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 will represent Ukraine at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Anna Lashchevska
Анна Лащевська
Lashchevska at the 2022 European Championships
Personal information
Full nameAnna Viktorivna Lashchevska
Country represented Ukraine
Born (2007-11-20) 20 November 2007 (age 16)
Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2022–present (UKR)
ClubOsvita
Head coach(es)Iryna Melnychuk, Iuliia Kaiukova
Medal record
Representing  Ukraine
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Apparatus World Cup 2 1 1
World Challenge Cup 4 1 0
Total 6 2 1

Early life edit

Lashchevska was born in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, on 20 November 2007.[1]

Gymnastics career edit

Lashchevska swept the gold medals at the 2020 Ukrainian Youth Championships in the espoir division.[2]

2022 edit

Lashchevska 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 edit

Lashchevska 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]

Competitive history edit

 
Lashchevska at the 2022 European Championships
Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
Espoir
2020 Ukrainian Youth Championships          
Junior
2022 1st Bundesliga 6 5
Top 12 Finals  
2nd Bundesliga 7
German Junior Championships      
European Youth Olympic Festival 5 4 4  
EYOF Mixed Pairs  
European Championships 5   8
Senior
2023 Doha World Cup    
Baku World Cup  
European Championships 16 32
Mersin World Challenge Cup    
Szombathely World Challenge Cup 8  
World Championships 38
2024 Osijek Challenge Cup    
Doha World Cup  

References edit

  1. ^ "Anna Lashchevska FIG profile". International Gymnastics Federation.
  2. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (20 October 2020). "2020 Ukrainian Youth Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  3. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (22 May 2022). "2022 1st Bundesliga Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  4. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (13 June 2022). "2022 Top 12 Finals Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  5. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (20 June 2022). "2022 German Junior Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  6. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (3 July 2022). "2022 2nd Bundesliga Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  7. ^ "European Youth Olympic Festival 2022 Media Book" (PDF). European Gymnastics. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "Sabrina Voinea, Martina Pieratti, Anna Laschevska and Amalia Puflea crowned junior European Champions!". European Gymnastics. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  10. ^ "Maneca-Voinea mania takes hold in Doha after Romanian's double gold debut". International Gymnastics Federation. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  11. ^ "French gymnasts, Carlos Yulo rise triumphant at Baku World Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  12. ^ "10th European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships Women Artistic Gymnastics Qualification" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 13 April 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  13. ^ "Magnificent in Mersin, Ukraine and Türkiye savor golden days at World Challenge Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. 6 September 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  14. ^ "Lashchevska, Onder win two golds each at World Challenge Cup of Mersin". International Gymnast Magazine. 3 September 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  15. ^ "A new Hungarian generation rises in Szombathely". International Gymnastics Federation. 11 September 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  16. ^ "Rendez-vous Paris 2024: See who qualified to the women's team competition!". International Gymnastics Federation. 3 October 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2024.

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