1. Neta Rivkin is a retired Israeli individual rhythmic gymnast.
36 Facts About Neta Rivkin
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Neta Rivkin is one of Israel's most successful rhythmic gymnasts.
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Neta Rivkin won the all-around silver medal at the 2014 Grand Prix Final.
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Neta Rivkin competed on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, coming in 14th.
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Neta Rivkin was the youngest member of the Israeli Olympics delegation, having just turned 17 years of age.
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Neta Rivkin earned a silver medal in the clubs apparatus competition, behind Liubov Charkashyna of Belarus.
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Neta Rivkin finished behind Russian Olympic champion Evgenia Kanaeva, and Russian Daria Kondakova.
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In 2012, Neta Rivkin won the silver medal in All-around at the World Cup series in Tashkent.
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Neta Rivkin competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, in London.
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Neta Rivkin was the flag bearer of Israel at the closing ceremony at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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In 2013, Neta Rivkin withdrew from the Holon Grand Prix due to an illness.
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Neta Rivkin returned to competition at the 2013 Thiais Grand Prix, where she finished 5th in all-around and won a bronze in the ball final.
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At the 2013 Pesaro World Cup, Neta Rivkin finished 4th in all-around, and won another bronze in the ball final.
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Neta Rivkin won the silver medal in ball at the Sofia World Cup.
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Neta Rivkin finished 7th in all-around at the 2013 Minsk World Cup, and won a bronze medal in the hoop final.
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Neta Rivkin then competed at the 2013 European Championships in Vienna, Austria.
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Neta Rivkin won the all-around gold medal at the 2013 Maccabiah Games in Jerusalem, Israel.
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Neta Rivkin finished 11th in All-around at the 2013 World Cup series in St Petersburg, Russia.
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Neta Rivkin finished 10th at the 2013 World Championships All-around final.
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Neta Rivkin won the bronze in all-around in her second event at the 2014 Thiais Grand Prix, and qualified for four event finals.
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Neta Rivkin finished 5th in all-around at the 2014 Debrecen World Cup.
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Neta Rivkin then competed at the 2014 Stuttgart World Cup, where she finished 10th in all-around, in event finals: she finished 4th in clubs, 4th in ribbon, and 8th in hoop.
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Neta Rivkin finished 4th in all-around at the 2014 Holon Grand Prix and qualified for 4 event finals: she won gold in Hoop, silver medals in clubs and ball, and bronze in ribbon.
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Neta Rivkin then competed at the 2014 Pesaro World Cup, where she finished 10th in all-around.
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Neta Rivkin followed her event at the 2014 Minsk World Cup, where she finished 11th in all-around behind Son Yeon-Jae.
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In March, Neta Rivkin then won bronze at the Trophy de Barcelona in the all-around, and at the 2015 Thiais Grand Prix won the bronze medal in the all-around, gold in hoop, silver in ball and bronze in clubs final.
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Neta Rivkin finished 4th in all-around at the 2015 Holon Grand Prix, she qualified to all apparatus finals and won bronze in hoop, ball.
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At the 2015 Grand Prix Berlin, Neta Rivkin finished 4th in all-around with a total of 71.350 points.
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At the 2015 World Cup series in Kazan, Neta Rivkin finished 7th in the all-around and qualified apparatus finals in hoop, clubs.
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In 2016, Neta Rivkin began her season competing at the 2016 Grand Prix Moscow finishing 17th in the all-around.
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Neta Rivkin finished 5th in the all-around at the 2016 Minsk World Cup.
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Neta Rivkin suffered an ankle injury and withdrew from the 2016 European Championships, she was replaced by Linoy Ashram.
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Neta Rivkin was the flag bearer of the Israeli team at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics, her third Olympic Games, at the age of 24.
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Neta Rivkin came in 13th overall in the individual qualification round, with a total score of 69.223 points, and consequently did not advance into the top 10 finals.
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Neta Rivkin announced her retirement at the end of the 2016 season.
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Neta Rivkin took part in the torch lighting ceremony at the 2017 Maccabiah Games on July 6,2017.