Olena Diachenko
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| Full name | Olena Ihorivna Diachenko | ||||||||
| Alternative name(s) | Alyona Igorovna Dyachenko | ||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Olenka | ||||||||
| Country represented |  Ukraine | ||||||||
| Born | June 15, 2001 Kiev, Ukraine | ||||||||
| Residence | Kiev | ||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | ||||||||
| Level | Senior elite | ||||||||
| Years on national team | 2014 - present | ||||||||
| Club | Deriugins School | ||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Irina Deriugina | ||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Ireesha Blokhina | ||||||||
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Olena Ihorivna Diachenko (Ukrainian: Олена Ігорівна Дяченко, born June 15, 2001 in Kiev, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the two-time (2015–16) Ukrainian Junior National champion.
Career
Junior
Diachenko began appearing in international junior competitions in 2013. In 2015 season, she competed in numerous Junior World Cup events in Lisbon, Budapest, Pesaro, Sofia. Diachenko along with seniors Ganna Rizatdinova and Viktoria Mazur competed at the annual 2015 Aeon Cup where Team Deriugins School won the silver and with Diachenko finishing 7th in junior individual all-around finals.
In 2016 season, Diachenko started her season competing at the 2016 L.A Lights followed by competition at the 2016 Valentine Cup in Tartu, Estonia. She then competed at the Junior World Cup events in Pesaro, Guadalajara, Budapest, Sofia. Diachenko repeated as the Ukrainian Junior National champion. At the 2016 European Junior Championships Diachenko finished 6th with Team Ukraine; she qualified to 3 individual finals finishing 7th in hoop, 6th in clubs and 8th in ball.[1] On September 9-11, Diachenko together with seniors Ganna Rizatdinova and Viktoria Mazur represented team Deriugina school at the annual 2016 Aeon Cup in Tokyo, where they won the team bronze and with Diachenko finishing 4th in the junior individual all-around.[2]
Senior
Diachenko appeared in her first senior international competition at the Miss Valentine Cup finishing 4th in the all-around. On March 17-19, Diachenko competed at the Kiev Grand Prix finishing 7th in the all-around.[3] Her next competition was at Thiais Grand Prix where she finished 11th in the all-around. On March 31 - April 02, Diacehnko then competed at the 2017 Grand Prix Marbella finishing 11th in the all-around and qualified to 2 apparatus final. Diachenko appeared in her first World Cup event at the 2017 Pesaro World Cup where she finished 19th in the all-around. She then competed at the 2017 Tashkent World Cup finishing 14th in the all-around and qualified to the ball final. Her next competition was at the at the 2017 Baku World Cup where she finished 10th in the all-around. On May 19-21, Diachenko along with teammates Viktoria Mazur and Yeva Meleshchuk represented the individual seniors for Ukraine at the 2017 European Championships. On July 7-9, Diachenko finished 6th in the all-around behind Sabina Ashirbayeva at the 2017 Berlin World Challenge Cup, she qualified in ball final finishing in 6th and won her first World Cup medal, a bronze in hoop.
References
- ^ "Double gold for Russia on day 2 of Rhythmic Europeans". European Union of Gymnastics. 18 June 2016.
- ^ "Українська гімнастка Різатдінова здобула "срібло" на Aeon Cup 2016". Ukranews. 11 September 2016.
- ^ "Résultats édition 2017". grandprixthiais.fr. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
External links
- Olena Diachenko at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Rhythmic Gymnastics Results
- Olena Diachenko on Instagram
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