Sumire Kita

Sumire Kita (Japanese: 喜田 純鈴; born 11 January 2001 in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2016 Asian Junior all-around champion and two-time Japanese National Junior champion.

Sumire Kita
Full nameSumire Kita
Country represented Japan
Born (2001-01-11) 11 January 2001
Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
ResidenceTokyo
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight39 kg (86 lb)
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
LevelSenior elite
Years on national team2013 - present
ClubAngel RG Kagawa
GymTakamatsu Chuo High School
Head coach(es)Oka Kurumi
Assistant coach(es)Elena Nefedova
Former coach(es)Yu Liu
World ranking21 WCC (2017 Season) [1]

Personal life

Kita started doing rhythmic gymnastics at age two. Her mother also practiced rhythmic gymnastics until she went to university. Kita speaks Japanese and Russian.

Career

In 2013, Kita debuted at the Japan National Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships where she became the youngest ever to take 2nd place.[2] Kita was coached by Yu Liu, a former Chinese rhythmic gymnast who came to Japan to study and met Kita at her small gymnastics studio in Kagawa Prefecture, recognizing a gymnast with great potential.[3] Kita since then spends part of her training in Russia's famous Novogorsk center for rhythmic gymnastics.

Kita competed at the 2014 Aeon Cup. In 2015, she competed at the Junior Grand Prix in Moscow and numerous Junior World Cup events in Lisbon, Corbeil-Essonnes and Budapest. Kita also finished 5th in the junior all-around at the 2015 Aeon Cup in Tokyo, Japan.

Kita won her first Junior World Cup medal at the 2016 Guadaljara Junior World Cup, she qualified to 3 apparatus finals: taking bronze in clubs, finished 5th in hoop and 6th in ball. At the 2016 Asian Junior Championships in Astana, Kita won gold medals in the all-around, rope, clubs and bronze medals in hoop, ball, team.[4]

Since 2017, Kita parted with her childhood coach Liu and began training under Elena Nefedova, she debuted in the World Cup Series competing at the 2017 World Challenge Cup Guadalajara where she finished 17 in the all-around, she qualified in 1 apparatus final in clubs finishing in 8th place. On June 24–27, Kita competed at the 2017 Asian Championships where she finished 4th in the all-around, Kita together with the Japanese team won the bronze medal. She qualified in 2 apparatus final and won bronze in ribbon, placed 5th in hoop. On July 7–9, Kita finished 9th in the all-around at the 2017 Berlin World Challenge Cup, she qualified in ball final finishing in 7th place. On August 5–7, Kita finished 10th in the all-around behind Olena Diachenko at the 2017 Minsk World Challenge Cup, she qualified in the hoop and ribbon finals finishing in 8th place for both events. On August 11–13, Kita competed at the 2017 Kazan World Challenge Cup finishing 14th in the all-around, she did not qualify in any of apparatus finals. On August 30 - September 3, Kita and Kaho Minagawa represented in the individual competitions for Japan at the 2017 World Championships in Pesaro, Italy; she qualified in the hoop final and finished in 7th place. Kita finished 12th in the all-around final behind Evita Griskenas[5]

In 2018, Kita started the season with a competition at the 2018 Moscow Grand Prix finishing 8th in the all-around, she qualified into the clubs and ribbon finals.

Routine music information

Year Apparatus Music title
2017 Hoop Lucia di Lammermoor, The Diva Dance music from Éric Serra by Inva Mula
Ball Tango D'amor by Tango Jointz
Clubs Mambo Italiano by Dany Brillant
Ribbon Cry Me a River (violin version) music from Justin Timberlake's Justified (album) by EKLIPSE

References

  1. "FIG World standings for rhythmic gymnastics". International Federation of Gymnastics. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  2. "All Japanese 'Chacott-Championships 2013". Gymmedia. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  3. "Aiming for Tokyo Gold". NHK World. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  4. "Final Events of the Asian Junior Championships in Kazakhstan 2016". Asian Gymnastics Union.
  5. "35th WORLDS of RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS 2017". gymmedia. 3 September 2017.
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