Anastasiia Motak
Анастасія Мотак
Motak at the 2019 Junior World Championships
Personal information
Full nameAnastasiia Maksimivna Motak
Alternative name(s)Anastasia/Anastasiya
Nickname(s)Nastya
Country represented Ukraine
Born (2004-11-12) November 12, 2004
Zhytomyr, Ukraine
HometownKharkiv, Ukraine
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2018–21 (UKR)
ClubChildren's and Youth Sports School No. 16 of the City of Kharkiv
GymKoncha-Zaspa Olympic Training and Sports Center
Head coach(es)Oleg Ostapenko
Yulia Kaiukova
Former coach(es)Olena Beliatska
ChoreographerNadia Ostapenko
Music2018-19: "Backrow Politics" by Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
2020: "Moliendo Café" by Perez Prado
Medal record
Women's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Ukraine
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2020 MersinTeam
Bronze medal – third place2020 MersinVault
Bronze medal – third place2020 MersinBalance Beam
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Challenge Cup 0 1 0

Anastasiia Maksymivna Motak (Ukrainian: Анастасія Максимівна Мотак, born 12 November 2004) is a Ukrainian artistic gymnast. She is the 2020 Ukrainian National Champion and was a member of the gold medal-winning team at the 2020 European Championships.

Early life

Motak was born in Zhytomyr, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine on 12 November 2004. She began gymnastics in 2008 in Kharkiv.

Gymnastics career

Junior

2019

Motak competed at the Ukrainian National Championships where she placed third amongst junior athletes.[1] In April she competed at the Stella Zakharova Cup where her team placed fifth. Individually she placed 10th in the all-around but won silver on vault.[2] Later that month Motak competed at the European Games Test Event where she placed first in the all-around and on vault and fourth on balance beam and floor exercise.[3]

In June Motak competed at the inaugural Junior World Championships. She only qualified to the vault event final where she placed fourth behind American Kayla DiCello, Jennifer Gadirova of Great Britain, and Vladislava Urazova of Russia.[4] She ended the season competing at the European Youth Olympic Festival where she won silver on vault behind Viktoria Listunova of Russia.[5]

Team / All-Around Final
Team / All-Around Final
Vault Final
Motak at the 2019 Junior World Championships

Senior

2020

In September Motak competed at the Ukrainian National Championships as a first year senior. She won the all-around and placed first on balance beam and placed second on vault and uneven bars.[6] The following month she competed at the Szombathely Challenge Cup where she won silver on vault behind Hungarian Boglárka Dévai.[7]

In December Motak competed at the European Championships alongside Anastasiia Bachynska, Yelyzaveta Hubareva, Angelina Radivilova, and Diana Varinska. During qualifications she helped Ukraine qualify second to the team final behind Romania, and individually she qualified to the vault, uneven bars, and balance beam finals. During the team final Romania suffered mishaps, and Ukraine won team gold.[8] During event finals Motak won bronze on vault (behind Zsófia Kovács and Larisa Iordache) and on balance beam (behind Iordache and Silviana Sfiringu) and placed fifth on uneven bars.

2021–22

In April Motak competed at the European Championships. She qualified to the vault final and finished in fourth place. In the fall she had moved to Poland where her parents live and competed there at an internal team competition.

Motak was not included on the Ukrainian national team for 2022.[9]

Competitive history

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
Junior
2018Tournoi International106
2019Ukrainian Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Stella Zakharova Cup5102nd place, silver medalist(s)
Euro Games Test Event1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)44
Junior World Championships4
Euro Youth Olympic Festival102nd place, silver medalist(s)
Senior
2020Ukrainian Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Szombathely Challenge Cup2nd place, silver medalist(s)
European Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)53rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2021
European Championships4
Varna Challenge Cup8

References

  1. ↑ "2019 Ukrainian Championships Results". The Gymternet. March 8, 2019.
  2. ↑ "2019 Stella Zakharova Cup Results". The Gymternet. April 2, 2019.
  3. ↑ "2019 European Games Test Event Results". The Gymternet. April 28, 2019.
  4. ↑ "2019 Junior World Championships Results". The Gymternet. July 2, 2019.
  5. ↑ "2019 European Youth Olympic Festival Results". The Gymternet. July 30, 2019.
  6. ↑ "2020 Ukrainian Championships Results". The Gymternet. September 12, 2020.
  7. ↑ "2020 Szombathely Challenge Cup Results". The Gymternet. October 4, 2020.
  8. ↑ @UEGymnastics (December 19, 2020). "Ukraine Flag of Ukraine wins the 2020 European team title! #Mersin2020" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. ↑ "Чемпионка Европы по спортивной гимнастике Мотак не вошла в состав сборной Украины на 2022 год. Осенью она выступила на командном чемпионате Польши" [European champion in artistic gymnastics Motak was not included in the Ukrainian national team for 2022. In the fall, she performed at the Polish Team Championship]. Tribuna (in Russian). January 11, 2022.
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