Ekaterina Andreevna Fetisova (born 3 January 2003)[1] is an Uzbekistani rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2021 Asian Championships ball champion and all-around bronze medalist. She also won team gold and hoop bronze at the 2019 Asian Championships. She represented Uzbekistan at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics and at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She is the 2018 Asian junior all-around champion.

Ekaterina Fetisova
Fetisova at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full nameEkaterina Andreevna Fetisova
Alternative name(s)Yekaterina Fetisova
Country represented Uzbekistan
Born (2003-01-03) 3 January 2003 (age 21)
Fergana, Uzbekistan
ResidenceTashkent, Uzbekistan
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
Years on national team2018 - present
Head coach(es)Liliya Vlasova
Medal record
Representing  Uzbekistan
Rhythmic gymnastics
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Pattaya Team
Gold medal – first place 2021 Tashkent Ball
Gold medal – first place 2023 Manila Team
Silver medal – second place 2023 Manila Group All-around
Silver medal – second place 2023 Manila 3 Ribbons + 2 Balls
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Pattaya Hoop
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Tashkent All-around

Career edit

Fetisova began rhythmic gymnastics in 2008.[1]

Junior edit

Fetisova competed at the 2018 Asian Championships in Kuala Lumpur and won the all-around gold medal in the junior division.[1] She then represented Uzbekistan at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina and finished in twentieth place during the qualification round for the all-around. She also finished tenth in the mixed multi-discipline team event.[2]

Senior edit

Fetisova became age-eligible for senior competition in 2019. She made her senior debut at the 2019 Pesaro World Cup where she finished forty-fifth in the all-around.[3] She then finished sixteenth all-around at the Tashkent World Cup and thirty-seventh at the Baku World Cup.[4][5] At the 2019 Asian Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships held in Pattaya, Thailand, she won the gold medal in the team event alongside Sabina Tashkenbaeva and Nurinisso Usmanova and the bronze medal in the hoop final behind Zhao Yating and Adilya Tlekenova.[6] In September, she competed at the Kazan World Cup and made her first World Cup final- placing seventh in hoop.[7] At the 2019 World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan she qualified for the individual all-around final, where she placed twentieth with a total score of 77.250.[8] She also helped Uzbekistan place tenth in the team competition.[9]

Fetisova qualified for the ball final at the 2021 Sofia World Cup and finished seventh.[10] Then at the Tashkent World Cup, she placed eighth in the hoop final.[11] At the 2021 Asian Championships in Tashkent, Fetisova won the all-around bronze medal behind Kazakhstan's Alina Adilkhanova and teammate Takhmina Ikromova. She won the gold medal in the ball event final ahead of Adilkhanova.[12]

Fetisova was initially the reserve for the 2020 Olympic Games due to her all-around placement at the 2019 World Championships. However, when teammate Sabina Tashkenbaeva tested positive for COVID-19 a few days before the competition, Fetisova received her spot.[13] At the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, she finished twenty-fourth in the qualification round for the individual all-around with a total score of 75.500.[14]

Fetisova represented Uzbekistan at the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, United States but did not qualify for any of the event finals.[15]

As of 2023, she is competing as a group gymnast with the Uzbekistani group.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Ekaterina Fetisova". Tokyo 2020. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Official Results Book Gymnastics" (PDF). Buenos Aires 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  3. ^ "FIG RG World Cup Pesaro 2019 All-Around" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 6 April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  4. ^ "FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup Tashkent" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. 20 April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 February 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  5. ^ "FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup AGF Trophy" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. 28 April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Гимнастки Узбекистана завоевали 13 медалей на ЧА в Таиланде" [Gymnasts of Uzbekistan won 13 medals at the Championship in Thailand]. Gazeta UZ (in Russian). 25 June 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  7. ^ "FIG World Challenge Cup Final Hoop" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 1 September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  8. ^ "37th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Baku (AZE), 16-22 September 2019 Individual All-Around Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 20 September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  9. ^ "37th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Baku (AZE), 16-22 September 2019 Team Ranking" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 17 September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Finals Individual" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  11. ^ "FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup Tashkent" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. 18 April 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  12. ^ "Adilkhanova, Uzbekistan take titles in Tashkent". International Gymnastics Federation. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  13. ^ "Сабина Ташкенбаева не выступит в Токио" [Sabina Tashkenbayeva will not perform in Tokyo]. Gimnastika (in Russian). 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  14. ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics — Individual All-Around — Qualification — Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  15. ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.

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