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Evgeniya Kanaeva

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Evgeniya Kanaeva is a retired Russian rhythmic gymnast and the only individual rhythmic gymnast in Olympic history to win two All-around gold medals, achieving the feat at the 2008 Beijing and 2012 London Olympics, where she also became the oldest gymnast to win an Olympic gold in the event. She holds the record for the most World Championship titles won by a rhythmic gymnast, with seventeen victories, along with thirteen European titles, and is the only gymnast to win all six apparatus titles at a single World Championship, a feat she achieved twice, at the 2009 World Championship in Mie and the 2011 World Championship in Montpellier. Over a competitive career that ran from 2005 to 2012 she accumulated 164 international gold medals, making her one of the most decorated athletes in the history of her sport.

Facts
Birth Year
1990 1
Birth Date
1990-04-02 1
Nationality
Russian 1
Career Highlight
Only individual rhythmic gymnast in history to win two Olympic all-around gold medals, at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics 1
Classification
Competition Category
Individual 1
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1. Wikipedia, Evgeniya Kanaeva
  • Lead section, first sentence, birth year
    born 2 April 1990
  • Lead section, first sentence, birth date
    born 2 April 1990
  • Lead section, first sentence, nationality
    is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast
  • Lead section, second sentence, Olympic all-around gold medals
    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
  • Wikipedia, article summary lead
    Evgeniya Olegovna Kanaeva OMF (Russian: Евгения Олеговна Канаева; born 2 April 1990) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast.
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