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Ksenia Afanasyeva

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Ksenia Dmitrievna Afanasyeva (Russian: Ксения Дмитриевна Афанасьева; born 13 September 1991) is a retired Russian artistic gymnast who competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. She is the 2011 world champion on floor exercise, the 2013 and 2015 European floor champion, and the 2013 Universiade vault and floor champion. Widely regarded as one of the most original and artistic gymnasts of all time, she retired from elite gymnastics in July 2016 due to kidney disease, a month away from the 2016 Summer Olympics, for which she was the Russian team's first alternate. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Ksenia Afanasyeva is the 321st most popular gymnast (down from 299th in 2024), the 3,719th most popular biography from Russia (down from 3,548th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Russian Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Ksenia Afanasyeva ranks 321 out of 370. Before her are Vanda Hădărean, Nikolai Kryukov, Jade Barbosa, He Wenna, McKayla Maroney, and Feng Zhe. After her are Samir Aït Saïd, Sofia Raffaeli, Yang Yilin, Alexander Shatilov, Isao Yoneda, and Karen Cockburn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1991, Ksenia Afanasyeva ranks 955. Before her are Cho Seung-hee, Angelina Golikova, Milad Beigi, Marcelo, Ádám Gyurcsó, and François Affolter. After her are Anna Swenn-Larsson, Kim Polling, Emma Kullberg, Ali Ahamada, Kamshybek Kunkabayev, and Andreas Weimann.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Ksenia Afanasyeva ranks 3,719 out of 3,761. Before her are Javid Hamzatau (1989), Angelina Golikova (1991), Dmitry Larionov (1985), Iouri Podladtchikov (1988), Ivan Bukin (1993), and Aleksandr Pogorelov (1980). After her are Dmitry Malyshko (1987), Alexei Cherepanov (1989), Alexander Khatuntsev (1985), Vladimir Potkin (1982), Ksenia Perova (1989), and Yekaterina Abramova (1982).

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Among GYMNASTS In Russia

Among gymnasts born in Russia, Ksenia Afanasyeva ranks 36. Before her are Denis Ablyazin (1992), Yana Kudryavtseva (1997), Angelina Melnikova (2000), Maria Kryuchkova (1988), Anna Pavlova (1987), and Nikolai Kryukov (1978). After her are Natalia Ziganshina (1985), Nikita Nagornyy (1997), Aliya Garayeva (1988), Anastasia Maksimova (1991), Maria Paseka (1995), and Anastasia Grishina (1996).

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