Neta Rivkin

Neta Rivkin (Hebrew: נטע ריבקין; born June 19, 1991) is a retired Israeli individual rhythmic gymnast.[14][15] In May 2011, she won a silver medal in the individual hoop competition at the 2011 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships in Minsk, Belarus.[12][18] In September 2011, at the age of 20, she won a bronze medal in the individual hoop final at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Montpellier, France.She returned to competition at the 2013 Thiais Grand Prix, where she finished 5th in all-around and won a bronze in the ball final.She won the silver medal in ball (tied with Sylvia Miteva of Bulgaria) at the Sofia World Cup.Rivkin finished 7th in all-around at the 2013 Minsk World Cup, and won a bronze medal in the hoop final.[20] Rivkin finished 4th in all-around at the 2014 Holon Grand Prix and qualified for 4 event finals: she won gold in Hoop (tied with Margarita Mamun), silver medals in clubs and ball, and bronze in ribbon.On June 10–15, Rivkin competed at the 2014 European Championships and finished 4th in all-around with an overall score of 71.599, .050 less than bronze medal winner Ganna Rizatdinova.Rivkin finished 4th in all-around at the 2015 Holon Grand Prix, she qualified to all apparatus finals and won bronze in hoop, ball.At the 2015 World Cup series in Kazan, Rivkin finished 7th in the all-around and qualified apparatus finals in hoop, clubs.On September 9–13, Rivkin (together with teammates Victoria Veinberg Filanovsky and Linoy Ashram) competed at the 2015 World Championships in Stuttgart, with Team Israel finishing 4th.Rivkin suffered an ankle injury and withdrew from the 2016 European Championships, she was replaced by Linoy Ashram.Her motivational speech "winning against yourself" is commissioned by fortune 500 companies and top ranking universities from around the world.
Rivkin training interview for the 2012 Olympics
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