Olympic champions in synchronized swimming from the regions. The most titled synchronized swimmers in Russia. And they invite you to work abroad
Anzhelika Timanina will take part for the first time in international tournament on surfing.
Olympic champion in synchronized swimming Anzhelika Timanina will perform in a new sport for herself - surfing.
30-year-old Timanina will take part in the World Championships, which will be held in Miyazaki (Japan) from September 7 to 15. This tournament will be the first international start of a synchronized swimmer in surfing and the twelfth world championship in her career.
“I still don’t fully understand everything that’s happening to me now,” Timanina said. - Only thanks to the support of people who sincerely believe in me, everything that is happening today became possible, and I personally thank everyone who helped me get to where I am now. It is a great honor for me to take part in competitions of this level and represent the country.”
Note that Timanina completed her career as a synchronized swimmer in 2016.
The composition of the Russian national team at the World Championships: Nikita Avdeev, Egor Volkov, Sergei Rassivaev, Polina Malizia, Anna Chudnenko, Anzhelika Timanina.
The World Surfing Championship will be a qualifying tournament for Olympic Games 2020 in Tokyo.
Read on the topic: Surfing competitions in Japan and Indonesia postponed Olympic champion in synchronized swimming will perform at the World Surfing Championships
According to Wikipedia, Nikolic has already replaced Semin at Lokomotiv. What about in life? The stoppage of European football due to coronavirus does not reduce the transfer activity of RPL clubs. At least virtual. If you believe the Serbian media, Loko will be headed by 40-year-old Marko Nikolic in the summer. 03/21/2020 18:00 Football Sergeev Ivan
Alexey Safonov: Some players will change clubs before the end of the season Well-known football agent Alexey Safonov spoke about how the pause in the championships due to the coronavirus pandemic will affect the relationship between clubs and football players. 03/20/2020 10:00 Football Zibrak Artem
Khabib Nurmagomedov: Ferguson never fought on the street. And I grew up in Dagestan and fought every day. It seems that Ferguson managed to piss Khabib off a little. But the champion claims to be calm. 03/07/2020 15:00 MMA Vashchenko Sergey
Coronavirus has canceled everything. Including Zidane's resignation. According to rumors, the Frenchman will remain at the helm of the Madrid team for at least another year. 03/20/2020 20:00 Football Veliev Emil
You will be surprised, but some are still running. And Be almost won the World Cup over Fourcade Despite the coronavirus epidemic and mass cancellations of competitions around the world, the biathlon stage of the World Cup started in the Finnish Kontiolahti. 03/12/2020 19:30 Biathlon Tigay Lev
In spite of the coronavirus. The World Championships in Montreal will be held on time and with spectators. In addition to the Junior World Championships held in Tallinn, in recent days there has been a lot of talk about the “adult” World Championships. Its start is scheduled for March 18. 10.03.2020 14:00 Figure skating Tigai Lev
Kevin Lee: There was a lot of politics in the process of organizing the fight with Makhachev and I chose Oliveira. American fighter Kevin Lee, before the fight against the Brazilian Charles Oliveira at the UFC Fight Night 170 tournament, gave a short interview in which he explained why he refused the fight against the Russian Islam Makhachev. 03/14/2020 11:30 MMA Vashchenko Sergey
Synchronized swimming - the history of emergence and development in the world and Russia
Representatives of the most ancient civilizations began to write the history of synchronized swimming. In Egypt, girls picking lotus flowers demonstrated miracles of grace, holding a basket with their hands and moving only with the help of their legs. The ancient Greek historian Herodotus wrote about the daughter of a famous swimmer, who felt so free in the water that, according to legend, she received the name Beloved of the God of the Seas. IN Ancient Rome Swimming of girls and boys with round dances to music was an obligatory part of the water extravaganza program. It is believed that the development of synchronized swimming as an independent sports discipline began in Europe at the end of the 19th century. Moreover, the “pioneers” in mass competitions were not women at all, but men who competed with each other for the first time in Berlin in 1891. The next country to join the development of the new sport was Great Britain, where a year later its own group of synchronized swimmers appeared. And at the beginning of the 20th century, “artistic swimming” began to conquer France, where the “Chaika” club was formed.
