Alona Serhiivna Kvasha ( uk, Альона Сергіївна Кваша; born November 5, 1984) is a Ukrainian former

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...

. She competed at the

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and

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

."Alona Kvasha"
sports-reference.com. Retrieved October 3, 2013. At the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, Kvasha competed only on vault for the Ukrainian team, scoring 9.581 which was tied for the 8th highest qualifying score. However, due to the tie-breaking procedures, she did not qualify to event finals. The Ukrainian team eventually finished 5th in the team final after the Chinese team was later disqualified for falsifying the age of Dong Fangxiao. Internationally, 2002 Euros was Kvasha's most successful competition. After finishing 4th in team finals, she went on to claim the bronze medal in the all-around finals with a total score of 36.405. In the event finals, she became the European floor champion after performing a clean exercise for a score of 9.500. In vault finals, she finished 4th with a score of 9.043. After beating Russia to the team silver medal at the 2004 European Championships, Ukraine looked a consistent team going into the Olympics. In Athens, Ukraine placed 5th in team qualifications, where Kvasha contributed scores of 9.412 (vault), 8.850 (bars), 8.987 (beam) and 9.462 (floor). The team later placed 4th during finals. In the event finals, Kvasha finished 6th on the vault with a score of 9.343.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kvasha, Alona 1984 births Living people Ukrainian female artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2000 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts of Ukraine Universiade medalists in gymnastics Universiade silver medalists for Ukraine Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade European champions in gymnastics Sportspeople from Cherkasy

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