Katsiaryna Halkina

Katsiaryna Halkina
— Gymnast —
Alternative name(s)	Ekaterina Galkina
Nickname(s)	Katya
Country represented	Belarus
Born	(1997-02-25) 25 February 1997 Minsk, Belarus
Hometown	Minsk
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	50 kg (110 lb)
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Level	Senior international elite
Years on national team	2009-present
Club	Dinamo
College team	Belarusian State University of Physical Culture
Head coach(es)	Irina Leparskaya
Assistant coach(es)	Liubov Charkashyna,Yuliya Kamarova
Choreographer	Elena Manzalevskaya, Galina Ryzhaknova
World ranking	9 (2016 Season)-(As of 5 July 2016)[1] 7 (2015 Season) [2] 9 (2014 Season)[3] 11 (2013 Season)[4]
Medal record Representing  Belarus Rhythmic gymnastics World Championships 2014 Izmir Team 2015 Stuttgart Team European Championships 2015 Minsk Team 2013 Vienna Team 2015 Minsk Hoop 2015 Minsk Clubs

Katsiaryna Halkina (Belarusian: Кацярына Галкіна; Russian: Екатерина Галкина; born 25 February 1997 in Minsk) is a Belarusian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the medalist of European and World Championships.

Career

Junior

Halkina began competing in the junior international scene in 2009, she won many medals as a junior, at the 2010 Pesaro Junior World Cup where she won gold in ball, hoop and silver in Team Event. At the 2010 Junior Grand Prix she won the all-around bronze medal. She won gold in hoop at the 2012 Pesaro Junior World Cup. At the 2012 European Junior Championships she and Team Belarus won the Team silver medal, she won silver in ribbon and ball final. Halkina then won the all around gold medal in the junior division at the 2012 Aeon Cup in Japan.

Senior

In 2013 Season, Halkina debuted as a Senior competing L.A. Lights, at the senior international division at the 2013 Holon Grand Prix she won silver in all-around and gold in ribbon and hoop final. She competed in her first World Cup at the 2013 Lisboa. At the 2013 Pesaro World Cup, Halkina qualified for all event finals, she finished 5th in hoop, 6th in ball and clubs, 7th in ball. At the 2013 Minsk World Cup, she finished 8th in all-around and finished 5th in ball and clubs final. Halkina appeared in her first senior Europeans at the 2013 European Championships together with her teammates ( Melitina Staniouta and Arina Charopa) where Team Belarus won the bronze medal. At the 2013 World Cup series in St.Petersburg, Russia, Halkina finished 7th in all-around behind Azeri gymnast Marina Durunda and again qualified to all 4 event finals. She then competed at the 2013 World Championships in Kiev, Ukraine where she qualified and finished 8th in ball final. Halkina finished 15th at the 2013 World Championships All-around final. In October 25–27, Halkina competed at the World Club Championship, the 2013 Aeon Cup in Tokyo, Japan representing team Dinamo (together with teammate Melitina Staniouta) won the team silver. She finished 5th in the All-around finals ahead of Azeri gymnast Marina Durunda.^[5]

In 2014 Season, Halkina began competing at the 2014 L.A. Lights and finished 6th in all-around, she qualified to 3 event finals and won bronze medal in hoop. Halkina then competed in the first World Cup event of the season at the 2014 Debrecen World Cup where she finished 4th in the all-around and won bronze in hoop.^[6] At the 2014 Stuttgart World Cup, Halkina finished 12th in all-around and qualified to 2 event finals where she placed 7th in hoop and ball.^[7] Halkina then competed at the 2014 Baltic Hoop and won the all-around bronze behind Arina Averina, she won silver in hoop, ball and bronze in clubs, ribbon. Halkina's next World Cup event was at the 2014 Pesaro World Cup, where she finished 9th in all-around and qualified to 2 event finals finishing 5th in clubs and 6th in ribbon. Halkina then won the all-around gold at the 2014 MTM International Tournament with an overall score of 69.550 points. In May 3–5, Halkina then competed at the 2014 Kalamata Cup and won the all-around bronze behind. In May 9–11, Halkina finished 5th in all-around at the 2014 Corbeil-Essonnes World Cup, she qualified to 3 event finals and won silver in ball. In May 30-June 1, Halkina competed at the 2014 Minsk World Cup and finished 6th in all-around, she qualified to 3 event finals. In June 10–15, Halkina competed at the 2014 European Championships and finished 7th in all-around.^[8] In August 8–10, Halkina finished 13th in all-around at the 2014 Sofia World Cup and qualified to 2 event finals, taking bronze in clubs and placing 4th in ribbon behind Maria Titova. In September 5–7, Halkina competed at the 2014 World Cup series in Kazan, finishing 4th in all-around with a total of 70.400 points, just behind teammate Melitina Staniouta, she qualified to all 4 event finals and won her 2 bronze medals (clubs, ribbon), 4th in ball and 6th in hoop.^[9] In September 22–28, Halkina (along with teammates Melitina Staniouta and Arina Charopa) represented Belarus at the 2014 World Championships where they took the Team silver with a total of 136.073 points. She qualified to 2 event finals (6th in ball, 8th in hoop) and finished 8th in the all-around behind compatriot Staniouta. In October 17–19, Halkina traveled in Tokyo for the 2014 Aeon Cup, representing team Dinamo club (together with teammates Melitina Staniouta and junior Mariya Trubach) won the team silver. She finished 5th in the All-around finals behind Ganna Rizatdinova of Ukraine.

