Dina Averina


Dina Alekseyevna Averina is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is a three-time World All-around Champion, the 2018 European All-around silver medalist and the 2016 Grand Prix Final All-around silver medalist. On the National level, she is the 2017 and 2018 Russian National All-around champion and the 2013 Russian Junior All-around bronze medalist. Her identical twin sister, Arina Averina, is also a competitive rhythmic gymnast and the 2018 European champion.

Personal life

Born to parents Ksenia Averina and Alexey Averin, Dina and Arina started gymnastics at four years old. Dina and Arina were born on August 13th, 1998. Arina was born 20 minutes ahead of Dina, while both have moles on the upper cheekbone, Dina has it on the lower right compared to Arina's upper right. Her sister Arina has a scar above her right eye, caused after an accident with a club. They have an older sister named Polina. Dina and Arina share the same instagram account.

Career

Junior

The Averinas first trained under their first coach Larisa Belova until they became members of the Russian national team and began training in Olympic Training Center in Moscow where they are now coached by Vera Shatalina.
The Averinas began appearing in international competitions in 2011 competing at the 2011 Russian-Chinese Youth Games where Dina won the gold and Arina finishing 5th in the all-around. In 2012, Dina finished 4th at the Russian Junior Championships. Dina and Arina both competed at the Venera Cup in Eilat, Israel where Dina won the all-around gold, she also won gold in hoop and silver medals in ball, clubs and ribbon. She then competed at International MTM Cup in Ljubljana won the Team gold medal.
In 2013 season, Dina won bronze in all-around at the 2013 Russian Junior Championships behind Soldatova, she competed in Junior division at Happy Caravan Cup in Tashkent and won Team gold with Arina Averina. At the 2013 Russian Spartakiada's 6th Summer Student Games, Dina won the all-around bronze medal.

Senior

In 2014 Season, Dina debuted at the 2014 Moscow Grand Prix competing in the senior international tournament division. Dina appeared in her first World Cup competition at the 2014 Lisboa World Cup where she won the all-around bronze medal behind Melitina Staniouta. In the event finals: she won silver in clubs and bronze in ribbon. In April 23–27, Dina competed in senior nationals at the 2014 Russian Championships where she finished 6th in the all-around.
In 2015 season, Dina 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 silver medal behind twin sister Arina Averina, she qualified to 4 event finals, taking gold in ribbon, silver medals in hoop, ball and placed 6th in clubs. In August 7–9, Dina competed at the MTK Budapest taking gold in the all-around, hoop, ball, clubs and a silver in ribbon. Dina followed another gold medal win in the all-around at the 2015 Dundee International Tournament in Sofia, ahead of twin sister Arina.
In 2016, Dina began her season competing at the 2016 Grand Prix Moscow finishing 6th in the all-around and qualified to the hoop final. In Feb 26-28, Dina competed in the first World Cup of the season at the 2016 Espoo World Cup finishing 6th in the all-around; she won bronze in ball, placed 4th in hoop, clubs and 6th in ribbon. Dina then competed in the senior division at the International tournament in Lisbon where she won the all-around gold and all apparatus finals. At the 30th Thiais Grand Prix event in Paris, Dina finished 9th in the all-around. On April 1–3, Dina competed at the 2016 Pesaro World Cup where she finished 5th in the all-around with a total of 73.500 points, she qualified in all apparatus after teammate Yana Kudryavtseva withdrew from the event finals, Dina won silver in ball, ribbon and bronze in hoop, clubs. Dina won the all-around bronze at the 2016 Russian Championships held in Sochi. In May 6–8, Dina competed at the Brno Grand Prix taking bronze in the all-around with a total of 72.850 points; she qualified to 3 apparatus taking silver in hoop, ribbon and placed 4th in clubs. On May 13–15, Dina won the all-around bronze at the Bucharest Grand Prix with a total of 73.100 points, she qualified to all apparatus finals: taking silver in clubs behind Salome Pazhava, bronze in hoop, ball and 7th in ribbon. On May 27–29, Dina finished 5th in the all-around at the 2016 Sofia World Cup with a total of 72.900 points, she qualified in hoop finals placing 4th behind sister Arina Averina. On July 1–3, Dina competed at the 2016 Berlin World Cup where she won the All-around gold medal with a total of 74.050 points, she qualified to all apparatus taking gold in Ball, Ribbon, placed 4th in Hoop and 8th in Clubs. On September 22–24, Dina competed at the 2016 Grand Prix Final in Eilat, Israel where she won the all-around bronze medal with a new personal best total of 74.450 points, she qualified in 2 apparatus finals taking silver medal in ball and placed 5th in clubs.
In 2017, Dina's season began in competition at the 2017 Grand Prix Moscow where she won the all-around gold medal with a new personal best total score of 76.050 points, she qualified to all the apparatus finals taking gold in hoop, clubs, ribbon and a silver medal in ball behind Aleksandra Soldatova. Dina then participated in the organized Desio-Italia Trophy where she won the All-around and team gold medal. On March 10–12, Dina became the All-around champion at the 2017 Russian Championships ahead of defending champion Aleksandra Soldatova who finished in 2nd place respectively. On March 24–26, Dina then competed at the Thiais Grand Prix where she won the all-around gold with a total of 74.500 points, she qualified to all the event finals taking gold in hoop, ball, clubs and silver in ribbon. On April 7–9, Dina competed in the first World Cup of the season at the 2017 Pesaro World Cup where she won silver in the all-around behind teammate Aleksandra Soldatova, she qualified to all the apparatus finals winning 3 gold medals in ball, clubs, ribbon and a silver in hoop. Her next event was at the 2017 Tashkent World Cup where Dina won gold in the all-around ahead of sister Arina Averina, she qualified to all the apparatus finals taking gold in clubs, and 3 silver medals in ball, hoop and ribbon. On May 19–21, at the 2017 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Dina was member of the Golden winning Russian Team scoring a total of 182.175 points which was more than 11 points ahead of their nearest competitor team Belarus. Dina qualified to 3 apparatus finals taking 2 gold medals in hoop, ribbon and a silver medal in clubs behind Arina Averina. In June 23–26, Dina then competed at the 2017 Holon Grand Prix taking silver in the all-around behind Arina, she qualified 3 apparatus finals winning gold in ball, silver in clubs and placed 6th in hoop. At the quadrennial 2017 World Games which was held in Wrocław, Poland from July 20–30, Dina won the gold medal in clubs and three silver medals in hoop, ball, ribbon. On August 11–13, Dina competed at the 2017 Kazan World Challenge Cup and won the all-around gold medal edging out sister Arina who won the silver medal, Dina qualified in all the apparatus finals and won 2 gold medals in hoop, clubs, a silver in ribbon and finished 8th in ball. At the 2017 World Championships held on August 30 - September 3 in Pesaro, Italy, in the first day of the apparatus finals; Dina won gold in hoop and silver in ball. The following day, she won another gold in clubs and silver in ribbon. During the individual all-around finals, she accumulated scores in scoring a total of 74.700 points to become the new All-around Champion edging out twin sister Arina Averina who took the silver medal respectively.
In 2018, Dina's season began in competition at the 2018 Grand Prix Moscow, where she won the all-around gold, she qualified to 3 apparatus finals taking gold with hoop, clubs and silver with ball. On March March 24–25, Dina took gold in the all-around at the 2018 Thiais Grand Prix; she qualified in 3 apparatus finals where she won gold in ball, ribbon and silver in clubs. On April 13–15; Dina then competed at the 2018 Pesaro World Cup winning gold in the all-around, in the event finals: she won gold in ball, clubs, a silver in hoop and placed 4th in ribbon. She competed at the 2018 Sofia World Championships, winning gold in all-around, hoop, ball and clubs.

