Yelyzaveta Yakhno

Yelyzaveta Yakhno
Yakhno in 2021
Personal information
NationalityUkrainian
Born (1998-06-04) 4 June 1998
Donetsk, Ukraine
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesSynchronised swimming
Medal record
Women's synchronized swimming
Representing  Ukraine
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 1
World Championships 1 1 6
European Championships 4 6 1
European Games 0 0 3
World Junior Championships 0 2 1
European Junior Championships 0 4 0
Total 5 13 12
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo Team
World Championships
2019 Gwangju Highlight routine
2017 Budapest Free routine combination
2017 Budapest Duet technical routine
2017 Budapest Duet free routine
2017 Budapest Team free routine
2019 Gwangju Team technical routine
2019 Gwangju Team free routine
2019 Gwangju Free routine combination
European Championships
2018 Glasgow Free routine combination
2020 Budapest Team free routine
2020 Budapest Combination routine
2020 Budapest Highlights routine
2018 Glasgow Solo technical routine
2018 Glasgow Duet free routine
2018 Glasgow Duet technical routine
2018 Glasgow Team free routine
2018 Glasgow Team technical routine
2020 Budapest Team technical routine
2018 Glasgow Solo free routine
European Games
2015 Baku Duet
2015 Baku Team
2015 Baku Free routine combination
World Junior Championships
2016 Kazan Solo routine
2016 Kazan Duet routine
2016 Kazan Team routine
European Junior Championships
2016 Rijeka Team routine
2016 Rijeka Duet routine
2016 Rijeka Solo routine
2016 Rijeka Free routine combination

Yelyzaveta Serhiivna Yakhno (Ukrainian: Єлизавета Сергіївна Яхно; born 4 June 1998) is a Ukrainian synchronised swimmer. She is World Championships medalist.[1][2][3]

Career

Yakhno won three bronze medals at the inaugural European Games where she was third in duet, team and combination competitions.

At the 2017 World Aquatics Championships Yakhno in pair with outstanding Ukrainian synchro swimmer Anna Voloshyna won a bronze medal in duet technical routine which became her first major international achievement.[4] Later she repeated her success in duet free routine. She also finished third in team free routine.[5] The next day she won silver in the combination event.[6]

In 2018, Yakhno and Anastasiya Savchuk won the silver medal in both the duet technical routine and duet free routine at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships.[7][8]

In the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won bronze as part of the artistic swimming team competition.

After the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, she left Ukraine and accepted an assistant coach position offer from Canada Artistic Swimming. She is currently staying in Montreal.[9]

References

  1. ^ Украинки Анна Волошина и Елизавета Яхно завоевали бронзу чемпионата мира-2017, XSport (16 July 2017)
  2. ^ 2017 World Championships List of Participants, Omega Timing (17 July 2017)
  3. ^ (in Ukrainian) Представниці синхронного плавання Донеччини здобули 3 нагороди на юніорському чемпіонаті світу
  4. ^ Украинские синхронистки завоевали "бронзу" чемпионата мира, Segodnya (17 July 2017)
  5. ^ Українські синхроністки здобули п'яту "бронзу" на ЧС в Угорщині, УНН (21 July 2017)
  6. ^ Синхронне плавання. «Срібло» на закуску!... http://www.golos.com.ua/news/58331 (in Ukrainian). 22 July 2017
  7. ^ "Duet technical routine – Final" (PDF). 2018 European Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Duet free routine – Final" (PDF). 2018 European Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  9. ^ Katz, Teddy (2023-04-23). "Newly arrived Ukrainians making a big splash in Canadian artistic swimming". CBC Sports. Retrieved 2023-04-23.