Anastasiia Motak

Motak competed at the Ukrainian National Championships where she placed third amongst junior athletes.[1] In April she competed at the Stella Zakharova Cup where her team placed fifth. Individually she placed 10th in the all-around but won silver on vault.[2] Later that month Motak competed at the European Games Test Event where she placed first in the all-around and on vault and fourth on balance beam and floor exercise.[3]

In June Motak competed at the inaugural Junior World Championships. She only qualified to the vault event final where she placed fourth behind American Kayla DiCello, Jennifer Gadirova of Great Britain, and Vladislava Urazova of Russia.[4] She ended the season competing at the European Youth Olympic Festival where she won silver on vault behind Viktoria Listunova of Russia.[5]

Team / All-Around Final

Team / All-Around Final

Vault Final

Motak at the 2019 Junior World Championships

In September Motak competed at the Ukrainian National Championships as a first year senior. She won the all-around and placed first on balance beam and placed second on vault and uneven bars.[6] The following month she competed at the Szombathely Challenge Cup where she won silver on vault behind Hungarian Boglárka Dévai.[7]

In December Motak competed at the European Championships alongside Anastasiia Bachynska, Yelyzaveta Hubareva, Angelina Radivilova, and Diana Varinska. During qualifications she helped Ukraine qualify second to the team final behind Romania and individually she qualified to the vault, uneven bars, and balance beam final. During the team final Romania suffered many mishaps which allowed the Ukraine to win team gold.[8] During event finals Motak won bronze on vault (behind Zsófia Kovács and Larisa Iordache) and on balance beam (behind Iordache and Silviana Sfiringu) and placed fifth on uneven bars.