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Karolina Sevastyanova

Karolina Sevastyanova
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Sevastyanova (right) in the 3 Ribbons + 2 Hoops final in 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name Karolina Andreyevna Sevastyanova
Country represented  Russia
Born (1995-04-25) 25 April 1995 (age 22)
Kiev, Ukraine
Hometown Moscow, Russia
Residence Moscow
Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
Level Senior international elite
Gym Novogorsk
Head coach(es) Irina Viner
Retired 2012

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.

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. They ate only buckwheat for six months leading up to the Olympic Games. 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. 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.


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