Arina Averina

Arina Averina was born to Ksenia Averina and her husband Alexey Averin on August 13, 1998, twenty minutes before her identical twin sister Dina. The twins began gymnastic training at the age of four. Arina‘s mole on her right cheekbone near her ear is slightly higher than her sister Dina’s. A scar above Arina‘s right eye is the result of an accident with a club.

On 18 March 2022, Averina, as well as her sister, participated in the Moscow rally in support of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.{{cite news |title=Большунов, Рылов, сестры Аверины, Тарасова и Морозов, Синицина и Кацалапов участвуют в митинге "Za мир без нацизма! Zа Россию! Zа Президентa!" в Лужниках |url=https://www.sports.ru/skiing/1107687090-bolshunov-rylov-sestry-averiny-tarasova-i-morozov-siniczina-i-kaczalap.html |work=sports.ru |date=18 March 2022 |language=ru}}

The Averina twins trained under their first coach Larisa Belova until they became members of the Russian national team.

The Averinas began appearing in international competitions in 2011. They competed at the 2011 Russian-Chinese Youth Games, where Arina finished 5th in the all-around and Dina won the all-around gold medal. In 2012, Arina finished 11th at the Russian Junior Championships.{{cite web |title=2012 Russian Championships |url=http://r-gymnastics.com/v-kazani-zavershilos-pervenstvo-rossii-po-khudozhestvennoi-gimnastike |publisher=r-gymnastics |date=12 February 2012 |access-date=7 April 2014 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327135756/http://r-gymnastics.com/v-kazani-zavershilos-pervenstvo-rossii-po-khudozhestvennoi-gimnastike |url-status=dead }} Arina and Dina both competed at the Venera Cup in Eilat, Israel where Arina won bronze in the all-around; she also took silver in hoop and bronze medals in ball, clubs, and ribbon.{{cite web |title=VENERA CUP-2012 |url=http://r-gymnastics.com/v-eilate-proshel-turnir-po-khudozhestvennoi-gimnastike-venera-cup-2012 |publisher=r-gymnastics |date=23 March 2012 |access-date=4 March 2017 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327135756/http://r-gymnastics.com/v-eilate-proshel-turnir-po-khudozhestvennoi-gimnastike-venera-cup-2012 |url-status=dead }}

In 2013, Arina finished 5th at the 2013 Russian Junior Championships.{{cite web |title=2013 Russian Junior Championships |url=http://f3.s.qip.ru/uX0nxSRp.jpg |publisher=rg4u.clan|date=10 February 2013|access-date=10 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052428/http://f3.s.qip.ru/uX0nxSRp.jpg |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead}} She competed in the Junior division at the Happy Caravan Cup in Tashkent and won Team gold with Dina Averina. At the 2013 Russian Spartakiada's 6th Summer Student Games, Arina won the all-around silver medal.{{cite web |title=Arina and Dina Averina - young stars of Zavolzhye |url=http://r-gymnastics.com/arina-i-dina-averiny-yunye-zvezdochki-iz-zavolzhya |publisher=r-gymnastics |date=11 September 2013 |access-date=7 April 2014 |archive-date=21 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321194736/http://r-gymnastics.com/arina-i-dina-averiny-yunye-zvezdochki-iz-zavolzhya |url-status=dead }}

In 2014 Season, Arina debuted at the 2014 Moscow Grand Prix competing in the senior international tournament division where she won the all-around silver medal behind her twin sister Dina . Arina then competed at the 2014 Grand Prix Holon international tournament and won the all-around gold. Her next competition was at the 2014 Baltic Hoop where she won the all-around silver behind Aleksandra Soldatova. In the event finals: she won gold in ball, 2 silver medals (clubs, ribbon) and bronze in hoop.

In 2015 season, Arina started her season at the 2015 Moscow Grand Prix. she then competed at the Corbeil-Essonnes International Rhythmic Gymnastics Tournament where she won the all-around gold medal ahead of twin sister Dina Averina, she won gold in all 4 of the event finals (hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon). On August 7–9, Arina competed at the MTK Budapest placing 3rd in the all-around behind Maria Titova. In apparatus finals, she won a silver in ball and bronze in hoop.

