Ekaterina Vedeneeva

Ekaterina Vedeneeva (Russian: Екатерина Олеговна Веденеева; born 23 June 1994)[1] is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast competing for Slovenia since 2018.[2] She made her debut for Slovenia in August 2018 at the World Cup event in Kazan, Russian Federation.[2] On national level, she is the 2019 Slovenian National All-around champion.

Ekaterina Vedeneeva
Full nameEkaterina Vedeneeva
Nickname(s)Katja, Katya
Country represented Slovenia
Former countries represented Russia
Born (1994-06-23) 23 June 1994
Irkutsk, Russia
HometownIrkutsk, Russia
ResidenceLjubljana, Slovenia
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2018-
ClubTiM
GymGimnastični center Ljubljana
Head coach(es)Elena Drozhanova
Former coach(es)Irina Viner
Medal record
Representing  Slovenia
Rhythmic gymnastics
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
FIG World Cup 0 0 1
Grand Prix 0 1 1
Total 0 1 2
National Championships
2019 Ljubljana All-Around

Career

Her mother, Julia Vedeneeva, has coached rhythmic gymnastics and encouraged her to take up the sport.[3] She started training rhythmic gymnastics in her hometown Irkutsk in Russia.

In 2015, Vedeneeva was selected to represent Russia together with Maria Titova at the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju, South Korea. She finished on 5th place in All-around competition, tied with Elizaveta Nazarenkova.[4] She qualified to finals with two apparatuses, placing 5th in Ball final with score 17.550 and 7th in Clubs final with score 17.250.[5]

In 2018, she chose to represent Slovenia.[6] On July 31,[7] she officially received her Slovenian citizenship. This gave her the opportunity to start competing at international competitions. In August, she competed at World Cup Kazan in Russia. Katya placed 8th in All-around and qualified to two apparatus finals, where she placed 5th with Hoop (18.950) and 7th with Ball (17.800). In September, she competed at the 2018 World Championships, which was her first one. She helped Slovenia to achieve the best result in Team competition so far, placing 11th together with teammates Aleksandra Podgoršek and Anja Tomazin. She also placed 17th in All-Around Qualifications and qualified to the All-Around Final where she placed 13th, which is also the best result for Slovenia.

In April 2019 she became the first Slovenian to earn a medal at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup, a bronze medal in the ribbon final at the Tashkent World Cup.[8] That same year she became the first Slovenian to win a medal at the Rhythmic Gymnastics Grand Prix, a silver medal in the ball final at the Holon Grand Prix in Israel.[9] At the 2019 World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan she qualified to the Individual All-Around Final, where she placed 17th with total score of 78.650 and secured Slovenia the first ever Olympic spot[10] in history of rhythmic gymnastics.

In 2020, she started the season at Grand Prix in Moscow, where she placed 6th in All-Around competition. The next day, she competed in all Apparatus Finals and won bronze medal in ribbon final with a score of 19.900. This was her second Grand Prix medal. She represented Slovenia at the 2020 European Championships in Kiev, Ukraine and finished on 13th place in All-around.

Routine music information
Year Apparatus Music title
2020 Hoop Piano Concerto No.2 in C Minor, Op.18: I. Moderato by Sviatoslav Richter
Ball Boléro by London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
Clubs Bahama Mama by Boney M.
Ribbon unknown
2019 Hoop Ka-Ching! by Shania Twain
Ball Lyra by Maksim Mrvica
Clubs Harika by Ozan Doğulu
Ribbon Hoşgeldin by Nida Öz
2018 Hoop Madrid by Sayed Balaha
Ball Sunrise, Sunset by Fiddler on the Roof
Clubs Requiem by Alma
Ribbon The Color Of The Night by Lauren Christy
2017 Hoop Is It Right by Elaiza
Ball Baby I Don't Know (I Love You Remix) by DJ Jessie Cole
Clubs unknown
Ribbon "Caruso" by Lara Fabian

Competitive highlights

(Team competitions in seniors are held only at the World Championships, Europeans and other Continental Games.)

International: Senior
Year Event AA Team Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon
2020European Championships13th
Grand Prix Moscow6th8th8th5th3rd
2019 World Championships17th22nd17th (Q)11th (Q)17th (Q)21st (Q)
World Cup Kazan9th18th (Q)19th (Q)9th (Q)6th
World Cup Cluj-Napoca14th11th (Q)10th (Q)9th (Q)24th (Q)
Grand Prix Holon4th2nd6th5th
European Championships10th (Q)10th (Q)7th10th (Q)
World Cup Baku21st35th (Q)17th (Q)20th (Q)23rd (Q)
World Cup Tashkent7th13th (Q)7th4th3rd
World Cup Pesaro15th36th (Q)10th (Q)11th (Q)18th (Q)
Grand Prix Thiais18th20th (Q)16th (Q)9th24th (Q)
Grand Prix Moscow15th16th (Q)15th (Q)12th (Q)18th (Q)
2018 World Championships13th11th10th (Q)27th (Q)24th (Q)14th (Q)
World Cup Kazan8th5th7th12th (Q)12th (Q)
Luxembourg Trophy1st1st1st1st1st
Aura Cup1st1st4th1st1st
2017 International Tournament of Holon2nd3rd6th4th1st
Luxembourg Trophy1st1st1st1st2nd
2015 Summer Universiade5th9th (Q)5th7th10th (Q)
National
Year Event AA Team Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon
2019Slovenian Championships1st2ndDNSDNSDNSDNS
2017Russian Championships5th5th3rd5th
2015Russian Championships7th5th5th3rd4th
Q = Qualifications (Did not advance to Event Final due to the 2 gymnast per country rule, only Top 8 highest score);
WR = World Record; WD = Withdrew; NT = No Team Competition; DNS = Did Not Start

References
  1. "About".
  2. "FIG profile". International Gymnastics Federation.
  3. "Reason for taking up the sport". FIG.
  4. 大石貴夫 (13 July 2015). "Individual All-Around Final".
  5. "28th Summer Universiade Gwangju 2015". 13 July 2015.
  6. "Additional information" (in Slovenian). FIG.
  7. "S ponosom sporočamo, da je Ekaterina Vedeneeva, odlična tekmovalka, ki je prišla živeti v Slovenijo, tudi uradno postala okrepitev slovenske ritmične gimnastike in našega kluba" (in Slovenian). 31 July 2018.
  8. UEG
  9. Twitter - Gimnasia Mundial
  10. "Zgodovinski uspeh za Slovenijo" (in Slovenian). 19 May 2019.
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