Junior The Averina twins trained under their first coach Larisa Belova until they became members of the Russian national team. The Averinas began appearing in international competitions in 2011. They competed at the 2011 Russian-Chinese Youth Games, where Arina finished 5th in the all-around and Dina won the all-around gold medal. In 2012, Arina finished 11th at the Russian Junior Championships. Arina and Dina both competed at the
Venera Cup in
Eilat, Israel where Arina won bronze in the all-around; she also took silver in hoop and bronze medals in ball, clubs, and ribbon. In 2013, Arina finished 5th at the
2013 Russian Junior Championships. She competed in the Junior division at the Happy Caravan Cup in
Tashkent and won Team gold with Dina Averina. At the 2013 Russian Spartakiada's 6th Summer Student Games, Arina won the all-around silver medal.
Senior 2014 In 2014 Season, Arina debuted at the
2014 Moscow Grand Prix competing in the senior international tournament division where she won the all-around silver medal behind her twin sister Dina . Arina then competed at the
2014 Grand Prix Holon international tournament and won the all-around gold. Her next competition was at the 2014 Baltic Hoop where she won the all-around silver behind Aleksandra Soldatova. In the event finals: she won gold in ball, 2 silver medals (clubs, ribbon) and bronze in hoop.
2015 In 2015 season, Arina started her season at the
2015 Moscow Grand Prix. she then competed at the Corbeil-Essonnes International Rhythmic Gymnastics Tournament where she won the all-around gold medal ahead of twin sister Dina Averina, she won gold in all 4 of the event finals (hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon). On August 7–9, Arina competed at the MTK Budapest placing 3rd in the all-around behind
Maria Titova. In apparatus finals, she won a silver in ball and bronze in hoop.
2016 In 2016, Arina began her season competing at the
2016 Grand Prix Moscow taking third place in the all-around, in apparatus finals: she won gold in ribbon and silver in clubs. On March 17–20, Arina then competed at the
2016 Lisboa World Cup where she finished 5th in the all-around with a total of 70.400 points, she qualified 2 event finals taking silver in ribbon (tied with teammate Aleksandra Soldatova) and placed 4th in ball. At the 30th
Thiais Grand Prix event in
Paris, Arina finished 5th in the all-around and qualified 2 apparatus finals finishing 4th in clubs and ribbon. Arina finished 4th in the all-around at the
2016 Russian Championships held in
Sochi. On May 6–8, Arina competed at the
Brno Grand Prix where she finished 5th in the all-around behind
Victoria Veinberg Filanovsky. On May 13–15, Arina won the all-around silver at the
Bucharest Grand Prix with a total of 73.600 points, she qualified to all apparatus finals: taking silver in ball, bronze in clubs, ribbon and 4th in hoop. On May 27–29, Arina finished 4th in the all-around at the
2016 Sofia World Cup with a total of 73.450 points, she qualified to all apparatus finals and won bronze in hoop, clubs, placed 4th in ball, 7th in ribbon. On July 1–3, Arina competed at the
2016 Berlin World Cup however, she withdrew after the first day of qualifications because she suffered a hand injury. Arina then participated in the organized Desio-Italia Trophy where she won silver in the all-around and team gold medal (together with Twin Sister Dina). On March 10–12, Arina won the all-around bronze medal at the
2017 Russian Championships behind Aleksandra Soldatova. During the individual all-around finals, she accumulated scores in (hoop:18.150, ball:18.500, clubs:18.550, ribbon:18.250) scoring a total of 73.450 points to win the silver medal behind twin sister Dina Averina. On May 16–17, Arina competed at the
2018 Holon Grand Prix and won the all-around gold medal with a total of 76.700 points ahead of teammate Aleksandra Soldatova, she qualified in all apparatus finals.
2019 At the 2019 European Championships, she performed in qualifying with a hoop, ball and clubs and took gold medals in the finals with a ball and clubs, as well as gold in the team event. At the
2019 Russian Championship, Arina Averina for the first time in her sports career became the absolute champion of the country in the all-around final, showing all exercises at the highest level and receiving record marks in exercises with a ball of 24.000 and clubs of 24.200, as well as 23.300 for a hoop and 22.300 for a ribbon. On the sum of the four exercises, her score was 93.800. Her sister Dina finished second with a total of 89,400. At the
World championship 2019 In Baku, Arina won All-around Silver behind her Sister Dina. She also won Silver in the Ball Final and Team Gold. She shared the Team Gold with
Dina Averina and
Ekaterina Selezneva.
2020 In 2020, at the first stage of the Grand Prix in Moscow, she withdrew from the competition due to injury. At the
Russian Championship in February, she became the absolute champion in the individual standings. In the
Estonian city of
Tartu, at the second stage of the Grand Prix, Arina Averina became the absolute champion, having won four gold medals in exercises with a ribbon, ball, hoop and clubs. The remaining 2020 competitive season was curtailed by the coronavirus pandemic.
2021 Averina participated in two 2021 World Cups prior to the Olympics, Tashkent and Pesaro. At the Tashkent World Cup Averina won gold in ball and clubs, but did not make the podium for all-around, ribbon and hoop. At the Pesaro World Cup, she won gold in ribbon and clubs, silver in all-around behind her twin, and bronze in hoop and ball. At the European Championships in June, Averina won all-around gold. Her final competition prior to the Olympics was supposed to be the Moscow World Challenge Cup in July, but she withdrew and Lala Kramarenko took her place. In August at the
2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Averina qualified to the
rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around final in second place, behind her twin by 0.125 points, and ahead of Israel's Linoy Ashram. In the
all-around final, Averina scored 102.100 overall after a ribbon routine with obvious errors. During her routine, a knot in her ribbon appeared after she stepped on it, which is why she had to grab the replacement Ribbon. Arina Averina finished fourth, behind champion Linoy Ashram, silver medalist Dina Averina, and bronze medalist Alina Harnasko. This was the first time since the 1996 Olympic Games that a Russian rhythmic gymnast did not win gold. After
Russian allegations of judging bias in rhythmic gymnastics at the Olympics, In October, Averina competed at the World Championships in Kitakyushu, winning silver in ball behind her sister and finishing sixth with hoop.
2022 Following the
Russian invasion of Ukraine the
FIG banned all Russian and Belarusian Gymnasts until further notice, which is why Averina could only compete in domestic competitions.
2024 On February 23, 2024, Arina Averina, like her sister Dina, announced the end of their sports career at age of 25. == Gymnastics technique ==