Polina Horodnycha

Polina Horodnycha (; born 16 December 2005 in Odesa Oblast) is a Ukrainian female rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2023 European Championships silver medalist in the team classification.

Career Individual In December 2021, Horodnycha received the title of Candidate for Master of Sport.

Horodnycha made her Worlds debut at the 2022 World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, where she finished 19th in the ribbon qualification.

During the 2023 season, she won bronze medal in the all-round and ribbon at the Miss Valentine Tartu Grand Prix in Estonia. In March, she competed at Marbella Grand Prix, where she won bronze medal in clubs final. She also competed at Palaio Faliro World Cup, where she ended on 24th place in all-around. In May she represented Ukraine at the 2023 European Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, alongside Viktoriia Onopriienko and Polina Karika. Together with senior group they won silver medal in team competition. She competed with ribbon only, taking 11th place in qualifications. In June she competed at Brno Grand Prix taking bronze medal in the all-around and silver medals in clubs and ribbon finals.

In 2024, she competed at Brno Grand Prix in June, taking 9th place in all-around.

In 2025, she competed at the 2025 Summer Universiade in Essen and took 9th place in the individual all-around. After qualifying to two apparatus finals, she took 7th place with ribbon and 8th place with clubs.

Group In 2026 Horodnycha joined Ukrainian national senior group. Together with her teammates Oleksandra Yushchak, Valeriia Peremeta, Yelyzaveta Azza, Kira Shyrykina and Diana Baieva she debuted at Tartu Grand Prix in February, winning gold medal in group all-around and 5 balls and bronze medal in 3 hoops + 4 clubs final. In March, they were 7th in all-around and 6th in 5 Balls final at Sofia World Cup. In April, they competed at Baku World Cup, and took 13th place in all-around. In early May, the group competed at European Cup in Baku, and won bronze medal in 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs. They took 5th place in 5 Balls. On May 27-31, she competed at the 2026 European Championships in Varna, Bulgaria, alongside Diana Baieva, Oleksandra Yushchak, Kira Shyrykina, Diana Baieva and Taisiia Redka. They took 7th place in all-around, 9th place in team competition with Polina Karika and Taisiia Onofriichuk, and 4th place in mixed apparatus final. In June, they took 14th place in all-around at the World Challenge Cup Cluj-Napoca, after big mistakes in both routines. In July, they ended on 6th place in all-around at Milan World Cup and won bronze medal in 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs final.

She was selected to represent Ukraine alongside Diana Baieva, Valeriia Peremeta, Taisiia Redka, Kira Shyrykina and Oleksandra Yushchak at the 2026 World Championships in Frankfurt, Germany.

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