YAKHNO Yelyzaveta

Ukraine

Artistic Swimming

Date of Birth: 4 Jun 1998

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Olympic Scholarship

Height (m/ft): 1.75/5'8''

Place of birth: DONETSK

Birth Country:

Ukraine

Place of residence : KHARKIV

Residence Country:

Ukraine

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Artistic Swimming	Team UKR Ukraine	3

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Team Technical Routine	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Team Free Routine	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

World Championships

Year	Location	Duet TR	Duet FR	Team TR	Team FR	FR Combination	Teams Highlights
2019	Gwangju, KOR	-	-	3rd (93.451)	3rd (94.366)	3rd (94.533)	F (94.500)
2017	Budapest, HUN	3rd (92.648)	3rd (93.266)	4th (92.359)	3rd (93.933)	2nd (94.000)	-

European Championships - Solo and Duet events

Year	Location	Solo TR	Solo FR	Duet TR	Duet FR
2020	Budapest, HUN	-	-	2nd	-
2018	Glasgow, GBR	2nd (91.351)	3rd (92.133)	2nd (92.618)	2nd (93.400)

European Championships - Team events

Year	Location	Team TR	Team FR	FR Combination	Teams Highlights
2020	Budapest, HUN	2nd (92.392)	1st (95.066)	1st (94.700)	1st (95.300)
2018	Glasgow, GBR	2nd (90.743)	2nd (94.600)	1st (94.466)	-

Legend
TR - Technical Routine, FR - Free Routine, PR - Preliminary Round, X - Mixed

Nickname:

Liza (kp.ua, 19 Dec 2018)

Education:

Sports Psychology - Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Education, Ukraine

Languages spoken:

English, Russian, Ukrainian

Club name:

Dynamo [Kharkiv, UKR]

Coach:

Svetlana Saidova [national], UKR; Olesia Zaitseva, UKR

Start:

She took up the sport at age seven. (unian.net, 29 Aug 2018)

Reason:

"I had problems with my back, and the doctor said that I must swim. Either I did it or I would have bad posture. So I began swimming. After a while my coach suggested I switch to artistic swimming because I had the attributes of being tall and slim." (kp.ua, 19 Dec 2018)

Ambition:

To win medals in the team and duet events at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (kp.ua, 19 Dec 2018)

Training:

She trains seven or eight hours a day between 07:00 and 15:00. She has sessions in the pool and the gym. (kp.ua, 19 Dec 2018; unian.net, 29 Aug 2018)

Award:

She was named 2018 International Swimming Federation [FINA] Best Female Artistic Swimmer. (fina.org, 16 Dec 2018)

She has received the title of Honoured Master of Sport in Ukraine. (dsmsu.gov.ua, 28 Dec 2019)

Milestones

At the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, Republic of Korea, she was part of the Ukrainian team that won gold in the women's highlight routine, which was the first time the event had featured at the world championships, and was Ukraine's first ever gold medal in artistic swimming at a world championships. (SportsDeskOnline, 11 May 2021)

Social Media

Legend

:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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