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Lada Pusch

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Lada Pusch
Pusch in 2024
Full nameLada Pusch
Country represented Germany
Born (2008-03-19) 19 March 2008 (age 16)
Müllheim, Germany
HometownFellbach-Schmiden
ResidenceFellbach-Schmiden
Height155 cm (5 ft 1 in)
DisciplineRhythmic Gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2022–present
ClubTSV Schmiden
GymBundesstützpunkt Schmiden
Head coach(es)Natalya Raskina
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Junior World Championships 0 1 0
Total 0 1 0
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Representing  Germany
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Cluj-Napoca Ball

Lada Pusch (born 19 March 2008) is a German rhythmic gymnast.[1] She is the silver medalist with ball at the 2023 Junior World Championship.[2]

Career

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Junior

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In 2021, Pusch won bronze in the all-around at the junior national championship. She also won gold with the ribbon and bronze with hoop, ball, clubs..[3]

In 2022 she competed in the first national qualifier for the European Championships in Tel Aviv. She was first in the all-around above Anna-Maria Shatokhin.[4] In April, at the second event, she was the runner-up after Shatokhin and ahead of Viktoria Steinfeld.[5] In June she represented Germany at the European Championships along with Shatokhin. They were 6th in teams. Pusch competed with hoop and ball and ended 9th and 6th.[6]

In 2023, she represented Germany at the 2023 Junior World Championships in Cluj-Napoca together with Melissa Kar. She qualified to all three apparatus finals, placing 5th in both hoop and ribbon, while she won silver medal with ball.[7][8][9] Between September and October, she participated in the Aeon Cup in Japan with Margarita Kolosov and Darja Varfolomeev, winning the team competition as well as the junior category.[10]

Senior

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Pusch turned senior in 2024. In early April, she competed in the Italian Serie A on behalf of the club San Giorgio '79 Desio.[11] The next week, she competed at the World Cup stage in Sofia to gain experience at international competition. Her best result in the all-around was twelfth place with clubs.[12] At the beginning of May, she competed in the International Tournament at Portimão. She won the all-around and reached all four apparatus finals, where she won three more medals: gold with hoop, silver with ribbon, and bronze with ball.[13]

She was fourth in the all-around at the German National Championships.[14] In the apparatus finals, she won bronze medals with the hoop, ball and clubs.[15]

Routine music information

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Pusch's starting pose with ribbon at the 2024 Sofia World Cup
Year Apparatus Music Title
2024 Hoop Child of Nazareth by Maxime Rodriguez
Ball Love Story by Indila
Clubs Follow The Leader (feat. Jennifer Lopez) by Wisin & Yandel
Ribbon Me Too by Meghan Trainor
2023 Hoop Child of Nazareth by Maxime Rodriguez
Ball Love Story by Indila
Clubs Crazy in Love (Electro Swing Version) by Swing Republic
Ribbon Me Too by Meghan Trainor
2022 Hoop Wolf Pack by Bachar Mar-Khalifé
Ball Never Seen the Rain by Tones And I
Clubs Crazy in Love (Electro Swing Version) by Swing Republic
Ribbon Swan Lake, Act III, Op.20 by Kirov Opera and Ballet Theatre

References

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  1. ^ "PUSCH Lada - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  2. ^ Cintioli, Michela (2023-07-09). "Ritmica, Mondiali Junior: ultima giornata di finali a Cluj-Napoca". GINNASTICANDO.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  3. ^ "Lada Pusch". www.dtb.de. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  4. ^ "2022 1st Euros Qualification" (PDF). dtb.de.
  5. ^ "2022 2nd Junior Euros Qualification" (PDF). .dtb.de.
  6. ^ "2022 European Championships Result Book" (PDF). europeangymnastics.
  7. ^ "RSG-Junioren-WM: Silber für Lada Pusch in Cluj" (in German). 2023-07-10.
  8. ^ "2023 Junior World Championships Result Book" (PDF). gym.longinestiming.
  9. ^ "RSG-WM der Junioren". Deutscher Turner-Bund e.V. (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  10. ^ Sport, S. W. R. (2023-10-01). "Die deutschen Gymnastinnen feierten den nächsten Gold-Coup". swr.online (in German). Retrieved 2023-10-01.
  11. ^ Sartori, Deborah (7 April 2024). "Finali Serie A1 e A2 ginnastica ritmica 2024" [Serie A1 and A2 Rhythmic Gymnastics Finals 2024]. sportface.it (in Italian).
  12. ^ "Siebter Platz für deutsche RSG-Gruppe" [Seventh place for the German group]. Deutscher Turner-Bund e.V. (in German). 14 April 2024. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
  13. ^ "Medaillenregen für RSG Athletinnen" [Medal rain for rhythmic gymnasts]. Deutscher Turner-Bund e.V. (in German). 7 May 2024. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  14. ^ "Deutsche Meisterchaft Rhythmische Sportgymnastik Mehrkampf Einzel" [German Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship Individual All-Around] (PDF). Deutscher Turner-Bund. 6 June 2024.
  15. ^ "Varfolomeev dominiert die Gerätefinals" [Varfolomeev dominates the event finals]. Deutscher Turner-Bund (in German). 7 June 2024. Retrieved 2024-06-07.