Aleksandra Semenova
Aleksandra Semenova (born 26 May 1998) is a Russian rhythmic gymnast. Personal life Semenova began practicing rhythmic gymnastics at the age of 2, under the guidance of her mother (Victoria Tekel) and her grandmother. Aleksandra's father went missing when she was 6 years old. When Semenova was 10 years old, she and her mother moved to St. Petersburg. Until 2011, she trained at the Zhemchuzhina CHG, until 2013 at the Pushkin SDYUSSHOR Career Junior In 2010, Semenova took 10th place at the Russian Championship, thereby getting into the reserve national team of the Russian national team. In 2011, she took 1st place at the Youth of Russia competition. She then won gold her first international competitions "Petah Tikva Cup". Aleksandra was 12th in the Fifth Summer Spartakiad of students in Rostov-on-Don and 10th at the "Young Gymnasts" tournament in Kazan. Semenova ended up 1st at the "Hopes of St. Petersburg". She was 5th at the "Hopes of Russia" in Kazan. In January 2012 Semenova at the «St.-Petersburg Championship» successfully reclaimed 1st place. At the Russian Championship in February she was only 20th, but she was noticed by Irina Viner, the head coach of the Russian national team and offered to