Neta Rivkin

Neta Rivkin is a retired Israeli individual rhythmic gymnast, born on 19 June 1991 in Petah Tikva to parents who had emigrated from Saint Petersburg earlier that year. She trained under the coach Ella Samofalov and became one of the most successful rhythmic gymnasts in the history of Israel. A three-time Olympian, she competed in Beijing in 2008 as the youngest member of the Israeli delegation, aged 17, and reached the final in London in 2012, finishing seventh overall and carrying the Israeli flag at the closing ceremony. In 2011 she won European silver in clubs and the individual hoop bronze at the World Championships, the first world rhythmic gymnastics medal won by an Israeli. In 2014 she took the silver medal in the all-around and in the hoop at the Grand Prix Final in Innsbruck.