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{{short description|Belarusian artistic gymnast}} |
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|birth_place=[[Minsk]], [[Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic|Byelorussian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]] |
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|hometown=[[Bobruisk]], [[Belarus]] |
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{{MedalCompetition|[[World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]}} |
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{{MedalGold|[[1993 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1993 Birmingham]]|Vault}} |
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{{MedalGold|[[1996 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1996 San Juan]]|Uneven |
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{{MedalSilver|[[1994 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1994 Stockholm]]|Vault}} |
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{{MedalBronze|[[1996 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1996 Birmingham]]|Balance Beam}} |
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{{MedalGold|[[1997 European Gymnastics Masters|1997 Paris]]|Team}} |
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'''Elena (or Yelena) Mikhaylovna "Lena" Piskun''' (Елена Михайловна "Лена" Пискун; born |
'''Elena (or Yelena) Mikhaylovna "Lena" Piskun''' ({{lang-be|Алена Піскун}}; {{lang-ru|Елена Михайловна "Лена" Пискун}} {{IPA|ru|pʲɪˈskun|}}; born 2 February 1978)<ref name="SR">[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418090602/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pi/lena-piskun-1.html "Lena Piskun"]. sports-reference.com. Retrieved May 27, 2013.</ref> is a Belarusian former [[Artistic gymnastics|artistic gymnast]] who won two [[World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championship]] gold medals in the 1990s and competed at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]]. |
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==Personal== |
==Personal life== |
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Piskun was born in [[Minsk]], Belarus, in 1978.<ref name="SR"/> Her father |
Piskun was born in [[Minsk]], Belarus, in 1978.<ref name="SR"/> Her father worked in a tire factory, and her mother was a bookkeeper. She has a younger brother, Viktor.<ref name="Gutman">Gutman, Dan (1998). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=UsnUxfFEQxUC&dq=elena+piskun&pg=PT109 Gymnastics]''. Penguin.</ref> She is {{convert|5|ft|0|in|m}} tall.<ref name="SR"/> She currently lives in the United States. |
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Elena lives in the [[United States]] and coaches at NorthWind Gymnastics in [[Alpharetta, GA]]<ref>http://wagymnastics.wikia.com/wiki/Elena_Piskun</ref>. |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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Piskun started gymnastics at the age of six and was coached by Valery Kolodinsky during her career. The gym in her hometown of Bobruisk was small, so she traveled to Minsk to train before major competitions.<ref name="Gutman"/> |
Piskun started gymnastics at the age of six and was coached by Valery Kolodinsky during her career. The gym in her hometown of Bobruisk was small, so she traveled to Minsk to train before major competitions.<ref name="Gutman"/> |
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At the [[1993 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1993 World Championships]] in [[Birmingham]], England, Piskun won the gold medal on [[Vault (gymnastics)|vault]].<ref>[http://usagym.org/pages/pressbox/history/worlds_results_artistic.html "Men's and Women's World Championships Results"]. usagym.org. Retrieved May 27, 2013.</ref> In April 1994, she competed at the [[1994 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|Individual World Championships]] in [[Brisbane]], Australia, and finished fifth on vault with a score of 9.725 and fifth on [[Floor (gymnastics)|floor exercise]] with a score of 9.675. At the [[1994 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (Team)|World Championship Team Finals]] in [[Dortmund]], Germany, in November, Piskun helped the Belarus team to a sixth |
At the [[1993 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1993 World Championships]] in [[Birmingham]], England, Piskun won the gold medal on [[Vault (gymnastics)|vault]].<ref>[http://usagym.org/pages/pressbox/history/worlds_results_artistic.html "Men's and Women's World Championships Results"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320205118/http://usagym.org/pages/pressbox/history/worlds_results_artistic.html |date=2014-03-20 }}. usagym.org. Retrieved May 27, 2013.</ref> In April 1994, she competed at the [[1994 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|Individual World Championships]] in [[Brisbane]], Australia, and finished fifth on vault with a score of 9.725 and fifth on [[Floor (gymnastics)|floor exercise]] with a score of 9.675. At the [[1994 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (Team)|World Championship Team Finals]] in [[Dortmund]], Germany, in November, Piskun helped the Belarus team to a sixth-place finish.<ref>[http://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/worlds_artistic_results_1994.pdf "1994 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships"]. usagym.org. Retrieved May 27, 2013.</ref> At the [[1995 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1995 World Championships]] in [[Sabae, Fukui|Sabae]], Japan, she was 10th in the all-around with a score of 38.53.<ref>[http://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/worlds_artistic_results_1995.pdf "31st World Championships ‐ Artistic Gymnastics"]. usagym.org. Retrieved May 27, 2013.</ref> |
