35 Facts About Marina Durunda

Marina Sergeyevna Durunda was born on 12 June 1997 and is a retired Ukrainian-born Azerbaijani individual rhythmic gymnast.

Marina Durunda won a bronze medal at the 2015 European Championship in Minsk, and a silver medal at the inaugural 2015 European Games in Baku.

Marina Durunda represented Azerbaijan at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, and finished 9th in the all-around final.

Marina Durunda began practicing rhythmic gymnastics in 2001 at age four in Sevastopol.

Marina Durunda competed at the 2012 Aeon Cup in Japan finishing 3rd in all-around at the juniors event.

Marina Durunda made her senior debut at the 2013 Miss Valentine Cup in Tartu, Estonia where she won the bronze medal in all-around behind Ukrainian champion Ganna Rizatdinova and silver medalist Melitina Staniouta.

Marina Durunda won bronze in the ball, clubs and ribbon final.

Marina Durunda won gold in All-around at the 2013 Baltic Hoop.

Marina Durunda finished 6th in all-around at the 2013 Sofia World Cup and qualified for all four event finals.

Marina Durunda again finished 6th in all-around at the 2013 Minsk World Cup.

Marina Durunda competed at her first Senior Europeans at the 2013 European Championships in Vienna, Austria.

Marina Durunda won her first senior national title at the 2013 Azerbaijan National Championships.

Marina Durunda competed at the 2013 World Championships in Kyiv, Ukraine where she qualified and finished 5th in ribbon final.

Marina Durunda finished 16th at the 2013 World Championships All-around final behind Belarusian Katsiaryna Halkina.

Marina Durunda finished 6th in the All-around finals behind Belarusian Katsiaryna Halkina.

In 2014 Season, Marina Durunda competed at the 2014 Miss Valentine Cup and won the all-around gold medal.

Marina Durunda withdrew after suffering an injury at the 2014 Moscow Grand Prix qualifications.

Marina Durunda returned to competition in the first World Cup event of the season at the 2014 Debrecen World Cup where she finished 6th in the all-around and won gold in hoop.

Marina Durunda finished 5th in all-around at the 2014 Stuttgart World Cup and qualified to all 4 event finals.

Marina Durunda then competed at the 2014 Holon Grand Prix where she finished 8th in all-around and qualified to 2 event finals.

Marina Durunda finished 4th in all-around at the 2014 Lisboa World Cup and won bronze in ball final.

Marina Durunda then followed her next event at the 2014 Pesaro World Cup, where she finished 6th in all-around and qualified to 4 event finals.

Marina Durunda won her second National all-around title at the 2014 Azerbaijan Championships held in Baku.

Marina Durunda then competed at the 2014 Minsk World Cup finishing 7th in all-around, she qualified to 3 event finals and won bronze medal in hoop.

In 2015 Season, Marina Durunda competed at the 2015 Valentine Cup and won the silver medals in all-around, ribbon, hoop, placed 3rd in clubs and 4th in ball.

Marina Durunda then competed at the 2015 Bucharest World Cup and finished 5th in the all-around behind Korean Son Yeon-Jae.

Marina Durunda then competed at the 2015 European Championships where Team Azerbaijan finished 5th, she qualified 2 event finals winning bronze in ribbon and placed 5th in clubs.

Marina Durunda finished 8th in all-around at the 2015 Grand Prix Berlin and qualified to 2 event finals.

Marina Durunda then competed at the 2015 Budapest World Cup finishing 7th in the all-around and qualified to 3 apparatus finals.

In 2016, recovering from a minor leg injury; Marina Durunda first competed at the 30th Thiais Grand Prix event in Paris, where she finished 10th in the all-around and qualified 3 event finals.

Marina Durunda then finished 2nd in the All-around at the Azeri National Championships behind Zhala Piriyeva.

Marina Durunda finished 10th in the all-around at the 2016 Guadalajara World Cup and qualified to the ribbon finals.

Marina Durunda spent early of the season recovering from a hand injury.

In May 2017, Marina Durunda returned to competition and won five medals, including three golds at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games which were hosted in her home country Azerbaijan.

Marina Durunda competed at 2017 European Championships in Budapest where she qualified to 1 apparatus final in hoop.