Yelyzaveta Merenzon

Yelyzaveta Merenzon (born August 12, 1999) is a Ukrainian-born American group rhythmic gymnast. She was the alternate for the 2020 United States Olympic team. She won the 5 hoops event final with the American group at the 2017 Pan American Championships and won two silver medals at the 2019 Pan American Games.

Career
Merenzon competed as a junior at the 2014 Pacific Rim Championships and won a silver medal in the group all-around. She also competed at the 2014 Junior Pan American Championships and won gold in the five hoops and 10 clubs, and bronze in the group all-around.

Merenzon competed with the senior U.S. team at the 2017 World Championships in Pesaro and finished twelfth in the group all-around. She then competed at the 2017 Pan American Championships in Daytona Beach, Florida, and won the gold medal in the 5 hoops and silver medals in the group all-around and 3 balls + 2 ropes.

Merenzon competed at the 2019 Pan American Games and won the silver medal in the group all-around and in the 5 balls. Then at the 2019 World Championships in Baku, the American team finished tenth in the group all-around.

At the 2021 Pan American Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Merenzon and the U.S. team won the bronze medals in the all-around, and in both the 5 balls and the 3 hoops + 4 clubs. The United States qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games after Japan's host spot was reallocated. Merenzon was selected to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics as a reserve.