Lidiia Iakovleva (gymnast)

Lidiia Iakovleva
Iakovleva at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games
Personal information
Full nameLidiia Anatolyevna Iakovleva
Alternative name(s)Lidiya Yakovleva
Nickname(s)Lida
Country represented Australia
Born (2003-08-28) 28 August 2003 (age 20)
Petrozavodsk, Russia
ResidenceBrisbane, Australia
Height158 cm (5 ft 2 in)[1]
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
ClubAspire Gymnastics Academy
Head coach(es)Iuliia Iakovleva
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham Team
Representing International Olympic Committee Mixed-NOCs team
Youth Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Buenos Aires Mixed team

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]

Iakovleva (bottom row, second from the right) and the bronze medal-winning mixed team at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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] There are still questions regarding this qualification event, as hosting organisations and officials were sanctioned for competition manipulations that lead to Iakovleva going to Tokyo.[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]

  1. ^ a b c "Lidiia Iakovleva". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Spotlight on Lidiia Iakovleva". Gymnastics Queensland. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Iakovleva Lidiia". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Lidiia Iakovleva". Gymnastics Australia. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. 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. ^ "Lidiia Iakovleva prepares to face the world". Gymnastics Queensland. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Results For FIG World Cup 2019 Pesaro (ITA)". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Results For FIG World Challenge Cup 2019 Kazan (2019)". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "2021 Australian Gymnastics Championships - Rhythmic Gymnastics Results - All Around" (PDF). Gymnastics Australia. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  11. ^ "List of the Rhythmic Gymnastics 2020 Olympic Qualifiers". International Gymnastics Federation. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Decisions | GEF" (PDF). Gymnastics Ethics Foundation.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ a b "Lidiia Iakovleva". Commonwealth Games Australia. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  15. ^ "Lidiia Iakovleva". Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  16. ^ "Results for FIG World Cup 2022 Palaio Faliro, Athens (GRE)". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  17. ^ "Results for FIG World Cup 2022 Pesaro (ITA)". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  18. ^ "Australian Gymnastics Championships 2022 - Rhythmic Gymnastics" (PDF). Australian Gymnastics Championships. 22 May 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2022.
  19. ^ "Reinvigorated Gymnastics Team Leaps and Bounds Its Way to Birmingham". Commonwealth Games Australia. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  20. ^ "Commonwealth Games: England take rhythmic gymnastics bronze". BBC Sport. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  21. ^ "Announcing the upcoming International Rhythmic Gymnastics teams". Gymnastics Australia. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  22. ^ "FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup Tashkent (UZB) Results Group All-Around" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  23. ^ "FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup Tashkent (UZB) Results Group Event Finals" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  24. ^ "Aspire Senior Rhythmic Gymnastics Group v Gymnastics Australia" (PDF). National Sports Tribunal. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  25. ^ "Podiums in Athens for Rhythmic gymnasts". Gymnastics New South Wales. 22 March 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  26. ^ "Selection Announcement - 2024 Rhythmic Continental Championships and Portimao World Challenge Cup". Gymnastics Western Australia. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  27. ^ Asgar Nalwala, Ali (27 May 2024). "Australia obtain three Olympic gymnastics quotas from Oceania Continental Championships". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  28. ^ "Largest ever Australian Olympic Gymnastics Team named for Paris Olympics". Australian Olympic Committee. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  29. ^ Smale, Simon (17 June 2024). "Largest ever Australian gymnastics team named for Paris Olympic Games". ABC News. Retrieved 24 June 2024.

External links[edit]

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