Lidiia Iakovleva (gymnast)
Lidiia Iakovleva (born 28 August 2003) is a Russian-born Australian rhythmic gymnast who represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She represented Australia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics and won a bronze medal in the mixed multi-discipline team event. Personal life. Lidiia Iakovleva was born in Petrozavodsk, and she began rhythmic gymnastics when she was five years old. She moved with her family to Australia when she was seven years old. She is coached by her mother, Iuliia Iakovleva, at Aspire Gymnastics Academy in Brisbane. Career. Iakovleva competed at the 2016 Pacific Rim Gymnastics  Championships and won the bronze medal in the junior clubs behind Lili Mizuno and Zhao Yating. She won the all-around at the Junior Australian Championships in 2016, 2017, and 2018. At the 2018 Youth Olympic Games, she finished twenty-third in the all-around qualification and won the bronze medal in the mixed multi-discipline team event. Iakovleva became eligible for senior competition in 2019. She finished fifty-ninth in the all-around at the 2019 Pesaro World Cup. Then at the World Challenge Cup in Kazan, she finished forty-seventh in the all-around. She competed at the  2019 World Championships. The Australian team finished thirtieth, and she finished sixty-fifth in the all-around during the qualification round. Iakovleva won the gold medal in the all-around at the 2021 Australian Championships. At the 2021 Oceania Championships in Gold Coast, Queensland, she won the gold medal in the all-around and received the Oceania Continental Championships quota spot to the 2020 Olympic Games. At the 2020 Olympic Games, Iakovleva finished twenty-third in the qualification round for the individual all-around.