Shai Ben Ruby
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| Country represented |  Israel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 25, 2002 Israel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior international elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Ira Vigdorchik[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Rahel Vigdorchik | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Rahel Vigdorchik | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 14 July 2021[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shai Ben Ruby (Hebrew: שי בן רובי, born February 25, 2002, in Israel) is an Israeli retired[2] individual and group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2020 European Group All-around champion.
Rhythmic gymnastics career
[edit]Junior
[edit]In 2017, she joined Israeli junior group and competed at International Tournament Alina Cup in Moscow, where they took silver medal in Group All-around behind Russia.[3] At the 2017 Junior European Championships in Budapest, Hungary they won silver medal in 10 Clubs final.
Senior
[edit]In 2018, she became senior and joined Israeli senior group. She made her World Championship debut at the 2018 World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, where she placed 15th in Group All-around. Her second World Championships participation was in 2019 in Baku, where she and her teammates placed 6th in Group All-around, 4th in 5 Balls final and 6th in 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs. In November 2020, they won gold medal at the 2020 European Championships in Group All-around and silver in Team competition.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Shai Ben Ruby/Coach". International Gymnastics Federation.
- ^ a b Aharoni, Oren (14 July 2021). "The gymnast who retired a moment before Tokyo: "I felt that I want to flee"". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ "Российские юниорки победили на турнире "Alina Cup" 2017" (in Russian). 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Israeli team takes home gold at rhythmic gymnastics European Championships". 28 November 2020.
External links
[edit]- Shai Ben Ruby at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Shai Ben Ruby at the Olympic Committee of Israel (archived) (in Hebrew)
- Shai Ben Ruby on Instagram
