- Source: Lada Pusch
Lada Pusch (born 19 March 2008) is a German rhythmic gymnast. She is the silver medalist with ball at the 2023 Junior World Championship.
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.
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. In April, at the second event, she was the runner-up after Shatokhin and ahead of Viktoria Steinfeld. 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.
In 2023, she represented Germany at the 2023 Junior World Championships in Cluj-Napoca together with Melissa Kar. She qualified to all three apparatus finals, placing 5th in both hoop and ribbon, while she won silver medal with ball. Between September and October, she participated in the Aeon Cup in Japan with Margarita Kolosov and Darja Varfolomeev, winning the team competition as well as the junior category.
= Senior
=Pusch turned senior in 2024. In early April, she competed in the Italian Serie A on behalf of the club San Giorgio '79 Desio. 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. 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.
She was fourth in the all-around at the German National Championships. In the apparatus finals, she won bronze medals with the hoop, ball and clubs.