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Polina Kondaurova

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Polina Kondaurova
Поліна Володимирівна Кондаурова
Personal information
Full namePolina Volodymyrivna Kondaurova
Country represented Ukraine
Born (1988-06-04) 4 June 1988 (age 36)
Nikopol, Ukrainian SSR
DisciplineRhythmic Gymnastics
LevelInternational Elite
Years on national team2004-2008
ClubDeriugins School
Head coach(es)Irina Deriugina
Retiredyes
Medal record
Representing  Ukraine
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
FIG World Cup 0 0 1
Total 0 0 1
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2007 Bangkok 5 Ropes
Silver medal – second place 2007 Bangkok Group All-around

Polina Volodymyrivna Kondaurova (born 4 June 1988) is a retired Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast and judge.[1] She represented her country in international competitions.

Biography

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Polina began doing rhythmic gymnastics at the age of 7 in Nikopol at the Elektrometallurg sports club, her first coach was Elena Yastrebova. In 2001, at the age of 13, she entered the Dnepropetrovsk Regional School of Physical Culture (a sports boarding school where athletes live without parents, study and train), coached by Natalya Eremina.

Until the age of 16 she represented the Dnipropetrovsk region in both individual and group modality, winning various medals. In 2004, she joined the national team and moved to Kyiv in order to train at the Deriugins School.[2]

In 2007 she compete in various World Cups as a member of the senior group, finishing 9th overall in Saint Petersburg, 8th in Genoa, 6th in Tel Aviv and won bronze with 3 hoops & 2 clubs at the one in Nizhny Novgorod.[3][4][5][6][self-published source?] In August of the same year she competed in the Universiade in Bangkok. along Nadya Vasina, Vita Zubchenko, Irina Kovalchuk, Inga Kozhokhina and Olha Skuradova, winning silver in the All-Around and gold with 5 ropes, after that she was awarded the state award "For work and achievement".[7] A month later she was selected for the World Championships in Patras, there Polina, Olena Dmytrash, Alina Maksimenko, Viera Perederiy, Oksana Petulko and Vita Zubchenko, were 8th in the All-Around and 5th with 3 hoops & 2 clubs.[8]

In 2008, she ended her sports career due to a knee joint injury and surgery, in the same year she started coaching at the Deriugins School. After the end of her sports career, Polina was invited to work as a model. However, when she had to choose between a career as a trainer and a model, she chose to become a full time coach.[9]

In 2010, she received a master's degree from NUFVSU, majoring in sports biomechanics. Later she became a coach of Youth Sports School No. 3 "Spartak". In 2013 Kondaurova passed the judging seminar and received the first category of national judge.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "KONDAUROVA Polina - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
  2. ^ a b "Полина КОНДАУРОВА: "Нужно уметь концетрироваться на цели, а медали и пьедесталы «придут" - Тренеры - Статьи и книги - Художественная гимнастика для Вас". rg4u.clan.su. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
  3. ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics | View topic - World Cup Nizhny Novgorod, 2007". rsg.net. 2022-09-29. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
  4. ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics | View topic - World Cup St Petersbourg 2007". rsg.net. 2023-05-03. Archived from the original on 3 May 2023. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
  5. ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics | View topic - World Cup Genoa 2007 (9-10 june)". rsg.net. 2023-05-02. Archived from the original on 2 May 2023. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
  6. ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics: World Cup of Groups in Tel Aviv | GYMmedia.de". www.gymmedia.de. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
  7. ^ "Fisu Magazine n72" (PDF). www.fisu.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-24.
  8. ^ "2007 World Championships" (PDF). static.usagym.org.
  9. ^ "Полина КОНДАУРОВА: "Всегда нужен индивидуальный подход"". 2017-01-04. Archived from the original on 2017-01-04. Retrieved 2024-06-06.