Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya
| Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya | |
|---|---|
| Country represented |  Belarus |
| Born | 7 June 2005 Mogilev, Belarus |
| Discipline | Trampoline gymnastics |
Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya (born 7 June 2005) is a Belarusian trampoline gymnast. She will compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics as an Individual Neutral Athlete. She is the 2021 Junior European champion in synchronized trampoline.
Career
[edit]Bardzilouskaya placed 19th as an individual in the 2017 World Age Group Competitions in the 11-12 age category.[1] She competed at the 2021 Junior European Championships and won a gold medal in the synchro competition with her partner Maryia Siarheyeva.[2] Additionally, the Belarusian trampoline team won the silver medal behind Russia.[3] Then at the 2021 World Age Group Competitions, Bardzilouskaya and Siarheyeva won the silver medal in synchro. Bardzilouskaya also placed 49th in the individual competition.[4]
Bardzilouskaya made her senior international debut in February 2022 at the Baku World Cup and finished seventh in the individual final.[5] In March 2022, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) banned Russian and Belarussian athletes due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[6] Bardzilouskaya still competed in domestic competitions, winning the Belarusian individual national title in 2022.[7] In 2024, the FIG approved certain athletes as "neutral" to return to international competition.[8] She returned to competition at the 2024 Baku World Cup and finished tenth in the semifinal, making her the first reserve for the final.[9] She then competed at the Cottbus World Cup and placed 12th.[10]
Bardzilouskaya won a quota for the 2024 Olympic Games with her results in the 2024 World Cup series.[11][12] In June, she was approved to compete as an Individual Neutral Athlete by the International Olympic Committee.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "25th FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Age Group Competitions 16-19 November, 2017, Sofia, Bulgaria, Arena Armeec Individual trampoline — 11-12 Girls — Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. 16 November 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "Belgium, Belarus and Russia golden as #TraSochi2021 concludes". European Gymnastics. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "Russia's girls and Belarus' boys claim Trampoline junior team titles". European Gymnastics. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "28th FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Age Group Competitions Results Book" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. p. 203, 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Cup AGF Trophy Trampoline Gymnastics Final 1 TRA - Women's Individual" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. 13 February 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "FIG adopts further measures against Russia and Belarus". International Gymnastics Federation. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ^ "Могилевчанка Виолетта Бордиловская стала чемпионкой страны по прыжкам на батуте" [Violetta Bordilovskaya from Mogilev became the national champion in trampoline jumping]. MyCity Mogilev (in Russian). 14 November 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "Gymnastics body gives neutral status to 30 Belarusians but path to Paris Olympics is still unclear". WKMG. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Cup AGF Trophy Trampoline Gymnastics Qualification 2 TRA - Women's Individual" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. 24 February 2024. p. 4. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "FIG World Cup Cottbus 2024 Lausitz Arena, Cottbus (GER), Individual trampoline —Women —Qualification2" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "Newly-minted Olympic qualifiers in Trampoline Gymnastics: These nations are heading to Paris!". International Gymnastics Federation. 25 March 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "Belarusian trampolinists won two Olympic licences for Paris Games". Belarus Today. 25 March 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "Individual Neutral Athletes at the Olympic Games Paris 2024". International Olympic Committee. 15 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