In 2015 Season, Halkina's first competition was at the 2015 L.A. Lights where she won the all-around bronze medal behind Belarusian teammate Melitina Staniouta. In March 14–15, Halkina competed at the 2015 Baltic Hoop finishing 7th in all-around, she took silver in ribbon and bronze in clubs finals. Her next event was at the 2015 Thiais Grand Prix where she finished 13th in the all-around, she qualified to 1 event final finishing 5th in ribbon. In March 27–29, Halkina then competed at the 2015 Lisboa World Cup finishing 6th in all-around, she qualified to all 4 event finals: bronze (hoop, clubs), and 4th in (ball, ribbon). In April 10–12, Halkina placed 7th in all-around at the 2015 Pesaro World Cup and qualified to 3 apparatus finals. Halkina and teammate Melitina Staniouta represented Belarus at the 2015 European Championships, she won 3 medals: silver in team and bronze (hoop, clubs). Halkina then competed at the 2015 Holon Grand Prix where she finished 16th in all-around after a drop and roll out of carpet from her hoop apparatus. She qualified to 3 event finals: placing 4th in clubs, ball and ribbon. In May 22–24, Halkina competed at the 2015 Tashkent World Cup finishing 5th in the all-around with a total of 70.400 points. She qualified to 3 apparatus finals: she won silver in clubs and 2 bronze in ribbon, ball. Halkina finished 11th in all-around at the 2015 Grand Prix Berlin, she qualified to 2 event finals: won bronze in ribbon (tied with Margarita Mamun) and 4th in ball. In June 15–21, Halkina competed at the inaugural 2015 European Games where she finished 6th in the all-around behind Georgia's Salome Pazhava. Halkina then finished 8th in all-around at the 2015 Summer Universiade, she qualified to 3 apparatus finals placing 4th in clubs, and 8th in ribbon, hoop. In August, Halkina competed at the 2015 Budapest World Cup finishing 6th in all-around behind Ukrainian Ganna Rizatdinova, she qualified to all 4 apparatus finals taking bronze in ribbon, 5th in hoop, and 8th (clubs, ball). In her next competition at the 2015 Sofia World Cup, Halkina finished 9th in the all-around behind Marina Durunda of Azerbaijan. She qualified to 2 apparatus finals finishing 6th in ball and 8th in ribbon. At the 2015 World Cup series in Kazan, Halkina finished 12th in the all-around after a disastrous ball routine, she qualified to 3 apparatus finals finishing 6th in hoop, 5th in clubs, 4th in ribbon. In September 9–13, Halkina (together with teammates Melitina Staniouta, Hanna Bazhko and Arina Charopa) competed at the 2015 World Championships in Stuttgart, with Team Belarus winning the silver. Halkina qualified to 1 apparatus final finishing 8th in ball.^[10] and in the all-around finals; she finished in 13th place behind Kseniya Moustafaeva of France.^[11]

In 2016 season, Halkina started her season at the 2016 L.A. Lights where she won the all-around silver medal behind Ukrainian Ganna Rizatdinova. She then finished 12th the all-around at the 2016 Grand Prix Moscow.^[12] In Feb 26-28, she competed at the 2016 Espoo World Cup finishing 7th in the all-around with a total of 70.350 points.^[13] In March 12-13, Halkina competed at the MTM Tournament in Ljubljana, Slovania finishing 5th in the all-around with a total of 70.300 points,^[14] At the 30th Thiais Grand Prix event in Paris, Halkina finished 6th in the all-around and qualified 3 apparatus finals.^[15] On April 1-3, Halkina competed at the 2016 Pesaro World Cup where she finished 13th in the all-around and qualified for hoop, ball finals. On May 14-16, Halkina then finished 5th in the all-around with a total of 72.700 points at the 2016 Grand Prix Bucharest behind Georgia's Salome Pazhava, she qualified to all apparatus finals and won bronze in ball (tied with Dina Averina). She finished 4th in the all-around at the 2016 Minsk World Cup and qualified to all 4 apparatus finals, finishing (4th in hoop, clubs, ribbon) and 8th in ball.^[16] Halkina finished 11th in the all-around at the 2016 Guadalajara World Cup and qualified to 3 apparatus finals. On June 17-19, Halkina competed at the 2016 European Championships where she finished in 11th place with a total of 71.156 points.^[17] On July 1-3, Halkina competed at the 2016 Berlin World Cup winning the All-around bronze with a total of 73.150 (tied with Salome Pazhava, Halkina qualified to all apparatus finals winning bronze in hoop and clubs, 4th in ball and 8th in ribbon.^[18] On July 8-10, Halkina then finished 6th in the all-around at the 2016 Kazan World Cup with a total of 72.700 points, she finished 4th in hoop, 5th in ball, 6th in clubs and 7th in ribbon finals.

On August 19-20, Halkina competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She qualified to the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around final where she finished in 6th place with a total of 70.932 points. On September 9-11, Halkina together with teammates Hanna Bazhko and junior Alina Harnasko represented team Dinamo at the annual 2016 Aeon Cup in Tokyo, where they won the team silver and with Halkina finishing 4th in the all-around.

Routine music information

References

External links

• Katsiaryna Halkina at the International Federation of Gymnastics
• Rhythmic Gymnastics Results
• Katsiaryna Halkina on Instagram