Sofiya Lyskun
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| Native name | Софія Лискун | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship | Ukraine Russia (since 2025) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 February 2002 Luhansk, Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Diving | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sofiya Valeriivna Lyskun (Ukrainian: Софія Валеріївна Лискун; Russian: София Валерьевна Лыскун, romanized: Sofiya Valeryevna Lyskun; born 7 February 2002) is a Ukrainian-born Russian diver, medalist of the European Championships.[1]
In December 2025, she switched her allegiance from Ukraine to Russia, resulting in the Ukrainian Diving Federation stripping her of awards won during her time with the federation.
Career
She won a bronze medal in 10-meter platform synchro diving (with Valeriia Liulko) at the 2017 European Diving Championships in Kyiv and a gold in the team event (with Oleh Kolodiy) at the multi-event 2018 European Championships in Glasgow.[2]
At age 15, Lyskun won bronze at the 10 metres platform synchro event at the 2017 European Championships in Kyiv. In 2018, she performed a difficult dive (a back two-and-a-half somersaults and one-and-a-half twists in pike) for 10 metre board that earned her the highest final round mark of any diver and the gold medal.[3]
She qualified to represent Ukraine at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Women's 10 metre platform event.[4]
In late 2025, she acquired Russian citizenship and announced her intention to compete for the Russian national team.[5] The Ukrainian Diving Federation deemed her switch "categorically unacceptable" and stripped Lyskun of her titles.[6] According to Reuters, "Lyskun told Russian outlet Izvestia that she made the decision to switch allegiance after realising she was no longer growing under her coaches in Ukraine and that they were 'all gymnasts or trampoline athletes'".[7]
References
- ^ "Україна виборола третю медаль на домашньому ЧЄ зі стрибків у воду" (in Ukrainian). 14 June 2017.
- ^ "European Diving Championships: Ruby Bower & Phoebe Banks win gold for GB". BBC Sport. 15 June 2017.
- ^ Ukraine's Kolodiy and Lyskun take first Euro diving gold, 6 Aug 2018
- ^ "Golden Double for Ukraine, Sofia Lyskun Clinched Spot in Toyko". SwimSwam. 6 August 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
- ^ Эрдниева, Кермен (4 December 2025). "Чемпионка Европы по прыжкам в воду сменила украинское гражданство на российское". forbes.ru.
- ^ Collins, Ben (5 December 2025). "'Deep indignation' after Ukraine diver switches to Russia". BBC News. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
- ^ "Ukraine strips Lyskun of titles after Russia switch". Reuters. 5 December 2025. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
External links
- Sofiia Lyskun at World Aquatics
- Sofiia Lyskun at Olympics.com
- Sofiya Lyskun at Olympedia
- Sofiya Lyskun at InterSportStats
- Sofiia Lyskun on Instagram