Anna Viktorivna Lashchevska (Ukrainian: Анна Вікторівна Лащевська; born 20 November 2007) is a Ukrainian artistic gymnast. She is the 2022 Junior European Champion on the balance beam. She represented Ukraine at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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| Full name | Anna Viktorivna Lashchevska | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 November 2007 Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2022–present (UKR) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Osvita | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Iryna Melnychuk, Iuliia Kaiukova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
editLashchevska was born in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, on 20 November 2007.[1]
Gymnastics career
editLashchevska swept the gold medals at the 2020 Ukrainian Youth Championships in the espoir division.[2]
2022
editLashchevska competed with the German club Lüneburg-Buchholz throughout the 2022 season as a guest. At the 1st Bundesliga, she helped the club finish sixth.[3] She competed with Meaux Gymnastique at the Top 12 Finals in France, helping the club win the bronze medal.[4] At the German Junior Championships, she won gold medals on the uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise.[5] She helped Lüneburg-Buchholz repeat their sixth-place finish at the 2nd Bundesliga.[6]
Lashchevska competed at the European Youth Olympic Festival where she helped Ukraine finish fifth as a team. Individually, she won the silver medal on the balance beam behind Romania's Amalia Puflea.[7] Additionally, she competed in the mixed pairs event alongside Radomyr Stelmakh; they finished third behind the Italy pair of Riccardo Villa and Arianna Grillo and the German pair of Jukka Ole Nissinen and Helen Kevric.[8] She then competed at the Junior European Championships where she won gold on balance beam ahead of Grillo and Puflea.[9]
2023
editLashchevska became age-eligible for senior competition in 2023. At the Doha World Cup, she won gold on uneven bars and silver on the balance beam.[10] Then at the Baku World Cup, she won the bronze medal on balance beam.[11] At the European Championships, she finished 32nd in the all-around during the qualification round.[12]
Lashchevska won gold medals on the uneven bars and balance beam at the Mersin World Challenge Cup.[13][14] Then at the Szombathely World Challenge Cup, she won the balance beam gold medal.[15] She then competed at the 2023 World Championships in Antwerp. She finished 38th all-around in qualifications. Although she did not qualify for the all-around final, she qualified as an individual to the 2024 Olympic Games.[16]
2024
editIn early 2024 Lashchevska competed at the Osijek Challenge Cup and Doha World Cup, winning gold on balance beam at both.[17] At the 2024 Olympic Games Lashchevska finished forty-ninth during qualifications and did not advance to any finals.[1]
Competitive history
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| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 2022 | 1st Bundesliga | 6 | 5 | ||||
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| 2nd Bundesliga | 7 | ||||||
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| European Youth Olympic Festival | 5 | 4 | 4 |  |
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| European Championships | 5 | |
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| 2023 | Doha World Cup | |
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| European Championships | 16 | 32 | |||||
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| Szombathely World Challenge Cup | 8 | |
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| World Championships | 38 | ||||||
| 2024 | Osijek Challenge Cup | |
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| Olympic Games | 49 | ||||||
References
edit- ^ a b "Anna Lashchevska FIG profile". International Gymnastics Federation.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (20 October 2020). "2020 Ukrainian Youth Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (22 May 2022). "2022 1st Bundesliga Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (13 June 2022). "2022 Top 12 Finals Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (20 June 2022). "2022 German Junior Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (3 July 2022). "2022 2nd Bundesliga Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "European Youth Olympic Festival 2022 Media Book" (PDF). European Gymnastics. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "Silber für deutsches Duo" [Silver for German Duo]. Deutsche Turner-Bund (in German). 28 July 2022. Archived from the original on 13 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ "Sabrina Voinea, Martina Pieratti, Anna Laschevska and Amalia Puflea crowned junior European Champions!". European Gymnastics. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "Maneca-Voinea mania takes hold in Doha after Romanian's double gold debut". International Gymnastics Federation. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "French gymnasts, Carlos Yulo rise triumphant at Baku World Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "10th European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships Women Artistic Gymnastics Qualification" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 13 April 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "Magnificent in Mersin, Ukraine and Türkiye savor golden days at World Challenge Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. 6 September 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "Lashchevska, Onder win two golds each at World Challenge Cup of Mersin". International Gymnast Magazine. 3 September 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "A new Hungarian generation rises in Szombathely". International Gymnastics Federation. 11 September 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "Rendez-vous Paris 2024: See who qualified to the women's team competition!". International Gymnastics Federation. 3 October 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "International stars converge in Osijek as World Challenge Cup season continues". International Gymnastics Federation. April 3, 2024.