Khrystyna Oleksandrivna Pohranychna (Ukrainian: Христина Олександрівна Погранична; born 13 May 2003)[2] is a Ukrainian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2018 Youth Olympic Games all-around silver medalist, a 2020 Olympic Games all-around finalist, and a four-time medalist at the 2018 European Junior Championships.

Khrystyna Pohranychna
Pohranychna at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games
Personal information
Full nameKhrystyna Oleksandrivna Pohranychna
Nickname(s)Kristya, Khrystya
Country represented Ukraine
Born (2003-05-13) 13 May 2003 (age 21)
Lviv, Ukraine
Height150 cm (4 ft 11 in)[1]
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2016-present
ClubNika Sports Club
Head coach(es)Iryna Ruda
Assistant coach(es)Lyudmyla Yakovenko
ChoreographerHanna Soprunova
Medal record
Representing  Ukraine
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Summer Universiade 2 1 0
Junior European Championships 0 3 1
World Cup 0 1 1
Gymnasiade 2 3 0
Total 4 8 2
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Buenos Aires All-around
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2021 Chengdu Hoop
Gold medal – first place 2021 Chengdu Ribbon
Silver medal – second place 2021 Chengdu All-around
Junior European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Guadalajara Ball
Silver medal – second place 2018 Guadalajara Ribbon
Silver medal – second place 2018 Guadalajara Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Guadalajara Hoop
Grand Prix Final
Gold medal – first place 2023 Brno All-around
Gold medal – first place 2023 Brno Ball
Gold medal – first place 2023 Brno Clubs
Gold medal – first place 2023 Brno Ribbon
Silver medal – second place 2023 Brno Hoop
Summer Gymnasiade
Gold medal – first place 2018 Marrakech All-around
Gold medal – first place 2018 Marrakech Ribbon
Silver medal – second place 2018 Marrakech Clubs
Silver medal – second place 2018 Marrakech Ball
Silver medal – second place 2018 Marrakech Hoop

On national level, she is a two-time (2017, 2018) Junior All-around champion. In senior category, she is two-time (2019, 2021) All-around silver medalist and a two-time (2023, 2024) All-around bronze medalist.

Early life

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Pohranychna was born in Lviv on 13 May 2003.[3] Her mother is a surgeon and her father is a journalist. She has a sister named Olesya who is two years older than her and a younger sister Angela who was born in 2017. Olesya and Khrystyna began rhythmic gymnastics when Khrystyna was five years old at the Nika Sports Club in Lviv. Her inspiration is Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast and Olympic medalist Hanna Rizatdinova.[4]

Junior career

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Pohranychna at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games

Pohranychna was added to the junior national team in 2016.[3] She made her international debut at the 2016 Junior European Championships in Holon and placed sixth in the team competition alongside Olena Diachenko and Yeva Meleshchuk.[5] She qualified for the rope final where she also finished sixth.[6]

Pohranychna became the 2017 Ukrainian junior all-around champion, becoming the first gymnast from Lviv to win the Ukrainian Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships since Ukrainian independence.[7]

At the 2018 European Championships in Guadalajara, Spain, Pohranychna, Viktoriia Onopriienko, and Anastasiya Voznyak won the team silver medal behind Russia.[8] She won the silver medals in the ball and ribbon event finals, both behind Russia's Lala Kramarenko, and she won hoop bronze and placed fourth in clubs.[9][10][11][12] She was then selected to represent Ukraine at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, and she won the silver medal in the individual all-around behind Russia's Daria Trubnikova.[13]

Senior career

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2019

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Pohranychna became age eligible for senior competition in 2019. She made her senior international debut at the Pesaro World Cup and placed fifth in the hoop final.[14] Then at the Tashkent World Cup she placed fourth in the all-around and also qualified for all four event finals.[15] In the event finals, she finished fourth in ball, sixth in hoop and clubs, and eighth in ribbon.[16] She won her first World Cup medal at the Guadalajara World Challenge Cup with a silver in hoop behind Russia's Alexandra Soldatova.[17][18] She then won the all-around silver medal behind Vlada Nikolchenko at the Ukrainian Championships.[19] Then at the Cluj Napoca World Challenge Cup, she placed sixth in both hoop and clubs.[20] At the World Championships in Baku, She finished fifth in the team competition alongside Vlada Nikolchenko and Yeva Meleshchuk.[21] She then finished twelfth in the all-around final with a score of 80.575, earning Ukraine a second quota for the 2020 Olympic Games.[22]

2020

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Pohranychna did not compete at the beginning of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In September, she placed fifth in the ball, club, and ribbon and sixth in the all-around and hoop at the Deriugina Cup.[23]

2021

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Pohranychna at the 2020 Olympic Games

