Hobbies
Embroidery, swimming. (Athlete, 19 Jun 2016)
Education
Coaching - Southern Federal University: Rostov-na-Donu, RUS
Spoken languages
Russian
International senior debut
2014
Injuries
She was affected by a shoulder injury between December 2017 and the early part of 2019. (gymnovosti.com, 07 Mar 2019)
An ankle injury ruled her out of contention for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (intlgymnast.com, 24 Nov 2017)
Start sporting career
She began training at age five in Rostov-na-Donu, Russian Federation.
Reason for taking up the sport
"My mother is a gymnastics coach and I was in the gym since childhood."
Ambitions
To become Olympic champion. (sport-express.ru, 03 Sep 2019)
Most memorable sporting achievement
Winning gold on beam at the 2014 European Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. (Athlete, 19 Jun 2016)
Hero / Idol
Russian artistic gymnast Svetlana Khorkina. (Athlete, 30 Aug 2015)
Awards
She holds the title of Master of Sport of International Class in the Russian Federation. (sportgymrus.ru, 10 Apr 2016)
Additional information
NATIONALITY SWITCH
She represented the Russian Federation earlier in her career, competing at the world championships in 2014 and 2015. In August 2019 the International Gymnastics Federation [FIG] confirmed she had switched nationality and would represent Georgia. (tellerreport.com, 01 Sep 2019; tass.com,29 Aug 2019)
INJURY
She injured her shoulder in December 2017 while competing at the Moscow International Sports Gymnastics Tournament [Vorinin Cup] in the Russian Federation. The injury continued to bother her until 2019. "It seemed to be nothing serious, but my shoulder hurt for a very long time and prevented me from getting in shape and performing well. Now nothing bothers me anymore. I had a break, a temporary reduction in loads, plus I constantly did physiotherapy. Now I am working at full strength." (stadium.ru, 21 Dec 2017; sport-express.ru, 03 Sep 2019)
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