Arina Tsitsilina
Full nameArina Alexandrovna Tsitsilina
Alternative name(s)Aryna Aliaksandrauna Tsytsylina
Country represented Belarus
Born (1998-10-09) 9 October 1998 (age 25)
Barnaul, Russia
ResidenceMinsk, Belarus
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
LevelSenior international elite
Years on national team2014 – present
ClubRepublican Centre of Olympic Training
Head coach(es)Tatiana Nenasheva
Assistant coach(es)Katsiaryna Bialiauskaya
ChoreographerVolha Strakhava
Medal record
Representing  Belarus
Group rhythmic gymnastics
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Izmir Group All-Around
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Izmir 10 Clubs
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Izmir 3 Balls + 2 Ribbons
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Kitakyushu Team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Kitakyushu Group All-Around
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Minsk Group All-Around
Gold medal – first place 2019 Minsk 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku 6 Clubs + 2 Hoops
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Minsk 5 Balls
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Baku Group All-Around
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Holon 5 Ribbons
Silver medal – second place 2016 Holon Group All-Around
Silver medal – second place 2021 Varna Team

Arina Alexandrovna Tsitsilina (Belarusian: Арына Аляксандраўна Цыцыліна; Russian: Арина Александровна Цицилина; born 9 October 1998)[1] is a Russian-born group rhythmic gymnast representing Belarus. She is a five-time World bronze medalist and the 2016 European champion in 5 ribbons. She also is the 2016 European group all-around silver medalist and the 2021 European team silver medalist. She represented Belarus at the 2016 and the 2020 Summer Olympics finishing fifth in the group all-around both times. She is the 2015 European Games 6 Clubs + 2 Hoops champion and the 2019 European Games group all-around and 3 hoops + 4 clubs champion.

Career

Tsitsilina began rhythmic gymnastics when she was three years old. In 2013, she was noticed at a competition in Spain by Olympic champion and Belarusian coach Marina Lobatch. Lobatch invited Tsitsilina to train in Belarus, so she moved to Minsk and joined the Belarusian national team group.[2][3]

2014–2015

Tsitsilina competed at her first European Championships in 2014. In the group all-around final, Belarus only finished seventeenth overall after making major mistakes in their 3 balls + 2 ribbons routine. They then finished fourth in the ten clubs final.[4] She then competed at the World Championships alongside Ksenya Cheldishkina, Hanna Dudzenkova, Maria Kadobina, Maryia Katsiak, and Valeriya Pischelina. In the group all-around final, they won the bronze medal behind Bulgaria and Italy.[5] They then won bronze medals in both apparatus finals.[6]

Tsitsilina represented Belarus at the 2015 European Games where the Belarusian group won the gold medal in the 6 clubs + 2 hoops final. They also won a bronze medal in the group all-around behind Russia and Israel.[7] She then competed at the 2015 World Championships and helped the Belarusian group finish fourth in 6 clubs + 2 hoops and seventh in the group all-around.[8][9]

2016

Tsitsilina won a gold medal in 5 ribbons and a silver medal in the group all-around at the European Championships in Holon, Israel.[10] At the Kazan World Challenge Cup, the Belarusian group won a silver medal in the 6 clubs + 2 hoops final behind Russia.[11] She was selected to represent Belarus at the 2016 Summer Olympics alongside Maria Kadobina, Hanna Dudzenkova, Maryia Katsiak, and Valeriya Pischelina. They finished outside of medals in the group all-around final with a fifth-place score of 35.299.[12][13][14]

2017

Tsitsilina competed with Hanna Shvaiba, Alina Sevastsyanava, Hanna Haidukevich, Ksenya Cheldishkina, and Marharyta Avadzinskaya at the Tashkent World Cup where they won the bronze medal in the group all-around behind Russia and Bulgaria.[15] They also finished fourth in both apparatus finals.[16] The same group then competed at the Baku World Cup where they won the silver medal in 5 hoops and the bronze medal in 3 balls + 2 ropes behind Ukraine and Bulgaria.[17] Then at the Sofia World Cup, the group won the bronze medals in the all-around and in both apparatus finals.[18] At the World Championships, the Belarusian group finished fifth in the group all-around and in both apparatus finals.[19][20]

2019

Tsitsilina and the Belarusian group won the gold medal in the 5 balls final at the 2019 Sofia World Cup.[21] She was selected to represent Belarus at the 2019 European Games alongside Anastasiya Rybakova, Hanna Shvaiba, Hanna Haidukevich, Karyna Yarmolenka. They won the gold medal in the group all-around by 0.050 ahead of Bulgaria. They also won the gold medal in the 3 hoops + 4 clubs final. In the 5 balls final, they won the bronze medal behind Russia and Bulgaria.[22] She then competed at the World Championships in Baku where the Belarusian group finished fourth in the all-around.[23] They also finished fourth in the 3 hoops + 4 clubs final and seventh in the 5 balls final.[24]

2021

Tsitsilina competed at the Tashkent World Cup where the Belarusian group won the all-around bronze medal behind Uzbekistan and Israel. They won the silver medal in the 5 balls final behind Uzbekistan, and in the 3 hoops + 4 clubs behind Israel.[25] She won a group all-around bronze medal at the Baku World Cup behind Bulgaria and Italy.[26] They also won the bronze medal in the 3 hoops + 4 clubs final and placed fourth in the 5 balls.[27] She then competed at the European Championships and won a silver medal in the team competition with the senior group and individuals Alina Harnasko and Anastasiia Salos.[28] The Belarusian group finished fourth in the all-around and in 5 balls and finished eighth in 3 hoops + 4 clubs.[29][30][31]

Tsitsilina was selected to represent Belarus at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Hanna Haidukevich, Anastasiya Malakanava, Anastasiya Rybakova, Karyna Yarmolenka.[32] In the qualification round, the group finished in eighth and qualified for the final spot in the final.[33] Then in the group all-around final, the group improved to finish in fifth place.[34] The same group then competed at the 2021 World Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan. They won the group all-around bronze medal behind Italy and Russia.[35] This marked the first time Belarus won a World group all-around medal since 2014.[36] In the apparatus finals, they finished fourth in 5 balls and eighth in 3 hoops + 4 clubs.[37] The Belarusian team of Alina Harnasko, Anastasiia Salos, and the senior group won the team bronze medal behind Russia and Italy.[38]

2022

Tsitsilina did not compete in any international competitions in 2022 due to the International Gymnastics Federation banning Russian and Belarusian athletes due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[39]

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