Nastasya Generalova
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Nickname(s) | Stasya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Beverly Hills, California, United States | January 19, 2000||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | West Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Los Angeles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | senior elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 2013–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Tatyana Itkina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assistant coach(es) | Iryna Zhurenko | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World ranking | 26 WC 22 WCC (2017 Season) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nastasya Generalova (born January 19, 2000, in Beverly Hills, California) is an American individual rhythmic gymnast.
Personal life
[edit]Generalova's mother, Olga Generalova, immigrated to the United States from Russia, and her father is African-American.[2] Generalova was raised by her mother.[3][2] She began training in gymnastics in 2004. Generalova attended Palisades Charter High School, and graduated in 2018.[4] Nastasya Generalova committed to Columbia University. She appeared in Taylor Swift's music video "Shake It Off", performing as one of the rhythmic gymnasts.[5][6]
Gymnastics career
[edit]Junior
In 2013, Generalova competed at her first U.S. Rhythmic Championships, placing 1st in clubs, 2nd in hoop, and 5th in all-around.[7] In 2014, she placed 4th in ball, 6th in hoop, 7th in clubs, and 5th in all-around at the USA Gymnastics Championships. She began competing internationally in 2014. She was first in all-around, hoop and ball at the 2014 International Tournament of Pas de Calais.[4][8] Generalova was a member of the junior team at the 2014 Pacific Rim Championships where Team USA won the gold medal, and she placed second in the all-around.[9] She won bronze in the all-around and silver in the clubs at the 2015 Irina Deleanu Cup.[4]
Senior
In the 2016 season, Generalova began competing as a senior. Generalova competed in her first World Cup at the 2016 Tashkent World Cup finishing 7th in the all-around and qualified to all 4 apparatus finals.[10] At her next event, the 2016 Sofia World Cup, she finished 12th in all-around.[11] Before the 2016 Olympics, Generalova was profiled in the Lifetime series Gold Medal Families.[3] She finished 5th in all-around at the 2016 USA Gymnastics National Championships[12] and was not selected for the Olympic Team.[13]
In the 2017 season, Generalova competed at the Kiev Grand Prix finishing 6th in the all-around and qualified to 3 apparatus finals.[14] She then finished 10th in all-around at the Tashkent World Cup and placed 7th in clubs final.[15] At the World Challenge Cup in the Portimao World Cup, Generalova finished 5th in all-around and qualified to 3 apparatus finals, winning her first medal in a World Cup, taking bronze in ball, with a 4th place in hoop and 5th in ribbon.[16]
In the 2018 season, on March 15–18, Generalova competed at the 2018 Grand Prix Kiev finishing 5th in the all-around, she qualified in 3 apparatus finals and finished 6th in hoop, ball and clubs.[17] On March March 24–25, she then finished 12th in the all-around at the 2018 Thiais Grand Prix. On April 20–22, at the 2018 Tashkent World Cup, Generalova finished 15th in the all-around and did not qualify in any apparatus finals. At the 2018 Pan American Championships, she took silver in ball and clubs.[18]
In February 2019, Generalova started her season by competing at the Rhythmic Challenge in Indianapolis, finishing second with ball, third all-around and with clubs and ribbon, and fourth with hoop.[19][20] In April, she competed at Thiais Grand Prix, finishing 17th all-around.[21] On May 4–5, Generalova competed at the Guadalajara World Challenge Cup, finishing eleventh all-around and qualifying to the ribbon final.[22] She placed seventh in the final.[23] At the Rhythmic Elite Qualifier on May 19, Generalova won gold with clubs and bronze in all-around.[24] At the USA Gymnastics Championships in July, Generalova won clubs bronze, finished fourth all-around[25] and with hoop, placed fifth with ball and sixth with ribbon.[26]
Modeling career
[edit]Generalova is signed to Wilhelmina Models.[27] She has appeared in Teen Vogue.[28]
References
[edit]- ^ "FIG World standings for rhythmic gymnastics". International Federation of Gymnastics. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
- ^ a b "Nastasya Generalova : Wiles Magazine". Retrieved December 21, 2018.
- ^ a b "'Gold Medal Families' shines a light on Nastasya Generalova and her inspiring mother". Screener. June 28, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
- ^ a b c "USA Gymnastics | Nastasya Generalova". usagym.org. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
- ^ "'Gold Medal Families' shines a light on Nastasya Generalova and her inspiring mother". ScreenerTv. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
- ^ "Team USA Athletes Take Over The Music World". Team USA. Archived from the original on October 10, 2014. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
- ^ "2013 U.S. Rhythmic Champs - AA Finals" (PDF). usagym.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 21, 2018. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
- ^ "USA Gymnastics | USA claims nine rhythmic medals in Calais". usagym.org. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
- ^ "USA Gymnastics | USA wins team title in rhythmic gymnastics at 2014 Pac Rim Championships". usagym.org. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
- ^ "USA Gymnastics | Generalova, Protto record top-five finishes at Tashkent World Cup". usagym.org. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
- ^ "USA Gymnastics | Generalova places seventh in clubs final at Sofia World Cup". usagym.org. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
- ^ "Gymnastics Champs - Finals" (PDF). usagym.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 21, 2018. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
- ^ "USA Gymnastics | Olympians named as elite competition concludes in Providence". usagym.org. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
- ^ "USA Gymnastics | U.S. rhythmic athletes competed in France, Greece and Ukraine". usagym.org. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
- ^ "USA Gymnastics | Generalova advances to clubs final at Tashkent World Cup". usagym.org. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
- ^ "USA claims three medals at World Challenge Cup in Portimao". USA Gymnastics. May 15, 2017. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
- ^ "USA Gymnastics | Generalova finishes fifth at Grand Prix in Kiev". usagym.org. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
- ^ "USA Gymnastics | USA wins eight event medals at 2018 Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships". usagym.org. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
- ^ "Mizuno, Zhao, Kobelev win respective all-around titles at 2019 Rhythmic Challenge". USA Gymnastics. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
- ^ "USA Gymnastics | Nastasya Generalova". usagym.org. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
- ^ "U.S. group earns personal best at 2019 Thiais Grand Prix". USA Gymnastics. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
- ^ "Zeng, Generalova, U.S. group will compete event finals at Guadalajara World Cup". USA Gymnastics. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
- ^ "U.S. rhythmic gymnasts compete in event finals at Guadalajara World Challenge Cup". USA Gymnastics. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
- ^ "Feeley, Kautzman win all-around titles at 2019 Rhythmic Elite Qualifier". USA Gymnastics. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
- ^ "2019 USA Gymnastics Championships - Rhythmic Meet Results" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. July 6, 2019.
- ^ "2019 USA Gymnastics Championships - Rhythmic Event Results" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. July 6, 2019.
- ^ "Nastasya Generalova - Wilhelmina". www.wilhelmina.com. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
- ^ Artists, Ozzy Salvatierra for Clarins,Nails by Christina Aviles,Nick Dorey,Ariana Marsh,Felicia Garcia-Rivera,Tamara McNaughton for Management + (July 12, 2016). "6 Super-Talented California Girls Show NEW Ways to Wear Embellished Denim". Teen Vogue. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
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External links
[edit]- 2000 births
- Living people
- American rhythmic gymnasts
- Sportspeople from Beverly Hills, California
- African-American gymnasts
- American people of Russian descent
- Columbia University alumni
- 21st-century African-American sportswomen
- Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics Pan American Championships
- America's Got Talent contestants
- 21st-century American sportswomen