Karina Lykhvar
Israeli rhythmic gymnast
Karina Lykhvar (Hebrew: קרינה ליחבר; born 11 December 1998) is a retired Israeli female rhythmic gymnast. She's a two-time (2014, 2016) European Group All-Around bronze medalist and the 2015 European Games Group All-Around silver medalist. She retired in 2016, after competing in the 2016 Olympic Games.
Career
She took up gymnastics at age seven, and began competing three years later in 2008.
Karina has won a total of two bronze medals, as a member of the national squad, at the European Championships (2014 and 2016), and eventually competed alongside her teammates Yuval Filo, Alona Koshevatskiy, Ekaterina Levina, and Ida Mayrin at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, finishing outside of medals in the group all-around final with a sixth-place score of 34.549.
Since the beginning of 2022, she resides in Los Angeles, California and works as a coach at Burlo Gymnastics club.
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