Yelyzaveta Luzan

Yelyzaveta Luzan (born 14 March 2003) is a Ukrainian-born Azerbaijani group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2020 European Group All-around silver medalist.[4]

Yelyzaveta Luzan
Luzan at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Personal information
Nickname(s)Liza
Country represented Azerbaijan
Born (2003-03-14) 14 March 2003
Ukraine[1]
ResidenceBaku, Azerbaijan
Height156 cm (5 ft 1 in)[2]
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2019-present
Head coach(es)Mariana Vasileva[3]
Assistant coach(es)Siyana Vasileva
Medal record
Representing  Azerbaijan
Rhythmic Gymnastics
European Championships
2020 KyivGroup All-Around
2020 Kyiv3 Hoops + 4 Clubs
2020 KyivTeam
Representing Mixed-NOCs
Youth Olympic Games
2018 Buenos Aires Mixed team

Career

In 2014 she moved from Ukraine to Azerbaijan due to family reasons.

Junior

She competed at the 2018 Junior European Championships in Guadalajara, Spain where she placed 6th in Ribbon Final. She represented Azerbaijan at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina and finished on 22nd place in All-around. She also won gold medal in Mixed Team competition.[5]

Senior

In 2019 she began representing Azerbaijan at senior level. She made her World Championships debut in 2019 in Baku where she contributed Clubs performance to 13th place in Team competition.

In 2020, she competed at the 2020 European Championships, her third one. Together with Zeynab Hummatova, Darya Sorokina, Maryam Safarova and Laman Alimuradova she won silver medal in Group All-around and bronze medal in 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs final. They also won bronze medal in Team competition together with juniors.[6]

She was selected to represent Azerbaijan at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Laman Alimuradova, Zeynab Hummatova, Darya Sorokina, and Narmina Samadova.[7] They finished tenth in the qualification round for the group all-around and were the second reserve for the final.[8]

References
  1. "Yelyzaveta Luzan". FIG.
  2. https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/rhythmic-gymnastics/athlete-profile-ngryw5aa--aze01-azerbaijan.htm
  3. "Yelyzaveta Luzan/Coach". FIG.
  4. "Bədii gimnastlarımız Avropa çempionatının ikinci günündə fərqləniblər" (in Azerbaijani). 27 November 2020.
  5. "Gymnast Yelizaveta Luzan wins gold, dedicates it to Azerbaijan, AGF" (in Azerbaijani). azernews. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  6. "Qrup komandamızdan daha bir medal" (in Azerbaijani). AGF. 28 November 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  7. "15 days left for the most important event…". Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  8. "Rhythmic Gymnastics — Group All-Around — Qualification — Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
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