Anna Lashchevska Explained

Anna Lashchevska
Анна Лащевська
Fullname:Anna Viktorivna Lashchevska
Birth Date:2007 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
Discipline:WAG
Level:Senior International Elite
Natlteam:2022–present (UKR)
Club:Osvita
Headcoach:Iryna Melnychuk, Iuliia Kaiukova
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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 represented Ukraine at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Early life

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

Gymnastics career

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

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.[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

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]

2024

At the 2024 Olympics, Lashchevska finished 49th in the all-around, placing 46th on uneven bars, 65th on balance beam, and 48th on floor exercise.

Competitive history

YearEventTeamAAVTUBBBFX
Espoir
2020 align=left Ukrainian Youth Championships
Junior
2022 1st Bundesliga6 5
Top 12 Finals
2nd Bundesliga7
align=left German Junior Championships
align=left 5 4 4
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align=left 5 8
Senior
2023 align=left
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align=left 16 32
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align=left 8
align=left 38
2024 align=left
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align=left Olympic Games 49 46 65 48

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Anna Lashchevska FIG profile. International Gymnastics Federation.
  2. Web site: Hopkins . Lauren . 2020 Ukrainian Youth Championships Results . The Gymternet . 25 February 2024 . 20 October 2020.
  3. Web site: Hopkins . Lauren . 2022 1st Bundesliga Results . The Gymternet . 25 February 2024 . 22 May 2022.
  4. Web site: Hopkins . Lauren . 2022 Top 12 Finals Results . The Gymternet . 25 February 2024 . 13 June 2022.
  5. Web site: Hopkins . Lauren . 2022 German Junior Championships Results . The Gymternet . 25 February 2024 . 20 June 2022.
  6. Web site: Hopkins . Lauren . 2022 2nd Bundesliga Results . The Gymternet . 25 February 2024 . 3 July 2022.
  7. Web site: European Youth Olympic Festival 2022 Media Book . . 25 February 2024.
  8. Web site: Silber für deutsches Duo. Silver for German Duo. Deutsche Turner-Bund. 28 July 2022. de. 12 August 2022. 13 August 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220813004711/https://www.dtb.de/weitere-nachrichten/nachrichten/artikel/silber-fuer-deutsches-duo. live.
  9. Web site: Sabrina Voinea, Martina Pieratti, Anna Laschevska and Amalia Puflea crowned junior European Champions!. 14 August 2022. European Gymnastics. 25 February 2024.
  10. Web site: Maneca-Voinea mania takes hold in Doha after Romanian's double gold debut . . 25 February 2024 . 6 March 2023.
  11. Web site: French gymnasts, Carlos Yulo rise triumphant at Baku World Cup . . 25 February 2024 . 13 March 2023.
  12. Web site: 10th European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships Women Artistic Gymnastics Qualification . . 25 February 2024 . 13 April 2023.
  13. Web site: Magnificent in Mersin, Ukraine and Türkiye savor golden days at World Challenge Cup. 6 September 2023. International Gymnastics Federation. 25 February 2024.
  14. Web site: Lashchevska, Onder win two golds each at World Challenge Cup of Mersin . . 25 February 2024 . 3 September 2023.
  15. Web site: A new Hungarian generation rises in Szombathely . . 25 February 2024 . 11 September 2023.
  16. Web site: Rendez-vous Paris 2024: See who qualified to the women's team competition!. 3 October 2023. International Gymnastics Federation. 25 February 2024.