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| Full name | Yelyzaveta Anatoliivna Lytvynenko | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 February 2004 Pokrov, Dnipropetrovsk oblast, Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | –78 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Serhiy Sinilov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| European Champ. | 5th (2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yelyzaveta Anatoliivna Lytvynenko (Ukrainian: Єлизавета Анатоліївна Литвиненко; born 11 February 2004) is a Ukrainian judoka.[1] She is a 2022 World bronze medalist in the –78 kg division.[2]
She was born on 11 February 2004 in Pokrov, Ukraine.[3][4] Yelyzaveta was doing diving in her childhood. Then she began her judoka career in 12.[5]
Lytvynenko's first achievement in international competitions was a silver medal at the 2019 Győr Cadet European Cup in Hungary in the –70 kg division.[6]
Lytvynenko became a European champion at the 2021 European Cadet Championships, held in Riga, in the –70 kg division, beating Eva Ronja Buddenkotte from Germany in the final.[7] She also won a bronze medal at the World Military Judo Championship, held in Paris, in the –78 kg division.[8][9] In the same year, she debuted competing at the 2021 European Judo Championships[10] and was eliminated in the first round.[11]
The following year, Lytvynenko won a bronze medal at the 2022 World Championships in the –78 kg division, beating the 2020 Olympic champion Shori Hamada in the bronze medal match.[12] She also won a gold medal at the 2022 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in the –78 kg division and a silver in mixed team competition.[13][14] That year Lytvynenko became a European Junior champion at the 2022 European Junior Championships in the –78 kg division.[15]
In 2023, Lytvynenko won silver at the Almada Grand Prix and a bronze at the Linz Grand Prix.[16][17] Lytvynenko also received a bronze medal at the 2023 Judo World Masters in Budapest, where she qualified to the 2024 Summer Olympics.[18] That year she competed at the 2023 European Championships, finishing in 7th place.[19]
In 2024, Lytvynenko won bronze medals at the Baku Grand Slam, the Linz Grand Prix and the Tbilisi Grand Slam.[20][21]