Yanika Vartlaan

Estonian-Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast
Yanika Vartlaan
Personal information
Full nameYanika Vartlaan
Alternative name(s)Janika Vartlaan
Country represented Ukraine (2018-2020)
Former countries represented Estonia (until 2018)
Born (1999-03-30) 30 March 1999 (age 25)
Donetsk, Ukraine
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
Head coach(es)Irina Deriugina
Retired2020
Medal record
Representing  Ukraine
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Grand Prix Final
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Marbella Hoop

Yanika Vartlaan (Ukrainian: Яніка Вартлан; born 30 March 1999)[1] is a retired Estonian-Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2018 Grand Prix Final hoop bronze medalist.

Personal life

Yanika Vartlaan was born on 30 March 1999 in Donetsk.[2] Her mother is Ukrainian, and her father is Estonian.[3]

Career

Vartlaan initially competed for Estonia, but she did not live or train in Estonia.[3] She competed at the 2015 World Cup in Bucharest and finished 33rd in the all-around, and she finished 45th at the World Cup in Kazan.[4] At the European Championships, the Estonian team of Vartlaan, Olga Bogdanova, and Viktoria Bogdanova finished 15th.[5] She competed at the 2016 World Cup in Espoo and finished 27th in the all-around.[6] She also competed at the World Cup in Minsk and finished 17th in the all-around.[7] She won the all-around gold medal at the 2016 Estonian Championships.[8]

In 2018, Vartlaan decided to switch from competing for Estonia to her native country, Ukraine.[8] She competed at three events during the 2018 World Cup series. In Tashkent, she finished 21st in the all-around.[9] In Portimao, she finished 10th in the all-around,[10] and she qualified to the event finals in hoop where she finished 6th, clubs where she finished seventh, and ribbon where she finished sixth.[11] Then in Minsk, she finished 15th in the all-around.[12] She won the bronze medal in hoop at the 2018 Grand Prix Final in Marbella. She competed at the 2018 World Championships with Yeva Meleshchuk, and Vlada Nikolchenko, and they finished fifth as a team, and Vartlaan finished 22nd in the all-around final.[13]

Vartlaan competed at the 2019 World Cup in Portimao where she finished 19th in the all-around.[14] She competed at the Italian Serie A and B events in 2019, but she fell during her ribbon routine and injured her leg.[citation needed]

Vartlaan announced her retirement from the sport in August 2020.[3]

Routine music information

Year Apparatus Music Title
2018 Hoop "Nyah and Ethan", "La Cavalera" by Hans Zimmer, Elliot Goldenthal
Ball El Tango de Roxanne from Moulin Rouge! OST by Ewan McGregor, José Feliciano and Jacek Koman
Clubs Giselle No. 12 - Allegro Mosso and Giselle: Andante by Adolphe Adams
Ribbon Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
2017 Hoop
Ball
Clubs
Ribbon Ой, да не вечер by Pelageya

References

  1. ^ "36th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Sofia (BUL), 10-16 September 2018 Entry List by NOC" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 14 September 2018. p. 14. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Vartlaan Yanika". FIG. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Yanika Vartlaan Announces Her Retirement". Rhythmic Gymnastics Info. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Bucharest World Cup Results". rhythmic gymnastics results. 5 April 2015. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  5. ^ "31th [sic] European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Individual Seniors Team Final Results" (PDF). Rhythmic Gymnastics Results. European Union of Gymnastics. pp. 1 May 2015F. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Rhythmic World Cup Circuit 2016 started in Finland". GYMmedia. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  7. ^ "FIG RG World Cup Minsk (BLR) Individual All-Around" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Eleonora Romanova gets russian license and Janika Vartlaan will compete for Ukraine". The Ring Pivot. 7 November 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Gymnastics - Tashkent - 2018 - Detailed results". The Sports. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Portimao World Challenge Cup All-Around Results" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Portimao World Cup Event Finals" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  12. ^ "FIG Challenge Cups Rhythmic Gymnastics 2018". GYMmedia. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  13. ^ "2018 Rhythmic World Championships Recaps, Results and Photos". USA Gymnastics. 15 September 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  14. ^ "Gymnastics - Portimão - 2019 - Detailed results". TheSports. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

Extrernal links

  • Janika Vartlaan on Instagram