Yelyzaveta Azza
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| Born | February 12, 2005 Kirovograd, Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Ukraine (2022–) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Deriugins School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Irina Deriugina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Iryna Blokhina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yelyzaveta Azza (Ukrainian: Єлизавета Азза, born 12 February 2005, Kirovograd) is a Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast,[1] member of the senior group.
Career
2022
In 2022, after part of the previous team retired after the 2020 Olympics, Yelyzaveta was incorporated into the national senior group. After a rough start because of the invasion of Ukraine, they debuted at the World Cup in Pesaro being 11th in the All-Around and 6th with 3 ribbons and 2 balls.[2] In June she competed in Tel Aviv at the European Championships, taking 10th place in the All-Around and 6th with 5 hoops.[3] She also participated in the World Championships in Sofia along Nikol Krasiuk, Diana Baieva, Daryna Duda, Anastasiya Voznyak, Oleksandra Yushchak and the individuals Viktoriia Onopriienko, Polina Karika and Polina Horodnycha, finishing 12th in the All-Around and with 5 hoops as well as 11th with 3 ribbons and 2 balls.[4]
2023
The following year the group debuted at the World Cup in Athens ending 5th in the All-Around, 4th with 5 hoops and 8th with 3 ribbons & 2 balls.[5] In Baku they were 4th in the All-Around, 7th in the mixed apparatus final and won bronze with 5 hoops.[6] There a month later Yelyzaveta took part in the 2023 European Championships, the group was 4th in the All-Around and with 3 ribbons & 2 balls, 6th with 5 hoops, together with the individuals Viktoriia Onopriienko,Polina Karika and Polina Horodnycha the group won silver in teams.[7][8] In July they competed in Cluj-Napoca, finishing 5th in the All-Around, 7th and 8th in the event finals.[9] In the last World Cup of the season in Milan they were 10th in the All-Around and 7th with 5 hoops.[10] In late August, she competed at the World Championships in Valencia alongside Oleksandra Yushchak, Diana Baieva, Daryna Duda, Alina Melnyk, Mariia Vysochanska and the two individuals, Onopriienko and Kariika, ending 6th in teams. Finishing 5th in the group all-Around granted them a spot for Paris 2024. In apparatus finals, they were 7th with 5 hoops and won bronze medal with 3 ribbons & 2 balls.[11] However, she was not chosen to be a part of the squad at the 2024 Olympic Games.
2025
She returned to the main senior group, after the retirement of Mariia Vysochanska and Alina Melnyk. She competed at the World Cup in Baku being 8th with 5 ribbons and 4th with 3 balls & 2 hoops, winning bronze in the All-Around.[12] In May, competing at the European Cup stage in Baku along Nadiia Yurina, Valeriia Peremeta, Kira Shyyrkina, Anastasiia Ikan and Oleksandra Yushchak, she won bronze in the All-Around and silver with 3 balls & 2 hoops.[13] The group also competed at the 2025 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, and finished 8th in group all-around. Together with Polina Karika and Taisiia Onofriichuk they won silver medal in team competition. They won another silver in 3 Balls + 2 Hoops final. [14]
References
- ^ "AZZA Yelyzaveta - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Pesaro 2022 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
- ^ "2022 European Championships Result Book" (PDF). europeangymnastics.
- ^ "2022 World Championships Result Book" (PDF). gym.longinestiming.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Athens 2023 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Baku 2023 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
- ^ "2023 Team Results" (PDF). europeangymnastics.
- ^ "2023 Groups All-Around" (PDF). europeangymnastics.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Cluj-Napoca 2023 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Milan 2023 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
- ^ "2023 World Championships Result Book" (PDF). gym.longinestiming.com.
- ^ "2025 Baku World Cup" (PDF).
- ^ "2025 Baku European Cup" (PDF).
- ^ "ECh Tallinn 2025 3 Balls + 2 Hoops Final Results" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 8 June 2025. Retrieved 8 June 2025.