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Piskun finished third on [[balance beam]] and eighth on floor exercise at the [[1996 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1996 European Championships]].<ref name="Gutman"/> In April, she competed at the [[1996 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]], and won a gold medal on [[uneven bars]] with a score of 9.787.<ref>[http://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/worlds_artistic_results_1996.pdf "1996 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships"]. usagym.org. Retrieved May 27, 2013.</ref> At that year's Summer Olympics, Piskun helped Belarus finish sixth in the team competition, and she was also 12th in the individual all-around with a score of 38.649.<ref name="SR"/> At the [[1997 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1997 World Championships]] in [[Lausanne]], Switzerland, she finished 30th in the all-around with a score of 35.474.<ref>[http://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/worlds_artistic_results_1997.pdf "33rd World Championships Artistic Gymnastics"]. usagym.org. Retrieved May 27, 2013.</ref> |
Piskun finished third on [[balance beam]] and eighth on floor exercise at the [[1996 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1996 European Championships]].<ref name="Gutman"/> In April, she competed at the [[1996 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]], and won a gold medal on [[uneven bars]] with a score of 9.787.<ref>[http://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/worlds_artistic_results_1996.pdf "1996 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships"]. usagym.org. Retrieved May 27, 2013.</ref> At that year's [[Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] in [[Atlanta]], Piskun helped Belarus finish sixth in the team competition, and she was also 12th in the individual all-around with a score of 38.649.<ref name="SR"/> At the [[1997 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1997 World Championships]] in [[Lausanne]], Switzerland, she finished 30th in the all-around with a score of 35.474.<ref>[http://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/worlds_artistic_results_1997.pdf "33rd World Championships Artistic Gymnastics"]. usagym.org. Retrieved May 27, 2013.</ref> |
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Piskun owns and coaches at Infinity Gymnastics in [[Alpharetta, Georgia]]. |
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==Competition History== |
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| rowspan="1" |'''1991'''|| align="left" |Cottbus International|| || {{gold1}}|| || || ||{{gold1}} |
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| rowspan="4" |'''1992'''|| align="left" |Chunichi Cup|| ||5 || || || {{silver2}}|| |
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| align="left" |Tokyo Cup|| || ||6 || ||4 || |
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| align="left" |Medico Cup|| ||5 || || || || |
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| align="left" |CIS Cup|| ||15 || || || || |
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| rowspan="11" |'''1993'''|| align="left" |American Cup|| ||{{bronze3}} || || || || |
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| align="left" |International Mixed Pairs||{{gold1}} || || || || || |
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| align="left" |Hungarian International|| ||4 || || || || |
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| align="left" |European Cup|| || 14|| || || || |
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| align="left" |French International|| || || ||4 ||{{bronze3}} ||{{silver2}} |
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| align="left" |USA-BLR-UKR Meet|| ||6 || || || || |
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| align="left" |Soapberry World Challenge|| || {{silver2}}|| || || || |
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| align="left" |Swiss Cup||{{gold1}} || || || || || |
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| align="left" |Gander Memorial|| ||{{gold1}} || || || || |
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|-bgcolor=#CCCCFF |
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| align="left" |[[1993 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]|| || ||{{gold1}} || || || |
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| align="left" |Chunichi Cup|| ||{{bronze3}} || || || || |
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| rowspan="10" |'''1994'''|| align="left" |DTB Cup|| ||{{silver2}} || || || ||4 |
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| align="left" |American Cup|| ||{{bronze3}} || || || || |
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| align="left" |Birmingham Classic|| || 6|| || || || |
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| align="left" |[[1994 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]|| ||10 ||5 || || ||5 |
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| align="left" |[[1994 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]]|| 5|| 12||{{silver2}} ||5 || 4||5 |
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| align="left" |USA-BLR-CHN Tri-Meet||{{silver2}} || {{silver2}}|| || || || |
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| align="left" |[[Gymnastics at the 1994 Goodwill Games|Goodwill Games]]|| ||8 || ||{{bronze3}} || || |
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| align="left" |International Mixed Pairs||{{silver2}} || || || || || |
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| align="left" |Swiss Cup|| || ||{{gold1}} || {{gold1}}|| ||7 |
