Viktoriia Onopriienko

Viktoriia Maksimivna Onopriienko (Ukrainian: Вікторія Максимівна Онопрієнко; born 18 October 2003)^[1] is a Ukrainian individual rhythmic gymnast. She competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, finishing tenth in the all-around final. She is the 2020 Grand Prix Final all-around champion and the 2022 World Games ribbon bronze medalist. At the junior level, she is the 2018 European team silver medalist.

Viktoriia Onopriienko
Onopriienko in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Viktoriia Maksimivna Onopriienko
Alternative name(s)	Victoria Onoprienko
Nickname(s)	Vika
Country represented	Ukraine
Born	(2003-10-18) 18 October 2003 (age 21) Kyiv, Ukraine
Height	160 cm (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Years on national team	2016-present
Head coach(es)	Irina Deriugina
Assistant coach(es)	Olena Dmytrash
Medal record Representing  Ukraine Rhythmic Gymnastics Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championships 0 0 1 European Championships 1 1 0 World Games 0 0 1 Junior European Championships 0 1 0 Grand Prix 13 7 7 World Cup 2 2 3 Gymnasiade 3 2 0 Total 19 13 12 World Championships 2023 Valencia Clubs European Championships 2023 Baku Hoop 2023 Baku Team World Games 2022 Birmingham Ribbon Junior European Championships 2018 Guadalajara Team Grand Prix Final 2020 Kyiv All-around 2020 Kyiv Hoop 2024 Brno Hoop 2024 Brno Clubs 2020 Kyiv Ribbon 2021 Marbella All-around 2021 Marbella Ribbon 2019 Brno Clubs 2021 Marbella Hoop 2021 Marbella Clubs 2024 Brno All-around 2024 Brno Ball Summer Gymnasiade 2018 Marrakech Clubs 2018 Marrakech Hoop 2018 Marrakech Ball 2018 Marrakech All-around 2018 Marrakech Ribbon

On national level, she is a two-time (2021, 2023) Ukrainian all-around champion and the 2020 all-around silver medalist.

Early life

Onopriienko was born on 18 October 2003 in Kyiv. Her parents are both dental technicians. She began rhythmic gymnastics at age four, and she also tried figure skating for three months.^[2]

Career

Junior

Onopriienko competed at the 2018 European Championships, winning team silver alongside Khrystyna Pohranychna and the Ukrainian senior group.^[3]

Senior

2019

Onopriienko participated in her first World Cup in Pesaro, where she finished in ninth place all-around and qualified for the ball, ribbon, and clubs finals, finishing seventh in ball and ribbon, and fourth in clubs.^[4][5] Then at the Sofia World Cup, she finished fourteenth in the all-around.^[6] She again finished fourteenth in the all-around at the Baku World Cup and qualified to ball and clubs finals, finishing sixth and fourth, respectively.^[7][8] She competed at the 2019 European Championships in Baku, where she, Vlada Nikolchenko, and the junior group placed fifth in team competition. She did not advance into the all-around or apparatus finals.^[9] Then at the Minsk World Challenge Cup, she finished fourteenth in the all-around and seventh in the clubs final.^[10] She was scheduled to compete in two events in the qualification round of the World Championships, but she was taken out at the last minute.^[2]

2020

In September, Onopriienko competed at Deriugina Grand Prix Final in Kyiv, where she won all-around gold ahead of Belarusian gymnasts Alina Harnasko and Anastasiia Salos.^[11] In the event finals, she won the gold medal in the hoop and the silver medal in the ribbon behind Harnasko.^[12] She then tied for the silver medal in all-around with Yeva Meleshchuk, behind Vlada Nikolchenko, at the Ukrainian Championships in Uzhhorod.^[13]

2021: Olympic year

Onopriienko competed at the Sofia World Cup, finishing sixth in the all-around and ball and fifth in clubs.^[14] At the Tashkent World Cup, she ranked thirteenth all-around and sixth in the ribbon final.^[15] Then at the Baku World Cup she was fifteenth in the all-around and eighth in the ball final.^[16] At the Ukrainian Championships, she won her first national all-around title..^[17] She finished fourteenth in the all-around at the Pesaro World Cup.^[18]

