Anna Lashchevska
{{short description|Ukrainian artistic gymnast}}
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Анна Лащевська
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Anna Viktorivna Lashchevska ({{langx|uk|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.
Early life
Gymnastics career
Lashchevska swept the gold medals at the 2020 Ukrainian Youth Championships in the espoir division.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2020 Ukrainian Youth Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2020/10/20/2020-ukrainian-youth-championships-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=25 February 2024 |date=20 October 2020}}
= 2022 =
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.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2022 1st Bundesliga Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2022/05/22/2022-1st-bundesliga-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=25 February 2024 |date=22 May 2022}} She competed with Meaux Gymnastique at the Top 12 Finals in France, helping the club win the bronze medal.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2022 Top 12 Finals Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2022/06/13/2022-top-12-finals-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=25 February 2024 |date=13 June 2022}} At the German Junior Championships, she won gold medals on the uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2022 German Junior Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2022/06/20/2022-german-junior-championships-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=25 February 2024 |date=20 June 2022}} She helped Lüneburg-Buchholz repeat their sixth-place finish at the 2nd Bundesliga.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2022 2nd Bundesliga Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2022/07/03/2022-2nd-bundesliga-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=25 February 2024 |date=3 July 2022}}
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.{{cite web |title=European Youth Olympic Festival 2022 Media Book |url=https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/age-group-competition-info/competition-results/European%20Youth%20Olympic%20Festival%202022%20Media%20Book.pdf |website=European Gymnastics |access-date=25 February 2024}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.dtb.de/weitere-nachrichten/nachrichten/artikel/silber-fuer-deutsches-duo|title=Silber für deutsches Duo|trans-title=Silver for German Duo|work=Deutsche Turner-Bund|date=28 July 2022|lang=de|access-date=12 August 2022|archive-date=13 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813004711/https://www.dtb.de/weitere-nachrichten/nachrichten/artikel/silber-fuer-deutsches-duo|url-status=live}} She then competed at the Junior European Championships where she won gold on balance beam ahead of Grillo and Puflea.{{cite web|url=https://www.europeangymnastics.com/news/sabrina-voinea-martina-pieratti-anna-laschevska-and-amalia-puflea-crowned-junior-european|title=Sabrina Voinea, Martina Pieratti, Anna Laschevska and Amalia Puflea crowned junior European Champions!|date=14 August 2022|work=European Gymnastics|access-date=25 February 2024}}
= 2023 =
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.{{cite web |title=Maneca-Voinea mania takes hold in Doha after Romanian's double gold debut |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=377685 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=25 February 2024 |date=6 March 2023}} Then at the Baku World Cup, she won the bronze medal on balance beam.{{cite web |title=French gymnasts, Carlos Yulo rise triumphant at Baku World Cup |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=3783626 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=25 February 2024 |date=13 March 2023}} At the European Championships, she finished 32nd in the all-around during the qualification round.{{cite web |title=10th European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships Women Artistic Gymnastics Qualification |url=https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/age-group-competition-info/competition-results/SENIORS%20-%20Individual%20-%20Qualification%20AllAroundResultsWag_5.pdf |website=European Gymnastics |access-date=25 February 2024 |date=13 April 2023}}
Lashchevska won gold medals on the uneven bars and balance beam at the Mersin World Challenge Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=3965925|title=Magnificent in Mersin, Ukraine and Türkiye savor golden days at World Challenge Cup|date=6 September 2023|work=International Gymnastics Federation|access-date=25 February 2024}}{{cite web |title=Lashchevska, Onder win two golds each at World Challenge Cup of Mersin |url=https://www.intlgymnast.com/news/lashchevska-onder-win-two-golds-each-at-world-challenge-cup-of-mersin/ |website=International Gymnast Magazine |access-date=25 February 2024 |date=3 September 2023}} Then at the Szombathely World Challenge Cup, she won the balance beam gold medal.{{cite web |title=A new Hungarian generation rises in Szombathely |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=3972637 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=25 February 2024 |date=11 September 2023}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=3986502|title=Rendez-vous Paris 2024: See who qualified to the women's team competition!|date=3 October 2023|work=International Gymnastics Federation|access-date=25 February 2024}}
= 2024 =
In early 2024 Lashchevska competed at the Osijek Challenge Cup and Doha World Cup, winning gold on balance beam at both.{{cite web|url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=4134934|title=International stars converge in Osijek as World Challenge Cup season continues|date=April 3, 2024|work=International Gymnastics Federation}} At the 2024 Olympic Games Lashchevska finished forty-ninth during qualifications and did not advance to any finals.
Competitive history
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! align="center" |Year ! align="center" |Event ! style="width:30px;" |Team ! style="width:30px;" |AA ! style="width:30px;" |VT ! style="width:30px;" |UB ! style="width:30px;" |BB ! style="width:30px;" |FX | |||||||
| colspan="8" | Espoir | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="1" | 2020 | align=left | Ukrainian Youth Championships | {{gold1}} | {{gold1}} | {{gold1}} | {{gold1}} | {{gold1}} | |
| colspan="8" | Junior | |||||||
| rowspan="7" | 2022 | align=left|1st Bundesliga | 6 | 5 | ||||
| align=left|Top 12 Finals | {{bronze3}} | ||||||
| align=left|2nd Bundesliga | 7 | ||||||
| align=left | German Junior Championships | {{gold1}} | {{gold1}} | {{gold1}} | ||||
| align=left | European Youth Olympic Festival | 5 | 4 | 4 | {{silver2}} | |||
| align=left | EYOF Mixed Pairs | {{bronze3}} | ||||||
| bgcolor=#F5F6CE
| align=left | European Championships | 5 | {{gold1}} | 8 | ||||
| colspan="8" | Senior | |||||||
| rowspan="6" | 2023 | align=left | Doha World Cup | {{gold1}} | {{silver2}} | ||||
| align=left | Baku World Cup | {{bronze3}} | ||||||
| bgcolor=#F5F6CE
| align=left | European Championships | 16 | 32 | |||||
| align=left | Mersin World Challenge Cup | {{gold1}} | {{gold1}} | |||||
| align=left | Szombathely World Challenge Cup | 8 | {{gold1}} | |||||
| bgcolor=#CCCCFF
| align=left | World Championships | 38 | ||||||
| rowspan="3" | 2024 | align=left | Osijek Challenge Cup | {{silver2}} | {{gold1}} | ||||
| align=left | Doha World Cup | {{gold1}} | ||||||
| bgcolor=98FB98
| align=left | Olympic Games | 49 |
References
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External links
- {{FIG|bio=80236|lic=50946|name=Anna Lashchevska}}
- {{Olympics.com|anna-lashchevska}}
- [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/anna-lashchevska_1897560 Anna Lashchevska] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
{{2024 Ukraine Summer Olympic team}}
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Category:Ukrainian female artistic gymnasts
Category:Sportspeople from Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Category:21st-century Ukrainian sportswomen
Category:Gymnasts at the 2024 Summer Olympics