Diana Varinska

Diana Yevhenivna Varinska (Ukrainian: Діана Євгенівна Варінська, born 22 March 2001) is a Ukrainian artistic gymnast. She is the 2019 European Games all-around and balance beam bronze medalist.

Diana Varinska
Діана Варінська
Full nameDiana Yevhenivna Varinska
Country represented Ukraine
Born (2001-03-22) 22 March 2001
Kiev, Ukraine
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national teamUkraine
ClubUkraina Youth Sports School
Head coach(es)Andrii Beregovii
Oleg Ostapenko
Yulia Kaiukova
Medal record
Representing  Ukraine
European Games
2019 MinskAll-Around
2019 MinskBalance Beam

Junior career

In 2015, Varinska competed in the European Youth Olympic Festival. She scored a 53.050 all-around in qualifications, which qualified her to the all-around final, and the uneven bars final.[1] In the all-around, she scored a 51.100, placing 17th. In the uneven bars final, she came 4th, scoring 14.650:[2] a significant improvement on her qualifying bars score of 14.100 and 2.5 points higher than her all-around bars score of 12.150.[3]

2016 brought three international competitions for Varinska. In February, she "swept" the junior division of the Antonia Koshel Cup competition, held in Minsk, Belarus. Varinska placed first on every apparatus, and also in the all-around.[4]

In June, Varinska competed at the 2016 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, held in Bern, Switzerland. She placed 30th in the all-around competition, with a score of 50.099. She achieved a 13.900 on vault, 11.200 on the uneven bars, 12.366 on the balance beam, and 12.633 on the floor exercise.[5] Varinska did not qualify into any finals. She contributed to the Ukrainian team's 152.787 points, to achieve an 11th-place finish in the team qualification.[6]

Varinska's final international outing in 2016 saw her compete only uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise. She competed at the Belarusian Championships, where she qualified for all three finals. She did not, however, compete in those finals as both Diana and her teammate, Angelina Kysla, were unranked during the qualifications, due to not being Belarusian.[7]

Senior career

Varinska turned 16 in 2017, which qualified her to compete in the senior division of competitions. She began her senior career at the Baku World Cup. She competed only on the uneven bars, qualifying in first place to the final. In the finals, she took the gold medal with a 13.933.[8]

The 2017 European Gymnastics Championships saw Varinska compete only on the uneven bars in qualification. She scored a disappointing 12.766 and failed to qualify into the final.[9]

In May, Varinska competed in the Osijek Challenge Cup, held in Osijek, Croatia. She competed on the uneven bars, beam, and floor exercise in qualifications. She qualified into the beam and floor finals, but did not place, coming in 7th on beam and 4th on floor.[10]

In June, a video of Varinska's bars routine at the Ukraine Cup, an internal Ukrainian competition, emerged online. Fans were excited by its difficulty and good execution, but noted Varinska's tendency to falter in competition did not guarantee her success on the world stage at the World Championships, to be held in Montreal, Canada.[11] However, she still competed well at these championships, Qualifying to the Uneven Bars final and placing sixth with a clean routine. She hit all of her bar routines throughout the competition.

Results
Year Competition Vault Bars Beam Floor All-Around Placement
2015 European Youth Olympic Festival Qualifying 13.250 14.100 13.150 12.550 53.050 12
2015 European Youth Olympic Festival All-Around Final 12.850 12.150 13.250 12.850 51.100 17
2015 European Youth Olympic Festival Uneven Bars Final 14.650 4
2016 Antonia Koshel Cup 14.200 13.300 14.050 14.300 55.850 1
2016 European Championships Qualifying 13.900 11.200 12.366 12.633 50.099 30
2016 Belarusian Championships Qualifying 13.400 14.400 14.230 unranked
2017 Baku World Cup Qualifying 13.366 1
2017 Baku World Cup Uneven Bars Final 13.933 1
2017 European Championships Qualifying 12.766 97
2017 Osijek Challenge Cup Qualifying 12.100 12.550 12.700 12, 7, and 4, respectively
2017 Osijek Challenge Cup Balance Beam Final 11.467 7
2017 Osijek Challenge Cup Floor Exercise Final 12.900 4

References
  1. "Diana Varinska". The Gymternet. 2017-03-27. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  2. "2015 European Youth Olympic Festival Results". The Gymternet. 2015-07-30. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  3. "Diana Varinska". The Gymternet. 2017-03-27. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  4. "2016 Antonia Koshel Cup Results". The Gymternet. 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  5. "Results for 31st European Championships 2016". database.fig-gymnastics.com. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  6. "Results for 31st European Championships 2016". database.fig-gymnastics.com. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  7. "2016 Belarusian Championships". The Gymternet. 2016-12-28. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  8. "2017 Baku World Cup Results". The Gymternet. 2017-03-16. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  9. "2017 European Championships Results". The Gymternet. 2017-04-20. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  10. "VARINSKA Diana". database.fig-gymnastics.com. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  11. Gymfan channel (2017-06-18), Diana Varinska (UKR) amazing uneven bars routine - 2017 Ukraine Cup, retrieved 2017-07-13
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