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| align="left" |[[1994 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (Team)|Team World Championships]]|| 6|| || || || || |
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| rowspan="9" |'''1995'''|| align="left" |Cottbus Cup|| || ||7 ||8 ||4 ||{{silver2}} |
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| align="left" |DTB Cup|| || ||6 ||{{gold1}} || ||{{bronze3}} |
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| align="left" |European Cup|| ||{{bronze3}} ||4 || 4||{{silver2}} ||8 |
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| align="left" |Hapoel Games|| ||{{bronze3}} || || || || |
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| align="left" |Ostrava International|| || 6|| || || || |
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| align="left" |Varna Golden Sands International|| || {{gold1}}|| || || || |
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| align="left" |Gander Memorial|| ||{{silver2}} || || || || |
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| align="left" |[[1995 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]||8 ||10 || || || || |
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| align="left" |Pre-Olympics|| ||{{bronze3}} || {{bronze3}}||{{gold1}} || || |
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| rowspan="12" |'''1996'''|| align="left" |Cottbus International|| || ||6 || {{gold1}}|| ||5 |
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| align="left" |DTB Cup|| || ||5 ||{{bronze3}} ||{{bronze3}} ||{{silver2}} |
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| align="left" |Gander Memorial|| ||{{gold1}} || || || || |
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| align="left" |Swiss Cup|| || || 4|| {{bronze3}}|| {{gold1}}||4 |
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|-bgcolor=#CCCCFF |
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| align="left" |[[1996 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]|| || || || {{gold1}}|| || |
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| align="left" |[[1996 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]]|| 4||11 || ||6 ||{{bronze3}} ||8 |
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| align="left" |Australia Cup|| ||{{gold1}} || || || || |
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| align="left" |Catania Cup|| || {{gold1}}|| || || {{gold1}}|| |
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| align="left" |French International|| || ||5 ||4 || || |
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| align="left" |Grand Prix of Rome|| ||{{bronze3}} || || || || |
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| align="left" |ITA-BLR-ROM-RUS Meet|| || 4|| || || || |
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| align="left" |'''[[Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]'''|| 6|| 12|| || || || |
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| rowspan="4" |'''1997'''|| align="left" |Cottbus International|| || || ||{{silver2}} || || |
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| align="left" |BLR-CHN-SUI Tri Meet||{{silver2}} || 11|| || || || |
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| align="left" |European Gymnastics Masters||{{gold1}} || || || || || |
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| align="left" |[[1997 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]|| ||30 || || || || |
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|}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://themedalcount.com/elena-piskun/ | title=Elena Piskun | date=26 May 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gymn-forum.net/bios/women/piskun.html | title=Gymn Forum: Elena Piskun Biography }}</ref> |
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==References== |
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{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> |
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| NAME = Piskun, Elena |
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| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Piskun, Yelena Mikhaylovna; Piskun, Lena |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Former artistic gymnast |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = February 2, 1978 |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH = Minsk, Minsk, Belarus |
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Latest revision as of 16:29, 24 August 2024
Elena Piskun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Yelena Mikhaylovna Piskun | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | Lena | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | Weißrussland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union | 2 February 1978|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Bobruisk, Belarus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 0 in (1.52 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ebene | Senior international elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Valery Kolodinsky | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Elena (or Yelena) Mikhaylovna "Lena" Piskun (Belarusian: Алена Піскун; Russian: Елена Михайловна "Лена" Пискун [pʲɪˈskun]; born 2 February 1978)[1] is a Belarusian former artistic gymnast who won two World Championship gold medals in the 1990s and competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Personal life
[edit]Piskun was born in Minsk, Belarus, in 1978.[1] Her father worked in a tire factory, and her mother was a bookkeeper. She has a younger brother, Viktor.[2] She is 5 feet 0 inches (1.52 m) tall.[1] She currently lives in the United States.
