Svetlana Khorkina

Svetlana Khorkina
Светлана Хоркина
Khorkina in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Svetlana Vasilyevna Khorkina
Nickname(s)	Sveta
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1979-01-19) 19 January 1979 (age 45) Belgorod, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Hometown	Belgorod, Russia
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Years on national team	1994–2004 (RUS)
Head coach(es)	Boris Vasilevich Pilkin
Assistant coach(es)	Anna Pilina
Music	See below
Retired	23 August 2004
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 2 4 1 World Championships 9 8 3 World Cup Final 0 1 0 Goodwill Games 4 2 1 European Championships 13 5 2 European Team Championships 2 0 0 Total 30 20 7 Event 1st 2nd 3rd All-Around (OG/WC) 3 2 0 Uneven Bars (OG/WC) 7 1 0 Balance Beam (OG/WC) 0 1 0 Vault (OG/WC) 1 1 0 Floor Exercise (OG/WC) 0 2 2 Total 11 7 2 Women's artistic gymnastics Representing  Russia Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Uneven Bars 2000 Sydney Uneven Bars 1996 Atlanta Team 2000 Sydney Team 2000 Sydney Floor Exercise 2004 Athens All-Around 2004 Athens Team World Championships 1995 Sabae Uneven Bars 1996 San Juan Uneven Bars 1997 Lausanne All-Around 1997 Lausanne Uneven Bars 1999 Tianjin Uneven Bars 2001 Ghent Vault 2001 Ghent All-Around 2001 Ghent Uneven Bars 2003 Anaheim All-Around 1994 Brisbane Vault 1994 Brisbane Uneven Bars 1995 Sabae All-Around 1997 Lausanne Team 1997 Lausanne Balance Beam 1997 Lausanne Floor Exercise 1999 Tianjin Team 2001 Ghent Team 1994 Dortmund Team 1999 Tianjin Floor Exercise 2001 Ghent Floor Exercise World Cup Final 1998 Sabae Uneven Bars Goodwill Games 1994 St Petersburg Team 1994 St Petersburg Uneven Bars 1998 New York Uneven Bars 2001 Brisbane Uneven Bars 2001 Brisbane All-Around 2001 Brisbane Floor Exercise 1994 St Petersburg Vault European Championships 1994 Stockholm Uneven Bars 1996 Birmingham Uneven Bars 1998 St. Petersburg All-Around 1998 St. Petersburg Uneven Bars 1998 St. Petersburg Floor Exercise 2000 Paris Team 2000 Paris All-Around 2000 Paris Uneven Bars 2000 Paris Balance Beam 2002 Patras Team 2002 Patras All-Around 2002 Patras Uneven Bars 2004 Amsterdam Uneven Bars 1994 Stockholm Team 1994 Stockholm All-Around 1996 Birmingham Team 1998 St. Petersburg Team 2002 Patras Balance Beam 2004 Amsterdam Team 2004 Amsterdam Balance Beam European Team Championships 1999 Patras Team 2003 Moscow Team
Awards	Longines Prize for Elegance (1999)

Svetlana Vasilyevna Khorkina (Russian: Светлана Васильевна Хоркина; born 19 January 1979) is a retired Russian artistic gymnast. She competed in three Summer Olympics: 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, and 2004 Summer Olympics. During her career, Khorkina won seven Olympic medals and twenty World Championship medals. Over time, she medaled in every event at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. She was also the first gymnast to win three all-around titles at the World Championships and only the second female artistic gymnast ever, after Nadia Comăneci, to win three European All-Around titles. Khorkina is regarded as one of the most successful female gymnasts of all time.^[1]

At the opening ceremony of the 2019 Winter Universiade she lit the fire, together with bandy player Sergey Lomanov.^[2]