Anastasiia Bachynska

Anastasia Yuriivna Bachynska (Ukrainian: Анастасія Юріївна Бачинська, born 4 August 2003) is a Ukrainian artistic gymnast. She is the 2019 European Games champion on the floor exercise and is the all-around and floor exercise bronze medalist at the 2018 Youth Olympics. She was also a member of the gold medal winning team at the 2020 European Championships.[1]

Anastasia Bachynska Анастасія Бачинська
Bachynska at the 2018 Youth Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Anastasia Yuriivna Bachynska
Nickname(s)	Bachyna
Country represented	Ukraine
Born	August 4, 2003 Ternopil, Ukraine
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Years on national team	2017–present (UKR)
Club	Children's and Youth Sport School No. 2 of the City of Ternopil
Gym	Koncha-Zaspa Olympic Training and Sports Center
Head coach(es)	Anna Lev Oksana Pershina
Former coach(es)	Tetiana Gerashchenko
Choreographer	Nadia Ostapenko
Music	2016-20: "Чорне Танго (Black Tango)" by Todes 2020: "Siren Song" & "Drunk Groove" by MARUV
Medal record Women's artistic gymnastics Representing  Ukraine Event 1st 2nd 3rd European Games 1 0 0 European Championships 1 0 0 Youth Olympic Games 0 0 2 FIG Apparatus World Cup 1 0 1 FIG World Challenge Cup 0 1 0 Total 3 1 2 European Games 2019 Minsk Floor Exercise European Championships 2020 Mersin Team Youth Olympic Games 2018 Buenos Aires All-Around 2018 Buenos Aires Floor Exercise

Early life

Bachynska was born in Ternopil, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine on 4 August 2003.[2] She began gymnastics in 2007. She comes from a large family and is the second oldest of four children; her older brother is a programmer, her younger brother is a musician and her younger sister is an artist.[3]

Gymnastics career

2017

Bachynska made her international debut at the France Top 12 meet in March 2017.[4] She later competed at the Stella Zakharova Cup, sweeping the junior events.[5]

2018

In 2018, Bachynska was selected to represent the Ukraine at the 2018 Youth Olympics.[6] She qualified in first place to the all-around and floor exercise finals, second on vault, uneven bars, and balance beam.[7] During the all-around final she finished third behind Giorgia Villa of Italy and Amelie Morgan of Great Britain after falling on floor exercise.[8][9] During event finals Bachynska won bronze on floor exercise (behind Villa and Morgan), placed fourth on vault (behind Villa, Csenge Bácskay of Hungary, and Emma Spence of Canada) and sixth on uneven bars and balance beam. It was later revealed that Bachynska had competed at the Youth Olympic Games with a collarbone injury and was advised by doctors to rest for two months afterwards.[10]

Vault Final

Uneven Bars Final

Balance Beam Final

Floor Exercise Final

Bachynska at the 2018 Youth Olympics

2019

Bachynska turned senior in 2019 and made her debut at the Ukrainian Championships. She finished second behind Angelina Radivilova.[11] She later competed at the Baku World Cup where she qualified to the uneven bars and balance beam finals.[12] She finished seventh in the uneven bars final and fourth in the balance beam final, incurring a 0.5 penalty for having her coach present on the podium.[13] In April Bachynska competed at the 2019 European Championships where she placed fifth in the all-around and seventh on the balance beam.

In June Bachynska competed at the European Games alongside Diana Varinska and Angelina Radivilova, where she qualified to the all-around in fourth place and the floor exercise final in second. During the individual all-around final she suffered mishaps on the uneven bars and the floor exercise and she finished in 14th place.[14] During the floor exercise final she performed cleanly and won gold.[15]

After her success at the European Games, Bachynska received an apartment from the mayor of Ternopil.[16] She was also awarded the Order of Princess Olga by the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky.[17]

In September Bachynska competed at the Paris Challenge Cup where she won silver on balance beam behind Anastasiia Agafonova of Russia and placed sixth on uneven bars.[18]

In October Bachynska competed at the 2019 World Championships where she finished the all-around with a score of 52.165 and did not qualify to any event finals nor was the Ukraine able to qualify a team to the 2020 Olympic Games. Due to teammate Diana Varinska scoring higher than her, Bachynska was not able to qualify as an individual to the 2020 Olympics either.

