Taisiia Onofriichuk
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| Full name | Taisiia Andriivna Onofriichuk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alternative name(s) | Taisia Onofriychuk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Taya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 May 2008 Kyiv, Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | Ukraine (2021 – present) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Deriugins School | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Irina Deriugina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Marina Kardash | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Iryna Blokhina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taisiia Andriivna Onofriichuk (Ukrainian: Таї́сія Андріївна Онофрійчу́к; born 26 May 2008) is a Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2025 European all-around champion, the first Ukrainian European Champion since 1997, as well as the 2024 European hoop bronze medalist and the 2023 Junior World clubs silver medalist. She represented Ukraine at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the women's rhythmic individual all-around, where she qualified for the final and finished in 9th place.
On national level, she is a two-time (2024, 2025) Ukrainian all-around champion.
Career
Junior
In 2022, Onofriichuk competed at the Junior European Championships in Tel Aviv, Israel. She finished fourth with her teammates,[1] and individually, she placed seventh in the hoop final and eighth in the ribbon final.[2][3] Later that year, she won the junior all-around gold medal at the Aeon Cup held in Tokyo, Japan.[4]
In July 2023, Onofriichuk competed at the Junior World Championships in Cluj-Napoca. She won a silver medal with the clubs behind Poland's Liliana Lewińska, the first-ever medal for Ukraine at the Junior World Championships.[5][6] She was also fourth in the team competition, sixth with the hoop, and eighth with the ribbon.[7] She once again competed at the Aeon Cup in Japan along with her teammates Viktoriia Onopriienko and Polina Karika.[8] There, she won the silver medal in the junior all-around behind Germany's Lada Pusch.[9]
Senior
2024
Onofriichuk became age-eligible for senior international competitions in 2024. She made her senior international debut at the 2024 Tartu Grand Prix, winning bronze in the all-around behind teammate Viktoriia Onopriienko and Bulgaria's Elvira Krasnobaeva. She won a gold medal in the clubs final, and she won another bronze medal in the ball final.[10] Then at the Thiais Grand Prix, she won a bronze medal in the ribbon final in addition to placing eighth in the all-around and ball finals.[11][12]
Onofriichuk won a medal at her first FIG World Cup competition when, at the 2024 Sofia World Cup, she won bronze in the ribbon final behind Stiliana Nikolova and Daria Atamanov.[13][14] The next week, at the World Cup in Baku, she won three more medals - silver with clubs and bronze with ball and ribbon.[15][16] She also placed fourth in the all-around.[17] She then won the all-around title at the 2024 Ukrainian Championships.[18]
Onofriichuk competed at the 2024 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary, and finished eighth in the team competition with Viktoriia Onopriienko and the senior group.[19] She successfully qualified for the all-around final, finishing in ninth place.[20] Onofriichuk also qualified for three apparatus finals and won a bronze medal in the hoop final, which was held on her 16th birthday.[21] She placed sixth in the ribbon final and eighth in the ball final.[22][23] At the Grand Prix Final in Brno, she won the all-around silver medal behind Elvira Krasnobaeva. She also won silver medals in the hoop, ball, and ribbon finals.[24] Then at the Milan World Cup, she won bronze medals in both the club and ribbon finals. She also placed fourth in the all-around behind Darja Varfolomeev, Sofia Raffaeli, and teammate Viktoriia Onopriienko.[25]
Onofriichuk was selected to represent Ukraine at the 2024 Summer Olympics in place of her teammate Onopriienko.[26] Irina Deriugina, coach and selector of the Ukrainian team, indicated that she based her decision on the criteria established by the Ukrainian Olympic Committee, where Onofriichuk scored more points than Onopriienko, although the latter was the one that won the Olympic quota for Ukraine.[27] That same week, Onofriichuk competed in July at the World Challenge Cup in Cluj-Napoca, where she placed seventh in the all-around, fourth in the mace final and won a gold medal in the ribbon final.
