Anna Pavlova (gymnast)

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gymnastname= Anna Pavlova

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fullname= Anna Anatolyevna Pavlova
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birthdate= birth date and age|1987|09|06
birthplace=Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Russia
hometown= Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Russia
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discipline=WAG
level= Senior International
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club= Dinamo
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headcoach= Nataliya Pavlova
assistcoach= Leonid Arkaev
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Anna Anatolyevna Pavlova ( _ru. А́нна Анато́льевна Па́влова, born September 6, 1987 in Orekhovo-Zuyevo), is a Russian artistic gymnast training at MGFSO Dynamo in Moscow who was a double bronze medalist (team, vault) at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. She is known for her clean technique and balletic styleFact|date=February 2007. She is trained by her mother Nataliya Evgenevna Pavlova. Her best events are the Balance Beam and Vault.

Bio

Pavlova first emerged on the international gymnastics scene in 2000, winning a gold medal on the uneven bars at the Junior European Championships. Although she was too young to compete as a senior at the World Championships in 2001, she was allowed to participate in the Goodwill Games, where she earned a silver medal on the balance beam. In 2002, still too young to compete internationally as a senior, Anna won the Russian National Championships and picked up four medals, including team, vault and all-around gold, at the Junior European Championships.

Pavlova competed at the 2003 World Championships during her first year as a senior gymnast, where the Russian team finished sixth. Pavlova herself did not earn an individual medal, although she had qualified for the individual all-around and floor finals, mistakes prevented her from placing among the top three.

In 2004, Pavlova competed in the European Championships team competition. She fell from the uneven bars, which she was a favorite to win, and didn't qualify for the all-around. Later that year, Pavlova claimed the Russian national title and made the Russian Olympic team.

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Greece, Pavlova produced arguably her best performance to date. The Russian team clawed their way back onto the medal podium, finishing third behind Romania and the United States. In the individual All-Around, she placed fourth and missed the bronze medal by a fraction 0.025 to China's Zhang Nan. Still, Pavlova came back to win an individual bronze medal on the vault during the event finals, whilst a mistake in beam finals cost her a medal and finished fourth behind Romania's Alexandra Eremia. Her floor music at the Olympics was "Winter" by Bond.

Pavlova is one of the few Russian gymnasts from the 2004 Olympic Team who has opted to continue competing, winning silver all-around at the 2005 European Championships. She also competed in the 2005 World Championships in Melbourne, Australia, where she qualified to the All Around final, as well as the Vault and Beam apparatus finals. The following year, Pavlova competed at the 2006 World Championships where she won a bronze medal with the Russian team. She once again qualified to the All Around, Vault and Beam finals.

She was named to the Russian Olympic Team for the 2008 Summer Olympics. On August 10, 2008, in the preliminary round, she performed her floor routine to "Exodus" by Maksim. She qualified fifth for the All-Around Final in Beijing, and has also made the final of the Vault, Beam and Floor events. At the Team Final, Russia finished fourth, letting Romania slip by to get bronze. On the Vault Final, at her second vault, she scored a 0-score, due to a miscue, where she started her vault before the green light was lit. On the Floor Final, she was still unsettled after her zero vault in Vault, and did not perform well. Two days later, she performed better in the Balance Beam final, finishing 4th, 0.050 behind China's Cheng Fei.

External links

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* [http://www.anna-pavs.tk Official site]
* [http://www.pavlova.narod.ru Anna Pavlova Official Site (under construction)]