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Taisiia Onofriichuk

Taisiia Onofriichuk
Onofriichuk at the 2024 Sofia World Cup
Personal information
Full nameTaisiia Andriivna Onofriichuk
Alternative name(s)Taisia Onofriychuk
Nickname(s)Taya
Born (2008-05-26) 26 May 2008 (age 17)
Kyiv, Ukraine
Gymnastics career
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
Country
represented		 Ukraine
(2021 – present)
ClubDeriugins School
Head coach(es)Irina Deriugina
Assistant coach(es)Marina Kardash
Former coach(es)Elina Khozlu[1]
ChoreographerIryna Blokhina
World ranking1 (2025 Season)[2]
Medal record
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Representing  Ukraine
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 0 0 2
European Championships 1 2 3
European Cup 3 0 2
FIG World Cup 7 9 7
Grand Prix Final 0 4 0
Junior World Championships 0 1 0
Total 11 16 14
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Rio de Janeiro Team
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Rio de Janeiro Ribbon
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2025 Tallinn All-around
Silver medal – second place 2025 Tallinn Team
Silver medal – second place 2025 Tallinn Clubs
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Budapest Hoop
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Tallinn Hoop
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Tallinn Ribbon
European Cup
Gold medal – first place 2025 Baku Hoop
Gold medal – first place 2025 Baku Clubs
Gold medal – first place 2025 Baku Ribbon
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Baku Cross Battle
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Baku Ball
Grand Prix Final
Silver medal – second place 2024 Brno All-around
Silver medal – second place 2024 Brno Hoop
Silver medal – second place 2024 Brno Ball
Silver medal – second place 2024 Brno Ribbon
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Cluj-Napoca Clubs

Taisiia Andriivna Onofriichuk (Ukrainian: Таї́сія Андріївна Онофрійчу́к; born 26 May 2008) is a Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2025 European all-around champion, the first Ukrainian European Champion since 1997, as well as the 2024 European hoop bronze medalist and the 2023 Junior World clubs silver medalist. She represented Ukraine at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the women's rhythmic individual all-around, where she qualified for the final and finished in 9th place.

On national level, she is a two-time (2024, 2025) Ukrainian all-around champion.

Career

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Junior

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In 2022, Onofriichuk competed at the Junior European Championships in Tel Aviv, Israel. She finished fourth with her teammates,[3] and individually, she placed seventh in the hoop final and eighth in the ribbon final.[4][5] Later that year, she won the junior all-around gold medal at the Aeon Cup held in Tokyo, Japan.[6]

In July 2023, Onofriichuk competed at the Junior World Championships in Cluj-Napoca. She won a silver medal with the clubs behind Poland's Liliana Lewińska, the first-ever medal for Ukraine at the Junior World Championships.[7][8] She was also fourth in the team competition, sixth with the hoop, and eighth with the ribbon.[9] She once again competed at the Aeon Cup in Japan along with her teammates Viktoriia Onopriienko and Polina Karika.[10] There, she won the silver medal in the junior all-around behind Germany's Lada Pusch.[11]

Senior

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2024

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Onofriichuk became age-eligible for senior international competitions in 2024. She made her senior international debut at the 2024 Tartu Grand Prix, winning bronze in the all-around behind teammate Viktoriia Onopriienko and Bulgaria's Elvira Krasnobaeva. She won a gold medal in the clubs final, and she won another bronze medal in the ball final.[12] Then at the Thiais Grand Prix, she won a bronze medal in the ribbon final in addition to placing eighth in the all-around and ball finals.[13][14]

Onofriichuk won a medal at her first FIG World Cup competition when, at the 2024 Sofia World Cup, she won bronze in the ribbon final behind Stiliana Nikolova and Daria Atamanov.[15][16] The next week, at the World Cup in Baku, she won three more medals - silver with clubs and bronze with ball and ribbon.[17][18] She also placed fourth in the all-around.[19] She then won the all-around title at the 2024 Ukrainian Championships.[20]

Onofriichuk competed at the 2024 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary, and finished eighth in the team competition with Viktoriia Onopriienko and the senior group.[21] She successfully qualified for the all-around final, finishing in ninth place.[22] Onofriichuk also qualified for three apparatus finals and won a bronze medal in the hoop final, which was held on her 16th birthday.[23] She placed sixth in the ribbon final and eighth in the ball final.[24][25] At the Grand Prix Final in Brno, she won the all-around silver medal behind Elvira Krasnobaeva. She also won silver medals in the hoop, ball, and ribbon finals.[26] Then at the Milan World Cup, she won bronze medals in both the club and ribbon finals. She also placed fourth in the all-around behind Darja Varfolomeev, Sofia Raffaeli, and teammate Viktoriia Onopriienko.[27]

Onofriichuk was selected to represent Ukraine at the 2024 Summer Olympics in place of her teammate Onopriienko.[28] Irina Deriugina, coach and selector of the Ukrainian team, indicated that she based her decision on the criteria established by the Ukrainian Olympic Committee, where Onofriichuk scored more points than Onopriienko, although the latter was the one that won the Olympic quota for Ukraine.[29] That same week, Onofriichuk competed in July at the World Challenge Cup in Cluj-Napoca, where she placed seventh in the all-around, fourth in the mace final and won a gold medal in the ribbon final.

