Nicol Zelikman
| Nicol Zelikman | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | January 30, 2001 Kfar Saba, Sharon region, Israel | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 52.5 kg (116 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | |||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Israel | ||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior elite | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Ella Samofalov | ||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Elena Zelikman | ||||||||||||||
| World ranking | 10 WC (2017 Season) [1] | ||||||||||||||
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Nicol Zelikman (Template:Lang-he, born January 30, 2001 in Kfar Saba, Sharon region, Israel) is an Israeli individual rhythmic gymnast. She is a two-time medalist at the 2016 European Junior Championships.
Personal life
Nicol was introduced to rhythmic gymnastics by her mother; Elena Zelikman who is also her personal coach.[2]
Career
Junior
Zelikman began appearing in international junior competitions in 2012; at the Miss Valentine and Vitry Cup. She has competed in numerous competitions since 2014 at the Junior Grand Prix and World Cup series. In 2015, Zelikman competed at the Yoldyz Cup in Kazan. Zelikman finished 4th in team and won silver in hoop, bronze in ball at the 2016 Moscow Junior Grand Prix. She won silver in ball and 4th in rope at the 2016 Lisboa Junior World Cup. Zelikman competed at the 2016 European Junior Championships where Israel finished 4th in Team event, she qualified in 2 apparatus finals where she won silver in hoop and bronze in ball.[3][4]
Senior
In 2017 season Zelikman made her senior debut at the Moscow International tournament where she won the all-around bronze medal. On March 24–26, Zelikamn competed at the Thiais Grand Prix finishing 7th in the all-around, she qualified to 3 event finals placing 5th in ribbon and 6th in hoop, clubs.[5] On March 31 - April 2, Zelikman competed at the 2017 Grand Prix Marbella finishing 5th in the all-around and qualified to all the apparatus finals. On April 7–9, Zelikman competed in her first World Cup event at the 2017 Pesaro World Cup finishing 10th in the all-around and qualified in the Clubs final finishing in 4th place. Her next competition was at the 2017 Baku World Cup where she finished 8th in the all-around and qualified in the hoop final. On May 5–7, Zelikman competed at the 2017 Sofia World Cup finishing 6th in the all-around behind Katsiaryna Halkina of Belarus, she qualified in 2 apparatus finals and finished 5th in clubs and 6th in ribbon. Zelikman suffered an arm injury where she broke 2 bones which will require a surgery, thus she was not selected to compete at the European Championships.
In 2018, Zelikman returned to competition at the 2018 Grand Prix Thiais finishing 6th in the all-around behind Arina Averina, she qualified in 3 apparatus finals taking silver in ball, finished 4th in ribbon and 5th in clubs. On April 6–8, she won the gold medal in the all-around at the MTM Ljubljana tournament. On April 20–22, at the 2018 Tashkent World Cup, Zelikman finished 5th in the all-around, she qualified in all the apparatus finals: finishing 4th in ball, clubs and 7th in hoop, ribbon. On May 4–6, she then competed at the 2018 Guadalajara World Challenge Cup finishing 11th in the all-around, she qualified into the ball final where she won her first world cup medal, a bronze behind Italian Milena Baldassarri. On May 11–13, Zelikman continued her success at the 2018 Portimao World Challenge Cup, where she won silver in the all-around behind Russia's Maria Sergeeva, she qualified in all apparatus finals and won gold in ball, silver in hoop, bronze in clubs and finished 7th in ribbon.
References
- ^ "FIG World standings for rhythmic gymnastics". International Federation of Gymnastics. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ "ניקול זליקמן - התעמלות אמנותית". ynet.co.il. 19 November 2015.
- ^ "Israel exceeds expectations at their first ever European Championships". European Union of Gymnastics. 22 June 2016.
- ^ "Israeli national anthem to conclude Rhythmic Europeans". European Union of Gymnastics. 19 June 2016.
- ^ "Résultats édition 2017". grandprixthiais.fr. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
