Evgeniya Kanaeva

Evgeniya Kanaeva
Kanaeva at 2015
Personal information
Full nameEvgeniya 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, Soviet Union
HometownMoscow
ResidenceRussia
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2005–2012
ClubCSKA Moscow
GymNovogorsk
Head coach(es)Irina Viner
Assistant coach(es)Vera Shtelbaums
Choreographer
Eponymous skillsKanaeva: Rotation 180 degrees on the chest, legs in split position without help
Retired2012
World ranking
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
FIG World Cup 99 17 6
Grand Prix Final 15 0 0
World Games 4 0 0
Summer Universiade 9 1 0
Total 162 20 6
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing All-Around
Gold medal – first place 2012 London All-Around
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Patras Team
Gold medal – first place 2009 Mie All-around
Gold medal – first place 2009 Mie Ball
Gold medal – first place 2009 Mie Hoop
Gold medal – first place 2009 Mie Ribbon
Gold medal – first place 2009 Mie Rope
Gold medal – first place 2009 Mie Team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Moscow All-around
Gold medal – first place 2010 Moscow Ball
Gold medal – first place 2010 Moscow Hoop
Gold medal – first place 2010 Moscow Team
Gold medal – first place 2011 Montpellier All-around
Gold medal – first place 2011 Montpellier Ball
Gold medal – first place 2011 Montpellier Hoop
Gold medal – first place 2011 Montpellier Clubs
Gold medal – first place 2011 Montpellier Ribbon
Gold medal – first place 2011 Montpellier Team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Moscow Rope
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Baku Team
Gold medal – first place 2007 Baku Ribbon
Gold medal – first place 2008 Torino All-around
Gold medal – first place 2009 Baku Team
Gold medal – first place 2009 Baku Ball
Gold medal – first place 2009 Baku Hoop
Gold medal – first place 2009 Baku Ribbon
Gold medal – first place 2009 Baku Rope
Gold medal – first place 2010 Bremen All-around
Gold medal – first place 2011 Minsk Team
Gold medal – first place 2011 Minsk Hoop
Gold medal – first place 2011 Minsk Ribbon
Gold medal – first place 2012 Nizhny Novgorod All-around
Silver medal – second place 2011 Minsk Ball
World Cup Final
Gold medal – first place 2008 Benidorm Clubs
Gold medal – first place 2008 Benidorm Hoop
Gold medal – first place 2008 Benidorm Ribbon
Grand Prix Final
Gold medal – first place 2009 Berlin All-around
Gold medal – first place 2009 Berlin Rope
Gold medal – first place 2009 Berlin Hoop
Gold medal – first place 2009 Berlin Ball
Gold medal – first place 2009 Berlin Ribbon
Gold medal – first place 2010 Berlin All-around
Gold medal – first place 2010 Berlin Rope
Gold medal – first place 2010 Berlin Hoop
Gold medal – first place 2010 Berlin Ball
Gold medal – first place 2010 Berlin Ribbon
Gold medal – first place 2011 Brno All-around
Gold medal – first place 2011 Brno Ball
Gold medal – first place 2011 Brno Hoop
Gold medal – first place 2011 Brno Clubs
Gold medal – first place 2011 Brno Ribbon
World Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Kaohsiung Ball
Gold medal – first place 2009 Kaohsiung Hoop
Gold medal – first place 2009 Kaohsiung Ribbon
Gold medal – first place 2009 Kaohsiung Rope
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2009 Belgrade All-around
Gold medal – first place 2009 Belgrade Ball
Gold medal – first place 2009 Belgrade Rope
Gold medal – first place 2009 Belgrade Hoop
Gold medal – first place 2009 Belgrade Ribbon
Gold medal – first place 2011 Shenzhen All-around
Gold medal – first place 2011 Shenzhen Ball
Gold medal – first place 2011 Shenzhen Clubs
Gold medal – first place 2011 Shenzhen Hoop
Silver medal – second place 2011 Shenzhen Ribbon

Evgeniya Olegovna Kanaeva OMF (Russian: Евгения Олеговна Канаева; born 2 April 1990) is a retired 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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  7. ^ "Peerless Kanaeva completes Olympic double". FIG. 11 August 2012. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013.
  8. ^ "Evgenia Kanaeva wins International Fair Play Award". olympicuniversity. 4 July 2013.
  9. ^ "Kanaeva sets new record". FIG. 12 September 2009. Archived from the original on 6 April 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  10. ^ "Kanaeva repeats six Gold medal record". FIG. 23 September 2011. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013.