Isabela Onyshko

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Isabela Onyshko
Isabela Onyshko Rio 2016 (cropped).jpeg
Onyshko at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full nameIsabela Maria Onyshko
Nickname(s)Bela
Born (1998-06-23) June 23, 1998 (age 27)
Minnedosa, Manitoba
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Gymnastics career
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
ClubVancouver Phoenix Gymnastics
Head coach(es)Janice Fowler
Music"Frühling (Primavera Porteño)" by Jourist Quartet (2016)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Team
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Toronto Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Lima Team
FIG World Cup
Event1st2nd3rd
All-Around World Cup010
Apparatus World Cup001
World Challenge Cup220
Total231

Isabela Maria Onyshko (born 23 June 1998 in Minnedosa) is a Canadian artistic gymnast who represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the 2014 Commonwealth Games, [1] [2] as well as the 2014, 2015 and 2017 World Championships. She was the 2014 National Champion on beam. In 2016, she won Elite Canada and the National Championships in the individual All Around.

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Senior career

2014

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Onyshko finished fourth with her team and seventh in the all-around. Also in 2014, she competed at the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Nanning, China. Her team placed 12th in qualifications, failing to qualify to the team final, but they did qualify a full team for the 2015 World Championships.

2015

In January 2015, Onyshko competed at the Elite Canada competition, placing second overall, with third places finishes on the beam and the floor. At the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup event in Ljubljana Onyshko won three medals winning her first world cup gold in the uneven bars and another win on the balance beam while placing second in the floor event. [3] In September, Gymnastics Canada named Onyshko to their World Championships team. She will represent Canada at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships alongside 6 of her teammates from October 23 to November 1, 2015.

2016

On February 5, 2016, Onyshko won the 2016 Elite Canada competition. [4] Later that month, she won all-around silver at the Stuttgart World Cup. She went on to compete at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro, placing fourth on balance beam and floor exercise; and tenth in the all-around.

In June, she competed at the Canadian National Championships, besting reigning champion Ellie Black to win the all-around. She additionally won gold on uneven bars and balance beam, bronze on floor exercise, and placed fourth on vault. She then represented Canada at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where the team finished ninth. Individually, Onyshko finished 18th all around and 8th on beam. She became the first Canadian gymnast to make a beam final at the Olympics.

Competitive History

YearEventTeamAA VT UB BB FX
2013Elite Canada5Silver medal icon.svg88
National Championships4Bronze medal icon.svg45
Élite Gym Massilia520
2014 Elite Canada65
International Gymnix 4Gold medal icon.svg8
Doha World Cup Bronze medal icon.svg
Osijek World Cup 65Silver medal icon.svg
National ChampionshipsSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg4
Commonwealth Games 477
World Championships 1229266056
2015 Elite CanadaSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
WOGA Classic 5785
International GymnixSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
City of Jesolo Trophy Bronze medal icon.svg11845
Ljubljana World Cup Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
2016 Elite CanadaGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
Summer Olympics 9188
2017
World Championships 1074922
2018
Commonwealth Games Gold medal icon.svg854
2019
Pan American Games Silver medal icon.svg
2020 Elite CanadaBronze medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg6Bronze medal icon.svg

References

  1. "Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique : Gymnast Profiles". Fig-gymnastics.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-11. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
  2. "Gymcan-Profiles". Gymcan.org. Archived from the original on 2015-04-12. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
  3. "Canada's Onyshko captures 2 more medals at gymnastics World Cup". CBC Sports . April 5, 2015.
  4. 2016 Elite Canada Results | The Gymternet. Thegymter.net (2016-02-05). Retrieved on 2016-08-15.