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Kristina Vaculik
About Kristina
"Carpe
Diem (Seize the day): Make the most of opportunity because life is short and
time is fleeting." |
Date of Birth: 1992
Birth Place: Toronto, ON
Home Town: Whitby, ON
Club: Gemini
Coaches: Elena Davydova, Valery Yahchybekov
Favourite Event: All four
Favourite Gymnasts: Kyle Shewfelt, Elena
Zamolodchikova
Hobbies: I like to read and spend time at my
cottage water skiing, tubing, swimming and practicing skills on our
trampoline. I also like to draw and build things with
my hands.
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Family: "I have 3 siblings - two
brothers and a sister. My older brother is awesome at water
sports, snowboarding, and plays tennis too. My younger sister
is also a gymnast who trains in the same group as me and is starting her
first year at the National level. My little brother is only 7 but he
is a very good soccer player and cross country runner. He
also takes boys gym and trampoline at my club. My dad was very good
at sports. He played rugby for the Ottawa Indians. He was one
of the top table tennis players in Ontario. He also likes to run and play
tennis. My mom did lots of sports from swimming to
gymnastics but her focus for many years was dance. |
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| Kristina's Competitive Results |
2003 Elite Canada: 2nd AA (Novice)
2004 Elite Canada: 1st AA, V, 2nd UB, BB, 3rd FX (Novice)
2005 Gymnix International: 12th AA, 5th UB
2005 WOGA Classic: 15th AA, 7th UB (Junior)
2005 Friendship Classic: 5th AA, UB, 8th V, 7th FX (Junior)
2005 Canadian Championships: 4th AA, UB, 11th V, BB, 3rd FX (Novice)
2005 Massilia Cup: 27th AA
2005 Elite Canada - 1st AA, V, BB, FX, 2nd UB (Junior)
2006 Gymnix International: 8th AA, 2nd UB, 4th V and FX (Junior)
2006 Pacific Alliance Championships: 2nd Team, 3rd UB, 7th AA, 7th BB, 6th FX (Junior)
2006 Canadian Championships: 1st AA, UB, FX, 3rd V, 2nd BB (Junior)
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2007 Canadian Nationals: 1st AA
2007 World Championships: 14th T
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2005 Gymnix International
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Kristina Vaculik is the current Canadian junior women's champion. Though her win at the 2006 Canadian Championships was her first Canadian all-around title, she had twice won the all-around at Elite Canada in the novice and junior categories in 2004 and 2005. In 2005 - while still competing at the novice level - she began her international career, representing Canada at the Gymnix International, the WOGA Classic, and the Trophee Massilia competitions.
2006 has been a very successful year so far for Vaculik. After finishing eighth all-around at the Gymnix international she was named to the Canadian junior team for the Pacific Alliance Championships, where she helped Canada earn a silver medal in the team competition. Individually she finished seventh in the all-around and qualified for the apparatus finals on the uneven bars (where she took the bronze medal), balance beam (seventh) and floor exercise (sixth). These performances made Vaculik a favourite at the 2006 Canadian Championships, and she did not disappoint, winning the all-around and two apparatus titles (uneven bars and floor exercise).
Vaculik is known for her impeccable form and body line throughout all of her routines and she has no weak apparatus. On vault she can perform a layout Yurchenko-full and an Ivantcheva (RO ½ on front tuck off). On the uneven bars she shows a stalder-full Tkatchev combination and a double front dismount. She has a variety of skills on the balance beam, including a back handspring mount, a back handspring to two layout step-outs, aerial walkover, side somi, aerial cartwheel, and a round-off double tuck dismount that she initiates from one step, not a run. On floor she tumbles a 1 ½ twist through to a 2 ½, a well completed triple twist and a double pike to close. Vaculik has a bright future for Canada.
Written by Christopher Scott
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