Varvara Salenkova
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| Born | June 13, 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | Israel (2024-present) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Maccabi Tel Aviv | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Ayelet Zussman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Varvara Salenkova (Hebrew: ורברה סלנקוב; born 2007) is a Ukraine-born Israeli rhythmic gymnast.[1] She represents Israel as a member of the Israeli senior group.
Career
Salenkova was included into the Israeli senior group in 2024, she was named the reserve gymnast to Ofir Shaham, Diana Svertsov, Adar Friedmann, Romi Paritzki and Shani Bakanov at the Olympic Games in Paris.[2]
In 2025, after all the gymnasts that competed at the Olympics retired, she became part of the new group. At the World Cup in Baku they were 4th in the All-Around, 8th with 3 ribbons & 2 hoops, winning silver with 5 ribbons.[3][4] In May competing at the European Cup stage in Burgas along Maya Gamliel, Kristina Eilon Ternovski, Arina Gvozdetskaia, Agam Gev and Lian Suharevich, she won gold with 5 hoops and bronze in the cross battle.[5][6][7] In June she was selected for the European Championships in Tallinn.[8] There she and her group won silver in the all-around and bronze in team.[9][10][11] In July, group competed at Cluj-Napoca World Challenge Cup and won bronze medal in all-around behind Spain and Poland. They took 4th place in 5 ribbons and 6th place in balls+hoops final.[12] In August, she was selected to compete at the 2025 World Championships in Brazil, alongside Maya Gamliel, Agam Gev, Kristina Eilon Ternovski and Arina Gvozdetskaia. They took 5th place in the all-around and qualified to both finals. In the exercise with 5 ribbons, they were 4th, and in the exercise with hoops and balls, they were 6th.[13]
References
- ^ "SALENKOVA Varvara - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
- ^ "נבחרת ההתעמלות האמנותית החדשה נחשפת". ONE - מספר אחת בספורט. 2025-03-08. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
- ^ "2025 Baku World Cup" (PDF).
- ^ "כסף לנבחרת ההתעמלות האמנותית בבאקו - ערוץ הספורט". Sport5.co.il - אתר ערוץ הספורט (in Hebrew). 2025-04-20. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
- ^ "2025 Burgas European Cup Result Book" (PDF).
- ^ "זהב קבוצתי לנבחרת ההתעמלות האמנותית - ערוץ הספורט". Sport5.co.il - אתר ערוץ הספורט (in Hebrew). 2025-05-16. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
- ^ ברטל, ליאור (2025-05-18). "2 מדליות זהב למתעמלת מיטל סומקין בגביע אירופה; 13 מדליות לישראל בתחרות". דבר העובדים בארץ ישראל (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2025-05-23.
- ^ "2025 European Championships Nominative Registrations" (PDF).
- ^ "Israël vice-champion d'Europe de gymnastique rythmique par équipes". IsraJ (in French). 2025-06-08. Retrieved 2025-06-11.
- ^ hírlap, Magyar (2025-06-07). "Rg-siker: bronzérmes összetettben a magyar együttes kéziszercsapat". www.magyarhirlap.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2025-06-11.
- ^ "2025 European Championships Result Book" (PDF).
- ^ "World Challenge Cup". ksis.eu. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
- ^ Stav, Ifergan (24 August 2025). "Israel finishes 5th in rhythmic gymnastics team all-around at World Championships". ynetnews.com. Retrieved 24 October 2025.