Lada Pusch (born 19 March 2008) is a German rhythmic gymnast.[1] She is the silver medalist with ball at the 2023 Junior World Championship.[2]
Career
Junior
In 2021, Pusch won bronze in the all-around at the junior national championship. She also won gold with the ribbon and bronze with hoop, ball, clubs.[3]
In 2022 she competed in the first national qualifier for the European Championships in Tel Aviv. She was first in the all-around above Anna-Maria Shatokhin.[4] In April, at the second event, she was the runner-up after Shatokhin and ahead of Viktoria Steinfeld.[5] In June she represented Germany at the European Championships along with Shatokhin. They were 6th in teams. Pusch competed with hoop and ball and ended 9th and 6th.[6]
Pusch turned senior in 2024. In early April, she competed in the Italian Serie A on behalf of the club San Giorgio '79 Desio.[11] The next week, she competed at the World Cup stage in Sofia to gain experience at international competition. Her best result in the all-around was twelfth place with clubs.[12] At the beginning of May, she competed in the International Tournament at Portimão. She won the all-around and reached all four apparatus finals, where she won three more medals: gold with hoop, silver with ribbon, and bronze with ball.[13]
She was fourth in the all-around at the German National Championships.[14] In the apparatus finals, she won bronze medals with the hoop, ball and clubs.[15]
Routine music information
Pusch's starting pose with ribbon at the 2024 Sofia World Cup
