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