Ela Samofalov, and choreographer Ayelet Zysman.[3]

Alona Koshevatskiy (אלונה קושבצקי; born 8 October 1997) is an Israeli Olympic group rhythmic gymnast.

Personal life

She was born in Israel, and lives in Petah Tikva, Israel.[1]

Career

She began practicing gymnastics at age five, began competing at age seven, and her club is Maccabi Tel Aviv.[1] She represents Israel in international competitions.

She competed at the 2014 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Izmir, Turkey, where she won the silver medal in the group 10 clubs event.[4][5][3] Representing Israel at the 2015 European Games in Baku, she won silver medals in the group all-around and group clubs and hoops event and a bronze medal in the group ribbons event.[6]

At the 2016 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships in Holon, Israel, on the Mediterranean coast south of Tel Aviv, she and the Israeli team won a group gold in the clubs and hoops category, a group silver in the ribbon routine, and a bronze in the all-around competition.[7][8]

She represented Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[9] She and the Israeli team finished sixth in the final of the group all-around.[10] She was the flag bearer for Israel during the closing ceremony.[11]

References

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  2. 1 2 "KOSHEVATSKIY Alona".
  3. 1 2 "Israeli gymnasts claim silver medal in Worlds in Turkey".
  4. "2014 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships athletes - Yuval Filo". Longinestiming.com. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  5. "Baku 2015 1St European Games - Athletes - FILO Yuval".
  6. "2014 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships athletes - Alona Koshevatskiy". Longinestiming.com. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  7. "Israel's Rhythmic Gymnastics Team Wins Gold at European Championships. Next up? The Olympics in Rio.".
  8. "Young gymnastics squad ready for Rio stage".
  9. "Olympic Games preview – Part II".
  10. "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
  11. "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony". 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
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