Lyasan Utiasheva
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| Full name | Lyasan Albertovna Utiasheva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alternative name(s) | Liasan Utyasheva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |
 Russia
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| Born |
28 June 1985 Rayevskiy, Bashkir ASSR, Soviet Union |
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| Hometown | Moscow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 42 kg (93 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Irina Viner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Vera Shatalina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach(es) | Oxana Skaldina, Alla Yanina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | N. Kosinova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eponymous skills | The Utyasheva - backsplit to backscale to backsplit pivot with help | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Lyasan Albertovna Utiasheva (Russian: Ляйсан Альбертовна Утяшева, Bashkir: Ләйсән Альберт ҡыҙы Үтәшева, born June 28, 1985) is a Russian TV show host, socialite, and former individual rhythmic gymnast, she was a two time Grand Prix Final all-around medalist. Now; Utiasheva is working as a successful businesswoman, founder of the online project «Sila Voli», one of the Ambassadors of the 2018 FIFA World Cup and a mother of two children. She was known for her extreme flexibility, her emphasis in point of landing on high releve in her back split pivots led to a career ending injury.
Utiasheva's first coach was Alla Yanina. Irina Viner invited both Utiasheva and her coach to join the Olympic Centre in Moscow, but it was only Utiasheva who moved.
Utiasheva's breakthrough came in 2001 when she placed third at the Russian Championships. She then competed at the 2001 World Cup in Berlin and won gold medals in All-around and the individual apparatus finals in clubs, ball, rope and hoop. At the 2001 World Games in Akita, Japan, Utiasheva won four silver medals behind teammate Irina Tchachina in event finals for rope, hoop, ball and clubs. Utiasheva won the all-around silver medal at the 2001 Grand Prix Final in Deventer, she also won 2 gold medals in the apparatus finals in clubs and rope. She was a member of the Russian team that won gold at the 2001 World Championships in Madrid but they were later disqualified due to Alina Kabaeva and Irina Tchachina testing positive for a banned diuretic.
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