Viyaleta Aleksandrovna Bardzilouskaya (Belarusian: Віялета Аляксандраўна Бардзілоўская; born 7 June 2005) is a Belarusian trampoline gymnast. She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics as an Individual Neutral Athlete and won the silver medal in the individual final. She is the 2021 Junior European champion in synchronized trampoline.
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Віялета Бардзілоўская | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Viyaleta Aleksandrovna Bardzilouskaya | ||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Belarus | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 June 2005 Mogilev, Belarus | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Trampoline gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
editBardzilouskaya was born on 7 June 2005 in Mogilev to parents Aleksandr and Galina. She began trampoline gymnastics when she was four years old.[1] Her brother also competed in trampoline gymnastics, but he retired due to health issues.[2]
Career
editBardzilouskaya placed 19th as an individual in the 2017 World Age Group Competitions in the 11-12 age category.[3] She competed at the 2021 Junior European Championships and won a gold medal in the synchro competition with her partner Maryia Siarheyeva.[4] Additionally, the Belarusian trampoline team won the silver medal behind Russia.[5] Then at the 2021 World Age Group Competitions, Bardzilouskaya and Siarheyeva won the silver medal in synchro. Bardzilouskaya also placed 49th in the individual competition.[6]
Bardzilouskaya made her senior international debut in February 2022 at the Baku World Cup and finished seventh in the individual final.[7] In March 2022, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) banned Russian and Belarussian athletes due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[8] Bardzilouskaya still competed in domestic competitions, winning the Belarusian individual national title in 2022.[9] In 2024, the FIG approved certain athletes as "neutral" to return to international competition.[10] She returned to competition at the 2024 Baku World Cup and finished tenth in the semifinal, making her the first reserve for the final.[11] She then competed at the Cottbus World Cup and placed 12th.[12]
Bardzilouskaya won a quota for the 2024 Olympic Games with her results in the 2024 World Cup series.[13][14] In June, she was approved to compete as an Individual Neutral Athlete by the International Olympic Committee.[15] At the Olympic Games, she won the silver medal in the individual trampoline competition behind Great Britain's Bryony Page.[16] She was the first of the 32 Individual Neutral Athletes to win a medal.[17][18]
Awards
edit- Order of Honor (2024)[19]
References
edit- ^ "Bardzilouskaya Viyaleta". Paris 2024. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya's parents share their emotions on daughter's Olympic silver". Belarusian Telegraph Agency. 2 August 2024. Archived from the original on 3 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "25th FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Age Group Competitions 16-19 November, 2017, Sofia, Bulgaria, Arena Armeec Individual trampoline — 11-12 Girls — Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. 16 November 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "Belgium, Belarus and Russia golden as #TraSochi2021 concludes". European Gymnastics. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "Russia's girls and Belarus' boys claim Trampoline junior team titles". European Gymnastics. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "28th FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Age Group Competitions Results Book" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. p. 203, 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Cup AGF Trophy Trampoline Gymnastics Final 1 TRA - Women's Individual" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. 13 February 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "FIG adopts further measures against Russia and Belarus". International Gymnastics Federation. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ^ "Могилевчанка Виолетта Бордиловская стала чемпионкой страны по прыжкам на батуте" [Violetta Bordilovskaya from Mogilev became the national champion in trampoline jumping]. MyCity Mogilev (in Russian). 14 November 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "Gymnastics body gives neutral status to 30 Belarusians but path to Paris Olympics is still unclear". WKMG. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Cup AGF Trophy Trampoline Gymnastics Qualification 2 TRA - Women's Individual" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. 24 February 2024. p. 4. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "FIG World Cup Cottbus 2024 Lausitz Arena, Cottbus (GER), Individual trampoline —Women —Qualification2" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "Newly-minted Olympic qualifiers in Trampoline Gymnastics: These nations are heading to Paris!". International Gymnastics Federation. 25 March 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "Belarusian trampolinists won two Olympic licences for Paris Games". Belarus Today. 25 March 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "Individual Neutral Athletes at the Olympic Games Paris 2024". International Olympic Committee. 15 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ Buhler, Ashlee (2 August 2024). "Great Britain's Bryony Page completes Olympic medal set with gold in Paris". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ Oxley, Sonia (2 August 2024). "The gold & silver medals that will not be in Olympic table". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ Graves, Will (2 August 2024). "What is AIN? First medal won by neutral athlete at Paris Olympics". KUSA. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Ордэны, медалі і ганаровыя званні. Больш за 130 прадстаўнікоў розных сфер дзейнасці ўдастоены дзяржузнагарод" [Orders, medals and honorary titles. More than 130 representatives of various spheres of activity were awarded state awards]. Belarusian Telegraph Agency (in Belarusian). 9 September 2024. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
