Daria Atamanov (Hebrew: דריה אטמנוב, Russian: Дарья Анатольевна Атаманова; born December 6, 2005) is an Israeli individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2022 European all-around Champion, and the 2023 World Championship all-around bronze medalist. She is also the 2022 European Championship silver medalist in hoop, clubs, ribbon, and the team bronze medalist. On a national level, she is the 2022 & 2024 Israeli National all-around champion and a two-time (2019, 2020) Israeli Junior National all-around champion.[5] Atamanov represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Women's rhythmic individual all-around, and came in fifth in her first Olympics.
Early life
Before Atamanov was born, her parents emigrated from Uzbekistan to Israel.[1][6] She was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, and is Jewish.[7][8] She attended Tomshin High School.[9]
She said, "I always have the same goal: to feel I gave it my all and put out the best performance on the carpet. My love for this sport is what inspires me the most. I just love it. It excites me and every time I'm on the carpet, I feel that fire inside."[1]
Junior; Junior European Champion
During her junior career, Atamanov was the 2020 Junior European Champion in Kyiv, Ukraine, with clubs. She was also the silver medallist with rope and bronze medallist with ribbon, and she was fourth in the ball final. Atamanov also captured the highest all-around Junior score.[12][13]
Senior
2022: European Champion
In the 2022 season, Atamanov debuted in March as a senior, competing at the 2022 World Cup Athens in Greece. She won a silver medal in the all-around behind Italian Sofia Raffaeli, and in the apparatus finals, she won two gold medals (with hoop and ribbon) and two silver medals (with ball and clubs).[14] She then competed at the 2022 World Cup Baku in Azerbaijan, where she achieved 4th place in the all-around final behind Italian Milena Baldassarri and won a gold medal with clubs and silver with ribbon.[15]
At the 2022 European Championship in Tel Aviv, Israel, on June 18, Atamanov became the European all-around champion, beating out silver medal winner Bulgarian Boryana Kaleyn.[16][17] She was the second Israeli gymnast to win the European title after Linoy Ashram.[18]
On the same day, she also won a bronze medal in the team final along with her teammates Adi Asya Katz and the Israeli senior group.[19] The next day, Atamanov won the silver medal hoop and clubs, both behind Sofia Raffaeli, and another silver in ribbon behind Bulgarian Boryana Kaleyn.[20]
In July 2022, at the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, Alabama, Atamanov won the gold medal in ball and ribbon and the silver medal in clubs (behind Sofia Raffaeli).[21][22] She became the first-ever Israeli athlete to win a gold medal at the World Games.[23]
In August 2022 Atamanov competed at the World Challenge Cup in Cluj Napoca, Romania, where she won the bronze medal in the all-around competition, gold with the ball, and silver with the clubs and the ribbon.[24]
Atamanov was selected to compete at the 2022 World Championships in September 2022, taking place in Sofia, Bulgaria. However, she broke her left leg in warmups while doing a jump just before the qualifying round commenced.[11] She did not compete again until 10 months later, in July 2023, at the Milan World Cup in Italy.[25]
2023: Comeback from injury; Bronze in world championships
In February 2023, Forbes Israel listed her on its "30 Under 30" list.[9]
In February 2024, she was given the "Outstanding Performance" award by the European Gymnastics Union.[29][30]
In March 2024 at the FIG World Cup in Palaio Faliro in Athens, Greece, Atamanov placed 5th in the all-around final and qualified for the hoop and ball final.[31] She finished 8th with hoop and ball.[31] The next month, at the World Cup in Sofia, Bulgaria, she won the bronze medal in the all-around behind Bulgarians Boryana Kaleyn and Stiliana Nikolova.[32] The next day, she won the hoop title, silver with ribbon, and bronze with ball.[33]
At the inaugural edition of the 2024 European Cup, she won the bronze medal in the all-around.[1]
^ a b c d e f"ATAMANOV Daria - FIG Athlete Profile". International Gymnastics Federation.
^"Daria Atamanov/Club". FIG. Archived from the original on January 3, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
^"The Olympic Committee of Israel" (in Hebrew). The Olympic Committee of Israel.
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^"התעמלות: דריה אטמנוב זכתה בזהב בגביע האיגוד" (in Hebrew). February 11, 2022. Archived from the original on January 3, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
^"דריה אטמנוב: "לינוי גרמה לי לעבוד יותר קשה. ידעתי שיש לאן לשאוף" - וואלה ספורט". וואלה (in Hebrew). June 18, 2022. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
^Elizabeth Karpen (15 July 2024). "Meet the top Jewish athletes to watch at the Paris 2024 Olympics," Unpacked.