From August 8 to 9, Onofriichuk competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics. She qualified for the all-around final of the top 10 in fourth place with very good performances. On the day of the all-around final, she dropped the apparatus in both her hoop and ball exercises and finished in 9th place.[30]

On September 28 and 29, she competed in the Aeon Cup in Tokyo with teammates Khrystyna Pohranychna and Taisiia Redka, where the Deriugina School team won the silver medal. In the senior all-around, Onofriichuk won the bronze medal behind Sofia Raffaeli and Alina Harnasko.

2025

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Onofriichuk began her 2025 season by competed at the Miss Valentine Grand Prix in Tartu in March. She won the all-around competition ahead of Polina Karika and qualified for all four apparatus finals, winning gold in hoop and clubs, silver in ball and bronze in ribbon. On March 22-23, she won the Grand Prix Marbella ahead of Sofia Raffaeli. She also won gold in the ball and clubs finals and silver in the hoop and ribbon finals. The following week, she won another Grand Prix, this time in Thiais, ahead of Tara Dragas. It was the first time since 2015 that a gymnast had won more than three Grand Prix victories in a year; the last was Margarita Mamun. She also won gold in all of the apparatus finals.

The week after Thiais, she competed in her first World Cup in Sofia, where she won gold in the all-around ahead of Stiliana Nikolova. In the apparatus finals, she won gold in the clubs and ribbon finals and silver in the hoop, and she finished fifth in the ball final.[31] On April 18-20, she competed at Baku World Cup and won the silver medal in all-around behind Sofia Raffaeli. She also won gold in the hoop final, silver in the ball and ribbon final, and bronze in the clubs final.

In June, Onofriichuk competed at the 2025 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. She received the highest score in the qualifying round and went on to win the all-around final. This was the first time in almost thirty years that a Ukrainian gymnast had won the European Championships, since Olena Vitrychenko won in 1997.[32] She also won bronze medals in hoop and ribbons finals and silver in clubs final.[33]

On July 18-20, she competed at Milan World Cup, where she won bronze in the all-around, two silver medals in the hoop and ribbon finals, and finished fourth in the ball and fifth in the clubs.[34] A week later, she competed in Cluj-Napoca World Challenge Cup, where she won silver in the all-around behind Darja Varfolomeev. She also won two gold medals in the clubs and ribbon finals, a silver in the ball, and finished seventh in the hoop.[35]

Competitive history

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Onofriichuk competing her ball routine at the 2024 Sofia World Cup
Year Event Team AA HP BA CL RB
Junior
2022 Ukrainian Junior Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Junior European Championships 4 7 8
Aeon Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2023 Aeon Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Junior World Championships 4 6 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8
Ukrainian Junior Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s)
IT Andalucia Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Senior
2024 Tartu Grand Prix 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 8
Marbella Grand Prix 17
Thiais Grand Prix 8 8 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Sofia World Cup 12 5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Baku World Cup 4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Ukrainian Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Championships 8 9 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8 6
Grand Prix Final 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Milan World Cup 4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Cluj-Napoca World Challenge Cup 7 4 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Olympic Games 9
2025 Tartu Grand Prix 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Marbella Grand Prix 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Thiais Grand Prix 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Sofia World Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Baku World Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
European Cup 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ukrainian Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Ukrainian Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Milan World Cup 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 5 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Cluj-Napoca World Challenge Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 6 - 4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Routine music information

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Year Apparatus Music title
2022 Hoop Mi Gente by J Balvin and Willy William
Ball
Clubs
Ribbon Hood Jump by John Powell
2023 Hoop Mi Gente by J Balvin and Willy William
Hoop (second) Discoteque by The Roop
Ball
Clubs Bad by Michael Jackson
Ribbon Hood Jump by John Powell
2024 Hoop (first) Ad Martem by HAVASI
Hoop Thriller by Michael Jackson
Ball Sparkling Diamonds from Moulin Rouge!
Clubs Haze by Power-Haus
Ribbon Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious by Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke & The Pearlie Chorus
2025 Hoop Thriller by Michael Jackson
Ball (first) Theory of Light by Eternal Eclipse
Ball (second) Le Freak by Chic
Clubs Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) (feat. Freedom Williams) by C+C Music Factory / Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now) (feat. Dollarman, Big Ali & Makedah) by Bob Sinclar & Cutee B.
Ribbon Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious by Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke & The Pearlie Chorus

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