Naveen Daries
Full nameNaveen Natascha Daries
Country represented South Africa
Born (2001-10-29) 29 October 2001
Pretoria, South Africa[1]
HometownJohannesburg, South Africa
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
ClubJohannesburg Gymnastics Centre
Head coach(es)Ilse Roets-Pelser
Medal record
Artistic gymnastics
Representing  South Africa
African Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 PretoriaTeam
Silver medal – second place2022 CairoTeam
Bronze medal – third place2021 CairoAll-Around
Bronze medal – third place2022 CairoUneven Bars
Bronze medal – third place2022 CairoVault

Naveen Natascha Daries (born 29 October 2001) is a South African artistic gymnast who represented her country at the 2017, 2018 and 2019 World Championships, as well as the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[2] She took the bronze medal in the all-around at the 2021 African Championships, earning a continental berth to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[3][4][5]

Early life

Daries took up gymnastics while in kindergarten after seeing a gymnastics competition on television. Her younger sister Zelmé is also an elite gymnast.[6] Daries was born blind in one eye.[7]

Career

Junior

In June 2015, Daries became the junior South African all-around champion, taking the gold on vault and the bronze on bars, beam and floor exercise. Later that year, Daries competed at the Top Gym Tournament in Belgium, placing 14th all-around.

In 2016, Daries competed at the Austrian Team Open, placing 20th all-around and seventh with the South African team.[8] She went on to take the silver medal behind Caitlin Rooskrantz in the junior all-around competition at the South African Championships, scoring 51.100. She also became the junior national champion on the balance beam with a score of 13.150.[9] In October, Daries competed at the Junior Commonwealth Championships in Namibia, placing fourth in the all-around final with a score of 51.300. She also helped South Africa finish second in the team final behind Wales.

Senior

Daries turned senior in 2017, making her senior debut at the Koper World Cup in Slovenia but failing to make any finals. She qualified to the vault and floor exercise finals at the Szombathely World Cup, placing seventh in both finals. In September, Daries became the senior South African all-around champion, scoring 51.900, also winning gold on vault and floor exercise. Daries made her world championship debut at the 2017 World Championships in Montreal, placing 39th all-around in qualifications with a score of 47.799.[10][11]

In 2018, Daries competed at the Baku World Cup, placing seventh on vault and fourth on the uneven bars in the finals. Daries was selected to represent South Africa in Australia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. She qualified to the all-around final but had to withdraw due to injury.[6] She came back the following month to place second in the all-around at the South African Championships and win gold on floor. Daries also competed at the 2018 World Championships in Qatar, finishing 90th all-around.[12]

In 2019, Daries again became the South African all-around champion, taking the gold on beam and floor and the silver on vault and uneven bars. She qualified to the floor final at the Szombathely World Cup, placing fourth. Daries placed 70th all-around at the 2019 World Championships with a score of 49.399, missing out on qualifying to the Olympic Games through the World Championships by less than a tenth due to the one-per-country rule. Her compatriot Caitlin Rooskrantz qualified to the Games, scoring 49.466.[13]

In 2020, Daries was set to compete at the Baku World Cup; however, the event finals were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[14]

In May 2021, Daries competed at the 2021 African Championships in Cairo, Egypt. Despite having a difficult meet with multiple falls, which resulted in the lowest all-around score of her career, Daries managed to place third in the all-around, earning one of the two available continental berths to the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Egypt’s Zeina Ibrahim.[15] This marks the first time South Africa will be represented with two athletes in women’s gymnastics at the Olympic Games.[16]

At the Tokyo Olympics, Daries placed 76th in the individual all-around and did not advance to the final.[17]

Competitive history

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
Junior
2015South African Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Top Gym Tournament141112149
2016Austrian Team Open720
South African Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Junior Commonwealth Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)4447
Senior
2017Szombathely World Cup77
South African Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Championships39
2018Baku World Cup74
Commonwealth Games18
South African Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Championships90
2019South African Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Szombathely World Cup4
World Championships70
2021South African National Trials2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
African Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Cairo World Cup6745
Olympic Games76
2022
African Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)43rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Commonwealth Games467
World Championships52
2023
African Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)4
World Championships1979

References

  1. ↑ "Naveen DARIES profile". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Naveen Daries (results)". The Gymternet. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "Ibrahim and Daries Earn Continental Berths to Tokyo at African Championships". The Gymternet. 27 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Naveen Daries makes SA gymnastics history by qualifying for Tokyo Olympics". Sport24. 27 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Historic Moment for South Africa as Two Women's Artistic Gymnasts Qualify for Olympic Games". GoodThingsGuy. 27 May 2021.
  6. 1 2 "DARIES Naveen - FIG Athlete Profile". International Gymnastics Federation (FIG). 24 September 2019.
  7. ↑ "Naveen Daries Beat Visual Impairment to Realise Olympic Dream". BusinessDay. 7 June 2022.
  8. ↑ "2016 Austrian Team Open Results". The Gymternet. 6 March 2016.
  9. ↑ "2016 South African Championships Results". The Gymternet. 2 July 2016.
  10. ↑ "2017 World Championships Women's Results". The Gymternet. 12 October 2017.
  11. ↑ "SA's Cummins and Daries shine with best-ever display at worlds". Gymnastics South Africa. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  12. ↑ "2018 World Championships Results". The Gymternet. 6 November 2018.
  13. ↑ "2019 World Championships Results". The Gymternet. 17 October 2019.
  14. ↑ "AZERBAIJAN HAS CANCELED ALL SPORTING EVENTS IN THE COMING MONTH". Gymnovosti. 13 March 2020.
  15. ↑ "2021 African Championships results". The Gymternet. 28 May 2021.
  16. ↑ "HISTORIC MOMENT FOR SOUTH AFRICA AS TWO WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTS QUALIFY FOR OLYMPIC GAMES". Gymnastics South Africa. 27 May 2021.
  17. ↑ "Artistic Gymnastics - Women's All-Around Qualification Results" (PDF). Olympics.com. 25 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
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