Elena (or Yelena) Mikhaylovna "Lena" Piskun (Belarusian: Алена Піскун; Russian: Елена Михайловна "Лена" Пискун [pʲɪˈskun]; born 2 February 1978)[1] is a Belarusian former artistic gymnast who won two World Championship gold medals in the 1990s and competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
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| Full name | Yelena Mikhaylovna Piskun | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Lena | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Belarus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 February 1978 Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Bobruisk, Belarus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 0 in (1.52 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior international elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Valery Kolodinsky | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life
editPiskun was born in Minsk, Belarus, in 1978.[1] Her father worked in a tire factory, and her mother was a bookkeeper. She has a younger brother, Viktor.[2] She is 5 feet 0 inches (1.52 m) tall.[1] She currently lives in the United States.
Career
editPiskun started gymnastics at the age of six and was coached by Valery Kolodinsky during her career. The gym in her hometown of Bobruisk was small, so she traveled to Minsk to train before major competitions.[2]
At the 1993 World Championships in Birmingham, England, Piskun won the gold medal on vault.[3] In April 1994, she competed at the Individual World Championships in Brisbane, Australia, and finished fifth on vault with a score of 9.725 and fifth on floor exercise with a score of 9.675. At the World Championship Team Finals in Dortmund, Germany, in November, Piskun helped the Belarus team to a sixth-place finish.[4] At the 1995 World Championships in Sabae, Japan, she was 10th in the all-around with a score of 38.53.[5]
Piskun finished third on balance beam and eighth on floor exercise at the 1996 European Championships.[2] In April, she competed at the World Championships in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and won a gold medal on uneven bars with a score of 9.787.[6] At that year's Olympic Games in Atlanta, Piskun helped Belarus finish sixth in the team competition, and she was also 12th in the individual all-around with a score of 38.649.[1] At the 1997 World Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland, she finished 30th in the all-around with a score of 35.474.[7]
Piskun owns and coaches at Infinity Gymnastics in Alpharetta, Georgia.
Competition History
edit| Year | Event | TF | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 1991 | Cottbus International |  |
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| 1992 | Chunichi Cup | 5 |  |
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| Tokyo Cup | 6 | 4 | |||||
| Medico Cup | 5 | ||||||
| CIS Cup | 15 | ||||||
| 1993 | American Cup |  |
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| International Mixed Pairs | |
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| Hungarian International | 4 | ||||||
| European Cup | 14 | ||||||
| French International | 4 | |
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| USA-BLR-UKR Meet | 6 | ||||||
| Soapberry World Challenge | |
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| Swiss Cup | |
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| Gander Memorial | |
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| World Championships | |
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| Chunichi Cup | |
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| 1994 | DTB Cup | |
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| American Cup | |
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| Birmingham Classic | 6 | ||||||
| World Championships | 10 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| European Championships | 5 | 12 | |
5 | 4 | 5 | |
| USA-BLR-CHN Tri-Meet | |
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| Goodwill Games | 8 | |
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| International Mixed Pairs | |
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| Swiss Cup | |
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| Team World Championships | 6 | ||||||
| 1995 | Cottbus Cup | 7 | 8 | 4 |
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| DTB Cup | 6 | |
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| European Cup | |
4 | 4 | |
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| Hapoel Games | |
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| Ostrava International | 6 | ||||||
| Varna Golden Sands International | |
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| Gander Memorial | |
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| World Championships | 8 | 10 | |||||
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| 1996 | Cottbus International | 6 | |
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| DTB Cup | 5 | |
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| Gander Memorial | |
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| Swiss Cup | 4 | |
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| World Championships | |
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| European Championships | 4 | 11 | 6 | |
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| Australia Cup | |
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| Catania Cup | |
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| French International | 5 | 4 | |||||
| Grand Prix of Rome | |
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| ITA-BLR-ROM-RUS Meet | 4 | ||||||
| Olympic Games | 6 | 12 | |||||
| 1997 | Cottbus International | |
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| BLR-CHN-SUI Tri Meet | |
11 | |||||
| European Gymnastics Masters | |
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| World Championships | 30 |
References
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- ^ a b c d "Lena Piskun". sports-reference.com. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
- ^ a b c Gutman, Dan (1998). Gymnastics. Penguin.
- ^ "Men's and Women's World Championships Results" Archived 2014-03-20 at the Wayback Machine. usagym.org. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
- ^ "1994 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships". usagym.org. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
- ^ "31st World Championships ‐ Artistic Gymnastics". usagym.org. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
- ^ "1996 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships". usagym.org. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
- ^ "33rd World Championships Artistic Gymnastics". usagym.org. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
- ^ "Elena Piskun". 26 May 2020.
- ^ "Gymn Forum: Elena Piskun Biography".