Yelyzaveta Lytvynenko

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.^[8]

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.^[9] She also won a bronze medal at the World Military Judo Championship, held in Paris, in the ‍–‍78 kg division.^[10][11] In the same year, she debuted competing at the 2021 European Judo Championships^[12] and was eliminated in the first round.^[13]

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.^[14] 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.^[15][16] That year Lytvynenko became a European Junior champion at the 2022 European Junior Championships in the ‍–‍78 kg division.^[17]

In 2023, Lytvynenko won silver at the Almada Grand Prix and a bronze at the Linz Grand Prix.^[18][19] Lytvynenko also received a bronze medal at the 2023 Judo World Masters in Budapest, where she qualified to the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[20] That year she competed at the 2023 European Championships, finishing in 7th place.^[21]

In 2024, Lytvynenko won bronze medals at the Baku Grand Slam, the Linz Grand Prix and the Tbilisi Grand Slam.^[22][23]

• Yelyzaveta Lytvynenko at the International Judo Federation
• Yelyzaveta Lytvynenko at the International Judo Federation
• Yelyzaveta Lytvynenko at the European Judo Union
• Yelyzaveta Lytvynenko at JudoInside.com
• Yelyzaveta Lytvynenko at Olympics.com
• Yelyzaveta Lytvynenko at Olympedia
• Yelyzaveta Lytvynenko at InterSportStats
• Yelyzaveta Lytvynenko at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)
• Yelyzaveta Lytvynenko on Instagram