Anna Voloshyna Explained

Birth Date:26 September 1991
Birth Place:Kharkiv, Ukraine
Sport:Synchronised swimming

Anna Vyacheslavivna Voloshyna (Ukrainian: Анна В'ячеславівна Волошина; born 26 September 1991[1] [2] [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.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=1241 Athlete's Biography at fina.org
  2. http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010F0300FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF03 2015 World Championships List of Participants
  3. Харків'янкам не було рівних на Кубку України із синхронного плавання, Champion.com.ua (December 14, 2009)
  4. http://www.unian.net/sport/1106215-ukrainka-voloshina-zanyala-4-e-mesto-v-sinhronnom-plavanii-na-chm.html Ukrainian Voloshyna placed 4th in synchro swimming at the WC : UNIAN News
  5. http://sport.segodnya.ua/others/ukrainskie-sinhronistki-ananasova-i-voloshina-zavoevali-bronzu-chempionata-mira-636487.html Ukrainian synchro swimmers Ananasova and Voloshyna got bronze of the World championships (with photos)
  6. http://www.unn.com.ua/uk/news/1677738-ukrainski-synkhronistky-zdobuly-piatu-bronzu-na-chs-v-uhorshchyni Українські синхроністки здобули п'яту "бронзу" на ЧС в Угорщині
  7. http://www.segodnya.ua/sport/others/ukrainskie-sinhronistki-zavoevali-bronzu-chempionata-mira--1038495.html Украинские синхронистки завоевали "бронзу" чемпионата мира