From August 8 to 9, Onofriichuk competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics. She qualified for the all-around final of the top 10 in fourth place with very good performances. On the day of the all-around final, she dropped the apparatus in both her hoop and ball exercises and finished in 9th place.[28]
2025
Onofriichuk began her 2025 season by competed at the Miss Valentine Grand Prix in Tartu in March. She won the all-around competition ahead of Polina Karika and qualified for all four apparatus finals, winning gold in hoop and clubs, silver in ball and bronze in ribbon. On March 22-23, she won the Grand Prix Marbella ahead of Sofia Raffaeli. She also won gold in the ball and clubs finals and silver in the hoop and ribbon finals. The following week, she won another Grand Prix, this time in Thiais, ahead of Tara Dragas. It was the first time since 2015 that a gymnast had won more than three Grand Prix victories in a year; the last was Margarita Mamun. She also won gold in all of the apparatus finals.
The week after Thiais, she competed in her first World Cup in Sofia, where she won gold in the all-around ahead of Stiliana Nikolova. In the apparatus finals, she won gold in the clubs and ribbon finals and silver in the hoop, and she finished fifth in the ball final.[29] On April 18-20, she competed at Baku World Cup and won the silver medal in all-around behind Sofia Raffaeli. She also won gold in the hoop final, silver in the ball and ribbon final, and bronze in the clubs final.
In June, Onofriichuk competed at the 2025 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. She received the highest score in the qualifying round and went on to win the all-around final. This was the first time in almost thirty years that a Ukrainian gymnast had won the European Championships, since Olena Vitrychenko won in 1997.[30] She also won bronze medals in hoop and ribbons finals and silver in clubs final.[31]
Competitive history
| Year | Event | Team | AA | HP | BA | CL | RB |
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| Junior | |||||||
| 2022 | Ukrainian Junior Championships | ||||||
| Junior European Championships | 4 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Aeon Cup | |||||||
| 2023 | Aeon Cup | ||||||
| Junior World Championships | 4 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| Ukrainian Junior Championships | |||||||
| IT Andalucia Cup | |||||||
| Senior | |||||||
| 2024 | Tartu Grand Prix | 4 | 8 | ||||
| Marbella Grand Prix | 17 | ||||||
| Thiais Grand Prix | 8 | 8 | |||||
| Sofia World Cup | 12 | 5 | |||||
| Baku World Cup | 4 | ||||||
| Ukrainian Championships | |||||||
| European Championships | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 | |||
| Grand Prix Final | 8 | ||||||
| Milan World Cup | 4 | ||||||
| Cluj-Napoca World Challenge Cup | 7 | 4 | |||||
| Olympic Games | 9 | ||||||
| 2025 | Tartu Grand Prix | ||||||
| Marbella Grand Prix | |||||||
| Thiais Grand Prix | |||||||
| Sofia World Cup | 5 | ||||||
| Baku World Cup | |||||||
| European Cup | |||||||
| Ukrainian Championships | |||||||
| European Championships | 4 | ||||||
| Ukrainian Cup | |||||||
Routine music information
| Year | Apparatus | Music title |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Hoop | Mi Gente by J Balvin and Willy William |
| Ball | ||
| Clubs | ||
| Ribbon | Hood Jump by John Powell | |
| 2023 | Hoop | Mi Gente by J Balvin and Willy William |
| Hoop (second) | Discoteque by The Roop | |
| Ball | ||
| Clubs | Bad by Michael Jackson | |
| Ribbon | Hood Jump by John Powell | |
| 2024 | Hoop (first) | Ad Martem by HAVASI |
| Hoop | Thriller by Michael Jackson | |
| Ball | Sparkling Diamonds from Moulin Rouge! | |
| Clubs | Haze by Power-Haus | |
| Ribbon | Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious by Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke & The Pearlie Chorus | |
| 2025 | Hoop | Thriller by Michael Jackson |
| Ball (first) | Theory of Light by Eternal Eclipse | |
| Ball (second) | Le Freak by Chic | |
| Clubs | Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) (feat. Freedom Williams) by C+C Music Factory / Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now) (feat. Dollarman, Big Ali & Makedah) by Bob Sinclar & Cutee B. | |
| Ribbon | Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious by Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke & The Pearlie Chorus |
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