 Sofiya Lyskun in Kyiv, 2017) | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Софія Лискун |
| Citizenship |  Ukraine |
| Born | 7 February 2002 Luhansk, Ukraine |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Diving |
Medal record | |
Sofiya Lyskun (Ukrainian : Софія Лискун; born 7 February 2002) is a Ukrainian diver, medalist of the European Championships. [1]
She won a bronze medal in 10-meter platform synchro diving (with Valeriia Liulko) at the 2017 European Diving Championships in Kyiv and a gold in the team event (with Oleh Kolodiy) at the multi-event 2018 European Championships in Glasgow. [2]
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 Kyiv. 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. [3]
She qualified to represent Ukraine at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Women's 10 metre platform event. [4]
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Jack David Laugher is a British diver competing for Great Britain and England. A specialist on springboard, he competes in individual springboard events, and in synchronised events with Chris Mears, Daniel Goodfellow and Anthony Harding. Laugher and Mears became Britain's first diving Olympic champions by winning a gold medal in the men's synchronised 3m springboard event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, an achievement many had expected double world 10m champion Tom Daley would achieve first. A week later, Laugher won a silver in the men's individual 3m springboard at the same Games, becoming the first British diver to win multiple Olympic diving medals at the same Games.
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Valeriia Liulko is a Ukrainian diver, medalist of the European Championships. She won a bronze medal in the 10-meter platform synchro diving at the 2017 European Diving Championships in Kyiv. Her partner was Sofiia Lyskun.
Oleh Kolodiy is a Ukrainian diver.
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