Hélène Karbanov
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| Country represented |  France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 December 2004 Lille, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Calais, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 158 cm (5 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 43 kg (95 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Calais GRS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Katia Guillere | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Sacha Vangrevelynghe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World ranking | 19 WC[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hélène Karbanov (born 29 December 2004) is a French individual rhythmic gymnast of Kazakh and Russian descent. She is the French National all-around bronze medalist in 2022.[2]
Career[edit]
She took up rhythmic gymnastics at age seven. Karbanov first competed in the sport in 2013 with her club Calais GRS.
Junior[edit]
In her first junior season, she won the silver medal in the all-around behind Valérie Romenski, even though still having Russian citizenship.[3][4] In January 2018, she obtained the French citizenship. Being able to compete internationally for France, she was selected to represent her country at the 2018 European Championships in Guadalajara. She finished 8th in the team competition, 29th with ball and 30th with clubs.[5]
In 2019 she became the French junior all around champion, and won as well silver with ball and bronze with ribbon.[3] Thus, she was selected to compete at the 2019 Junior World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Moscow, Russia. She participated with clubs and ribbon, where she respectively finished in 9th and 11th place. She and Polina Murashko from Estonia had the same clubs score, but the Estonian gymnast was able to enter the final with her better execution score.[6]
Senior[edit]
In 2022, she was part of French team that competed at the 2022 European Championships in Tel Aviv, Israel and took 7th place in Team competition. She placed 13th in All-around Final and qualified to Ribbon final, where she finnished 7th. Same year, she debuted at World Championships. The competiton was held in Sofia, Bulgaria, and she placed 22nd in All-around Qualifications.
At the 2023 World Championships, she ended on 13th place in All-around Qualifications and qualified to All-around Final, where she took 17th place.[7][8]
Routine music information[edit]
| Year | Apparatus | Music title |
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| 2024 | Hoop | "Carmina Burana" by Ed Starink |
| Ball | "Le temps qui reste" by Serge Reggiani | |
| Clubs | "I Got You (I Feel Good)" by James Brown | |
| Ribbon | "Surviving" by Kaz Hawkins, Sam York | |
| 2023 | Hoop | "Carmina Burana" by Ed Starink |
| Ball | "Le temps qui reste" by Serge Reggiani | |
| Clubs | "Middle Of The Night" by Power-Haus, Tom Evans, Joel Sunny | |
| Ribbon | "Corps" by Yseult | |
| 2022 | Hoop | "Torna a casa" by Måneskin |
| Ball | "Le temps qui reste" by Serge Reggiani | |
| Clubs | "It's Raining Men" by Geri Halliwell | |
| Ribbon | "Corps" by Yseult | |
| 2020/2021 | Hoop | "Je suis malade" by Lara Fabian |
| Ball | "Feelings" by Edvin Marton | |
| Clubs | "Imagine" by Artem Uzanov | |
| Ribbon | "Black Betty" by Ram Jam |
References[edit]
- ^ "Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique". www.gymnastics.sport.
- ^ "Gymnastique : très déçue, la Calaisienne Hélène Karbanov médaillée de bronze des France". La Voix du Nord. 27 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Résultats". www.ffgym.fr.
- ^ "Helene Karbanov". FIG. 1 July 2019.
- ^ "Results by apparatus" (PDF). gymmedia.com. 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
- ^ "Hélène Karbanov à Moscou - Actualités - FFGYM Hauts-de-France". hauts-de-france.ffgym.fr.
- ^ "All Around Results" (PDF). europeangymnastics.com. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
- ^ Morgan Maury. "Hélène Karbanov qualifiée pour les JO en gymnastique rythmique" (in French). Retrieved 31 March 2023.