In November Bachynska competed at the Cottbus World Cup where she placed fifth on balance beam but won gold on floor exercise.

2020

In late January Bachynska was listed on a nominative roster that was released for the Melbourne World Cup, taking place on February 20–22. While there she qualified to the uneven bars and balance beam finals where she placed seventh and third respectively.[19][20] She later competed at the Baku World Cup; during qualifications she finished seventh on vault, sixth on uneven bars, and third on balance beam and therefore qualified to the event finals.[21] However event finals were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan.[22]

In December Bachynska competed at the European Championships. During qualifications she helped Ukraine qualify second to the team final behind Romania and individually she qualified to the balance beam final. During the team final Romania suffered many mishaps which allowed the Ukraine to win team gold.[23][1]

Competitive history

Junior

Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
2017	France Top 12	8	29
	Stella Zakharova Cup
	Gym Festival Trnava
	Euro Youth Olympic Festival	12	11		5	4	6
	Ukrainian Championships					4
	Top 12 Series 1
2018	Top 12 Series 4
	Gymnasiade
	Gym Festival Trnava						4
	Youth Olympic Games Qualifier
	European Championships	8	11	4
	Youth Olympic Games			4	6	6

Senior

Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
2019	Ukrainian Championships
	Baku World Cup				7	4
	European Championships		5			7
	European Games		14
	Paris Challenge Cup				6
	Cottbus World Cup					5
2020	Melbourne World Cup				7
	Baku World Cup			[lower-alpha 1]	[lower-alpha 1]	[lower-alpha 1]
	European Championships					4

1. Bachynska qualified to the VT, UB, and BB event finals; however event finals were canceled

References

1. Bergman, Scott (December 19, 2020). "Ukraine claims first women's European team title". Olympic Channel.
2. "Ternopilka became a participant of the III Summer Youth Olympic Games". Teren (in Ukrainian). October 8, 2018.
3. "Ternopil champion Anastasiia Bachynska enjoys the secret of success from the coach". Teren (in Ukrainian). July 3, 2019.
4. "Olympians Return at France's Top 12 Meet". The Gymternet. March 14, 2017.
5. "Ukraine Shines at Stella Zakharova Cup". The Gymternet. April 3, 2017.
6. "Top Juniors to Face Off at Youth Olympic Games". The Gymternet. October 8, 2018.
7. "Bachynska Edges Out Villa for Youth Olympic Games Lead". The Gymternet. October 11, 2018.
8. "Villa Wins Youth Olympic Games Gold". The Gymternet. October 13, 2018.
9. "Bachynska: I'll Do Everything I Can To Win More Olympic Medals For Ukraine". Gymnovosti. October 15, 2018.
10. "European Championship: Girl with character". Sport Express (in Ukrainian). April 4, 2019.
11. "2019 Ukrainian Championships Results". The Gymternet. March 8, 2019.
12. "Baku World Cup – Balance Beam and Floor Exercise Qualification Results" (PDF). Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation. March 15, 2019.
13. "2019 Baku World Cup Results". The Gymternet. March 17, 2019.
14. "2019 European Games Live Blog – All-Around Final". The Gymternet. June 29, 2019.
15. "2019 European Games Results". The Gymternet. June 30, 2019.
16. "Ternopil champion Anastasiia Bachynska enjoys the secret of success from the coach". Teren (in Ukrainian). July 3, 2019.
17. "The President awarded the Ternopil gymnast the Order of Princess Olga". Teren (in Ukrainian). July 22, 2019.
18. "2019 Paris Challenge Cup Results". The Gymternet. September 17, 2019.
19. https://gymnasticsworldcup.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/WAG_UBars_F_signed.pdf
20. https://gymnasticsworldcup.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/WAG_Beam_F_signed.pdf
21. "2020 Baku World Cup Results". The Gymternet. March 13, 2020.
22. "Finals of Baku World Cup cancelled". International Gymnastics Federation. March 13, 2020.
23. @UEGymnastics (December 19, 2020). "Ukraine Flag of Ukraine wins the 2020 European team title! #Mersin2020" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

External links

• Anastasia Bachynska at the International Gymnastics Federation