In March 2021, Pohranychna tested positive for COVID-19 and had to miss the Sofia World Cup.[24] She returned to competition at the Tashkent World Cup and placed seventh in the clubs and ribbon event finals.[25] At the Ukrainian Championships, she won the all-around silver medal by only 0.100 behind Viktoriia Onopriienko.[26] She then finished fifteenth in the all-around at the Pesaro World Cup.[27] She competed at her first senior European Championships in Varna, Bulgaria. She only competed on the ribbon, helping the Ukrainian team place fifth and qualifying for the ribbon final.[28] In the ribbon final, she placed sixth with a score of 22.000.[29] In July, she competed at the Minsk World Challenge Cup and won her second World Cup medal, a bronze in the ribbon, and also placed sixth in the all-around.[30]

Pohranychna and Viktoriia Onopriienko were selected to represent Ukraine at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Pohranychna qualified for the individual all-around final in tenth place, ahead of Japan's Sumire Kita by 0.300.[31][32] In the all-around final, she finished in ninth place ahead of Onopriienko with a total score of 95.100.[33] After the Olympic Games, Pohranychna competed at the World Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan. In the ribbon final, she placed fourth with a score of 21.950 behind Alina Harnasko and Dina and Arina Averina.[34] She also placed eighth in the hoop and clubs finals.[35] She then competed in the all-around final and finished in eleventh place, and Ukraine placed fourth in the team competition.[36]

2022

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Pohranychna had surgery on her knee at the beginning of the year.[37] She began volunteering as a medical assistant during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[38]

2023

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She represented Ukraine at the 2021 Summer Universiade in Chengdu, China, which was postponed from 2021 to 2023 because of COVID-19 pandemic. She won silver medal in All-around, behind Hungarian Fanni Pigniczki and two gold medals in Apparatus finals (Hoop and Ribbon).[39]

2024

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She won bronze medal in All-around at Ukrainian National Championship in April. She competed at 1st European Cup in Baku, where she placed 12th in All-around Qualifications.

Awards

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Pohranychna was voted "Lvivian of the Year" by the citizens of Lviv in 2017.[4][3]

Routine music

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Pohranychna at the 2020 Olympic Games
Year Apparatus Music title[40]
2016 Rope ???
Hoop (first) "Bumble Bee Boogie" by Robert Wells
Hoop (second) "Voodoo People" by The Prodigy, "Shallow Grave" by Steve Mason Experience
Ball "Love Runs Out" by OneRepublic
Clubs "Jazz Machine" by Black Machine, "Only You" by Max Greger
Ribbon "Tanguera" by Sexteto Mayor
2017 Hoop "Voodoo People" by The Prodigy, "Shallow Grave" by Steve Mason Experience
Ball "Humanity" by Scorpions
Clubs "Escape from East Berlin" by Daniel Pemberton
Ribbon "Human" by Rag'n'Bone Man
2018 Hoop "Voodoo People" by The Prodigy, "Shallow Grave" by Steve Mason Experience
Ball "Believer" by Chase Holfelder
Clubs "Escape from East Berlin" by Daniel Pemberton
Ribbon "Human" by Rag'n'Bone Man
2019 Hoop "Run Boy Run" by Woodkid
Ball "Beirut Taxi" by Alexandre Desplat
Clubs "The Darklands" by Daniel Pemberton
Ribbon "Makeba" by Jain
2020-2021 Hoop "No Good" by Kaleo, Jökull Júlíusson
Ball "Toxic" by Britney Spears
Clubs "Hopak" by Igor Kornelyuk
Ribbon "Bumble Bee Boogie" by Robert Wells
2022 Hoop "Kalush Orchestra- Stephania" by Vinvicii
Ball
Clubs "Jungle Bill", "Houdini" by Yello
Ribbon
2023-2024 Hoop "Kalush Orchestra- Stephania" by Vinvicii
Ball "Tsunami (Jump) (Radio Edit) by DVBBS, Borgeous
Clubs "Jungle Bill", "Houdini" by Yello
Ribbon "Thunderstruck" by Hinder

Detailed Olympic results

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Year Competition Description Location Music Apparatus Rank-Final Score-Final Rank-Qualifying Score-Qualifying
2018 Youth Olympics Buenos Aires All-around 2nd 65.100 3rd 62.050
"Voodoo People" by The Prodigy, "Shallow Grave" by Steve Mason Experience Hoop 2nd 17.750 2nd 17.000
"Believer" by Chase Holfelder Ball 6th 14.850 7th 15.350
"Escape from East Berlin" by Daniel Pemberton Clubs 2nd 16.950 3rd 16.450
"Human" by Rag'n'Bone Man Ribbon 2nd 15.550 8th 13.250
Year Competition Description Location Music Apparatus Rank-Final Score-Final Rank-Qualifying Score-Qualifying
2020 Olympics Tokyo All-around 9th 95.100 10th 93.100
"No Good" by Kaleo, Jökull Júlíusson Hoop 8th 24.500 5th 24.600
"Toxic" by Britney Spears Ball 8th 24.100 13th 23.800
"Hopak" by Igor Kornelyuk Clubs 10th 24.900 6th 25.700
"Bumble Bee Boogie" by Robert Wells Ribbon 7th 21.600 19th 19.000

See also

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