Yana Kudryavtseva

Yana Kudryavtseva
Kudryavtseva at the 2016 World Cup
Personal information
Full nameYana Alexeyevna Kudryavtseva
Nickname(s)Angel with iron wings, [1]
Crystal Statuette, Ice Queen, Kudry, Yanochka, The Princess of Rhythmic Gymnastics
Country represented Russia
Born (1997-09-30) 30 September 1997 (age 27)
Moscow, Russia
HometownMoscow
ResidenceMoscow
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in) [2]
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2007–2017
ClubGazprom
GymNovogorsk
Head coach(es)Irina Viner
Assistant coach(es)Elena Karpushenko
ChoreographerElena Karpushenko
Eponymous skillsa. (The Kudry) Back bend to roll over apparatus catch
b. Spinning ball on the tip of the finger while doing front walkover
c. Chaine turn wrapped in ribbon serpentine with one arm on the back
RetiredJanuary 2017
World ranking2 (2016 Season)[3]
1 (2015 Season)[4]
1 (2014 Season)[5]
4 (2013 Season)[6]
Medal record
International gymnastics competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 0
World Championships 13 3 0
European Games 4 0 0
European Championships 9 0 0
FIG World Cup 73 14 6
Junior European Championships 2 0 0
Total 109 23 7
Representing  Russia
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro All-Around
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kyiv All-Around
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kyiv Clubs
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kyiv Ribbon
Gold medal – first place 2014 Izmir All-Around
Gold medal – first place 2014 Izmir Hoop
Gold medal – first place 2014 Izmir Ball
Gold medal – first place 2014 Izmir Clubs
Gold medal – first place 2014 Izmir Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Stuttgart All-Around
Gold medal – first place 2015 Stuttgart Clubs
Gold medal – first place 2015 Stuttgart Ball
Gold medal – first place 2015 Stuttgart Ribbon
Gold medal – first place 2015 Stuttgart Team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Kyiv Hoop
Silver medal – second place 2013 Kyiv Ball
Silver medal – second place 2014 Izmir Ribbon
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Vienna Team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Vienna Ball
Gold medal – first place 2013 Vienna Clubs
Gold medal – first place 2014 Baku All-Around
Gold medal – first place 2015 Minsk Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Minsk Ball
Gold medal – first place 2015 Minsk Clubs
Gold medal – first place 2015 Minsk Ribbon
Gold medal – first place 2016 Holon All-Around
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku All-Around
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku Ball
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku Clubs
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku Ribbon
Junior European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Nizhy Novgorod Ball
Gold medal – first place 2012 Nizhy Novgorod Team

Yana Alexeyevna Kudryavtseva (Russian: Я́на Алексе́евна Кудря́вцева; born 30 September 1997) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympic All-around silver medalist, three-time World Champion in the All-around (2013–2015), the 2015 European Games All-around champion, two-time (2014, 2016) European Championships All-around champion, the 2012 European Junior ball champion. In national level, she is a two-time (2015, 2014) Russian National All-around champion and three time Russian Junior National all-around champion.

She holds the record as the youngest rhythmic gymnast to win the World Championships in the All-around at 15 years of age.[citation needed] She broke another record at the 2014 World Championships becoming the youngest to win back-to-back All-around World titles at 16.[7] Kudryavtseva was one of the finalist for the 2015 SportAccord Awards in category of the Sportswoman of the Year 2014.[8] At the 2015 World Championships, Kudryavtseva for the first time became the youngest to win three World All-around titles at 17 years of age, she won with a total of 75.632 surpassing her previous score at Worlds.[9] She is a former record holder under the (2013–2016) 20-point judging system in the all-around with a total of 76.450 points. Her record was broken twice by teammate Margarita Mamun.

Kudryavtseva retired in January 2017 due to multiple leg injuries, including a fracture in the left foot sustained during the 2016 World Cup in Kazan.[10] Throughout her career she had never finished a competition off an international All-around podium.

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  8. ^ "Kohei Uchimura, Yana Kudryavtseva finalists for SportAccord Awards 2015". International Federation of Gymnastics.
  9. ^ "5 things to know about Reigning Rhythmic World Champion Yana Kudryavtseva (RUS)". International Federation of Gymnastics. 12 September 2015.
  10. ^ Российская гимнастка Кудрявцева подтвердила, что завершает карьеру. tass.ru (10 January 2017)