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Ksenia Dudkina

Ksenia Dudkina
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Personal information
Full name Ksenia Pavlovna Dudkina
Country represented  Russia
Born (1995-02-25) 25 February 1995 (age 22)
Omsk, Omsk Oblast, Russia
Hometown Omsk
Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
Level senior international elite
Club Gazprom
Gym Novogorsk
Head coach(es) Irina Viner
Assistant coach(es) Elena Arais & Vera Shtelbaums
Retired 2013

Ksenia Pavlovna Dudkina (Russian: Ксения Павловна Дудкина; born 25 February 1995) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast from Omsk, Russia. She is the 2012 Olympics Group All-around champion, the 2011 World Group All-around silver medalist, 2013 World Group All-around bronze medalist, 2012 European Group All-around gold medalist, (2013, 2012) World Cup Final Group All-around champion and 2010 Youth Olympic Games Group All-around champion.

Dudkina was trained by Elena Arais (daughter of Vera Shtelbaums, who is Evgenia Kanaeva's personal coach) before she started competing in group. Dudkina became an Honored Master of Sports of Russia in 2011.

Dudkina is from Omsk Oblast, also home to two-time Olympic champion Evgenia Kanaeva, 2004 Olympic silver medalist Irina Tchachina, Soviet World champion Galima Shugurova, and 1987 World Champion Tatiana Druchinina. Dudkina like Kanaeva is an honorary citizen of Omsk.

As a junior, she and the Russian Group won the gold medal at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games. She competed as member of the senior Russian Group at the 2011 World Championships. She was part of the golden winning Russian Group at the 2012 European Championships and at the World Cup Final in Minsk.


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