ANNA BESSONOVA AT LG WHISEN RHYTHMIC ALL STARS, IN 2011
Anna Bessonova is an ukrainian rhythmic gymnast, she was born the 29th of July, in 1984. She is very known nowadays, because of her successes in rhythmic gymnastics.
Her father is Vladimir Bessonow, who was a famous football player (the “Dinamo Kiev”) and a coach at present. Her mother is Viktoria Serikh, who was a former two-time World champion group rhythmic gymnast. Her brother was a tennis player and now he is her personal manager.
Anna started training when she was 5 years old. Her mother wanted her to do ballet instead, but she settle on rhythmic gymnastics. Then, she was taught by Albina and Irina Deriugina, at the Deriugins School in Kiev.
In 2003, Bessonova became the leader of the Ukrainian National Team, becoming, that same year twice World Champion, winnin the Hoop Event Final (using music from ballet Swan Lake) and the Clubs Final. The routine that Anna used in the Hoop Final was rated as one of the best that had been made.
(At the end of the entry is the routine used in the Hoop Final in 2003)
In addition, in that same year, Bessonova became triple European Champion, in hoop, clubs and ribbon event finals. In 2005 she became 6-times silver medalist at the World Rhytmic Gymnastics Championships,in all-around, rope, ball, clubs and ribbon Finals.
In 2007, Anna became world champion at the World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship in Patras, in all-around.In 2008, Bessonova also won all-around golds at the LA Lights, Deriugina Cup. At the Olympics, she won the bronze individual all-around in Beijing (2008) and Athens (2004).
In 2009, Bessonova became champion at the Kiev World Cup in all-around. In 2010, she retired from the gymnastics’ world and officially ended her proffesional carrier at Deriugina Cup Gran Prix.
Nowadays, Anna directs classes around the world, takes part in gala shows and international perfomances and trains young gymnasts in Ukraine.
The golds in her career were:
- World Championships
- 2001 in Madrid (team)
- 2002 in New Orleans (ribbon)
- 2003 in Budapest (hoop and clubs)
- 2007 in Patras (all-around)
- European Championship
- 2003 In Riesa (ribbon, hoop and clubs)
- World Cup Final
- 2002 in Stuttgart (rope, hoop and clubs)
- Grand prix final
- 2003 in Innsbruck (all-around, ribbon and hoop)
- 2004 in Deventer (hoop and clubs)
- World Games
- 2005 in Duisburg (rope)
- Summer Universiade
- 2003 in Daegu (ribbon)
- 2005 in Izmir (all-around, rope, ball and clubs)
- 2007 in Bangkok (rope, all-around, hoop, clubs and ribbon)
Source
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http://g-ritmica.blogspot.com.es/2008/08/gimnastas-en-beijn-anna-bessonova.html
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