Ida Mayrin

Ida Mayrin
 Gymnast  
Alternative name(s) אידה מיירין
Country represented  Israel
Born (1997-10-30) 30 October 1997
Kokand, Uzbekistan
Residence Tel Aviv, Israel
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Weight 52 kg (115 lb)[2]
Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
Level Senior International Elite
Years on national team 2014-
Club Rishon Le-Zion[3]
Head coach(es) Lena Zelikman, Ira Vigdorchik, Raya Irgo, Ela Samofalov, and choreographer Ayelet Zysman.[4]

Ida Mayrin (Hebrew: אידה מיירין; born 30 October 1997) is an Israeli Olympic group rhythmic gymnast.

Personal life

Mayrin was born in Kokand, Uzbekistan, and made aliyah (emigrated) to Israel as a child.[5][6] She lives in Tel Aviv, Israel.[7]

Career

Mayrin began practicing gymnastics at the age of four, and began competing at the age of nine in 2006.[8] Her club is Rishon Le-Zion.[9] She represents Israel in international competitions.

She competed at the 2014 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Izmir, Turkey, where Mayrin won the silver medal in the group 10 clubs event.[10][11][12] Representing Israel at the 2015 European Games in Baku she won silver medals in the group all-around and group clubs and hoops event and a bronze medal in the group ribbons event.[13]

At the 2016 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships in Holon, Israel, on the Mediterranean coast south of Tel Aviv, Mayrin and the Israeli team won a group gold in the clubs and hoops category, a group silver in the ribbon routine, and a bronze in the all-around competition.[14][15]

Mayrin represented Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[16] She and the Israeli team finished 6th in the final of the group all-around.[17]

References

  1. "2014 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships athletes - Yuval Filo". Longinestiming.com. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  2. "2014 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships athletes - Ida Mayrin". Longinestiming.com. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  3. "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
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