^Scott Bregman (September 14, 2022). "Rhythmic gymnast Daria Atamanov looks to cap breakout year with world title; The 16-year-old phenom from Israel will look to add World championships gold to European, World Games titles in 2022: "I can definitely say I have a higher level of confidence," she said," Olympics.com.
^Lena Smirnova (August 22, 2023). "World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships 2023: Atamanov, Varfolomeev, Nikolova and other rising stars of the sport," Olympics.com.
^ a bZK Goh and Ekaterina Kuznetsova (October 13, 2022). "European champion Daria Atamanov: Learning from Linoy Ashram and bouncing back from injury," Olympics.com.
^"Golden Ukraine and Turkey light up the Palace of Sports". European Gymnastics. November 28, 2020.
^"Kyiv RG EuCH Results Book" (PDF). European Gymnastics. November 29, 2020.
^Michael Pavitt (March 20, 2022). "Atamanov and Raffaeli earn titles on final day of Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup". Inside the Games.
^Eliott Brennan (April 23, 2022). "Rafaelli takes all-around crown at Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup in Baku". Inside the Games.
^Leichman, Abigail Klein (August 27, 2023). "Israel wins 2023 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships". ISRAEL21c.
^"Israeli gymnast, national team win gold medals at European Championships". The Times of Israel.
^"All Around Results" (PDF). European Gymnastics. June 2022. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
^"Team results" (PDF). European Gymnastics. June 2022. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
^"Italy win four of six apparatus finals at 2022 European Championships in Rhythmic Gymnastics; Full results from the individual and group apparatus finals on the last day of action, 19 June, at the 2022 European Championships in Tel Aviv, Israel," Olympics.com, 19 June 2022.
^Larry Brook (July 19, 2022). "Israel has noteworthy top-15 overall finish at the World Games," Israel HaYom.
^Larry Brook (July 15, 2022). "World Games week in review: Israel wins four golds, one silver". Jewish News Syndicate.
^איפרגן, סתיו (July 17, 2022). "ילדת הפלא של ההתעמלות האמנותית: "אחרי הזכייה באליפות אירופה חזרתי מיד להתאמן" | בלעדי". Ynet.
^אלון, מיקי (August 28, 2022). "דריה אטמנוב מהפועל רמת אליהו ראשון לציון זכתה במדליית זהב". Mekomon Rishon.
^אורן אהרוני (April 13, 2024). "צפו: המתעמלת הבכירה של ישראל, דריה אטמנוב, חזרה להתחרות לאחר עשרה חודשים". Israel HaYom.
^"World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships 2023: All final results and medals – complete list," Olympics.com, 27 August 2023.
^Rory Jiwani (August 26, 2023). "World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships 2023: Darja Varfolomeev wins all-around final to sweep individual titles in Valencia," Olympics.com.
^איפרגן, סתיו (February 13, 2024). "מרשים: דריה אטמנוב זכתה ב"הישג יוצא הדופן של השנה" על-ידי איגוד ההתעמלות העולמי". Ynet.
^"European Gymnastics proudly presents your 2023 'Gymnast of the Year' winners!". European Gymnastics. February 13, 2024. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
^ a bרותם פלדברג (April 13, 2024). "זהב לנבחרת האומנותית בקרב רב בסופיה". Sport5.co.il - אתר ערוץ הספורט.
^Matthew Nagime (April 13, 2024). "Brazil qualifies for another final at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup Sofia 2024," Olympics.com.
^"Stiliana Nikolova steals the show while Israel's group dominates in Sofia". International Gymnastics Federation. April 16, 2024. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
^"Meet the Rhythmic Gymnastics nations already qualified for Paris 2024". International Gymnastics Federation. April 18, 2023.
^David Wiseman (September 5, 2023). "Israeli Athletes Are Getting Ready for the Summer 2024 Olympics in Paris". The Algemeiner.
^"Israel's Daria Atamanov advances to final in Olympic rhythmic gymnastics," The Jerusalem Post.
^Amy Spiro (August 8, 2024). "Israel’s Daria Atamanov secures spot in Olympic rhythmic gymnastics final," The Times of Israel.
^Amy Spiro (August 9, 2024). "Israeli rhythmic gymnast Atamanov finishes 5th in individual run; team heads to finals," The Times of Israel.
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