Alisa Tishchenko

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Sergeyevna and the family name is Tishchenko.

Alisa Sergeyevna Tishchenko (Russian: Алиса Сергеевна Тищенко, IPA: [ɐˈlʲisə ˈtʲiɕːɪnkə]; born 17 February 2004) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the silver medalist and group Olympic runner-up at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, along with Anastasia Bliznyuk, Anastasia Maksimova, Angelina Shkatova and Anastasia Tatareva. She is the 2019 World Junior Group All-Around, Team, 5 Hoops and 5 Ribbons champion^[3][4] and the 2019 European Junior Group All-Around, Team, 5 Hoops and 5 Ribbons champion.^[5]

Alisa Tishchenko
Country represented	Russia
Born	(2004-02-17) 17 February 2004 (age 18) Krasnodar, Russia^[1]
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Years on national team	2019-
Head coach(es)	Elena Serebryakova, Svetlana Zhuravel ^[2]
Medal record Group Rhythmic Gymnastics International gymnastics competitions Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 1 0 World Championships 3 1 0 Junior World Championships 4 0 0 Junior European Championships 4 0 0 Total 11 2 0 Representing ROC Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Group All-around Representing RGF World Championships 2021 Kitakyushu Team 2021 Kitakyushu Group All-around 2021 Kitakyushu 5 Balls 2021 Kitakyushu 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs Representing  Russia Junior World Championships 2019 Moscow Team 2019 Moscow Group All-Around 2019 Moscow 5 Hoops 2019 Moscow 5 Ribbons Junior European Championships 2019 Baku Team 2019 Baku Group All-Around 2019 Baku 5 Hoops 2019 Baku 5 Ribbons

Career

Junior

Alisa was born in Surgut on 17 February 2004. Her mother encouraged her to begin training rhythmic gymnastics at age 6.^[6] In 2017, she moved to Moscow and was invited to train with junior national team.^[7] She was a member of Russian Group that competed at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Moscow, Russia taking the gold medal scoring a total of (49.550) ahead of Italy (45.100) and Belarus (43.100) in the all-around competition. They also won gold medals in team competition and in both apparatus finals.^[8]

Senior

In 2020, Alisa was added to Russian National Reserve Team as a senior group gymnast. Reserve group took part in Grand Prix Tartu in February. Alisa and her teammates placed second in Group All-Around competition after Uzbekistan and took gold medals in both Apparatus Finals. In October, Russian Federation organized 2nd Online Tournament in rhythmic gymnastics, where reserve group won in Group All-Around competition (69.050) in front of Uzbekistan.^[9] In 2021, Alisa was admitted to compete in the 2021 Moscow Grand Prix, as a member of the official Russian group, where Russia placed first in the All round ahead of Belarus. On July 5, 2021, the Russian Federation announced that Alisa Tishchenko was selected to represent Russia at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, (leaving out Karina Metelkova and Olya Karaseva) as a member of the Russian group formed by Anastasia Tatareva, Anastasia Bliznyuk, Anastasia Maksimova and Angelina Shkatova, and that the Russian group will compete in the Moscow 2021 World Challenge Cup on July 9-11. In the Moscow Cup, the Russian group took gold in all aspects ahead of Japan and all possible golds in the apparatus finals ahead of Uzbekistan. From August 7-8, the Russian group competed in the 2020 Olympic Games where they achieved the silver medal in the general competition behind Bulgaria, and it is the first time in 25 years that Russia has lost the first place and the gold medal in the Olympic Games. From October 29-31, Alisa competed in the 2021 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships, in Kitakyushu, Japan, along with the ensemble formed by Anastasia Bliznyuk, Maria Tolkacheva, Polina Orlova and Angelina Shkatova, where the Russian ensemble won gold in the entire contest, for the fifth time in a row, ahead of Italy and Belarus. They also won team gold (along with singles Dina and Arina Averina), gold in the 5-ball final and silver (behind Italy) in the mixed final.^{[citation needed]}

Detailed Olympic results

Year	Competition Description	Location	Music	Apparatus	Rank	Score-Final	Rank	Score-Qualifying
2020	Olympics	Tokyo		All-around	2nd	90.700	2nd	89.050
			Prince Igor: Polovetskie tancy s khorom by Symphony Orchestra of State Moscow	5 Balls	2nd	46.200	2nd	45.750
			Ruslan and Liudmila by State Symphony Orchestra of USSR	3 Hoops + 4 Clubs	2nd	44.500	3rd	43.300

References

1. "Alisa Tishchenko/Place of Birth". fig. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
2. "Alisa Tishchenko/Coaches". fig. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
3. "Alisa Tishchenko". infosport.ru (in Russian). Sportivnaya Rossiya. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
4. "Россиянки - двукратные чемпионки первого в истории ЧМЮ по художественной гимнастике" (in Russian). vfrg.ru. 2019-07-20. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
5. "Россиянки выиграли все "золото" чемпионата Европы в Баку" (in Russian). rg.ru. 2019-05-20. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
6. "Alisa Tishchenko/Start sporting career". fig. 2019-07-02. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
7. Andrey Ivanov (2019-07-22). "РГимнастка из Краснодара Алиса Тищенко победила на юниорском чемпионате мира" (in Russian). tuapsevesti.ru. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
8. "Russian rhythmic talent reigns at first junior Worlds". European Gymnastics. 2019-07-22. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
9. "Averina sisters dominate second International Online Rhythmic Gymnastics competition". Olympic Channel. 2019-10-28. Retrieved 2020-11-22.

External links

• Alisa Tishchenko at the International Gymnastics Federation