"Water ballet", as synchronized swimming was originally called, was not recognized until 1920. The key factor Conquering the world was the first championship in Montreal, Canada, organized four years later, and the spread of the passion for this elegant and sophisticated sport in the United States and throughout Europe. At the same time, the mass participation of women synchronized swimmers in competitions began, which gradually displaced men from them.
In 1952, synchronized swimming received the long-awaited official international recognition and modern name. At the French Championships, previously unused musical accompaniment was used, at the Olympics in Finland there was a demonstration performance by American women, and a separate committee was created at FINA.
The emergence and development of synchronized swimming in the USSR
The year 1908 can be considered the beginning of the development of this sport in Russia. It was then that a swimming school was founded near St. Petersburg, where they passed standards in 12 disciplines, including quite unusual ones. On weekends, holidays were held here, during which students performed various figures on the water.
Demonstration performances by women of up to 24 people, in which the best athletes of that time participated - Khatuntseva, Kuznetsova, the Vtorov sisters, Fedorova - became popular already in 1930. After the war, independent groups began to organize, one of which performed in 1957 at the stadium. Lenin in Luzhniki.
The preliminary stage or formation of synchronized swimming in the USSR occurred in 1961-1969 - from the first official capital championship to the inclusion of annual city competitions in the calendar. The second stage - Moscow - where the opening prize of the season was played, individual championships and Moscow Cubes were held, lasted for 10 years until 1979. During this period, requirements for categories and standards, competition rules and a qualification program were approved. The structure of the created Moscow Federation under the leadership of the head. The department of the State Center for Physical Culture and Physical Culture O. I. Logunova included V.V. Belokovsky, O. Kireeva, A. Mindlina, O. Viltsin. The first coaching schools of O. Kireeva (Luzhniki), T. Dobychina, Z.A. also began to actively develop. Barbier (“Moscow”), M.N. Maksimova (Department of Swimming, State Center for Physical Education and Physical Culture).
In 1974, at the request of the Federation, the editors of the magazine “Soviet Woman” established a spring competition prize dedicated to March 8th. Two years later, the All-Union Commission was created under the USSR Sports Committee with the first chairman in the person of the famous Maya Plisetskaya and the third stage in the development of synchronized swimming was launched, which began to conquer the entire Soviet space. Evidence of this is the appearance of the titles “Master of Sports of the USSR” and “MS International Class” in synchronized swimming, regional and republican teams - Belarusian and Ukrainian, Georgian and Moldavian, Uzbek, Kazakh and Armenian.
The third stage - the All-Union - lasted from 1979 until the collapse of the USSR and began with the first All-Union competitions in Elektrostal, where new stars were lit: Potemkina, Frolova, Heitzer.
In 1980, the XXII Olympics took place in Moscow, where synchronized swimming was recognized Olympic form sports and has been included in them since 1984 as an exclusively female discipline. First, competitions take place in singles and doubles with technical and free program, and then group performances are added. In 1986, Soviet athletes went to their first world championship, in 1988 juniors began to participate in competitions, and after 3 years the USSR ceased to exist and the modern - Russian - stage of the development of synchronized swimming began.
Olympic medal winners
Soviet synchronized swimmers did not participate in the XXIII Olympiad, held in Los Angeles. The reason is simple - the boycott is in response to similar actions by the American team and a number of other teams that refused to come to the socialist country.
Two gold olympic medals Los Angeles got Tracy Ruiz from the USA from both sets. In 1988, Caroline Waldo from Canada became the champion in Seoul. At the XXV Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992, American Christine Babb-Sprague won the singles event. doubles won by the duo of Sarah and Karen Josephson. Four years later in Atlanta, single and pair performances were replaced by group exercises, but the highest award again went to synchronized swimmers from the USA.
The dominance of American athletes ended in Sydney, where two sets of awards began to be played out - among duets and teams. From 2000 to 2016, synchronized swimmers from Russia took home gold medals in Australia, Greece, Japan, Great Britain and Brazil.
Among the strongest athletes in the world who have won the maximum number of awards, our legendary girls are in the lead:
- Anastasia Davydova. Five-time champion Olympic Games in group and duet, 13-time world champion and 7-time European champion.