Career
[edit]Piskun started gymnastics at the age of six and was coached by Valery Kolodinsky during her career. The gym in her hometown of Bobruisk was small, so she traveled to Minsk to train before major competitions.[2]
At the 1993 World Championships in Birmingham, England, Piskun won the gold medal on vault.[3] In April 1994, she competed at the Individual World Championships in Brisbane, Australia, and finished fifth on vault with a score of 9.725 and fifth on floor exercise with a score of 9.675. At the World Championship Team Finals in Dortmund, Germany, in November, Piskun helped the Belarus team to a sixth-place finish.[4] At the 1995 World Championships in Sabae, Japan, she was 10th in the all-around with a score of 38.53.[5]
Piskun finished third on balance beam and eighth on floor exercise at the 1996 European Championships.[2] In April, she competed at the World Championships in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and won a gold medal on uneven bars with a score of 9.787.[6] At that year's Olympic Games in Atlanta, Piskun helped Belarus finish sixth in the team competition, and she was also 12th in the individual all-around with a score of 38.649.[1] At the 1997 World Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland, she finished 30th in the all-around with a score of 35.474.[7]
Piskun owns and coaches at Infinity Gymnastics in Alpharetta, Georgia.
Competition History
[edit]Year | Event | TF | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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1991 | Cottbus International | ||||||
1992 | Chunichi Cup | 5 | |||||
Tokyo Cup | 6 | 4 | |||||
Medico Cup | 5 | ||||||
CIS Cup | 15 | ||||||
1993 | American Cup | ||||||
International Mixed Pairs | |||||||
Hungarian International | 4 | ||||||
European Cup | 14 | ||||||
French International | 4 | ||||||
USA-BLR-UKR Meet | 6 | ||||||
Soapberry World Challenge | |||||||
Swiss Cup | |||||||
Gander Memorial | |||||||
World Championships | |||||||
Chunichi Cup | |||||||
1994 | DTB Cup | 4 | |||||
American Cup | |||||||
Birmingham Classic | 6 | ||||||
World Championships | 10 | 5 | 5 | ||||
European Championships | 5 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 5 | ||
USA-BLR-CHN Tri-Meet | |||||||
Goodwill Games | 8 | ||||||
International Mixed Pairs | |||||||
Swiss Cup | 7 | ||||||
Team World Championships | 6 | ||||||
1995 | Cottbus Cup | 7 | 8 | 4 | |||
DTB Cup | 6 | ||||||
European Cup | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||
Hapoel Games | |||||||
Ostrava International | 6 | ||||||
Varna Golden Sands International | |||||||
Gander Memorial | |||||||
World Championships | 8 | 10 | |||||
Pre-Olympics | |||||||
1996 | Cottbus International | 6 | 5 | ||||
DTB Cup | 5 | ||||||
Gander Memorial | |||||||
Swiss Cup | 4 | 4 | |||||
World Championships | |||||||
European Championships | 4 | 11 | 6 | 8 | |||
Australia Cup | |||||||
Catania Cup | |||||||
French International | 5 | 4 | |||||
Grand Prix of Rome | |||||||
ITA-BLR-ROM-RUS Meet | 4 | ||||||
Olympic Games | 6 | 12 | |||||
1997 | Cottbus International | ||||||
BLR-CHN-SUI Tri Meet | 11 | ||||||
European Gymnastics Masters | |||||||
World Championships | 30 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Lena Piskun". sports-reference.com. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
- ^ a b c Gutman, Dan (1998). Gymnastics. Penguin.
- ^ "Men's and Women's World Championships Results" Archived 2014-03-20 at the Wayback Machine. usagym.org. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
- ^ "1994 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships". usagym.org. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
- ^ "31st World Championships ‐ Artistic Gymnastics". usagym.org. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
- ^ "1996 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships". usagym.org. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
- ^ "33rd World Championships Artistic Gymnastics". usagym.org. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
- ^ "Elena Piskun". 26 May 2020.
- ^ "Gymn Forum: Elena Piskun Biography".