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Ksenia Semyonova

Ksenia Semyonova
Kсениа Семйонова
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Semyonova in 2009
Personal information
Full name Ksenia Andreyevna Ablyazina(nee Semyonova)
Country represented  Russia
Born (1992-10-20) October 20, 1992 (age 24)
Novomoskovsk, Russia
Residence Moscow
Spouse Denis Ablyazin (m. 2016)
Height 154 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Weight 48 kg (106 lb)
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Level Senior
Years on national team 2006 – 2011
Club CSKA Moscow
Gym "Lake Krugloe"
Head coach(es) Marina Nazarova
Assistant coach(es) Nadezhda Nabokova
Choreographer Olga Burova
Music Puttin' On The Ritz (2008), Tango Colegiales/Murga Tango(2009-2010), Clubbed To Death (2010-2011)
Eponymous skills Beam: Full turn with leg held in back attitude
Floor: Double turn with leg held in back attitude
Retired 2012

Ksenia Andreyevna Ablyazina (nee Semyonova) (Russian: Ксения Андреевна Семёнова; born October 20, 1992) is a retired Russian artistic gymnast. She is the 2007 world champion on the uneven bars, the 2008 European champion on the uneven bars and the balance beam, and the 2009 European all-around champion. She also won a gold medal with the Russian team at the 2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. She represented Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics where she finished fourth in the team competition, fourth in the all-around, and sixth in the uneven bars final.

Semyonova was born on October 20, 1992, in Novomoskovsk, Russia. In September 2016 she married Russian gymnast Denis Ablyazin and on January 21st 2017 she gave birth to their son, Yaroslav Ablyazin.

Semyonova's initial international success was at the WOGA Classic in January, where she placed first on uneven bars and balance beam. She continued her success as part of the Russian team at the Gymnix International in Montreal, scoring an exceptional 15.95 on uneven bars, blowing away the rest of the field with her world leading start value of 7.2. She also won balance beam with a 15.85 and placed 3rd in floor exercise. In March at the Russian National Championships, she helped the Central region to victory in the team competition, won the uneven bars with 15.975 and took 3rd on beam. Semyonova was unable to compete at the European championships in April but returned to win the uneven bars competition at the Russian Cup in July. Her main competition of the year came at the 2007 World Championships in September, where she succeeded in becoming world champion on the uneven bars, scoring 16.35 over Nastia Liukin and Yang Yilin, making her the first Russian world champion in gymnastics since Svetlana Khorkina in 2003.


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