Lidiia Iakovleva (gymnast)
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![]() Iakovleva at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Lidiia Anatolyevna Iakovleva | ||||||||||||||||||||
Alternative name(s) | Lidiya Yakovleva | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | Lida | ||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Petrozavodsk, Russia | 28 August 2003||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Brisbane, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 158 cm (5 ft 2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Aspire Gymnastics Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Iuliia Iakovleva | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lidiia Anatolyevna Iakovleva (Russian: Лидия Анатольевна Яковлева; born 28 August 2003)[1] is a Russian-born Australian rhythmic gymnast who represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the individual all-around. She represented Australia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics and won a bronze medal in the mixed multi-discipline team event. She won a silver medal in the team event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. She will compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics as part of Australia's rhythmic gymnastics group.
Early life
[edit]Iakovleva was born in Petrozavodsk, Russia, and she began rhythmic gymnastics when she was five years old.[2] She moved with her family to Australia when she was seven years old.[3] She is coached by her mother, Iuliia Iakovleva, at Aspire Gymnastics Academy in Brisbane.[4]
Career
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/2018-10-10_Victory_ceremony_%28Gymnastics_mixed_multi-discipline_team%29_at_2018_Summer_Youth_Olympics_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93128.jpg/220px-2018-10-10_Victory_ceremony_%28Gymnastics_mixed_multi-discipline_team%29_at_2018_Summer_Youth_Olympics_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93128.jpg)
Junior
[edit]Iakovleva competed at the 2016 Pacific Rim Championships and won the bronze medal in clubs behind Lili Mizuno and Zhao Yating.[5] She won the all-around at the Junior Australian Championships in 2016, 2017, and 2018.[4] At the 2018 Youth Olympic Games, she finished 23rd in the all-around qualification round and won the bronze medal in the mixed multi-discipline team event.[1][6]
Senior
[edit]2019
[edit]Iakovleva became eligible for senior competition in 2019. She finished 59th in the all-around at the Pesaro World Cup.[7] Then at the World Challenge Cup in Kazan, she finished 47th in the all-around.[8] She was selected to compete at the World Championships in Baku. The Australian team finished 13th, and she finished 65th in the all-around during the qualification round.[9]
2021
[edit]Iakovleva competed at the 2021 Oceania Championships in Gold Coast, Queensland, which doubled as the Australian Championships and was an Olympic qualifier. She won the gold medal in the all-around and received the continental berth for the 2020 Olympic Games.[10][11] After this qualification event, hosting organisations and officials were sanctioned for competition manipulations that lead to Iakovleva going to Tokyo; however, upon review by the International Gymnastics Federation the decision was found to be legitimate.[12]
At the postponed 2020 Olympic Games, she finished 23rd in the qualification round for the individual all-around.[13] Her total score of 78.775 was a personal best.[14]
2022
[edit]In 2022, Iakovleva was awarded a Tier 3 scholarship for the Sport Australia Hall of Fame Scholarship and Mentoring Program.[15] At the Athens World Cup, she placed 13th in the all-around, and she qualified for the ribbon final where she finished seventh.[16] She then placed 24th in the all-around at the Pesaro World Cup.[17] She finished second in the all-around to Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva at the Australian Championships.[18]
Iakovleva was selected to represent Australia at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham alongside Kiroi-Bogatyreva and Ashari Gill.[19] The team won the silver medal behind Canada.[20] Individually, she qualified for the all-around final and finished in seventh place. She also placed sixth in the hoop final.[14]
2023
[edit]Iakovleva began competing with the Aspire Gymnastics Academy rhythmic gymnastics group in 2023.[21] The group placed fifth in the all-around at the Tashkent World Cup.[22] Additionally, they finished seventh in the 5 hoops final and sixth in the 3 ribbons + 2 balls final.[23] The Aspire group was not selected for the 2023 World Championships, and their appeal to the National Sports Tribunal was dismissed.[24]
2024
[edit]Iakovleva and the Aspire group won a silver medal and two bronze medals at the 2024 Aphrodite Cup.[25] In May, she competed at 2024 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary, which also doubled as the 2024 Oceania Championships.[26] The Aspire group won the all-around title and thus claimed the Oceania continental berth for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[27]
Iakovleva was selected to represent Australia at the 2024 Summer Olympics in group rhythmic gymnastics alongside teammates Saskia Broedelet, Emmanouela Frroku, Phoebe Learmont, and Jessica Weintraub.[28] She will become the first Australian to compete in both individual and group rhythmic gymnastics at the Olympic Games.[29]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Lidiia Iakovleva". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ "Spotlight on Lidiia Iakovleva". Gymnastics Queensland. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ^ "Iakovleva Lidiia". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Lidiia Iakovleva". Gymnastics Australia. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ "2016 Pacific Rim Event Finals Event Results" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. 10 April 2016. p. 3. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ "Lidiia Iakovleva prepares to face the world". Gymnastics Queensland. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ "Results For FIG World Cup 2019 Pesaro (ITA)". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ "Results For FIG World Challenge Cup 2019 Kazan (2019)". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ "37th FIG Rhymic Gymnastics World Championships Baku (AZE), 16-22 September 2019 Team Ranking" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ "2021 Australian Gymnastics Championships - Rhythmic Gymnastics Results - All Around" (PDF). Gymnastics Australia. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ "List of the Rhythmic Gymnastics 2020 Olympic Qualifiers". International Gymnastics Federation. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "Decisions | GEF" (PDF). Gymnastics Ethics Foundation.
- ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics — Individual All-Around — Qualification — Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Lidiia Iakovleva". Commonwealth Games Australia. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "Lidiia Iakovleva". Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "Results for FIG World Cup 2022 Palaio Faliro, Athens (GRE)". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ^ "Results for FIG World Cup 2022 Pesaro (ITA)". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ^ "Australian Gymnastics Championships 2022 - Rhythmic Gymnastics" (PDF). Australian Gymnastics Championships. 22 May 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2022.
- ^ "Reinvigorated Gymnastics Team Leaps and Bounds Its Way to Birmingham". Commonwealth Games Australia. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: England take rhythmic gymnastics bronze". BBC Sport. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ "Announcing the upcoming International Rhythmic Gymnastics teams". Gymnastics Australia. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ^ "FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup Tashkent (UZB) Results Group All-Around" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ^ "FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup Tashkent (UZB) Results Group Event Finals" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ^ "Aspire Senior Rhythmic Gymnastics Group v Gymnastics Australia" (PDF). National Sports Tribunal. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ^ "Podiums in Athens for Rhythmic gymnasts". Gymnastics New South Wales. 22 March 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ^ "Selection Announcement - 2024 Rhythmic Continental Championships and Portimao World Challenge Cup". Gymnastics Western Australia. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ^ Asgar Nalwala, Ali (27 May 2024). "Australia obtain three Olympic gymnastics quotas from Oceania Continental Championships". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ "Largest ever Australian Olympic Gymnastics Team named for Paris Olympics". Australian Olympic Committee. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ Smale, Simon (17 June 2024). "Largest ever Australian gymnastics team named for Paris Olympic Games". ABC News. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
External links
[edit]- 2003 births
- Living people
- Australian rhythmic gymnasts
- People from Petrozavodsk
- Sportspeople from Brisbane
- Gymnasts at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
- Russian emigrants to Australia
- Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gymnasts for Australia
- Gymnasts at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games medallists in gymnastics
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Sportswomen from Queensland
- Gymnasts at the 2024 Summer Olympics