Onopriienko competed at her first senior European Championships in Varna, Bulgaria. She and her Ukrainian teammates Khrystyna Pohranychna and Vlada Nikolchenko and the senior group placed fifth in the team competition.^[19] Individually, she qualified for the all-around final where she finished eleventh.^[20] She qualified for the hoop and clubs event finals where she finished eighth and seventh respectively.^[21][22] She then participated in the Tel Aviv Grand Prix, where she finished sixth place all-around, eighth in the hoop final, and fourth in the ball and clubs finals.^[23]

Onopriienko and Khrystyna Pohranychna were selected as the individual rhythmic gymnasts representing Ukraine at the postponed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Onopriienko was the youngest individual rhythmic gymnast competing.^[24] She qualified for the all-around final in ninth place, and her compatriot Pohranychna qualified as well.^[25] In the all-around final, she finished tenth.^[26]

After the Olympics, she competed at the Marbella Grand Prix Final, where she placed second all-around behind Russian gymnast Lala Kramarenko.^[27] In the apparatus finals, she won the silver medal in ribbon, the bronze in hoop and clubs, and finished in seventh place in ball.^[28] She then competed at the World Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan. She qualified for the hoop and finals where she finished eighth and the ball final where she finished seventh.^[29][30][31] She then competed in the all-around final and finished in fifth place, and Ukraine placed fourth in the team competition.^[32]

2022

Onopriienko had to leave Ukraine and live and train in Italy in March due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[33] In April, she won her first FIG World Cup medal at the Sofia World Cup- a bronze in the ribbon final.^[34] Then in June, she won her first World Cup title by beating Sofia Raffaeli in the ribbon final at the Pesaro World Cup.^[35] She then competed at the European Championships where she finished eighth in the all-around and fifth in the hoop final.^[36][37]

Onopriienko was selected to represent Ukraine at the 2022 World Games alongside Polina Karika. She qualified for the hoop final where she finished eighth and won the bronze medal in the ribbon final. This marked the first time a Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast won a medal at the World Games since 2013.^[38] She then competed at the World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. She finished fourth in the all-around and ball finals and sixth in the clubs final, and the Ukrainian team also finished fourth.^[39]

2023

In April, she won silver medal in the clubs final at the Baku World Cup. She represented Ukraine at the 2023 European Championships together with Polina Karika and Polina Horodnycha. They won a silver medal in the team competition together with the senior group (Yelyzaveta Azza, Diana Baieva, Daryna Duda, Yeva Meleshchuk, Anastasiya Voznyak, Mariia Vysochanska). Onopriienko finished in 14th place in the all-around final and qualified to all four apparatus finals. She won a gold medal in hoop, placed 4th in both ball and clubs, and was 6th in the ribbon final.

In July, she won gold in ribbon and silver in the hoop final at Milan World Cup. In August, she competed at the 2023 World Championships in Valencia, Spain. She placed 7th in the all-around final and won a spot for Ukraine at the Paris Olympics. She also qualified to the clubs final and won her first ever World Championship medal, a bronze behind Darja Varfolomeev and Boryana Kaleyn.

2024: Olympic controversies

Onopriienko performing with ribbon at the 2024 Sofia World Cup

Onopriienko started the competition season in February, at the Tartu Grand Prix, where she won the gold medal in the all-around in front of Elvira Krasnobaeva and teammate Taisiia Onofriichuk. She also won three golds in the hoop, ball and ribbon finals and silver in clubs. At the Thiais Grand Prix, she was 5th place in the all-around and won two gold medals in the apparatus finals (hoop and ball). On 12–14 April, she competed at the Sofia World Cup and finished in 10th place in the all-around. She qualified to three event finals. She placed 7th in the hoop final and 4th in the ribbon final, and she won a bronze medal in the club's final.

In April 2024, the Olympic Channel released a documentary about Onopriienko's 2023 gymnastics season, titled Viktoriia: Ukraine's Gymnastics Hope.^[40]

At the 2024 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Onopriienko failed to qualify to the all-around final after finishing 26th in the all-around qualifications. Her best result was 11th with hoop, and she did not advance into any apparatus finals. She took the bronze medal in the all-around at the Brno Grand Prix in June, and she also won gold medals in the hoop and clubs finals and bronze in the ball final.

