Carmely Reiska
{{Short description|Estonian rhythmic gymnast}}
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{{Medal|Country| {{EST}} }}
{{MedalSport|Rhythmic gymnastics}}
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{{MedalCompetition | European Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2020 Kyiv|5 balls}}
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Carmely Reiska (born 8 August 2002) is an Estonian rhythmic gymnast.
Career
= Junior =
From 2016 to 2017, Reiska was a member of the Estonian junior group, winning two Estonian group championship in 2016 and 2017, and from the end of 2017 until December 2021 she trained as part of the national senior group.{{Cite web |title=Koondised – Eesti Võimlemisliit |url=https://www.eevl.ee/koondised/ |access-date=2022-08-28 |language=et}} She competed at the 2017 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships in Budapest, Hungary, with the Estonian junior group, placing 7th in All-Around and also in the 10 clubs final.
= Senior =
Reiska competed at the 2018 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships in Guadalajara, Spain. She also participated in the 2018 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, placing 13th in the all-around competition.{{Cite web |title=2018 World Championships Result Book |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/r_18worlds_complete.pdf |website=usagym |access-date=2022-08-28 |archive-date=2022-06-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618053254/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/r_18worlds_complete.pdf |url-status=dead }} She won silver in the 3 balls + 2 ropes final and bronze with 5 hoops at the 2018 Grand Prix stage in Holon, Israel.{{Citation |title=Grand Prix Holon 2018 - Individual + Groups Finals |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMtRuTSFe8k |language=en |access-date=2022-08-28}} Reiska was also part of the Estonian group which earned the nation's first-ever FIG World Cup medal, a bronze medal in the group all-around competition at the Tashkent World Cup in 2018, along with teammates Helena Jaee, Vasilina Kuksova, Maria Susi, Lera Teino and Maria Trofimov.{{Cite web |title=FIG World Cup 2018 Tashkent (UZB) |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/events/detail.php?id=14963 |access-date=2024-10-05 |website=International Gymnastics Federation}}
In 2019, she participated in the European Games in Minsk, Belarus, where she finished 7th overall with her group. That same year, she also earned the bronze medal with the group 5 balls routine at the Thiais Grand Prix stage.{{Cite web |date=31 March 2019 |title=2019 Internationaux de Thiais Results |url=http://www.grandprixthiais.fr/medias/files/thiais-2019-resultats-delegations.pdf |website=Grand Prix Thiais}} In 2020, Reiska was part of the group that won Estonia their first-ever medal at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships, getting bronze in the 5 balls final.{{Cite web |title=Eesti rühmkava koondis võitis iluvõimlemise EM-il pronksmedali – Eesti Võimlemisliit |date=28 November 2020 |url=https://www.eevl.ee/2020/11/28/eesti-ruhmkava-koondis-voitis-iluvoimlemise-em-il-pronksmedali-2/ |access-date=2022-08-28 |language=et}} In 2021, she competed at the World Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan, finishing 13th in the group all-around competition.{{Cite web |date=31 October 2021 |title=38th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Kitakyushu (JPN) Results Book |url=https://gym.longinestiming.com/File/0000130000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF03 |website=Longines Timing}} Reiska, with the Estonian group, earned the bronze medal in the 5 balls final at the 2021 Moscow Grand Prix stage.{{Cite web |title=Grand Prix Moscow 2021 |url=http://vfrg.ru/competitions/results/grand-prix-moscow-2021/ |access-date=2022-08-28 |website=vfrg.ru}}
Personal life
Reiska took up rhythmic gymnastics at age four, encouraged by her mother.{{Cite web |title=Eesti iluvõimlejad muudavad võimlemisega maailma ja unistavad olümpiast – Ajakiri SPORT |url=https://ajakirisport.ee/2019/06/19/eesti-iluvoimlejad-muudavad-voimlemisega-maailma-ja-unistavad-olumpiast/ |access-date=2022-08-28 |language=en-US}} She graduated from the Kadriorg German Gymnasium in 2021.{{Cite web |title=Kadrioru Saksa Gümnaasium |url=https://www.facebook.com/KadrioruSaksaGymnaasium/posts/pfbid02wyq8PFf2Gzu6VMbdQDtRAJur2ezfJo6yoqGHMoWB8SpmtqFyMhP3cs7AAA9dvT2Al |access-date=2022-08-28 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}} She is currently studying Bachelor level of Computer Science in University of Konstanz, Germany. Reiska can speak four languages: Estonian, German, English, and Russian.
References
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Category:Estonian rhythmic gymnasts
Category:Gymnasts from Tallinn
Category:Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships