Veronika Vitenberg
Veronika Vitenberg at the Olympic Village, Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full nameVeronika Vitenberg
Alternative name(s)ורוניקה ויטנברג, Вероника Витенберг
Nickname(s)Nika
Country represented Israel
Former countries represented Belarus
Born (1988-09-09) September 9, 1988
Grodno, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
ResidenceTel Aviv, Israel
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight47 kg (104 lb)
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
Years on national team2004-
Head coach(es)Ira Vigdorchik
ChoreographerAyelet Zussman
Veronika Vitenberg
Born (1988-09-09) September 9, 1988
Modeling information
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Hair colorLight brown
Eye colorBlue
Websitewww.vitenberg.com

Veronika Vitenberg (Hebrew: ורוניקה ויטנברג; born September 9, 1988, in Grodno, Byelorussian SSR) is an Israeli rhythmic gymnast who competed in the 2008 Olympics.

Career

Vitenberg started rhythmic gymnastics at age 6 in Belarus, after her schoolteacher encouraged her to enroll because of her high flexibility. At the age of 13, she immigrated to Israel.

Vitenberg competed for Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and was a member of the rhythmic gymnastics team that placed 6th in the group final.[1]

Personal life

Vitenberg is Jewish.[2] She served in the Israel Defense Forces from 2007 to 2010 and received an "Athlete of Excellence" status, allowing her to continue training. She went through recruit training at Batar Nitzanim and then served at the HaKirya base in Tel Aviv.

In 2009, she began to study for a B.A. degree in business management at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya.[3]

Competition results

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Rhythmic gymnastics team ranks 6th". Ynetnews. June 20, 1995. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Jews in the Olympics: 63 Athletes, 7 Countries". Jewishinstlouis.org. Archived from the original on April 7, 2012. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
  3. ↑ Veronika Vitenberg on Facebook
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