Elizaveta Pletneva
Nickname(s)Liza
Country represented United States
Born (2002-01-21) January 21, 2002 (age 21)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
HometownCaldwell, New Jersey, United States[1]
ResidenceWheeling, Illinois[2]
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)[2]
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
Years on national team2018 - present
ClubNorth Shore Rhythmic Gymnastics Center
Medal record
Rhythmic gymnastics
Representing  United States
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima Group all-around
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima 5 balls
Pan American Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Lima Group all-around
Silver medal – second place 2018 Lima 3 balls + 2 ropes
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Rio de Janeiro Group All-around
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Rio de Janeiro 5 balls
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Rio de Janeiro 3 hoops + 4 clubs

Elizaveta Pletneva (born January 21, 2002)[3] is a Russian-born American group rhythmic gymnast who represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2]

Personal life

Pletneva and her family moved to the United States when she was three years old.[4] She began rhythmic gymnastics when she was five years old.[4]

Career

Pletneva competed at the 2018 World Championships where the American group finished fourteenth in the all-around.[5] Then at the 2018 Pan American Championships in Lima, she won the silver medal in both the group all-around and the 3 balls + 2 ropes event final, both behind Mexico.[6]

Pletneva competed at the 2019 Pan American Games and won the silver medal in the group all-around and in the 5 balls event final, both times finishing behind Mexico.[7] Then at the 2019 World Championships in Baku, the American group finished tenth.[8]

At the 2021 Pan American Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Pletneva and the American group won the bronze medals in the all-around, and in both the 5 balls and the 3 hoops + 4 clubs event finals.[3] The United States qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games after Japan's host spot was reallocated. Pletneva was selected to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Isabelle Connor, Camilla Feeley, Lili Mizuno, and Nicole Sladkov.[9] They finished eleventh in the qualification round for the group all-around.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Elizaveta Pletneva". Team USA. Archived from the original on July 22, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Pletneva Elizaveta". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on July 22, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Elizaveta Pletneva". USA Gymnastics. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Pletneva Elizaveta". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  5. ^ "U.S. group finishes 14th at 2018 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships". USA Gymnastics. September 15, 2018. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  6. ^ "USA wins eight event medals at 2018 Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships". USA Gymnastics. September 30, 2018. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  7. ^ "Griskenas, Feeley win rhythmic gold medals at 2019 Pan American Games". USA Gymnastics. August 5, 2019. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  8. ^ "USA finishes 10th in group all-around at 2019 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships". USA Gymnastics. September 21, 2019. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  9. ^ "Laura Zeng leads first full U.S. Olympic rhythmic gymnastics team". NBC Sports. July 2, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  10. ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics — Group All-Around — Qualification — Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 8, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

External links

2020 USA Olympic Gymnastics Team
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