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Katerina Pisetsky

Katerina Pisetsky is a Ukrainian-born Israeli rhythmic gymnast who competed at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games.

born 1986Rhythmic gymnastics for IsraelThe 2004 Athens OlympicsSixth place at Beijing 2008

Katerina Pisetsky
Born
26 February 1986, Zaporizhzhia
Occupation
rhythmic gymnast, gymnast

Katerina Pisetsky was born in 1986 in Zaporizhzhia

Pisetsky was born on 26 February 1986 in Zaporizhzhia, then part of the Soviet Union, to Yevgeny and Tatiana. She is Jewish. Her parents enrolled her in rhythmic gymnastics at age 6.

She trained in Zaporizhzhia and later at the Gratsia club in Simferopol under Lyubov Serebrianskaya. She won a medal at the Ukrainian Junior Championships and won her first international event in Slovenia in 1998. In 2000 she placed seventh at the Club World Championships in Tokyo.

In 2002 her family moved to Israel and settled in Tel Aviv. She resumed training with Natasha Asmolov in Petah Tikva and won the 2002 Israeli Cup. She competed at the 2004 Athens Olympics, placing 16th in the individual all-around qualification.

After the Olympics she completed her compulsory army service. In October 2007 she said that her coach Asmolov had hit her. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics she competed with the Israeli group, which finished sixth in the final.

In 2018 she took part in the first season of Got Talent Israel and reached the final with Dmitry Berkov as an acrobatic dance duo.

Milestones in Katerina Pisetsky's life

  1. 1986

    Born in Zaporizhzhia.

  2. 1998

    Won her first international competition, in Slovenia.

  3. 2002

    Moved with her family to Israel and won the Israeli Cup.

  4. 2004

    Competed at the Athens Olympics, placing 16th.

  5. 2007

    Placed sixth with the Israeli group at the World Championships.

  6. 2008

    Finished sixth with the Israeli group at the Beijing Olympics.

  7. 2018

    Reached the final of Got Talent Israel.

Katerina Pisetsky served in the military

After the 2004 Olympics she completed her compulsory service in the Israeli army.

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Based on English Wikipedia, Katerina Pisetsky and Hebrew Wikipedia, קטיה פיסצקי, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The facts are Wikidata's.

Photograph: David Thévenot, CC BY-SA 4.0

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