Alesia Pokhodina
| Alesia Pokhodina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Алеся Георгіеўна Походiна | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Alesia Hieorhiyeuna Pokhodina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 October 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | Belarus (1995-?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Goscomsport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alesia Hieorhiyeuna Pokhodina (Belarusian: Алеся Георгіеўна Походiна; born 4 October 1979) is a Belarussian retired rhythmic gymnast.[1] She represented Belarus as part of the national senior group.
Career
In 1995 Pokhodina competed at the European Championships in Prague, helping the Belarussian group achieve 4th place overall.[2] In September the group won bronze in the All-Around and with 5 hoops at the World Championships in Vienna, thus earning a spot for the following year's Olympics.[3][4][5][6]
In June 1996 she took part in the World Championships in Budapest, winning bronze in the All-Around and with 3 balls & 2 ribbons as well as gold with 5 hoops.[7] In August of that year she was selected for the Olympic Games in Atlanta along Natalia Boudilo, Svetlana Louzanova, Olga Demskaia, Halina Malashenka and Oxana Jdanovitch.[8] There she was 4th in qualification, advancing to the final round, and finishing 6th in the final.[9][10]
With these results she was awarded the title of master of sports of Belarus of international class.[11]
References
- ^ "Olympedia – Alesia Pokhodina". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2026-02-13.
- ^ "1995 European Championships Result Book" (PDF).
- ^ "InterSportStats". intersportstats.com. Retrieved 2025-07-31.
- ^ "19. World Championships in Vienna, Austria (19.-24. September 1995)".
- ^ Tharpe, Tina (December 1995). "USA Earns Berth to Olympic Games in Rhythmic Gymnastics". USA Gymnastics. Vol. 24, no. 6. pp. 14–15. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
- ^ "19.World Championships in Vienna, Austria (19.-24. September 1995)". r-gymnast.bplaced.net. Retrieved 2026-02-12.
- ^ "20. World Championships in Budapest, Hungary (21.-23. June 1996)". www.rsg.net. Retrieved 2025-07-31.
- ^ "Olympedia – Group, Women". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2025-07-31.
- ^ "1996 Olympic Games - Rhythmics gymnastics's Finals". www.gymnasticsresults.com. Archived from the original on 2009-12-12. Retrieved 2025-07-31.
- ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics> All Events> group competition women". Olympic.org. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- ^ "Паходзіна Алеся Георгіеўна - Беларусь у асобах i падзеях". bis.nlb.by. Retrieved 2026-02-13.