Meital Maayam Sumkin
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מיטל מעיין סומקין | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 April 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Israel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2023-present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Hapoel Rishon Lezion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Ayelet Zussman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Natalie Malka, Ira Maidnik | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Meital Maayan Sumkin (Hebrew: מיטל מעיין סומקין; born 17 April 2009) is an Israeli rhythmic gymnast.[1] She's the 2024 European Cup's junior ball and ribbon gold medalist.
Career
[edit]She was a member of the national junior group in 2023, competing at the European Championships in Baku where Meital, along Shelly Elguy, Elinor Gerts, Kseniya Kulyk, Yuval Schulman and Anat Shnaider, won gold in the All-Around and silver with 5 ball and 5 ropes.[2][3][4] In July the group won silver in the All-Around, behind Bulgaria, and won gold in the two event finals at the 2nd Junior World Championships in Cluj-Napoca.[5]
In 2024 she switched to the individual modality, taking part in the 1st Rhythmic Gymnastics European Cup in Baku, winning gold in teams and with ball and ribon.[6][7][8] She competed at the 2024 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships in Budapest, and won the silver medal with her partner Alona Tal Franco in junior teams, and won the gold medal in the ball final. I also came eighth in the ribbon final.
Routine music information
[edit]| Year | Apparatus | Music title |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Hoop | Hopeless Violin by Stefan Rodescu & Yannick Kalfayan |
| Ball | My Favourite Things by Kylie Cantrall | |
| Clubs | ||
| Ribbon | Comédie Tragédie by Merwan Rim |
References
[edit]- ^ "SUMKIN Meital Maayan - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
- ^ "Junior Groups All-Around" (PDF). europeangymnastics.
- ^ "Junior 5 Balls Final" (PDF). europeangymnastics.
- ^ "Junior 5 Ropes Final" (PDF). europeangymnastics.
- ^ "2023 Junior World Championships Result Book" (PDF). gym.longinestiming.
- ^ "Junior Teams" (PDF). backend.europeangymnastics.com.
- ^ "Junior Ball Final" (PDF). backend.europeangymnastics.com.
- ^ "Junior Ribbon Final" (PDF). backend.europeangymnastics.com.