In 2016, Arina began her season competing at the 2016 Grand Prix Moscow taking third place in the all-around, in apparatus finals: she won gold in ribbon and silver in clubs.{{cite web|title= Rhythmic Gymnastics Grand Prix starts into Olympic Season |url=http://www.gymmedia.com/Rhythmic-Gymnastics/Also-Rhythmic-Gymnastics-Grand-Prix-starts-Olympic-Season |publisher=Gymmedia |date=21 February 2016}}. On March 17–20, Arina then competed at the 2016 Lisboa World Cup where she finished 5th in the all-around with a total of 70.400 points, she qualified 2 event finals taking silver in ribbon (tied with teammate Aleksandra Soldatova) and placed 4th in ball. At the 30th Thiais Grand Prix event in Paris, Arina finished 5th in the all-around and qualified 2 apparatus finals finishing 4th in clubs and ribbon.{{cite web|title= Grand Prix: 30th International Thiais 2016 |url=http://www.gymmedia.com/Rhythmic-Gymnastics/Grand-Prix-30th-International-Thiais-2016 |publisher=Gymmedia |date=27 March 2016}} Arina finished 4th in the all-around at the 2016 Russian Championships held in Sochi.{{cite web|url=http://gimnastika.pro/press/news/the_results_of_the_russian_championship_2016_in_th.html |title= 2016 Russian Championships|access-date=2016-04-17}} On May 6–8, Arina competed at the Brno Grand Prix where she finished 5th in the all-around behind Victoria Veinberg Filanovsky. On May 13–15, Arina won the all-around silver at the Bucharest Grand Prix with a total of 73.600 points, she qualified to all apparatus finals: taking silver in ball, bronze in clubs, ribbon and 4th in hoop. On May 27–29, Arina finished 4th in the all-around at the 2016 Sofia World Cup with a total of 73.450 points, she qualified to all apparatus finals and won bronze in hoop, clubs, placed 4th in ball, 7th in ribbon. On July 1–3, Arina competed at the 2016 Berlin World Cup however, she withdrew after the first day of qualifications because she suffered a hand injury.

File:Arina Averina Ribbon 2017.jpg]]In 2017, Arina's season began in competition at the 2017 Grand Prix Moscow where she won the all-around bronze medal, she qualified to 1 apparatus final winning the silver medal in ribbon behind her twin sister Dina.{{cite web |title=Dina Averina turns heads at the Moscow Grand Prix |url=http://www.ueg.org/en/Dina-Averina-turns-heads-at-the-Moscow-Grand-Prix-2017-02-20-1300 |publisher=European Union of Gymnastics |date=20 February 2017 |access-date=4 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305034940/http://www.ueg.org/en/Dina-Averina-turns-heads-at-the-Moscow-Grand-Prix-2017-02-20-1300 |archive-date=5 March 2017 |url-status=dead }} Arina then participated in the organized Desio-Italia Trophy where she won silver in the all-around and team gold medal (together with Twin Sister Dina). On March 10–12, Arina won the all-around bronze medal at the 2017 Russian Championships behind Aleksandra Soldatova. On March 31 - April 2, Arina competed at the 2017 Grand Prix Marbella where she won silver in the all-around, she won 2 bronze medals in the ball and clubs. On April 21–23, Arina competed in her first World Cup of the season at the 2017 Tashkent World Cup where she won silver in the all-around behind Dina Averina, she qualified 3 apparatus finals winning gold in hoop, ball and ribbon. Her next event was at the 2017 Baku World Cup where she won her first gold medal in the all-around, she qualified to all apparatus finals taking gold in hoop, silver medals in ball, ribbon and bronze in clubs. On May 19–21, at the 2017 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Arina was member of the Golden winning Russian Team (together with senior individuals: twin sister Dina Averina, Aleksandra Soldatova and the junior group) scoring a total of 182.175 points which was more than 11 points ahead of their nearest competitor team Belarus. Arina qualified to 2 apparatus finals taking the gold medals in ball and clubs. On June 23–26, Arina then competed at the 2017 Holon Grand Prix taking gold in the all-around ahead of sister Dina, she qualified two apparatus finals winning gold in ribbon and silver in ball. At the quadrennial 2017 World Games which was held in Wrocław, Poland from July 20–30, Arina won 3 gold medals in hoop, ball, ribbon and a bronze medal in clubs. On August 11–13, Arina competed at the 2017 Kazan World Challenge Cup and won silver in the all-around behind Dina, she qualified in all the apparatus finals and won 2 gold medals in ball, ribbon and 2 silver medals in hoop, clubs. At the 2017 World Championships held on August 30 - September 3 in Pesaro, Italy, in the first day of the apparatus finals; Arina won gold in ball (18.950) and silver in hoop (19.000).{{Cite AV media| people = FIG Channel| title = 2017 Rhythmic Worlds, Pesaro (ITA) - Hoop+Ball Finals, Highlights| accessdate = 2018-08-23| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGTjd5OIIbc}} During the individual all-around finals, she accumulated scores in (hoop:18.150, ball:18.500, clubs:18.550, ribbon:18.250) scoring a total of 73.450 points to win the silver medal behind twin sister Dina Averina.

