Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya Explained

Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya
Full Name:Viyaleta Aleksandrovna Bardzilouskaya
Native Name:Віялета Бардзілоўская
Native Name Lang:be
Birth Date:7 June 2005
Birth Place:Mogilev, Belarus
Discipline:TRA
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Viyaleta Aleksandrovna Bardzilouskaya (Belarusian: Віялета Аляксандраўна Бардзілоўская; born 7 June 2005) is a Belarusian trampoline gymnast. She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics as an Individual Neutral Athlete and won the silver medal in the individual final. She is the 2021 Junior European champion in synchronized trampoline.

Early life

Bardzilouskaya was born on 7 June 2005 in Mogilev. She began trampoline gymnastics when she was four years old.[1] The name Bardzilouskaya is the feminine form of Bardzilouski.[2]

Career

Bardzilouskaya placed 19th as an individual in the 2017 World Age Group Competitions in the 11-12 age category.[3] She competed at the 2021 Junior European Championships and won a gold medal in the synchro competition with her partner Maryia Siarheyeva.[4] Additionally, the Belarusian trampoline team won the silver medal behind Russia.[5] Then at the 2021 World Age Group Competitions, Bardzilouskaya and Siarheyeva won the silver medal in synchro. Bardzilouskaya also placed 49th in the individual competition.[6]

Bardzilouskaya made her senior international debut in February 2022 at the Baku World Cup and finished seventh in the individual final.[7] In March 2022, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) banned Russian and Belarussian athletes due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[8] Bardzilouskaya still competed in domestic competitions, winning the Belarusian individual national title in 2022.[9] In 2024, the FIG approved certain athletes as "neutral" to return to international competition.[10] She returned to competition at the 2024 Baku World Cup and finished tenth in the semifinal, making her the first reserve for the final.[11] She then competed at the Cottbus World Cup and placed 12th.[12]

Bardzilouskaya won a quota for the 2024 Olympic Games with her results in the 2024 World Cup series.[13] [14] In June, she was approved to compete as an Individual Neutral Athlete by the International Olympic Committee.[15] At the Olympic Games, she won the silver medal in the individual trampoline competition behind Great Britain's Bryony Page.[16] She was the first of the 32 Individual Neutral Athletes to win a medal.[17] [18]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bardzilouskaya Viyaleta . . . 2 August 2024.
  2. Web site: 2024-08-02 . Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya's parents share their emotions on daughter's Olympic silver . 2024-08-04 . eng.belta.by . en-EN.
  3. Web site: 25th FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Age Group Competitions 16-19 November, 2017, Sofia, Bulgaria, Arena Armeec Individual trampoline — 11-12 Girls — Qualification . . 16 July 2024 . 16 November 2017.
  4. Web site: Belgium, Belarus and Russia golden as #TraSochi2021 concludes . . 16 July 2024 . 2 May 2021.
  5. Web site: Russia's girls and Belarus' boys claim Trampoline junior team titles . . 16 July 2024 . 29 April 2021.
  6. Web site: 28th FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Age Group Competitions Results Book . . 16 July 2024 . 203, 2015.
  7. Web site: FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Cup AGF Trophy Trampoline Gymnastics Final 1 TRA - Women's Individual . . 16 July 2024 . 13 February 2022.
  8. Web site: FIG adopts further measures against Russia and Belarus. 4 March 2022. International Gymnastics Federation. 23 July 2023.
  9. Web site: Могилевчанка Виолетта Бордиловская стала чемпионкой страны по прыжкам на батуте . Violetta Bordilovskaya from Mogilev became the national champion in trampoline jumping . MyCity Mogilev . 16 July 2024 . ru . 14 November 2022.
  10. Web site: Gymnastics body gives neutral status to 30 Belarusians but path to Paris Olympics is still unclear . . 23 June 2024 . 15 January 2024.
  11. Web site: FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Cup AGF Trophy Trampoline Gymnastics Qualification 2 TRA - Women's Individual . . 16 July 2024 . 4 . 24 February 2024.
  12. Web site: FIG World Cup Cottbus 2024 Lausitz Arena, Cottbus (GER), Individual trampoline —Women —Qualification2 . . 16 July 2024.
  13. Web site: Newly-minted Olympic qualifiers in Trampoline Gymnastics: These nations are heading to Paris! . . 23 June 2024 . 25 March 2024.
  14. Web site: Belarusian trampolinists won two Olympic licences for Paris Games . . 16 July 2024 . 25 March 2024.
  15. Web site: Individual Neutral Athletes at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 . . 17 June 2024 . 15 June 2024.
  16. Web site: Buhler . Ashlee . Great Britain's Bryony Page completes Olympic medal set with gold in Paris . . 2 August 2024 . 2 August 2024.
  17. Web site: Oxley . Sonia . The gold & silver medals that will not be in Olympic table . . 3 August 2024 . 2 August 2024.
  18. Web site: Graves . Will . What is AIN? First medal won by neutral athlete at Paris Olympics . . 3 August 2024 . 2 August 2024.

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