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. She won a silver medal in the team event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
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| Nickname(s) | Lida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 August 2003 Petrozavodsk, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Brisbane, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Aspire Gymnastics Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Iuliia Iakovleva | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life edit
Lidiia Iakovleva was born in Petrozavodsk, 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.[2] She is coached by her mother, Iuliia Iakovleva, at Aspire Gymnastics Academy in Brisbane.[3]
Career edit
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Junior edit
Iakovleva competed at the 2016 Pacific Rim Championships and won the bronze medal in clubs behind Lili Mizuno and Zhao Yating.[4] She won the all-around at the Junior Australian Championships in 2016, 2017, and 2018.[3] At the 2018 Youth Olympic Games, she finished twenty-third in the all-around qualification round and won the bronze medal in the mixed multi-discipline team event.[1][5]
Senior edit
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 was selected to compete at the 2019 World Championships in Baku. 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] Then at the 2021 Oceania Championships in Gold Coast, Queensland, she won the gold medal in the all-around and received the continental quota spot for the 2020 Olympic Games.[10] At the 2020 Olympic Games, she finished twenty-third in the qualification round for the individual all-around.[11] Her total score of 78.775 was a personal best.[12]
In 2022, Iakovleva was awarded with a Tier 3 scholarship for the Sport Australia Hall of Fame Scholarship and Mentoring Program.[13] She was selected to represent Australia at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[14]
References edit
- ^ a b "Lidiia Iakovleva". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Iakovleva Lidiia". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Lidiia Iakovleva". Gymnastics Australia. 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. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Lidiia Iakovleva". Commonwealth Games Australia. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "Lidiia Iakovleva". Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "Reinvigorated Gymnastics Team Leaps and Bounds Its Way to Birmingham". Commonwealth Games Australia. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.