Gymnastics technique

Dina is known for her fast routines and dynamic apparatus handling. She has maintained a Difficulty value of 10 which was scored in her clubs routine - The last rhythmic gymnast to score a 10 in Difficulty was Evgenia Kanaeva..

Routine music information

YearApparatusMusic title
2020HoopFantasie Brillante sur Gounod's "Faust", Op. 20, by Henryk Wieniawski
2020Ball"L'Adoration De La Terre", "Le Sacrifice" from The Rite of Spring, composed by Igor Stravinsky
2020Clubs"Chiquito", by Los Chiquitos
2020Ribbon"La Cumparsita", by Yasmin Levy
2019HoopPiano Concerto No.1 In B Flat Minor: 3rd Movement by Maksim Mvrica
2019BallPolovetsian Dances by Alexander Borodin
2019ClubsBaladi Asena, Vostochnie Skazki by Asena, Arash
2019RibbonUn Vie D'amour by Charles Aznavour & Mireille Mathieu
2018Hoop"Spartacus" composed by Aram Khachaturian by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Simonov
2018Ball"Petrushka - The Shrovetide Fair" composed by Igor Stravinsky by Philharmonia Slavonica & Hanspeter Gmür
2018Clubs"Hey! Pachuco!" music from The Mask by Royal Crown Revue
2018Ribbon "Kalinka" by Nikolay Baskov
2018Ribbon "Concerto No. 1 in G for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 49: I. Allegro" by Yo-Yo Ma, Dmitri Kabalevsky & Dmitry Shostakovich
2018Gala
2017Hoop"Swan Lake " by Smolensk Symphonic Orchestra
2017Ball"Volare" music from Circus album by DJ BoBo
2017Clubs"Unharness The Horses, Lads " by Kuban Cossack Choir
2017RibbonDance of the Basques - Flames of Paris by Boris Asafyev
2017Gala "Me Too" by Meghan Trainor
2017Gala "The Firebird" by Igor Stravinsky
2016Hoop"One Thousand and One Nights" from Scheherazade
2016Ball"Zima" by Eduard Khil
2016Clubs"Caravan" by Antonella Ruggiero
2016Ribbon"Tsigany" by Moiseyev Dance Ensemble
2015Hoop"Giselle, Act I: No. 8, Waltz" by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
2015Ball"Zima" by Eduard Khil
2015Clubs"Kalinka" by André Rieu
2015Ribbon"Tsigany" by Moiseyev Dance Ensemble
2014Hoop"Song about Bears " by Alsou
2014Ball"Jamaica", by Vitas
2014Clubs"Ciocârlia " by George Enescu
2014Ribbon"Sabre Dance" by Aram Khachaturian

Competitive highlights