Lyubov Viktor Cherkashina ( Belorussian Lyubo Viktarana Charkashyna , born December 23, 1987 in Brest , BSSR ) - Belarusian gymnast and trainer, bronze medalist of the 2012 Olympic Games in individual championship, multiple silver and bronze medalist of the world championships in rhythmic gymnastics, gold, silver and two bronze medals in European Championships, winner of several other rhythmic gymnastics competitions. Honored Master of Sports of the Republic of Belarus (2011). She played in the Italian Serie A for the Nervenese club [3] . Now he is a member of the headquarters of the national team of Belarus in rhythmic gymnastics [4] .
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 Lyubov Cherkashin at the Grand Prix in Vorarlberg, 2012 | |
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| Full name | Lyubov Viktorovna Cherkashina |
| Specialization | rhythmic gymnastics |
| Club | BFSO Dynamo |
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| Professional career | 2003-2012 |
| Trainer (s) | Irina Leparskaya [1] |
| Growth | 173 cm [2] |
| Weight | 53 kg |
| The best results at the world championships | |
| Team championship | 272.500 (2011) |
| All-around | 112.200 (2011) |
| Hoop | 28.700 (2012) |
| Ball | 28.450 (2011) |
| Tape | 27.575 (2010) |
| The best results at the Olympics | |
| All-around | 111.700 (2012) |
| Awards and medals | |
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Biography
Lyubov Cherkashina was born in 1987 in Brest. She began training in rhythmic gymnastics at the age of 9 [5] . In childhood, she was first engaged in acrobatics, then gymnastics, then switched to rhythmic gymnastics; In 2000, she began training at a sports boarding school in Minsk [6] . Her debut at international competitions took place in 2003. In the Baltic Cup, she took third place, losing only to Alina Kabaeva and Irina Chashchina . This was followed by two bronzes in the team championship at the World Championships in Budapest (2003) and Baku (2005) , as well as at the European Championship in Moscow (2005). At the world championships 2007 and 2009, she took 10th and 7th places, respectively.
The successful period for her performances began in 2011 , when Lyubov won a silver medal at the World Championships in Montpellier (team championship) and a bronze medal in exercises with the ball, two gold, one silver and one bronze medals at the European Championships in Minsk (in exercises with the ball and clubs, in the team championship and in hoop exercises, respectively). At the European Championships in Nizhny Novgorod took 4th place. In 2012, she twice became a bronze medalist in the final of the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup - in individual all-around and in exercises with the ball.
London Summer Olympics
At the 2012 Olympics, Lyubov Cherkashina, according to the results of the qualification round, took fifth place with a total score of 114.500. This allowed her to reach the finals of performances, where she managed to take third place, ahead of Aliya Garaeva from Azerbaijan and losing to Evgenia Kanaeva and Daria Dmitrieva from Russia.
Retirement
In late November 2012, Lyubov Cherkashina, as well as silver medals at the Olympic Games in London, Alina Tumilovich, Anastasia Ivankova, Ksenia Sankovich and Marina Goncharova announced the completion of a career. At the same time, they noted that they were not going to completely part with the sport: they plan to take part in demonstrations. They also do not exclude their possible return to the big sport [7] [8] [9] .
After completing a career, he holds master classes for young and beginner gymnasts [10] .
Personal life
Married to former footballer Viktor Molashko (since 2008) [5] [11] [12] [13] .
Notes
- ↑ Irina Leparskaya: For us, a bronze medal is like gold , Soviet sport (August 12, 2012). Date of treatment August 14, 2012.
- ↑ Liubou Charkashyna (English) (unavailable link) . The official website of the Olympic Games 2012. Date of treatment August 12, 2012. Archived January 3, 2013.
- ↑ From London - to Serie A // BelTA . - August 11, 2012.
- ↑ National Team of the Republic of Belarus . Belarusian Gymnastics Association (2016). Date of treatment June 30, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Lyubov Cherkashina: “That athlete who is lazy is bad” , Arguments and Facts in Belarus (December 27, 2011). Date of treatment August 14, 2012.
- ↑ Yuri Rubashevsky . Unbending "reed" , Evening Brest (June 27, 2008). Date of treatment August 14, 2012.
- ↑ Lyubov Cherkashina ends her sports career , www.sport.ua (November 23, 2012). Date of treatment November 25, 2012.
- ↑ Lyubov Cherkashina and four Belarusian gang members complete their active sports career , r-gymnastics.com (November 23, 2012). Date of treatment November 25, 2012.
- ↑ Five Belarusian gymnasts-artists almost parted in a wedding for farewell to sports , News of Belarus. Belarusian Telegraph Agency (November 23, 2012). Date of treatment November 25, 2012.
- ↑ Lyubov Cherkashina: “It seems to me that twenty years have passed after the Olympics in London” , Minsk-Novosti (December 6, 2014). Date of treatment January 23, 2015.
- ↑ Lyubov Cherkashina: “It’s as if a second gun appeared in the bosom!” , Komsomolskaya Pravda (December 22, 2011). Date of treatment August 14, 2012.
- ↑ Olympics. Bronze Cherkashina: drink for Love , Pressball (August 11, 2012). Date of treatment August 14, 2012.
- ↑ Tatyana Shakhnovich . How do novels with gymnasts end? , Komsomolskaya Pravda (July 2, 2011). Date of treatment August 14, 2012.
Links
- Liubou Charkashyna (English) (inaccessible link) . The official website of the 2012 Summer Olympics. Date of appeal August 14, 2012. Archived January 3, 2013.
- Cherkashin Love . Sportbox.ru. Date of treatment August 14, 2012. Archived October 2, 2012.