In 2018, recovering from an off season injury, Arina's season began in competition at the 2018 Grand Prix Moscow where she won the all-around silver medal, she qualified to 3 apparatus finals but withdrew due to a hand injury.

On March 24–25, Arina returned to competition at the 2018 Grand Prix Thiais where she finished 5th in all-around competition after big mistakes with ball. She qualified to two apparatus finals winning gold with clubs and silver with hoop. On April 13–15, she then competed at the 2018 Pesaro World Cup where she placed 4th in the all-around behind Linoy Ashram. She qualified to 3 apparatus finals and won gold with hoop, bronze with ribbon and placed 4th with clubs. On May 4–6, Arina's next event was 2018 Guadalajara World Challenge Cup where she won bronze in the all-around, she qualified to 3 apparatus finals winning gold with hoop and clubs and bronze with ribbon.{{Cite web|url=http://rfegonline.com/acceso.php?idc=183|title = World CUP RG 2018}} On May 16–17, Arina competed at the 2018 Holon Grand Prix and won the all-around gold medal with a total of 76.700 points ahead of teammate Aleksandra Soldatova, she qualified in all apparatus finals.

At the 2019 European Championships, she performed in qualifying with a hoop, ball and clubs and took gold medals in the finals with a ball and clubs, as well as gold in the team event.

At the 2019 Russian Championship, Arina Averina for the first time in her sports career became the absolute champion of the country in the all-around final, showing all exercises at the highest level and receiving record marks in exercises with a ball of 24.000 and clubs of 24.200, as well as 23.300 for a hoop and 22.300 for a ribbon. On the sum of the four exercises, her score was 93.800. Her sister Dina finished second with a total of 89,400.

At the World championship 2019 In Baku, Arina won All-around Silver behind her Sister Dina. She also won Silver in the Ball Final and Team Gold. She shared the Team Gold with Dina Averina and Ekaterina Selezneva.

In 2020, at the first stage of the Grand Prix in Moscow, she withdrew from the competition due to injury. At the Russian Championship in February, she became the absolute champion in the individual standings. In the Estonian city of Tartu, at the second stage of the Grand Prix, Arina Averina became the absolute champion, having won four gold medals in exercises with a ribbon, ball, hoop and clubs. The remaining 2020 competitive season was curtailed by the coronavirus pandemic.

