Liubov Charkashyna

She had a successful 2007 season, winning bronze in ribbon at the Grand Prix Final in Innsbruck, Austria.

On May 29, at the 2011 European Championships in Minsk, she became the only Belarusian senior gymnast to win two individual gold medals at one European Championship, winning the ball final and the clubs final against reigning World and Olympic champion, Evgenia Kanaeva.

At the 2011 World Championships held in Montpellier, France, she finished fourth in All-around and won bronze in the ball apparatus.

In the 2012 season, Charkashyna won gold in the individual ribbon finals at the World Cup in Tashkent, as well as silver (hoop) and bronze (ball).

At the 2012 World Cup series held in Minsk, Belarus, she won the bronze medal in the All-around ahead of Russian gymnast Alexandra Merkulova who finished fourth.

[7] That same year, after the World Championships held in Kyiv, Ukraine, Charkashyna was elected as the rhythmic gymnastics representative on the FIG Athletes' Commission.

Charkashyna at the 2012 Grand Prix Vorarlberg all-around podium
Charkashyna in her role as an FIG Athletes' Commission representative and Athlete Role Model during a victory ceremony of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics .