Lidiia Iakovleva (gymnast)

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.

Lidiia Iakovleva
Iakovleva at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games
Personal information
Nickname(s)Lida
Country represented Australia
Born (2003-08-28) 28 August 2003
Petrozavodsk, Russia
ResidenceBrisbane, Australia
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
ClubAspire Gymnastics Academy
Head coach(es)Iuliia Iakovleva
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place2022 BirminghamTeam
Junior Pacific Rim Championships
Bronze medal – third place2016 EverettClubs
Representing International Olympic Committee Mixed-NOCs team
Youth Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2018 Buenos AiresMixed team

Early life

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

Junior

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

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
  1. "Lidiia Iakovleva". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  2. "Iakovleva Lidiia". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  3. "Lidiia Iakovleva". Gymnastics Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  4. "2016 Pacific Rim Event Finals Event Results" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. 10 April 2016. p. 3. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  5. "Lidiia Iakovleva prepares to face the world". Gymnastics Queensland. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  6. "Results For FIG World Cup 2019 Pesaro (ITA)". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  7. "Results For FIG World Challenge Cup 2019 Kazan (2019)". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  8. "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.
  9. "2021 Australian Gymnastics Championships - Rhythmic Gymnastics Results - All Around" (PDF). Gymnastics Australia. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  10. "List of the Rhythmic Gymnastics 2020 Olympic Qualifiers". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  11. "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.
  12. "Lidiia Iakovleva". Commonwealth Games Australia. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  13. "Lidiia Iakovleva". Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  14. "Reinvigorated Gymnastics Team Leaps and Bounds Its Way to Birmingham". Commonwealth Games Australia. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
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