Gergalo was born to a
Russian mother and Ukrainian father, and she speaks Russian. She began training
rhythmic gymnastics at the age of 4.
2016 She made her
World Cup debut on February 26-28 at
World Cup Espoo. She then competed at three more World Cups that year -
Berlin,
Baku and
Kazan.
2017 After the retirement of
Ekaterina Volkova, she got her spot in National team and continued competing at
World Cup competitions. She competed at the
2017 European Championships in
Budapest,
Hungary, her first one. Rebecca competed with all four apparatus, finishing on 20th place with ribbon was her best result. Together with teammate
Jouki Tikkanen and junior group, they took 11th place in Team competition. On August 30-September 3 she competed at the
2017 World Championships in
Pesaro,
Italy. This was her first
World Championships. She finished on 45th place in All-around Qualifications (52.350).
2018 She is the
2018 Finnish National All-Around champion and the 2018 Nordic All-Around champion. After competing at several World Cup tournaments, she placed 14th in All-around at
2017 World Challenge Cup Guadalajara,
Spain, which was her best result so far. In September, she competed at the
2018 World Championships in
Sofia,
Bulgaria, ending on 34th place in All-around Qualifications (47.725) and 19th in Team competition.
2019 In 2019, she became
Finnish National All-around champion once again. On July 3-7, she competed at the
2019 Summer Universiade in
Naples,
Italy. She ended on 15th place, and did not advance in Apparatus finals. ==References==