| Kira Shyrykina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Kira Mykolaivna Shyrykina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 June 2008 Dnipro, Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Ukraine (2023 – present) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Training location | Kyiv, Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Deriugins School | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Irina Deriugina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach(es) | Iryna Ruda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Iryna Blokhina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kira Mykolaivna Shyrykina (Ukrainian: Кіра Миколаївна Ширикіна; born 4 June 2008)[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.
Career
[edit]Junior
[edit]Shyrykina was part of the junior national group that competed at the 2023 World Championships in Cluj-Napoca. They finished fourth in the all-around and in both the 5 ropes and 5 hoops finals. Additionally, the Ukraine finished fourth in the team competition.[2]
Senior
[edit]Shyrykina became age-eligible for senior competitions in 2024 and joined the Ukrainian senior national group. She made her debut at the Tartu Grand Prix where Ukraine swept the gold medals.[3] Then at the Athens World Cup, they finished 13th in the all-around and fourth in the 5 hoops final.[4] Then at the Sofia World Cup, they finished 10th in the all-around and seventh in the 5 hoops final.[5] At the 2024 European Championships in Budapest, the group finished sixth in the all-around and fifth in the 5 hoops final.[6] They then won the bronze medal in the 3 ribbons and 2 balls final behind Spain and Israel.[7] Then in July, the group won two bronze medals at the 2024 Cluj-Napoca World Challenge Cup, in the all-around and 3 ribbons and 2 balls.[8]
Shyrykina represented Ukraine at the 2024 Summer Olympics alongside Diana Baieva, Alina Melnyk, Mariia Vysochanska, and Valeriia Peremeta. The group qualified for the all-around final in third place, including having the highest score in 3 ribbons and 2 balls.[9] 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.[10]
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, Valeriia Peremeta, Anastasiia Ikan and Oleksandra Yushchak, she won bronze in the All-Around and silver with 3 balls & 2 hoops.[11] 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. [12] In late August, she was selected to represent Ukraine alongside Diana Baieva, Valeriia Peremeta, Yelyzaveta Azza, Nadiia Yurina and Oleksandra Yushchak at the 2025 World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[13] They took 9th place in group all-around and won bronze medal in team competition together with Polina Karika and Taisiia Onofriichuk.[14] 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.[15][16]
References
[edit]- ^ "Shyrykina Kira". Paris 2024. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ Levadnyuk, Serhiy (10 July 2023). "Україна здобула першу в історії нагороду юніорського чемпіонату світу з художньої гімнастики: усі результати" [Ukraine won the first-ever World Junior Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship award: all results]. Suspilne Sport (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Results for FIG World Cup 2024 Sofia (BUL)". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ "40th European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Rhythmic Gymnastics Group All-Around" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 25 May 2024.
- ^ "Great variety of apparatus medallists decided on closing day of #Budapest2024". European Gymnastics. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ "Ukrainian gymnast wins gold at World Challenge Cup in Romania". Yahoo! Sports. 14 July 2024. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "2025 Baku European Cup" (PDF).
- ^ "ECh Tallinn 2025 3 Balls + 2 Hoops Final Results" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 8 June 2025. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ "Nominative registrations_step 2_RGG_revised 15 Aug. 2025". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ "Japan pip hosts Brazil for Group All-Around title". www.gymnastics.sport. International Gymnastics Federation. 2025-08-24. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
- ^ "Ukraine Wins Second World Gold in Rhythmic Gymnastics Group Event". Mezha. 2025-08-24. Retrieved 2025-08-24.
- ^ "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.
