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Nansy Damianova
| About Nansy |
Date of Birth: 1991
Birth Place: Paris, France
Home Town: Montreal, Quebec
Club: Club Gymnix
Coaches: Francine Bouffard, Josée Cyr, Katerine Dussault, and Pierre Privé
Favourite Event: Floor
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| Nansy's Competitive Results |
2002 Canadian Championships: 11th AA (Novice)
2003 Canadian Championships: 6th AA (Novice)
2003 Elite Canada: 8th AA (Junior)
2004 Friendship Classic: 6th AA, 3rd V (Junior)
2004 Jurassic Classic: 11th AA
2004 Canadian Championships: 10th AA, 8th V (Junior)
2004 Massilia Open: 11th AA, 4th UB
2004 Elite Canada: 4th AA, 3rd V (Junior)
2005 Gymnix International: 2nd AA, 1st V (Junior)
2005 Stella Zakharova Cup: 8th AA, 3rd UB
2005 Canadian Championships: 3rd AA, 2nd V, 8th UB, 4th FX
2005 Japan Junior International: 10th AA, 4th V
2005 Massilia Gym Cup: 8th Team, 13th AA
2005 Elite Canada - 5th AA, 1st V, 3rd UB, 3rd FX (Senior)
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2006 Gymnix International: 5th AA, 6th UB (Junior)
2006 Pacific Alliance Championships: 2nd Team, 3rd V, 6th AA (Junior)
2006 Canadian Championships: 3rd AA, 1st V, UB, 3rd BB, 2nd FX
2006 Arthur Gander Memorial
2006 Swiss Cup:
2007 Shanghai World Cup: 5th FX
2007 Canadian Nationals:
2007 World Championships: 14th T
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Nansy Damianova of Club Gymnix in Montreal is one of Canada's most promising gymnasts. Born in Paris of Bulgarian parents (who were both athletes), Damianova has steadily moved up the rankings of Canadian gymnastics, finishing tie for 11th place as a novice at her first Canadian Championships in 2002 and moving up to sixth the following year. She moved up to the junior ranks in 2003-2004, earning her first international assignments in the process (2004 Friendship Classic and Trophee Massilia) as well as a tenth place finish at the 2004 Canadian Championships.
Damianova showed steady improvement in 2005, finishing second at the International Gymnix meet and third at the Canadian Champoinships. She traveled to Japan later that year for the prestigious Japan Junior International invitational where she made vault finals and finished 10th in the all-around. That same year she also represented Canada at the Stella Zakharova Cup in Ukraine and again at the Trophee Massilia in France. Though still junior aged internationally, she made her senior debut that December at Elite Canada, finishing fifth and taking first place in the vault event finals.
2006 has been a very successful year for Damianova so far. At the Pacific Alliance Championshpis in Hawaii she led the Canadian junior team to a silver medal and individually ranked sixth all-around and earned a bronze medal on vault in the apparatus finals. At the Canadian championships, her first as a senior, she finished third in the all-around and won medals in all four apparatus finals, including gold on the vault and uneven bars. Although she is too young to compete at the world championships this year, she has her sites set on the 2007 worlds and 2008 Olympics, where she has an excellent chance to be a strong contributor to team Canada.
Damianova has clean execution and good difficulty on each event and her difficulty has increased steadily throughout the last two years. On vault she shows a Yurchenko 1 ½. On the uneven bars she performs a toe-on Shaposhnikova to overshoot handstand, a toe-on full Tkatchev combination and a double front dismount. A round-off to two footed layout highlights her beam routine and on floor she tumbles an Arabian double front, piked full-in, and double pike.
Written by Christopher Scott
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