Svetlana Khorkina is a Russian artistic gymnast born January 19, 1979, who specialized in the uneven bars. She won Olympic gold on uneven bars at both the 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney Games, part of seven career Olympic medals overall, and won 20 World Championship medals including three all-around titles in 1997, 2001 and 2003, becoming the first gymnast ever to win three world all-around titles.
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Career HighlightSeven-time Olympic medalist and twenty-time World Championship medalist who became the first gymnast to win three all-around titles at the World Championships. 1 Classification
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Why did Svetlana Khorkina have so many gymnastics moves named after her?
She was unusually tall for gymnastics and created new moves to suit her height; eight bear her name.
Olympedia notes that Khorkina stood 1.65 metres tall, unusually tall for her sport, so she had to create a lot of new moves to suit her height and exploit her strengths. It credits her with eight moves named after her in the Artistic Gymnastics Code of Points, including at least one on each apparatus, which is more than any other gymnast, male or female.
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Svetlana Vasilyevna Khorkina (Russian: Светлана Васильевна Хоркина; born 19 January 1979) is a retired Russian artistic gymnast.
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Svetlana Vasilyevna Khorkina (Russian: Светлана Васильевна Хоркина; born 19 January 1979) is a retired Russian artistic gymnast.
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Svetlana Vasilyevna Khorkina (Russian: Светлана Васильевна Хоркина; born 19 January 1979) is a retired Russian artistic gymnast.
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Svetlana Vasilyevna Khorkina (Russian: Светлана Васильевна Хоркина; born 19 January 1979) is a retired Russian artistic gymnast.
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During her career, Khorkina won seven Olympic medals and twenty World Championship medals.
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Svetlana Vasilyevna Khorkina (Russian: Светлана Васильевна Хоркина; born 19 January 1979) is a retired Russian artistic gymnast.
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Svetlana Vasilyevna Khorkina (Russian: Светлана Васильевна Хоркина; born 19 January 1979) is a retired Russian artistic gymnast.
Competed In: 2000 Summer Olympics, lead paragraph, competed-in
She competed in three Summer Olympics: 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, and 2004 Summer Olympics.
Competed In: 1996 Summer Olympics, lead paragraph, competed-in
She competed in three Summer Olympics: 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, and 2004 Summer Olympics.
Competed In: 2004 Summer Olympics, lead paragraph, competed-in
She competed in three Summer Olympics: 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, and 2004 Summer Olympics.
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