Iana Lebedeva

Iana Andreevna Lebedeva (Russian: Яна Андреевна Лебедева; born 19 December 2001)^[1] is a Russian trampoline gymnast. She is the 2021 European champion and 2021 World bronze medalist in the individual event. She represented the Russian Olympic Committee at the 2020 Olympics and finished 11th during the qualification round of the trampoline competition.

Iana Lebedeva
Full name	Iana Andreevna Lebedeva
Alternative name(s)	Yana Lebedeva
Born	(2001-12-19) 19 December 2001 (age 23) Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Trampoline gymnastics
Country represented	Russia
Club	Admiralteysky District Sports School of Olympic Reserve No.1
Head coach(es)	Natalia Lebedeva
Medal record Representing RGF World Championships 2021 Baku All-around team 2021 Baku Trampoline team 2021 Baku Individual Representing  Russia European Championships 2021 Sochi Individual 2021 Sochi Team

Gymnastics career

Lebedeva originally trained in acrobatic gymnastics but switched to trampoline at nine years old. Her mother, Natalia, is her coach.^[2] At the 2015 World Age Group Competition, she won a silver medal in the 15-16 synchro event.^[3]

Lebedeva won a gold medal with the junior Russian trampoline team at the 2018 European Championships.^[4] There, she also won a silver medal in the synchro event.^[5] She finished fourth in the synchro event at the 2018 Loulé World Cup with partner Susana Kochesok.^[6]

Lebedeva won the individual title at the 2021 European Championships,^[7] and she helped Russia win the team title.^[8] At the 2021 Anadia World Cup, she won the individual silver medal behind teammate Kochesok.^[9] She then competed at the delayed-2020 Summer Olympics and finished 11th in the qualification round.^[10] She then won the bronze medal in the individual event at the 2021 World Championships behind Bryony Page and Cao Yunzhu.^[11] She also helped the Russian Gymnastics Federation win the all-around team title.^[12]

In February 2022, Lebedeva qualified first for the final at the Baku World Cup but fell to last place in the final.^[13] The next month, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) banned Russian and Belarussian athletes due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[14] She continued to participate in domestic competitions.^[15] In the summer of 2023, the FIG announced it would lift the ban beginning in January 2024.^[16]

Lebedeva returned to international competition in 2024 and won the bronze medal at the Baku World Cup.^[17] She won another bronze medal at the 2024 Cottbus World Cup.^[18] She earned enough points in the 2024 World Cup series to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[15][19] However, she was not approved by the International Olympic Committee to compete as an Individual Neutral Athlete.^[20] In February 2025, she announced she was taking a break from the sport.^[21]