Valeriia Tereta

Valeriia Tereta
Tereta with her gold medal of the 2023 European Games
Personal information
NationalityUkrainian
Born (2000-09-09) 9 September 2000 (age 24)[1]
Shatsk, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine[2]
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
CountryUkraine
SportCanoe sprint
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Representing  Ukraine
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Samarkand C-1 5000 m
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska C-2 500 m
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Szeged C-1 5000 m

Valeriia Serhiivna Tereta (Ukrainian: Валерія Сергіївна Терета; born 9 September 2000 in Shatsk, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian sprint canoeist. She is champion of the 2023 European Games.[3]

Career

In 2022, Tereta became two-time bronze medallist of the European Junior Championships in Belgrade.[4]

In 2023, Tereta together with Liudmyla Luzan became champion of the 2023 European Games in the C-2 500 m competition.[5] Together with Luzan, she qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg. Nevertheless, she was substituted for the Games with 2020 silver medallist Anastasiia Rybachok.

Personal life

Tereta studied at the Lviv State School of Physical Culture.[6] She lives and trains in Lviv.

References

  1. ^ Ukraine's Canoe Team at the 2023 European Games, National Olympic Committee of Ukraine (in Ukrainian).
  2. ^ Веслувальниця з Шацька Валерія Терета потрапила у фінал чемпіонату Європи (Canoeist from Shatsk Valeriia Tereta reached a European Championships final), shatsk.rayon.in.ua, 1 July 2018 (in Ukrainian).
  3. ^ Веслувальниця з волинського Шацька Валерія Терета здобула «золото» Європейських ігор-2023! (Canoeist from Volynian Shatsk Valeriia Tereta clinched gold at the 2023 European Games!), volyn.com.ua, 22 June 2023 (in Ukrainian).
  4. ^ 🔥ВАЛЕРІЯ ТЕРЕТА. ШЛЯХ ДО УСПІХУ НА ЧЕМПІОНАТІ ЄВРОПИ. СЮЖЕТ ТЕЛЕКАНАЛУ ПЕРШИЙ ЗАХІДНИЙ (Valeriia Tereta. Way to success at the European Championships. Report by the First Western Channel), Department for Sports of the City of Lviv on Facebook, 12 July 2022 (in Ukrainian).
  5. ^ Веслувальниця Людмила Лузан, яка представляє Полтавщину, у каное-двійці здобула «золото» Європейських ігор (Canoeist Liudmyla Luzan, who represents Poltava Oblast, won gold in pair canoe at the European Games), Suspilne, 12 June 2023 (in Ukrainian).
  6. ^ Студентка Львівського коледжу спорту Валерія Терета - переможниця Кубку України з веслування на каное (Student of Lviv State School of Physical Culture Valeriia Tereta became winner of the Ukraine Canoeing Cup, Department for Education and Science of Lviv Regional State Administration, 13 April 2021 (in Ukrainian).


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