Valeriia Peremeta

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Valeriia Peremeta
Born (2007-09-25) 25 September 2007 (age 17)
Mykolaiv, Ukraine
Gymnastics career
Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
Country
represented
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
(2023–)
Training location Kyiv, Ukraine
Club Deriugins School
Head coach(es) Irina Deriugina
Former coach(es)Iryna Ruda
Choreographer Iryna Blokhina
Medal record
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Representing Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Rio de Janeiro 3 Balls + 2 Hoops
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Rio de Janeiro Team
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Tallinn Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Tallinn 3 Balls + 2 Hoops
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Budapest 3 Ribbon + 2 Balls
European Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Baku 3 Balls + 2 Hoops

Valeriia Peremeta (born 25 September 2007) [1] is a Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast. She won a bronze medal with the Ukrainian group at the 2024 European Championships in 3 ribbon and 2 balls. She represented Ukraine at the 2024 Summer Olympics, where the group finished seventh in the all-around.

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Career

2024

Peremeta joined the Ukrainian senior national group in 2024. She debuted at the Tartu Grand Prix where Ukraine swept the gold medals in the all-around and both event finals. [2] At the Athens World Cup, they finished 13th in the all-around and fourth in the 5 hoops final. [3] Then at the Sofia World Cup, they finished 10th in the all-around and seventh in the 5 hoops final. [4] At the 2024 European Championships in Budapest, the group finished sixth in the all-around and fifth in the 5 hoops final. [5] They then won the bronze medal in the 3 ribbons and 2 balls final, behind Spain and Israel. [6] Then in July, the won bronze medals in the all-around and 3 ribbons and 2 balls at the Cluj-Napoca World Challenge Cup. [7]

Peremeta represented Ukraine at the 2024 Summer Olympics alongside Diana Baieva, Alina Melnyk, Mariia Vysochanska, and Kira Shyrykina. The group qualified for the all-around final in third place, including having the highest score in 3 ribbons and 2 balls. [8] Then in the all-around final, the group sat in second place after the 5 hoops, but after several major mistakes in 3 ribbons and 2 balls, the group dropped to seventh place. [9]

2025

In 2025 she continued her career, despite some members retiring. In May, competing at the European Cup stage in Baku along Yelyzaveta Azza, Nadiia Yurina, Kira Shyyrkina, Anastasiia Ikan and Oleksandra Yushchak, she won bronze in the All-Around and silver with 3 balls & 2 hoops. [10] The group also competed at the 2025 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, and finished 8th in group all-around. Together with Polina Karika and Taisiia Onofriichuk they won silver medal in team competition. They won another silver in 3 Balls + 2 Hoops final. [11] In late August, she was selected to represent Ukraine alongside Diana Baieva, Yelyzaveta Azza, Kira Shyrykina, Nadiia Yurina and Oleksandra Yushchak at the 2025 World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [12] They took 9th place in group all-around and won bronze medal in team competition together with Polina Karika and Taisiia Onofriichuk. [13] They won a gold medal in 3 balls + 2 hoops final, second-ever gold medal in the group event for Ukraine and the first since the 2002 World Championships. [14] [15]

Awards

Peremeta received 50,000 hryvnias from the Mykolaiv City Council for her performances with the Ukrainian group in 2024. [16]

References

  1. "Peremeta Valeriia". Paris 2024 . International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  2. "Збірна команда України в групових вправах здобула два золота на Miss Valentine" [The national team of Ukraine in group exercises won two gold medals at Miss Valentine]. Ukrainian Gymnastics Federation (in Ukrainian). 3 March 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  3. Fantoni, Lucrezia (24 March 2024). "Ritmica, World Cup: a Palaio Faliro l'Italia vince un oro e tre argenti nelle finali di specialità" [Rhythmic, World Cup: in Palaio Faliro Italy wins a gold and three silvers in the specialty finals]. Ginnasticando (in Italian). Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  4. "Results for FIG World Cup 2024 Sofia (BUL)". International Gymnastics Federation . Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  5. "40th European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Rhythmic Gymnastics Group All-Around" (PDF). European Gymnastics . 25 May 2024.
  6. "Great variety of apparatus medallists decided on closing day of #Budapest2024". European Gymnastics . 26 May 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  7. "Ukrainian gymnast wins gold at World Challenge Cup in Romania". Yahoo! Sports . 14 July 2024. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  8. Mandebura, Ilya (9 August 2024). "Олімпіада-2024. Українські гімнастки вийшли до фіналу групових вправ" [Olympics-2024. Ukrainian gymnasts reached the group exercise finals]. Glavkom (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  9. Moroz, Evgeny (10 August 2024). "Україна — сьома у фіналі групового багатоборства на Олімпіаді-2024 у художній гімнастиці" [Ukraine is seventh in the group all-around final at the 2024 Olympics in rhythmic gymnastics]. Suspilne Sport (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  10. "2025 Baku European Cup" (PDF).
  11. "ECh Tallinn 2025 3 Balls + 2 Hoops Final Results" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 8 June 2025. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  12. "Nominative registrations_step 2_RGG_revised 15 Aug. 2025". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  13. "Japan pip hosts Brazil for Group All-Around title". www.gymnastics.sport. International Gymnastics Federation. 2025-08-24. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
  14. "Ukraine Wins Second World Gold in Rhythmic Gymnastics Group Event". Mezha. 2025-08-24. Retrieved 2025-08-24.
  15. "Hat tricks and history makers as Rio Worlds draw to a close". www.gymnastics.sport. International Gymnastics Federation. 2025-08-25. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
  16. Sereda, Kateryna (17 August 2024). "The Mykolaiv City Council awarded gymnast Peremeta, who performed at the Olympic Games". NikVesti. Retrieved 17 November 2024.