Full Name	Elizaveta Minaeva (Елизавета Минаева)
Nation	Russian Federation
Birthdate	September 23, 2002
Olympics
Status	Active
Social Media	Instagram | Telegram

Career Highlights

Two-time world silver medalist in 2025… Part of the senior national team since 2022…  Four-time World Junior Champion (2018) and 10-time European Junior Champion (2018, 2019, 2021)… Member of the national duet throughout her entire junior career, and reserve to the youth duet in 2017… Part of the youth national team that won gold in team and free combination at the 2016 and 2017 COMEN Cup.

2025: Competed under the “Neutral Athletes B” designation… Won silver in technical team and acrobatic team at the World Championships… Joined the senior duet squad in the fall.

2024: Ineligible to compete internationally… Swam in competitions organized by the Russian Federation… Won gold in technical team and acrobatic team at both the BRICS Games and the Federation Cup… Earned gold in technical team and acrobatic team at the national championships.

2023: Ineligible to compete internationally… Swam in competitions organized by the Russian Federation… Won gold in technical team and acrobatic team at the Federation Cup… Earned gold in technical team at the national championships.

2022: Ineligible to compete internationally due to bans from sports events following to the nation’s involvement in the invasion of Ukraine and the breach of the Olympic Truce… Swam in competitions organized by the Russian Federation… Won gold in technical team and free team at the Solidarity Games… Also earned gold in technical team routine at the Russian National Championships.

2021: Member of the junior national team… Won gold in technical duet, free duet, and free team at the European Junior Championships… Served as reserve to the technical team and free combination routines there… Also took part in the World Series leg in Kazan (1G, 1S).

2020: Did not compete internationally due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the cancellation of all meets… Active domestically.

2019:  Member of the junior national team… Won gold in technical duet, free duet, and free combination at the European Junior Championships… Served as reserve to the technical team and free team routines there… Also won gold in free combination at the European Cup… Competed in the World Series leg in Kazan with her Moscow team (1G).

2018: Member of the junior national team… Won gold in technical duet, free duet, technical team and free combination at the World Junior Championships… Also earned gold in technical duet, free duet, technical team and free combination at the European Junior Championships.

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