- Anastasia Ermakova. Quadruple Olympic champion, 8-time world, European and Russian champion.
- Olga Brusnikina. Three-time Olympic champion, 4-time world champion.
- Maria Kiseleva. Three-time Olympic champion, 3-time world champion, 9-time European champion.
The brilliant results are the merit of the talented and persistent athletes themselves, the head coach of the Russian national team T.N. Pokrovskaya and the senior coach T.E. Danchenko.
Tatyana Nikolaevna switched to synchronized swimming from rhythmic gymnastics. A creative approach, a real gift for uniting people around her so that they become a cohesive team, and the ability to train strong athletes in a short time helped her achieve the triumphant success of the team at the Olympics, World and European Championships.
Tatyana Evgenievna is a former synchronized swimmer - champion of the USSR and Europe among juniors. Under her leadership, Russian athletes took gold medals in four in a row Olympic Games, won the World Championships 21 times and the European Championships 14 times. The junior team does not know losses either. For more than 20 years, N.A. has led her to victories at world competitions. Mendygalieva - ZTR of Russia and master of sports in scuba diving. Synchronized swimming in Russia today
The USSR Synchronized Swimming Federation was replaced by the FSPR with its president in the person of A.V. Vlasenko is a member of FINA, LEN (European Swimming League) and Olympic Committee Russia - which is represented by the vice-president of the FSPR I.P. Kartashov and first vice-president O.A. Brusnikina. Synchronized swimming is intensively developing in 21 constituent entities of Russia and has 20 regional federations in regions, large cities, territories, autonomous regions and republics. With 6,000 athletes in dozens of youth sports schools, sports schools and sections, 150 specialists work who continue the work of leading coaches and directors of group compositions - Z.A. Barbier, M.N. Maksimovov, O.I. Vasilchenko, T.N. Pokrovskoy, N.A. Mendygalieva, M.G. Terekhova.
Strict requirements for performance technique and high competition determine the complexity of the new tasks that synchronized swimmers face before the next Olympic Games. After all, you need to not only take the lead once, but also forge further victories. A strict selection and training system allows us to develop promising, gifted athletes - today's juniors and tomorrow's heroes of world competitions. Expansion of staff and growth of professionalism coaching staff, increasing the number of groups initial training and improvement sportsmanship makes it possible to improve the level of performance, prepare worthy replacements for departing stars and maintain the status of a sports superpower.
On Wednesday, Russian synchronized swimmer Svetlana Romashina became a 14-time world champion.
"SE" remembers the most titled synchronized swimmers in Russia.
MARIA KISELEVA
Three-time Olympic champion. In 2000, she won the doubles and group competitions in Sydney, and four years later in Athens she won another gold in the group. Three-time world champion, nine-time European champion. Actress and TV presenter. She was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree, and the Order of Friendship.
OLGA BRUSNIKINA
Together with Maria Kiseleva, she won gold in duet competitions in Sydney, as well as in group exercises in Sydney and Athens. Three-time world champion and six-time European champion. Awarded the Order of Honor. Member of the executive committee of the Russian Olympic Committee.
ANASTASIA DAVYDOVA
Five-time Olympic champion. Two golds in duet competitions and three in group competitions. 13-time world champion, seven-time European champion. Knight of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree, Order of Honor and Order of Friendship.
ANASTASIA ERMAKOVA
Four-time Olympic champion. Two golds in duet competitions and two in group competitions. Eight-time world champion, eight-time European champion. Awarded the Order of Honor and the Order of Friendship.
NATALIA ISCHENKO
Three-time Olympic champion (duet and group twice). 16-time world champion. Nine-time European champion. Six-time World Cup winner. Recipient of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree, and the Order of Friendship.
SVETLANA ROMASHINA
Three-time Olympic champion (duet and group twice). 14-time world champion, seven-time European champion. Recipient of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree, and the Order of Friendship.
MARIA GROMOVA
Three-time Olympic champion in group competitions. Six-time world champion, two-time European champion. Awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree, Order of Honor and Order of Friendship.
For several Olympic cycles in a row, the Russian women's synchronized swimming team has been methodically collecting all the first awards at the world's largest tournaments. One of the “golden” mermaids of this team was Maria Gromova, who successfully competed in high level more than ten years. During this time, she managed to win three Olympics and become a multiple world and European champion.
