Darya Sorokina
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Born | Baku, Azerbaijan[1] | 29 November 2002||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | Senior International Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 2015-present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Ojaq Sports Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Mariana Vasileva | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assistant coach(es) | Siyana Vasileva | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Darya Sorokina (born 29 November 2002)[3] is an Azerbaijani individual and group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2022 World 3 Ribbons + 2 Balls bronze medalist. She is the 2020 European group all-around silver medalist and the 2022 European group all-around bronze medalist. She represented Azerbaijan at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Career
[edit]Junior
[edit]In 2015, Sorokina joined Azerbaijani junior group which competed at the 2015 Junior European Championships in Minsk, Belarus and placed fourth in both the group all-around and 5 Balls finals.[4] Then at the 2017 Junior European Championships in Budapest, Hungary, and finished in ninth place in the group all-around and were the first reserve for the 10 Clubs final.[5] The Azerbaijani team of the junior group, Marina Durunda, and Zhala Piriyeva finished seventh.[6]
Senior
[edit]Sorokina became age-eligible for senior competition in 2018. She switched to competing as an individual gymnast and made her senior international debut at the 2018 Portimao World Challenge Cup, where she took twenty-fifth place in the all-around.[7] She also competed at the 2018 Minsk World Challenge Cup and placed forty-fifth in the all-around.[8] Then at the Kazan World Challenge Cup, she finished twenty-seventh in the all-around.[9] Together with Zohra Aghamirova and Veronika Hudis, she was a part of Azerbaijani team that competed at the 2018 World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria that finished ninth place in the team competition.[10] Individually, Sokokina finished in sixty-fourth place in the all-around competition.[11]
In 2019, she finished in forty-fifth place in the all-around at the 2019 Sofia World Cup.[12] Then she started training with Azerbaijani senior group and appeared at 2019 Cluj-Napoca World Challenge Cup replacing Siyana Vasileva. Her team took the silver medal in the group all-around and 5 Balls and the bronze with 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs.[13] She represented Azerbaijan at the 2019 European Games in Minsk and helped the group finish sixth in the all-around, seventh in 5 Balls, and sixth in 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs.[14] She was also a part of the group that took eighth place in the all-around and seventh in the 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs final at the 2019 World Championships in Baku.[15][16] The group's eighth-place finish in the all-around qualified Azerbaijan a group spot for the 2020 Olympic Games.[17]
Sorokina competed at the 2020 European Championships in Kyiv. Together with Laman Alimuradova, Zeynab Hummatova, Yelyzaveta Luzan and Maryam Safarova, she won a silver medal in group all-around and a bronze medal in 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs final. They also won the bronze medal in the team competition together with the juniors.[18][19]
At the 2021 Sofia World Cup, Sorokina and the Azerbaijani group won the all-around silver medal and the bronze medal in the 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs final.[20] Then at the Baku World Cup, the group won the bronze medal in the 5 Balls final and placed fourth in the all-around and fifth in the 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs final.[21] At the 2021 European Championships, the Azerbaijani group placed seventh in the all-around and team event, sixth in the 5 Balls final, and fourth in the 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs final.[22]
Sorokina was selected to represent Azerbaijan at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Laman Alimuradova, Zeynab Hummatova, Yelyzaveta Luzan, and Narmina Samadova.[23] They finished tenth in the qualification round for the group all-around and were the second reserve for the final.[24] She was then selected to compete at the 2021 World Championships.[25] The Azerbaijani group finished sixth in the group all-around and qualified for both event finals.[26] The group finished sixth in both the 5 balls and the 3 hoops + 4 clubs finals.[27]
Sorokina and the Azerbaijani group won the 5 hoops gold medal and the all-around silver medal at the 2022 Baku World Cup.[28] At the 2022 Pamplona World Challenge Cup, she won three bronze medals in the group all-around, 5 hoops, and 3 ribbons + 2 balls.[29] Then at the European Championships in Tel Aviv, the Azerbaijani group won the bronze medals in the group all-around, 5 hoops, and 3 ribbons + 2 balls.[30] She then represented Azerbaijan at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games where the Azerbaijani group won the gold medal in the all-around. Then in the event finals, they won gold in 3 ribbons + 2 balls and silver in 5 hoops behind Uzbekistan.[31]
Sorokina competed at the 2022 World Championships alongside Laman Alimuradova, Gullu Aghalarzade, Zeynab Hummatova, and Yelyzaveta Luzan. In the 3 ribbons + 2 balls final, the group won the bronze medal behind Bulgaria and Italy. This marked the first time an Azerbaijani group won a medal at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships.[32]
References
[edit]- ^ "Darya Sorokina". International Gymnastics Federation.
- ^ "Sorokina Darya". Tokyo 2020. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2 October 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ "Sorokina Darya". Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ "Marina Durunda, bronze medalist of the European Championships!". Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation. 3 May 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ "33rd European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Juniors Group Qualification" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ "33rd European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Teams" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ "RG FIG World Challenge Cup Portimao" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ "FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics BSB Bank World Challenge Cup Individual All-Around" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup Kazan" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ "36th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Sofia (BUL), 10-16 September 2018 Team Final Results" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 10 September 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ^ "36th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Sofia (BUL), 10-16 September 2018 Individual All-Around Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 10 September 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ^ "All around and Qualification Individuals" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ "Azerbaijani Rhythmic gymnasts complete the World "Challenge" Cup with 3 medals". Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ "Minsk 2019 Results Book" (PDF). European Gymnastics. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ "2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships: Groups 5 All-Around Final Results" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation. 21 September 2019.
- ^ "2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships: Groups 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs Results". International Gymnastics Federation. 22 September 2019.
- ^ "The Azerbaijani Team in Group exercises qualifies for the Olympic Games". Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ "Bədii gimnastlarımız Avropa çempionatının ikinci günündə fərqləniblər" [Our gymnasts distinguished themselves on the second day of the European Championship] (in Azerbaijani). 27 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ "Qrup komandamızdan daha bir medal" [Another medal from our group team] (in Azerbaijani). Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation. 28 November 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ "One more medal from our girls and "Bronze" this time". Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ "The long-expected World Cup and "Bronze" equal to a "Gold"". Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ "A step away from the European medal". Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation. 13 June 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ "15 days left for the most important event…". Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics — Group All-Around — Qualification — Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ "Our representatives in Japan - this time at the World Championships". Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation. 31 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ "38th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Kitakyushu (JPN), 27-31 October 2021 Group All-Around Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 29 October 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ "38th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Kitakyushu (JPN), 27-31 October 2021 Group Event Finals" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 31 October 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ "Raffaeli, Farfalle turn Baku World Cup into Italian triumph". International Gymnastics Federation. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ "German gymnasts take three golds at first Rhythmic World Challenge Cup of 2022". International Gymnastics Federation. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ "Result Book 2022 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 19 June 2022. pp. 25–26. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ "5th Islamic Solidarity Games - Rhythmic Gymnastics Groups Results" (PDF). Konya 2021. 13 August 2021. pp. 6–8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ "Italian, Bulgarian Groups end Rhythmic Gymnastics Worlds on top". International Gymnastics Federation. 18 September 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
External links
[edit]- Living people
- 2002 births
- Azerbaijani rhythmic gymnasts
- Gymnasts from Baku
- Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships
- Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gymnasts for Azerbaijan
- European Games competitors for Azerbaijan
- Gymnasts at the 2019 European Games
- Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships
- Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in gymnastics
- Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
- Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Azerbaijan
- Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalists for Azerbaijan
- Gymnasts at the 2024 Summer Olympics