Veronika Vitenberg | |
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Veronika Vitenberg at the Olympic Village, Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics | |
Personal information | |
Full name | Veronika Vitenberg |
Alternative name(s) | ורוניקה ויטנברג, Вероника Витенберг |
Nickname(s) | Nika |
Country represented | ![]() |
Former countries represented | ![]() |
Born | Grodno, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union | 9 September 1988
Residence | Tel Aviv, Israel |
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
Weight | 47 kg (104 lb) |
Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics |
Years on national team | 2004- |
Head coach(es) | Ira Vigdorchik |
Choreographer | Ayelet Zussman |
Veronika Vitenberg | |
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Born | 9 September 1988 |
Modeling information | |
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
Hair color | Light brown |
Eye color | Blue |
Website |
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Veronika Vitenberg ( Hebrew: ורוניקה ויטנברג; born 9 September 1988 in Grodno, Byelorussian SSR) is an Israeli rhythmic gymnast who competed in the 2008 Olympics.
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]
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.[ citation needed]
In 2009, she began to study for a B.A. degree in business management at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya. [3]