Life in the pool
Maria Igorevna Gromova was born in Moscow in 1984. Her parents wanted their daughter to go in for sports and tried to place her in sports classes. rhythmic gymnastics, figure skating. However, little Masha was a little large for these sports, so we had to look for other ways. This is how synchronized swimming appeared in the biography of Maria Gromova. An important role in the final decision was played by the fact that this was the least traumatic sport, and the risk of harm to health was minimized here.
Masha came to the pool at the age of six, like all children, she first learned to float on the water and swim. Gradually, the girls in her group began to perform some elements and reveal their abilities to their mentors. Maria's first coach was Elena Piskareva, who remained next to her throughout her career.
Gromova herself at first had no particular desire to overcome herself and do tedious stretching exercises. Like all children, she wanted to play and hang out with friends. However, it so happened that she performed unsuccessfully at some children's competitions, ending up at the back of the group. Here the character has already leaped, and the girl began to reach out to her friends, trying to become the best. The results went by themselves, she began to get into the country's youth teams, being a year younger than the girls in her age category.
Transition to adult level
Already at the age of sixteen, Maria Gromova joined the main national team, falling under the supervision of the head synchronized swimming coach Tatyana Pokrovskaya. The rules in the team were quite strict. Being essentially a maximalist, Pokrovskaya sought to hone every element of the program to an ideal level, forcing her students to repeat the same movements many times.
The pool where the synchronized swimmers trained was empty after evening, swimmers and platform jumpers were leaving, but Maria Gromova and her teammates trained until exhaustion, sometimes staying until twelve o’clock at night. Under such conditions, there was not even a need for strict control over the young girls outside of training, since they themselves did not experience any other needs other than rest and sleep.
These titanic efforts were not in vain; Pokrovskaya’s players invariably took all the first places at big tournaments. In 2001, Maria Gromova became the world champion in group exercises for the first time in her life, then in the same year she won the European Cup.
Collecting medals
The Moscow athlete approached her first Olympics in 2004 with the status of a multiple world champion. In 2003, another Golden medal world championships, won the European Cup. However, the Olympic Games were a special tournament during which sports fans they forgot about hockey and football and discovered other sports, which included synchronized swimming.
During the preparation period, the stay at the national team became truly barracks-like. Every day there were two training sessions, each of which lasted at least five hours. After such drills, the girls’ movements at the tournament itself became practiced to the point of automatism; they performed the most complex cascades of jumps and lifts with a smile on their faces.
Rivals from China and Spain tried to catch up with the Russians, but this was impossible. So in 2004, Maria Gromova became an Olympic champion for the first time in her life.
The competition within the team was very tough, talented juniors were breathing in their backs, but Maria found her niche in the team. Being a relatively large girl (height 172 cm, weight 61 kg), she played the role of “Atlanta” on the team. That is, during lifts, she was below and holding her teammate on her shoulders, acting as a kind of springboard for jumping. At the same time, it was strictly forbidden to touch the bottom with her feet; she performed this athletic work while floating on the water.
Fade into the shadows and return
In 2008, after winning her second Olympics, Maria Gromova decided to take a break in her career. After winning all possible tournaments, it was difficult to find further motivation to perform, and the athlete left the pool.
She spent her free time wisely, devoting it to her education. Unlike many athletes, she chose not a physical education university, but an institute of economics, management and law.
However, it is always difficult to end a career at just twenty-four years old. Two years later, Maria Gromova, along with several other friends from group exercises returns to the team and begins to prepare for the London 2012 Olympics.
She prepared the “Lost World” program for the main tournament of the four-year anniversary, the preparation of which took place in conditions of strict secrecy. Rivals from other teams have more than once borrowed particularly effective techniques from Russian team, and they tried to avoid repetition of excesses.
The new program was replete with the most complex technical elements; there were about ten emissions and supports alone. Particular responsibility fell on Maria, who, with such elements, was a kind of foundation for a complex structure. However, she did her job perfectly and helped the team win another victory, thus becoming a three-time Olympic champion.
In 2012, Maria Gromova made the final decision to leave the sport and left her active career.
