Lidiia Iakovleva (gymnast)

Lidiia Iakovleva (born 28 August 2003)[1] is a Russian-born Australian rhythmic gymnast who represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She represented Australia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics and won a bronze medal in the mixed multi-discipline team event.[2]

Lidiia Iakovleva
Personal information
Nickname(s)Lida
Country represented Australia
Born (2003-08-28) 28 August 2003
Petrozavodsk, Russia
ResidenceBrisbane, Australia
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
ClubAspire Gymnastics Academy
Head coach(es)Iuliia Iakovleva
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Pacific Rim Championships
2016 EverettJunior clubs
Representing Mixed-NOCs team
Youth Olympic Games
2018 Buenos AiresMixed team

Personal life

Lidiia Iakovleva was born in Petrozavodsk, and she began rhythmic gymnastics when she was five years old.[3] 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
Iakovleva (bottom row, second from the right) and the bronze medal-winning mixed team at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Iakovleva competed at the 2016 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships and won the bronze medal in the junior 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 twenty-third in the all-around qualification and won the bronze medal in the mixed multi-discipline team event.[1]

Iakovleva became eligible for senior competition in 2019. She finished fifty-ninth in the all-around at the 2019 Pesaro World Cup.[6] Then at the World Challenge Cup in Kazan, she finished forty-seventh in the all-around.[7] She competed at the 2019 World Championships. The Australian team finished thirtieth, and she finished sixty-fifth in the all-around during the qualification round.[8]

Iakovleva won the gold medal in the all-around at the 2021 Australian Championships.[9] At the 2021 Oceania Championships in Gold Coast, Queensland, she won the gold medal in the all-around and received the Oceania Continental Championships quota spot to the 2020 Olympic Games.[10]

At the 2020 Olympic Games, Iakovleva finished twenty-third in the qualification round for the individual all-around.[11]

References
  1. "Lidiia Iakovleva". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  2. "Lidiia Iakovleva prepares to face the world". Gymnastics Queensland. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  3. "IAKOVLEVA Lidiia". Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  4. "Lidiia Iakovleva". Gymnastics Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  5. "2016 Pacific Rim Event Finals Event Results" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. 10 April 2016. p. 3. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  6. "Results For FIG World Cup 2019 Pesaro (ITA)". Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  7. "Results For FIG World Challenge Cup 2019 Kazan (2019)". Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  8. "37th FIG RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Baku (AZE), 16-22 September 2019 Team Ranking" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  9. "2021 Australian Gymnastics Championships - Rhythmic Gymnastics Results - All Around" (PDF). Gymnastics Australia. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  10. "List of the Rhythmic Gymnastics 2020 Olympic Qualifiers". International Gymnastics Federation(FIG). Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  11. "Rhythmic Gymnastics — Individual All-Around — Qualification — Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
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