Yelyzaveta Serhiivna Yakhno ( uk, Єлизавета Сергіївна Яхно; born 4 June 1998) is a Ukrainian synchronised swimmer. She is World Championships medalist.

Career

Yakhno won three bronze medals at the inaugural European Games where she was third in

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and combination competitions. At the

2017 World Aquatics Championships The 17th FINA World Championships ( hu, 2017-es úszó-világbajnokság) were held in Budapest, Hungary from 14 to 30 July 2017.

Yakhno in pair with outstanding Ukrainian synchro swimmer

Anna Voloshyna Anna Vyacheslavivna Voloshyna ( uk, Анна В'ячеславівна Волошина; born 26 September 1991 in Kharkiv) is a Ukrainian synchro swimmer. She has won fifteen medals at the European Championsh ...

won a bronze medal in duet technical routine which became her first major international achievement. Later she repeated her success in duet free routine. She also finished third in team free routine. The next day she won silver in the combination event. In 2018, Yakhno and

Anastasiya Savchuk Anastasiya Hennadiyivna Savchuk ( uk, Анастасія Геннадіївна Савчук, born 2 March 1996) is a Ukrainian competitor in synchronized swimming. She won 3 bronze medals at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships, a silver and a ...

won the silver medal in both the duet technical routine and duet free routine at the

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. In the

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, she won bronze as part of the artistic swimming team competition. After the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, she left Ukraine and accepted an assistant coach position offer from Canada Artistic Swimming. She is currently staying in

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References

1998 births Living people Ukrainian synchronized swimmers Olympic synchronized swimmers for Ukraine Olympic bronze medalists for Ukraine Olympic medalists in synchronized swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming European Championships (multi-sport event) bronze medalists European Championships (multi-sport event) gold medalists European Championships (multi-sport event) silver medalists European Games bronze medalists for Ukraine European Games medalists in synchronised swimming Synchronised swimmers at the 2015 European Games Synchronized swimmers at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships Artistic swimmers at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships Artistic swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Donetsk 21st-century Ukrainian women {{Ukraine-swimming-bio-stub