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Liubov Charkashyna
Charkashyna at the 2012 Grand Prix Vorarlberg
Personal information
Full nameLiubov Viktorovna Charkashyna
Nickname(s)Lyuba
Born (1987-12-23) December 23, 1987 (age 36)
Brest, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
ResidenceMinsk, Belarus
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
Country represented Belarus
Years on national team2002-2012
LevelSenior International Elite
Head coach(es)Irina Leparskaya
Assistant coach(es)Galina Zolotnickaya
Retired2012
World ranking9 (2012 Season)[1]
3 (2011 Season)[2]
Medal record
Rhythmic gymnastics
Representing  Belarus
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London All-around
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2007 Patras Team
Silver medal – second place 2009 Mie Team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Moscow Team
Silver medal – second place 2011 Montpellier Team
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Budapest Team
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Baku Team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Montpellier Ball
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Minsk Ball
Gold medal – first place 2011 Minsk Clubs
Silver medal – second place 2011 Minsk Team
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Moscow Team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Minsk Hoop
European Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Moscow Team
Grand Prix Final
Silver medal – second place 2010 Berlin Hoop
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Innsbruck Ribbon
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Berlin Rope
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Berlin Ribbon
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Shenzhen All-around
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Shenzhen Ribbon
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Shenzhen Ball

Liubov Viktorovna Charkashyna (Belarusian: Любоў Віктараўна Чаркашына; Russian: Любовь Викторовна Черкашина, born December 23, 1987) is a retired Belarusian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2012 Olympic all-around bronze medalist, and the 2011 European ball and clubs champion.[3]

Competitive career

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Charkashyna at the 2012 Grand Prix Vorarlberg all-around podium

Charkashyna started training in rhythmic gymnastics at a relatively late age, when she was nine years old.[4] She made her senior international debut in 2003. She had a successful 2007 season, winning bronze in ribbon at the Grand Prix Final in Innsbruck, Austria.

Charkashyna competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and placed 15th in qualifications. She did not advance to the top 10 finals round.[5]

At the 2010 Grand Prix final in Berlin, Charkashyna won the silver medal in hoop and bronze medal in rope and ribbon final. 2011 marked her breakthrough season. She won the bronze all-around medal at the World Cup in Corbeil-Essonnes, as well as bronze in the all-around, ball and hoop at the 2011 World Cup series in Tashkent. On May 29, at the 2011 European Championships in Minsk, she became the only Belarusian senior gymnast to win two individual gold medals at one European Championship, winning the ball final and the clubs final against reigning World and Olympic champion, Evgenia Kanaeva. Charkashyna also won the bronze medal in the hoop finals.

Charkashyna was the bronze medalist in All-around at the 2011 Summer Universiade. At the 2011 World Championships held in Montpellier, France, she finished fourth in All-around and won bronze in the ball apparatus.

In the 2012 season, Charkashyna won gold in the individual ribbon finals at the World Cup in Tashkent, as well as silver (hoop) and bronze (ball). She placed fourth in All-around at the 2012 European Championships behind Aliya Garayeva. At the 2012 World Cup series held in Minsk, Belarus, she won the bronze medal in the All-around ahead of Russian gymnast Alexandra Merkulova who finished fourth.

At the 2012 Olympics, Charkashyna placed fifth in the qualifications with a score of 110.450. In the finals, she was able to edge out rival Aliya Garayeva for the bronze medal. After her final ribbon routine, she kissed the carpet. As soon as the overall scores appeared, she shed tears of joy when she saw that she had won the bronze medal with a total score of 111.700. Charkashyna said on winning her first Olympic medal: "I'm happy, very happy for my country and my coach and for rhythmic gymnastics in Belarus. I think it's a valuation of my hard work and my school in Belaraus. I don't think this medal is my medal, it's for the whole of Belarus."[citation needed]

Charkashyna retired from competition at the end of the 2012 season.

Later career

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Charkashyna in her role as an FIG Athletes' Commission representative and Athlete Role Model during a victory ceremony of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Charkashyna worked as a rhythmic gymnastics coach and judge.[6] In 2013, she became an RSW brand ambassador.[7] That same year, after the World Championships held in Kyiv, Ukraine, Charkashyna was elected as the rhythmic gymnastics representative on the FIG Athletes' Commission.[8] Charkashyna held this position from 2014 to 2017. She then became the FIG Athletes' Commission president, for the term of 2017 to 2020.[9] In 2019, Charkashyna commented on sexual abuse in gymnastics, saying that abuse is horrible, but she believes the problem is not widespread and some cases are "an opportunity to earn money."[10]

Personal life

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Charkashyna is married to a former Belarusian football player, Victor Molashko.[11]

On January 16, 2018, Charkashyna gave birth to baby girl, Vera.

Routine music information

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Year Apparatus Music title [12]
2012 Hoop Primavera Porteña by Astor Piazzolla
Ball Frozen in time by Secret Garden
Clubs Caravan by Raimond Pauls
Ribbon Love Story by Francis Lai
Gala Gorod by Elena Vaenga
2011 Hoop Mission Impossible by Maxime Rodriguez
Ball Naprasnie Slova by Alexander Malinin, instrumental version arranged especially for routine
Clubs Green Hornet music from Kill Bill by Al Hirt
Ribbon ?
Gala La Monture by Julie Zenatti
2010 Hoop Sunrise, Sunset by Roby Lakatos
Ball Embrace music from Breathe by Nicholas Gunn
Rope Belarus folk
Ribbon ?
2009 Hoop Sunrise, Sunset by Roby Lakatos
Ball Embrace music from Breathe by Nicholas Gunn
Rope Tango by Konstantin Meladze
Ribbon Weary Sun by Jerzy Peterburgski
2008 Hoop Leelos Tune by Maksim
Rope Felicia music from Tango Forever by Luis Bravo
Clubs Czardas (Monti, Czardas Pr Violon & Piano) from Classic Meets Cuba by Klazz Brothers & Cuba Percussion
Ribbon Tsyganochka
2007 Hoop Against The Wind by Keiko Matsui
Rope Felicia music Tango Forever by Luis Bravo
Clubs Lo Que Vendra by Astor Piazzolla
Ribbon ?
2006 Rope Chappa by Didulya
Ball No Stop City by New Tango Orquesta
Clubs Batwannis Beek by REG Project
Ribbon ?
2005 Rope Chappa by Didulya
Ball Czardas (remix) by Vittorio Monti
Clubs Batwannis Beek by REM Project
Ribbon Croatian Rhapsody by Maksim Mrvica
2004 Hoop Ov Haiots Ashkhar by Ara Ghevorkian
Ball Czardas (remix) by Vittorio Monti
Clubs Batwannis Beek by REM Project
Ribbon Winter by Bond
2003 Hoop Vive el Verano by Paulina Rubio
Ball Czardas (remix) by Vittorio Monti
Clubs Batwannis Beek by REM Project
Ribbon ?

Detailed Olympic results

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Year Competition description Location Music Apparatus Score-final Score-qualifying
2012 Olympics London All-around 111.700 110.450
Love Story by Francis Lai Ribbon 28.075 26.550
Frozen in time by Secret Garden Ball 28.000 28.400
Primavera Porteña by Astor Piazzolla Hoop 28.100 28.050
Caravan by Raimond Pauls Clubs 27.525 27.450

References

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  1. ^ "FIG World standings for rhythmic gymnastics" (PDF). International Federation of Gymnastics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  2. ^ "FIG World standings for rhythmic gymnastics" (PDF). International Federation of Gymnastics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  3. ^ "CHARKASHYNA Liubou". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  4. ^ "New RSW Brand Ambassador Liubov Charkashyna". www.europastar.com. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  5. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lyubov Cherkashina". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  6. ^ "FIG Authorities' Biographies: Charkashyna Liubou" (PDF). FIG.
  7. ^ "New RSW Brand Ambassador Liubov Charkashyna". www.europastar.com. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  8. ^ "Rhythmic gymnasts have made their choice". FIG Gymnastics.
  9. ^ "FIG Authorities' Biographies: Charkashyna Liubou" (PDF). FIG.
  10. ^ LiubovB (2019-03-01). "Charkashyna on sexual abuse in sports: "It's America, they know how to make money"". Gymnovosti. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  11. ^ Happy Ending of Gymnasts
  12. ^ "Charkashyna RG music list". rgforum.
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