Alisa Sergeyevna Tishchenko (Russian: Алиса Сергеевна Тищенко, IPA: [ɐˈlʲisə ˈtʲiɕːɪnkə]; born 17 February 2004) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the silver medalist and group Olympic runner-up at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, along with Anastasia Bliznyuk, Anastasia Maksimova, Angelina Shkatova and Anastasia Tatareva. She is the 2019 World Junior Group All-Around, Team, 5 Hoops and 5 Ribbons champion[3][4] and the 2019 European Junior Group All-Around, Team, 5 Hoops and 5 Ribbons champion.[5]

Alisa Tishchenko
Country represented Russia
Born (2004-02-17) 17 February 2004 (age 20)
Krasnodar, Russia[1]
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2019-
Head coach(es)Elena Serebryakova, Svetlana Zhuravel [2]
Medal record
Group Rhythmic Gymnastics
International gymnastics competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 0
World Championships 3 1 0
Junior World Championships 4 0 0
Junior European Championships 4 0 0
Total 11 2 0
Representing Russia ROC
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Group All-around
Representing RGF
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Kitakyushu Team
Gold medal – first place 2021 Kitakyushu Group All-around
Gold medal – first place 2021 Kitakyushu 5 Balls
Silver medal – second place 2021 Kitakyushu 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs
Representing  Russia
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Moscow Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Moscow Group All-Around
Gold medal – first place 2019 Moscow 5 Hoops
Gold medal – first place 2019 Moscow 5 Ribbons
Junior European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Baku Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Baku Group All-Around
Gold medal – first place 2019 Baku 5 Hoops
Gold medal – first place 2019 Baku 5 Ribbons

Career edit

Junior edit

Alisa was born in Surgut on 17 February 2004. Her mother encouraged her to begin training rhythmic gymnastics at age 6.[6] In 2017, she moved to Moscow and was invited to train with junior national team.[7] She was a member of Russian Group that competed at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Moscow, Russia taking the gold medal scoring a total of (49.550) ahead of Italy (45.100) and Belarus (43.100) in the all-around competition. They also won gold medals in team competition and in both apparatus finals.[8]

Senior edit

In 2020, Alisa was added to Russian National Reserve Team as a senior group gymnast. Reserve group took part in Grand Prix Tartu in February. Alisa and her teammates placed second in Group All-Around competition after Uzbekistan and took gold medals in both Apparatus Finals. In October, Russian Federation organized 2nd Online Tournament in rhythmic gymnastics, where reserve group won in Group All-Around competition (69.050) in front of Uzbekistan.[9] In 2021, Alisa was admitted to compete in the 2021 Moscow Grand Prix, as a member of the official Russian group, where Russia placed first in the All round ahead of Belarus. On July 5, 2021, the Russian Federation announced that Alisa Tishchenko was selected to represent Russia at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, (leaving out Karina Metelkova and Olya Karaseva) as a member of the Russian group formed by Anastasia Tatareva, Anastasia Bliznyuk, Anastasia Maksimova and Angelina Shkatova, and that the Russian group will compete in the Moscow 2021 World Challenge Cup on July 9-11. In the Moscow Cup, the Russian group took gold in all aspects ahead of Japan and all possible golds in the apparatus finals ahead of Uzbekistan. From August 7-8, the Russian group competed in the 2020 Olympic Games where they achieved the silver medal in the general competition behind Bulgaria, and it is the first time in 25 years that Russia has lost the first place and the gold medal in the Olympic Games. From October 29-31, Alisa competed in the 2021 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships, in Kitakyushu, Japan, along with the ensemble formed by Anastasia Bliznyuk, Maria Tolkacheva, Polina Orlova and Angelina Shkatova, where the Russian ensemble won gold in the entire contest, for the fifth time in a row, ahead of Italy and Belarus. They also won team gold (along with singles Dina and Arina Averina), gold in the 5-ball final and silver (behind Italy) in the mixed final.[citation needed]

Detailed Olympic results edit

Year Competition Description Location Music Apparatus Rank Score-Final Rank Score-Qualifying
2020 Olympics Tokyo All-around 2nd 90.700 2nd 89.050
Prince Igor: Polovetskie tancy s khorom
by Symphony Orchestra of State Moscow
5 Balls 2nd 46.200 2nd 45.750
Ruslan and Liudmila
by State Symphony Orchestra of USSR
3 Hoops + 4 Clubs 2nd 44.500 3rd 43.300

References edit

  1. ^ "Alisa Tishchenko/Place of Birth". fig. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  2. ^ "Alisa Tishchenko/Coaches". fig. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  3. ^ "Alisa Tishchenko". infosport.ru (in Russian). Sportivnaya Rossiya. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Россиянки - двукратные чемпионки первого в истории ЧМЮ по художественной гимнастике" (in Russian). vfrg.ru. 2019-07-20. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  5. ^ "Россиянки выиграли все "золото" чемпионата Европы в Баку" (in Russian). rg.ru. 2019-05-20. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  6. ^ "Alisa Tishchenko/Start sporting career". fig. 2019-07-02. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  7. ^ Andrey Ivanov (2019-07-22). "РГимнастка из Краснодара Алиса Тищенко победила на юниорском чемпионате мира" (in Russian). tuapsevesti.ru. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  8. ^ "Russian rhythmic talent reigns at first junior Worlds". European Gymnastics. 2019-07-22. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  9. ^ "Averina sisters dominate second International Online Rhythmic Gymnastics competition". Olympic Channel. 2019-10-28. Retrieved 2020-11-22.

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