Salome Pazhava is a Georgian former individual rhythmic gymnast.
26 Facts About Salome Pazhava
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Salome Pazhava finished 4th in All-around at the 2015 World Championships.
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Salome Pazhava began gymnastics at age one, after participating in dance and swimming.
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Salome Pazhava was a member of the Georgian junior team that won the team bronze medal at the 2012 European Junior Championships in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.
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In 2013, Pazhava debuted as a senior and competed in the World Cup and Grand Prix Series.
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Salome Pazhava competed in her first Worlds at the 2013 World Championships in Kyiv, Ukraine where she finished 20th in the All-around final.
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In 2014, Salome Pazhava started her season at the 2014 Moscow Grand Prix, finishing 9th in all-around, qualifying for event finals in clubs and ribbon.
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Salome Pazhava then competed at the 2014 Stuttgart World Cup where she finished 14th in the all-around.
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At the 2014 MTM International Tournament, Salome Pazhava won the all-around bronze medal behind France's Kseniya Moustafaeva.
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At the 2014 Minsk World Cup, Salome Pazhava finished 15th in all-around.
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In 2015, Salome Pazhava began the season at the 2015 Moscow Grand Prix, finishing 11th in the all-around.
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At the 2015 Grand Prix Berlin, Salome Pazhava finished 6th in all-around with a total of 70.900 points and qualified to all four event finals.
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At the 2015 World Cup series in Kazan, Salome Pazhava finished 6th in the all-around with a total of 69.950 points and qualified to three apparatus finals.
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Salome Pazhava placed 8th in hoop after a drop and finishing the routine without apparatus, and 7th in ball with two drops.
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At the 2015 Aeon Cup, held in October in Tokyo, Salome Pazhava finished 5th in the individual all-around finals with a total of 71.099 points.
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In 2016, Salome Pazhava began her season at the 2016 Grand Prix Moscow, finishing 7th in the all-around with a total of 71.748 and winning the bronze medal in the hoop final.
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Salome Pazhava finished 6th in the all-around with a total of 70.750 points and she qualified to three apparatus finals, taking bronze in clubs, and placing 4th in ball and hoop.
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In May, Salome Pazhava finished 4th in the all-around with a total of 72.850 points at the 2016 Grand Prix Bucharest behind Russian Dina Averina.
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In June, Salome Pazhava finished fifth at the 2016 European Championships, scoring a new personal best total of 73.433 points.
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Salome Pazhava then finished 8th in the all-around behind Marina Durunda at the 2016 Kazan World Cup with a total of 72.000 points.
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Salome Pazhava finished in 14th place with a score of 69.115 in the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around qualifications, thus was unable to get into the top 10 finals.
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In 2017 Season, recovering from her previous injury, Salome Pazhava suffered another setback injuring her arm, thus withdrawing her name in the entry list for the 2017 World Cup events.
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On 30 August - 3 September Salome Pazhava was able to compete at the 2017 World Championships in Pesaro, Italy.
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Salome Pazhava started the season with a competition at the 2018 Moscow Grand Prix finishing 6th in the all-around behind Belarusian Katsiaryna Halkina, she qualified into the hoop, ball and ribbon finals.
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Salome Pazhava started her season at the World Cup in Pesaro, being 7th overall, 7th with clubs and 4th with ribbon.
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At the 2020 Olympic Games, after earning a quota thanks to reallocation, Salome Pazhava finished seventeenth in the qualification round for the individual all-around.