Polina Karika
Polina Yevheniyivna Karika is a Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2020 Junior European champion with Ball.
Personal life
Her brother, Dmytro Karika, is a football player at FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin.Career
Junior
She won bronze medal in Team competition at the 2020 Deriugina Cup. She competed at the 2020 Junior European Championships and won gold medal in Team competition. She also qualified to Ball final and won another gold medal.Senior
Karika became age-eligible for senior international competitions in 2021. She made her World Cup debut at Baku World Cup and took 32nd place in all-around. She won bronze medal in all-around at Ukrainian Championships that year.Polina competed at the 2022 European Championships in Tel Aviv, Israel, and finished 8th in the team competition with Viktoriia Onopriienko and the senior group. She took 28th place in ribbon Qualifications. She was selected to represent Ukraine at the 2022 World Games in Birmingham alongside Viktoriia Onopriienko. She only qualified to ribbon final, where she finished on 8th place. She then competed at the World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. She finished 29th in the all-around qualifications and did not advance into any apparatus finals. She was a part of Ukrainian team that finished 4th.
In 2023, she competed at Palaio Faliro World Cup in March. She took 5th place in all-around and qualified to her first World Cup apparatus finals. She was 4th in clubs, 5th in hoop and 7th in ball final. She represented Ukraine at the 2023 European Championships together with Viktoriia Onopriienko and Polina Horodnycha. They won a silver medal in the team competition together with the senior group. Karika finished in 5th place in the all-around and failed to qualify to apparatus finals. She won silver medal in all-around at Ukrainian Championships. In August, she competed at the 2023 World Championships in Valencia, Spain. She placed 25th in the all-around qualifications and missed all-around final for one place. She and her teammates took 6th place in team competition.
In 2025, Polina began her season by competing at the Miss Valentine Grand Prix in Tartu in March. She won silver medal in all-around competition behind her teammate Taisiia Onofriichuk and qualified for three apparatus finals, winning gold in ball and silver in clubs and ribbon. On March 22-23, she competed at Grand Prix Marbella and took 7th place in all-around. She won bronze medal in ball final and took 7th place in hoop. In the end of May, she won silver medal in all-around at Ukrainian Championships behind Taisiia Onofriichuk.
In June, Karika competed at the 2025 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia together with Taisiia Onofriichuk. They won a silver medal in the team competition together with the senior group. She also took 10th place in all-around final and 4th place in clubs final. In July, she competed at the Milan World Cup, where she took 13th place in the all-around and 4th place in hoop final. On July 25-27, she competed at the Cluj-Napoca World Challenge Cup and finished 13th in the all-around. She took 6th place in ball final.
In August, she competed at the 2025 World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She took 11th place in all-around final. Together with Taisiia Onofriichuk and senior group she won bronze medal in team competition. She qualified to ball final only, ending on 8th place. In September, she won bronze medal in all-around behind Taisiia Onofriichuk and Tara Dragas at Brno Grand Prix. She won silver in ball and bronze in hoop final.