Averina participated in two 2021 World Cups prior to the Olympics, Tashkent and Pesaro. At the Tashkent World Cup Averina won gold in ball and clubs, but did not make the podium for all-around, ribbon and hoop.{{Cite web|title=Averina twins combine for four golds in Tashkent World Cup return|url=https://gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?idNews=3106|access-date=2021-10-27|website=gymnastics.sport}} At the Pesaro World Cup, she won gold in ribbon and clubs, silver in all-around behind her twin, and bronze in hoop and ball.{{Cite web|title=Averina sisters dominate as World Cup Series concludes in Pesaro|url=https://gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?idNews=3160|access-date=2021-10-27|website=gymnastics.sport}} At the European Championships in June, Averina won all-around gold.{{Cite web|title=Averina sisters, Ashram and Russian group shine at Rhythmic Euros|url=https://gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?idNews=3184|access-date=2021-10-27|website=gymnastics.sport}} Her final competition prior to the Olympics was supposed to be the Moscow World Challenge Cup in July, but she withdrew and Lala Kramarenko took her place.{{Cite web|title=Golden sweep for Dina Averina and Russia at Moscow World Challenge Cup|url=https://gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?idNews=3225|access-date=2021-10-27|website=gymnastics.sport}}

In August at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Averina qualified to the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around final in second place, behind her twin by 0.125 points, and ahead of Israel's Linoy Ashram.{{Cite web|title=Averina twins lead Rhythmic individual All-Around qualification|url=https://gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?idNews=3272|access-date=2021-10-27|website=gymnastics.sport}} In the all-around final, Averina scored 102.100 overall{{Cite web|title=AVERINA Arina - FIG Athlete Profile|url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/athletes/bio_detail.php?id=34454|access-date=2021-10-27|website=www.gymnastics.sport}} after a ribbon routine with obvious errors. During her routine, a knot in her ribbon appeared after she stepped on it, which is why she had to grab the replacement Ribbon. Arina Averina finished fourth, behind champion Linoy Ashram, silver medalist Dina Averina, and bronze medalist Alina Harnasko.{{Cite web|title=Ashram triumphs for Israel's first Olympic Rhythmic Gymnastics gold|url=https://gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?idNews=3275|access-date=2021-10-27|website=gymnastics.sport}} This was the first time since the 1996 Olympic Games that a Russian rhythmic gymnast did not win gold.{{Cite web|date=2021-08-08|title=Russian rhythmic dynasty topples, Bulgaria gets the gold|url=https://apnews.com/article/2020-tokyo-olympics-rhythmic-gymnastics-c8122bc03e02628390dad69ed2c7cfab|access-date=2021-10-27|website=AP NEWS|language=en}} After Russian allegations of judging bias in rhythmic gymnastics at the Olympics,{{Cite web|date=2021-08-14|title='Outcome was planned in advance': Russia lets loose over wild Tokyo 2020 accusation|url=https://7news.com.au/sport/olympics/outcome-was-planned-in-advance-russia-lets-loose-over-wild-tokyo-2020-accusation-c-3680893|access-date=2021-10-27|website=7NEWS|language=en}} FIG investigated and confirmed that the judging panels were fair and impartial.{{Cite web|title=FIG Statement about the Rhythmic Gymnastics competitions at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games|url=https://gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?idNews=3286|access-date=2021-10-27|website=gymnastics.sport}}

In October, Averina competed at the World Championships in Kitakyushu, winning silver in ball behind her sister and finishing sixth with hoop.{{Cite web|title=Dina Averina executes a golden double as Rhythmic World finals begin|url=https://gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?idNews=3362|access-date=2021-10-27|website=gymnastics.sport}}

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine the FIG banned all Russian and Belarusian Gymnasts until further notice, which is why Averina could only compete in domestic competitions.

On February 23, 2024, Arina Averina, like her sister Dina, announced the end of their sports career at age of 25.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rbc.ru/sport/23/02/2024/65d894fc9a79476ad1387c1a|title=Сестры Аверины завершили спортивную карьеру|language=ru|date=2024-02-23|website=RBC}}

Arina Averina is known for her pivot turns and clean apparatus handling. She can execute a quadruple ring pivot and a triple Kanaeva ring pivot.

File:Dina and Arina Averina 2017 European Championships.jpg podium.]]

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

On 03/22/18, they performed on the main stage of the Luzhniki Stadium in honor of the anniversary of the annexation of Crimea.

On the clothes you can see the symbols Z (the symbol of Putin's war in Ukraine). Thus, they supported the invasion of the occupation forces in Ukraine

https://sportrbc.ru/news/6239add49a7947d0d4457548

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