Yana Vorona

Yana Vorona was born in Voronezh, Russia in 2004.

Vorona competed at the 2017 Russian National Championships in April in the KMS division. She placed fifth in the all-around behind Olga Astafyeva, Irina Komnova, Elena Gerasimova, and Vladislava Urazova. During event finals she placed fourth on the vault and seventh on balance beam.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2017/04/06/2017-russian-junior-championships-results/|title=2017 Russian Junior Championships Results|work=The Gymternet|date=April 6, 2017}}

In July 2018 she competed at the Russian National Championships where she placed fourth in the all-around behind Ksenia Klimenko, Urazova, and Astafyeva. Additionally she placed fifth on vault, eighth on uneven bars, and second on balance beam and floor exercise behind Urazova.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2018/07/02/2018-russian-junior-championships-results/|title=2018 Russian Junior Championships Results|work=The Gymternet|date=July 2, 2018}} The following month Vorona competed at the 2018 European Championships alongside Urazova, Klimenko, Astafyeva, and Irina Komnova. They placed second in the team final behind Italy.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2018/08/06/2018-european-championships-results/|title=2018 European Championships Results|work=The Gymternet|date=August 6, 2018}}

In May Vorona competed at the Russian National Championships where she placed fourth in the all-around behind Vladislava Urazova, Viktoria Listunova, and Elena Gerasimova.{{cite web|url=https://don24.ru/rubric/sport/rostovchanka-pobedila-na-pervenstve-rossii-po-sportivnoy-gimnastike.html|title=Ростовчанка победила на первенстве России по спортивной гимнастике|language=ru|date=May 17, 2019|work=Don24 ru}} She placed third on vault behind Urazova and Listunova, seventh on uneven bars, sixth on balance beam, and third on floor exercise, once again behind Listunova and Urazova.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2019/05/19/2019-russian-junior-championships-results/|title=2019 Russian Junior Championships Results|work=The Gymterent|date=May 19, 2019}}

In June Vorona was selected as the alternate for the inaugural Junior World Championships. She won a gold medal in the team final alongside her teammates Listunova, Urazova, and Gerasimova.{{cite web|url=http://eng.gymnovosti.com/russia-wins-the-first-junior-worlds/|title=Russia Wins the First Junior Worlds|work=Gymnovosti|date=June 29, 2019}}

In July Vorona competed at the 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival alongside Listunova and Irina Komnova.{{cite web|url=https://en.trend.az/azerbaijan/society/3095253.html|title=Russian gymnasts hope to win gold medal in EYOF Baku 2019 team standings|work=Trend News Agency|first=Jani|last=Babayeva|date=July 24, 2019}} While there she helped Russia win the gold in the team final.{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20210728081140/https://results.eyofbaku2019.com/assets/pdf/GARW1AA---------------QUAL--------_70B%201.0.pdf Page title]}} During the all-around final she won bronze, finishing behind Listunova and Ondine Achampong of Great Britain.{{cite tweet|number=1154387808351657985|date=July 25, 2019|user=Olympic_Russia|title=Виктория Листунова – обладательница золотой медали Европейского юношеского олимпийского фестиваля в Баку по спортивной гимнастике в многоборье!}} During event finals she placed fourth on vault and floor exercise.

In August Vorona competed at the Russian Cup, where, although she was a junior, she competed against senior gymnasts. After two days of competition she finished fifth in the all-around competition, behind fellow junior Urazova, senior competitor Angelina Melnikova, junior Gerasimova, and senior Lilia Akhaimova.{{cite web|url=http://eng.gymnovosti.com/vladislava-urazova-wins-aa-gold-at-the-russian-cup/|title=Vladislava Urazova wins AA gold at the Russian Cup|work=Gymnovosti|date=August 25, 2019}} During event finals she won gold on balance beam, ahead of the 2019 Junior World Champion on the event, Gerasimova, and Urazova, and placed sixth on uneven bars.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2019/08/28/2019-russian-cup-results/|title=2019 Russian Cup Results|date=August 28, 2019|work=The Gymternet}}

In November Vorona competed at Elite Gym Massilia where she placed first in the all-around, ahead of Listunova, second on uneven bars, and third on balance beam.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2019/11/25/2019-elite-gym-massilia-results/|title=2019 Elite Gym Massilia Results|work=The Gymternet|date=November 25, 2019}}

In late January Vorona was listed on a nominative roster that was released for the Melbourne World Cup, scheduled to take place on February 20. While there she placed twelfth on balance beam during qualifications and did not advance to the finals.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2020/02/24/2020-melbourne-world-cup-results/|title=2020 Melbourne World Cup Results|work=The Gymternet|date=February 24, 2020}} In March she competed at the Baku World Cup and finished fifth on balance beam and eighth on floor exercise during qualifications and advanced to the event finals for both.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2020/03/13/2020-baku-world-cup-results/|title=2020 Baku World Cup Results|work=The Gymternet|date=March 13, 2020}} However event finals were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan.{{cite web|url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?idNews=2836|title=Finals of Baku World Cup cancelled|work=International Gymnastics Federation|date=March 13, 2020}} In late September it was announced that Vorona would be competing at an upcoming competition in Tokyo taking place in November alongside Angelina Melnikova, Elena Gerasimova, and Lilia Akhaimova (later replaced by Aleksandra Shchekoldina.{{cite web|url=https://tass.ru/sport/9571407|date=September 28, 2020|language=ru|title=Гимнасты Нагорный, Далалоян и Мельникова выступят за сборную России на турнире в Японии|work=TASS}}

Vorona competed at the national championships where she placed sixth in the all-around.{{cite web|url=http://results.daiset.org/rpublish/view.php?file=rep.c20210308-25-4260.comp_score_personal_x_final2_f_b.rep|title=ЧЕМПИОНАТ РОССИИ СРЕДИ МУЖЧИН И ЖЕНЩИН ПО СПОРТИВНОЙ ГИМНАСТИКЕ (№ ЕКП 31632)|language=ru|work=Федерация спортивной гимнастики России|date=March 12, 2021}} At the Russian Cup she placed seventh. In September it was announced that Vorona would compete at the upcoming World Championships alongside Angelina Melnikova, Maria Minaeva, and Vladislava Urazova.{{cite web|url=https://tass.ru/sport/12321449|title=Нагорный и Далалоян не примут участие в чемпионате мира по спортивной гимнастике|date=September 7, 2021|work=TASS|trans-title=Nagorny and Dalaloyan will not participate in the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships}} While there she only competed on the balance beam. She fell during the final and placed ninth.

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