Sofiya Lyskun ( uk, Софія Лискун; born 7 February 2002) is a Ukrainian diver, medalist of the European Championships.

Career

She won a bronze medal in 10-meter platform synchro diving (with Valeriia Liulko) at the

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and a gold in the team event (with

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) at the multi-event

2018 European Championships The 2018 European Championships were the first edition of the European Championships. It was a multi-sport event which took place in Berlin, Germany, and Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (with Edinburgh hosting the diving events and Gleneagles ...

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. Lyskun demonstrated her appetite for big meet competition when, aged 15, winning bronze at the 10 metres platform synchro event at the 2017 European Championships in Kiev. In 2018, she performed a difficult dive (a back two-and-a-half somersaults and one-and-a-half twists in pike) for 10 metre board that earned her the highest final round mark of any diver and the gold medal. She qualified to represent Ukraine at the

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in the Women's 10 metre platform event.

References

2002 births Sportspeople from Luhansk Ukrainian female divers Living people Divers at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Divers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic divers for Ukraine World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving 21st-century Ukrainian women {{Ukraine-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub