Dominika Banevič

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Dominika Banevič
Banevič in 2023
Personal information
Born (2007-06-08) 8 June 2007
Vilnius, Lithuania
Medal record
Representing  Lithuania
Breaking
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2024 ParisB-Girls
World Games
Bronze medal – third place2025 ChengduB-Girls
WDSF World Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 LeuvenB-Girls
Bronze medal – third place2024 ChengduB-Girls
Bronze medal – third place2025 KurumeB-Girls
Red Bull BC One World Final
Runner-up2024 Rio de JaneiroB-Girls
European Games
Bronze medal – third place2023 Kraków–MałopolskaB-Girls
WDSF European Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 AlmeriaB-Girls
FUJIFILM INSTAX Undisputed Masters
Winner2022 LondonSolo Women
Winner2023 Tokyo World FinalSolo Women
Winner2024 Tokyo World FinalSolo Women
Outbreak Europe
Winner20211vs1 B-Girl
Winner20231vs1 B-Girl
Winner20241vs1 B-Girl

Dominika Banevič (Polish: Dominika Baniewicz; born 8 June 2007), also known as B-Girl Nicka, is a Lithuanian breakdancer of Polish ethnicity who won the 2023 European Championships title.[1] In 2024, she won silver at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics.[2] She is one of the highest profile international b-girls, and represents as a Red Bull BC One All Star.[3]

Nicka is known as an all-round breaker, whose style combines musicality, power moves and footwork, and aims to have a unique style and self-expression.[4] Nicka also focuses on nutrition and psychology as part of the preparation for athletic competition.

Career

Banevič is a student at the Polish-language John Paul II Gymnasium in Vilnius.[5] She started practicing break dancing in September 2015.[5] In 2021, she took part in the Polish School Youth Sports Games in Łomża.[6] At the age of 16, she became world champion in Leuven in 2023.[7][8][9] In 2023, Banevič won the Lithuanian national championships for the 4th time.[10]

Banevič represented Lithuania in break dancing at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics,[11] and won the silver medal in a tightly contested final against Japanese bgirl Ami Yuasa.[12] Nicka qualified from a group including home favourite Syssy, and former BC One champion Logistx and defeated both Chinese entrants Ying Zi and 671 in the finals. Upon returning to Lithuania, Česlav Okinčic, the former president of the Lithuanian Golf Federation, presented Dominika with a new electric car on behalf of the golf community and all nationalities of Vilnius.[13]

References

  1. Adamowicz, Honorata (26 September 2023). "Polka z Litwy Dominika Baniewicz została mistrzynią świata w breakdance – Kurier Wileński". kurierwilenski.lt (in Polish). Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  2. "Paris 2024 breaking: All results, as B-Girl Ami wins inaugural Olympic gold - and then some". Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  3. "Nicka: Red Bull BC One All Star Profile". Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  4. "Teenage world champion B-Girl Nicka wants the world to take notice 'here and now'". Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  5. "Uczennica wileńskiego gimnazjum ze złotym medalem w zawodach Undisputed Masters w Tokio". Kresy24.pl - Wschodnia Gazeta Codzienna (in Polish). Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  6. "Z Łomży po srebrny medal do Paryża! Uroczysta inauguracja XXIV Polonijnych Igrzysk Młodzieży [VIDEO i FOTO]". myLomza.pl (in Polish). 18 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  7. "Dominika Banevič – Europos breiko čempionė". 8 May 2023.
  8. "Išdalinti Lietuvos breiko ir hiphopo čempionato medaliai". sportas.lt.
  9. "B-boy Menno, B-girl Nicka Claim Gold at European Breaking Championship". www.worlddancesport.org. 8 May 2023.
  10. "Dominika Banevič ketvirtą kartą tapo Lietuvos breiko čempione". 28 May 2023.
  11. Ruseckas, Martynas (8 August 2024). "Meet Dominika Banevič, teenage breaking superstar who wants to 'write history' in the Olympics' newest sport". CNN. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  12. "Breaking Results". Olympics.com.
  13. S.A, Telewizja Polska. "Bgirl Nicka wróciła do Wilna: Sprawdziliśmy, kto i dlaczego podarował jej samochód". wilno.tvp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 23 August 2024.