Anna Voloshyna
Anna Vyacheslavivna Voloshyna (Ukrainian: Анна В'ячеславівна Волошина; born 26 September 1991[1][2] in Kharkiv[3]) is a Ukrainian synchro swimmer. She has won fifteen medals at the European Championships – including gold in the combination routine (2014) and team free routine (2016) – and a silver as well as nine World bronze medals.
Career
At the 2013 World Aquatics Championships Voloshyna won three bronze medals in team and combination competitions which were also Ukraine's first World Championships medals in synchro swimming.
Voloshyna finished fourth at the solo free routine and solo technical routine at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships.[4] Few days after she won bronze medal in duet free routine in duet with Lolita Ananasova.[5]
The most successful competition for her up to date is 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, where she won a first-ever silver medal for Ukraine in combination,[6] a bronze in team free routine, two bronze medals in pair with Yelyzaveta Yakhno in duet competitions[7] and two bronze medals in solo events. That all made her the best ever Ukrainian synchro swimmer.
References
- Athlete's Biography at fina.org Archived 2011-12-05 at the Wayback Machine, FINA Official Website (31 July 2015)
- 2015 World Championships List of Participants, Omega Timing (31 July 2015)
- (in Ukrainian) Харків'янкам не було рівних на Кубку України із синхронного плавання Archived March 12, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Champion.com.ua (December 14, 2009)
- Ukrainian Voloshyna placed 4th in synchro swimming at the WC : UNIAN News, UNIAN (July 29, 2015)
- Ukrainian synchro swimmers Ananasova and Voloshyna got bronze of the World championships (with photos), Segodnya (July 30, 2015)
- Українські синхроністки здобули п'яту "бронзу" на ЧС в Угорщині, УНН (July 21, 2017)
- Украинские синхронистки завоевали "бронзу" чемпионата мира, Segodnya (July 17, 2017)