Karolina Sevastyanova
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Full name | Karolina Andreyevna Sevastyanova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1995-04-25) 25 April 1995 (age 29) Kyiv, Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Moscow, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Moscow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | Senior international elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gym | Novogorsk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Irina Viner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Karolina Andreyevna Sevastyanova (Russian: Каролина Андреевна Севастьянова; born 25 April 1995) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2012 Olympics Group All-around champion, 2012 European Group All-around champion and 2010 Youth Olympic Games Group All-around champion.
Career
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Sevastyanova competed as an individual gymnast on the junior level, appearing in international competitions. She competed in Miss Valentine 2005 in Estonia with Margarita Mamun. Later, she started competing with the Russian Group.
Sevastyanova was a member of the Russian Junior Group that won the gold medal at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games. In 2012, she was selected to compete with the Russian Senior Group as a replacement for the injured Natalia Pichuzhkina. They won the gold medal at the 2012 European Championships and at the World Cup Final in Minsk.
With Uliana Donskova, Anastasia Bliznyuk, Alina Makarenko, Anastasia Nazarenko, and Ksenia Dudkina, Sevastyanova won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the group all-around event.[1] They ate only buckwheat for six months leading up to the Olympic Games.[2] Sevastyanova was voted the most beautiful female athlete from the CIS countries participating at the 2012 Olympics. 17,200 people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan took part in the survey.[3] Sevastyanova retired from competition at the age of 17 following the event. She planned to get her college degree at Moscow State University and explore working as a TV presenter or host.
Sevastyanova appeared in the cover of the Russian edition of Maxim magazine in February 2015.
Detailed Olympic results
Year | Competition Description | Location | Music [4] | Apparatus | Rank | Score-Final | Rank | Score-Qualifying |
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2012 | Olympics | London | All-around | 1st | 57.000 | 1st | 56.375 | |
Giselle by Adolphe Adams | 5 Balls | 1st | 28.700 | 1st | 28.375 | |||
( Knock on Wood / Tough Lover / At Last / Oye ) by Safri Duo / Christina Aguilera / Kenny G / Gloria Estefan | 3 Ribbons / 2 Hoops | 1st | 28.300 | 1st | 28.000 |
See also
References
- ^ "Russia take Group gold". London2012.com. August 12, 2012. Archived from the original on August 23, 2012. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
- ^ Рассказова, И. (August 21, 2012). Олимпийская чемпионка Анастасия Близнюк: Вечером после победы в Лондоне ужинали… пять раз!. Sovetsky Sport (in Russian).
- ^ "Russians take the Top 4 Spot of most beautiful female Olympians". tengrinews.kz. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
- ^ "Russia Group RG music list". rgforum.
External links
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- Karolina Sevastyanova at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Karolina Sevastyanova at Olympics.com
- Karolina Sevastyanova at Olympic.org (archived)
- Karolina Sevastyanova at Olympedia
- Karolina Sevastyanova website at the Wayback Machine (archived 13 September 2014)
- Karolina Sevastyanova on Instagram