Although Onopriienko had won Ukraine's Olympic spot at the 2023 World Championships, it was not nominative, and she was not selected to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. The national team coach, Irina Deriugina, said that this decision was influenced by the consistent performances of 16-year-old Taisiia Onofriichuk, who was selected for the spot on the Olympic team.^[41] She also mentioned Onopriienko needing to recover from injury, which had caused her to miss a month of training, though Onopriienko said that her injury was not serious.^[42] The controversy surrounding the selection process sparked mixed reactions from fans, with some supporting Onopriienko and others justifying the choice of Onofriichuk due to her recent successes, including a bronze medal at the pre-Olympic European Championship.^[43]

Personal life

Onopriienko enjoys cooking and would like to open her own restaurant in the future.^[2] She is studying at National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport in Kyiv.

Onopriienko's older brother Serhiy died in June 2022 fighting as a member of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[44][45]

Routine music information

Year	Apparatus	Music title
2018	Hoop	"My Way" by Andre Rieu
	Ball	"Fever" by Peggy Lee
	Clubs	"Canto Elvolvente" / ??? by Carrapicho
	Ribbon	"Velocity" by Nathan Lanier
2019	Hoop	"Dance of The Comedians" by The Manhattan Pops
	Ball	"Fever" by Peggy Lee
	Clubs	"Shaman's Dance" by Rishi & Harshil
	Ribbon	"Dreams" by ZHU & NERO
2020	Hoop (first)	"Dance of The Comedians" by The Manhattan Pops
	Hoop (second)	?
	Ball (first)	"Fever" by Peggy Lee
	Ball (second)	"Smooth Criminal" by Michael Jackson
	Clubs	"Shaman's Dance" by Rishi & Harshil
	Ribbon	"Dreams" by ZHU & NER
2021	Hoop (first)	"Giselle" by Adolphe Charles Adam
	Hoop (second)	"Fascination by Richard Hayman Symphony Orchestra
	Hoop (third)	"Who Wants To Live Forever?" by David Garrett
	Ball	"Smooth Criminal" by Michael Jackson
	Clubs	"Back in Black" by Sershen & Zaritskaya
	Ribbon (first)	"The House Always Wins" by Christophe Beck
	Ribbon (second)	"Tetsujin" by Juno Reactor & Don Davis
2022	Hoop	"Good News" by Apashe
	Ball (first)	"Beggin'" by Måneskin
	Ball (second)	"Crazy" by 2WEI
	Clubs (first)	"Die Another Day" by Madonna
	Clubs (second)	"They Don't Care About Us" (Immortal Version) by Michael Jackson
	Ribbon	"Orchis: I.Introduction-New Creation" by Sonya Belousova
2023	Hoop	"Prelude" from Carmen, by Georges Bizet
	Ball (first)	"Jailhouse Rock" by Elvis Presley
	Ball (second)	"Oy U Luzi Chervona Kalyna" (feat. BoomBox) [Army Remix] by The Kiffness
	Clubs	"They Don't Care About Us" (Immortal Version) by Michael Jackson
	Ribbon	"Orchis: I.Introduction-New Creation" by Sonya Belousova
2024	Hoop	"Prelude" from Carmen, by Georges Bizet
	Ball	Can You See Me - Shyloom Remix by Power-Haus, Duomo, Shyloom
	Clubs	Fergalicious by Fergie
	Ribbon	I Was Made for Lovin' You by Kiss

Representation in other media

• Viktoriia: Ukraine’s Gymnastics Hope (2024) is a IOC documentary film made about Onoprienko and her way to the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[46]

Detailed Olympic results

Year	Competition Description	Location	Music	Apparatus	Rank-Final	Score-Final	Rank-Qualifying	Score-Qualifying
2020	Olympic Games	Tokyo		All-around	10th	93.350	9th	95.450
			"Giselle" by Adolphe Charles Adam	Hoop	9th	24.000	10th	23.800
			"Smooth Criminal" by Michael Jackson	Ball	9th	23.550	11th	24.300
			"Back in Black" by Sershen & Zaritskaya	Clubs	7th	26.100	5th	26.100
			"The House Always Wins" by Christophe Beck	Ribbon	9th	19.700	6th	21.250

See also

• List of medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics Junior European Championships

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External links

• Viktoriia Onopriienko at the International Gymnastics Federation
• Viktoriia Onopriienko on Instagram