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Yana Kudryavtseva

Yana Kudryavtseva
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Kudryavtseva at the 2013 World Championships
Personal information
Full name Yana Alexeyevna Kudryavtseva
Nickname(s) Angel with iron wings,
Ice Queen, Kudry, Yanochka
Country represented  Russia
Born (1997-09-30) 30 September 1997 (age 19)
Moscow, Russia
Hometown Moscow
Residence Moscow
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 40 kg (88 lb)
Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
Level Senior International Elite
Years on national team 2007–2017
Club Gazprom
Gym Novogorsk
Head coach(es) Irina Viner
Assistant coach(es) Elena Karpushenko
Choreographer Elena Karpushenko
Eponymous skills a. (The Kudry) Back bend to roll over apparatus catch
b. Spinning ball on the tip of the finger while doing front walkover
c. Chaine turn wrapped in ribbon serpentine with one arm on the back
Retired January 2017
World ranking 2 (2016 Season)
1 (2015 Season)
1 (2014 Season)
4 (2013 Season)

Yana Alexeyevna Kudryavtseva (Russian: Я́на Алексе́евна Кудря́вцева; born 30 September 1997) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast.

She is the 2016 Olympic All-around silver medalist, three-time World Champion in the All-around (2013–2015), the 2015 European Games All-around champion, two-time (2014, 2016) European Championships All-around champion, the 2012 European Junior ball champion. In national level, she is a two-time (2015, 2014) Russian National All-around champion and three time Russian Junior National all-around champion.

She holds the record as the youngest rhythmic gymnast to win the World Championships in the All-around at 15 years of age. She broke another record at the 2014 World Championships becoming the youngest to win back-to-back All-around World titles at 16. Kudryavtseva was one of the finalist for the 2015 SportAccord Awards in category of the Sportswoman of the Year 2014. At the 2015 World Championships, Kudryavtseva for the first time became the youngest to win three World All-around titles at 17 years of age, she won with a total of 75.632 surpassing her previous score at Worlds. She is former record under the (2013–2016) 20-point judging system in the all-around with a total of 76.450 points, her record was broken twice by teammate Margarita Mamun.


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