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Evgeniya Kanaeva
Kanaeva at 2015
Personal information
Full name
Evgeniya Olegovna Kanaeva
Alternative name(s)
Evgenia Kanaeva
Nickname(s)
Zhenya, The Queen of Rhythmic Gymnastics
Country represented
Russia
Born
(1990-04-02) 2 April 1990 (age 34) Omsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Hometown
Omsk, Russian Federation
Residence
Russia
Height
5 ft 7+1⁄2 in (171 cm)
Weight
50 kg (110 lb)
Discipline
Rhythmic gymnastics
Level
Senior International Elite
Years on national team
2005–2012
Club
CSKA Moscow
Gym
Novogorsk
Head coach(es)
Irina Viner
Assistant coach(es)
Vera Shtelbaums
Choreographer
Irina Zenovka
Veronica Shatkova
Eponymous skills
Kanaeva: Rotation 180 degrees on the chest, legs in split position without help
Retired
2012
World ranking
1 (2012 Season)[1]
5 (2011 Season)[2]
1 (2010 Season)[3]
1 (2009 Season)[4]
1 (2008 Season)[5]
6 (2007 Season)[6]
Medal record
International gymnastics competitions
Event
1st
2nd
3rd
Olympic Games
2
0
0
World Championships
17
1
0
European Championships
13
1
0
World Cup Final
3
0
0
Grand Prix Final
15
0
0
World Games
4
0
0
Summer Universiade
9
1
0
Total
63
3
0
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Representing Russia
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing
All-Around
2012 London
All-Around
World Championships
2007 Patras
Team
2009 Mie
All-around
2009 Mie
Ball
2009 Mie
Hoop
2009 Mie
Ribbon
2009 Mie
Rope
2009 Mie
Team
2010 Moscow
All-around
2010 Moscow
Ball
2010 Moscow
Hoop
2010 Moscow
Team
2011 Montpellier
All-around
2011 Montpellier
Ball
2011 Montpellier
Hoop
2011 Montpellier
Clubs
2011 Montpellier
Ribbon
2011 Montpellier
Team
2010 Moscow
Rope
European Championships
2007 Baku
Team
2007 Baku
Ribbon
2008 Torino
All-around
2009 Baku
Team
2009 Baku
Ball
2009 Baku
Hoop
2009 Baku
Ribbon
2009 Baku
Rope
2010 Bremen
All-around
2011 Minsk
Team
2011 Minsk
Hoop
2011 Minsk
Ribbon
2012 Nizhny Novgorod
All-around
2011 Minsk
Ball
World Cup Final
2008 Benidorm
Clubs
2008 Benidorm
Hoop
2008 Benidorm
Ribbon
Grand Prix Final
2009 Berlin
All-around
2009 Berlin
Rope
2009 Berlin
Hoop
2009 Berlin
Ball
2009 Berlin
Ribbon
2010 Berlin
All-around
2010 Berlin
Rope
2010 Berlin
Hoop
2010 Berlin
Ball
2010 Berlin
Ribbon
2011 Brno
All-around
2011 Brno
Ball
2011 Brno
Hoop
2011 Brno
Clubs
2011 Brno
Ribbon
World Games
2009 Kaohsiung
Ball
2009 Kaohsiung
Hoop
2009 Kaohsiung
Ribbon
2009 Kaohsiung
Rope
Summer Universiade
2009 Belgrade
All-around
2009 Belgrade
Ball
2009 Belgrade
Rope
2009 Belgrade
Hoop
2009 Belgrade
Ribbon
2011 Shenzhen
All-around
2011 Shenzhen
Ball
2011 Shenzhen
Clubs
2011 Shenzhen
Hoop
2011 Shenzhen
Ribbon
Evgeniya Olegovna Kanaeva OMF (Russian: Евгения Олеговна Канаева; born 2 April 1990) is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the only individual rhythmic gymnast in history to win two Olympic all-around gold medals, winning at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she finished with 3.75 points ahead of silver medalist Inna Zhukova, and at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she also became the oldest gymnast to win the Olympic gold.[7] On 4 July 2013, Kanaeva received the International Fair Play Award for "Sport and Life".[8]
Kanaeva holds the record for most World titles with seventeen and thirteen European titles. Kanaeva shares the record for most individual world all-around titles with Maria Petrova (1995 tied with Ekaterina Serebrianskaya), Maria Gigova (1971 tied with Galima Shugurova) and fellow Russian gymnasts Yana Kudryavtseva and Dina Averina, and Kanaeva is the one of only three gymnasts to have won all three titles without being tied, impossible due to the tie breaking system even though she never was tied for a title.
At the 2009 World Championship in Mie, Japan, Kanaeva became the first rhythmic gymnast to win all six titles.[9] She repeated the feat at the 2011 World Championship in Montpellier, France, equaling her own record.[10]
In 2009, Kanaeva was awarded the title Merited Master of Sports in Russia. After the 2012 Summer Olympics, on 15 August at the Grand Kremlin Palace, Kanaeva, along with fellow Olympic gold medalists, was awarded the Merit for the Fatherland IV Degree. Russian President Vladimir Putin presented the honors.
Kanaeva is the only gymnast to receive a perfect score under the 30-point judging system, having done so twice: in the 2011 Grand Prix Final in Brno and in the 2012 Grand Prix in Vorarlberg.
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^"Peerless Kanaeva completes Olympic double". FIG. 11 August 2012. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013.
^"Evgenia Kanaeva wins International Fair Play Award". olympicuniversity. 4 July 2013.
^"Kanaeva sets new record". FIG. 12 September 2009. Archived from the original on 6 April 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
^"Kanaeva repeats six Gold medal record". FIG. 23 September 2011. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013.
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