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Yevgeniya Kanayeva

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Evgeniya Olegovna Kanaeva OMF (Russian: Евгения Олеговна Канаева; born 2 April 1990) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the only individual rhythmic gymnast in history to win two Olympic all-around gold medals, winning at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she finished with 3.75 points ahead of silver medalist Inna Zhukova, and at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she also became the oldest gymnast to win the Olympic gold. On 4 July 2013, Kanaeva received the International Fair Play Award for "Sport and Life". Kanaeva holds the record for most World titles with seventeen and thirteen European titles. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Yevgeniya Kanayeva is the 217th most popular gymnast (down from 172nd in 2024), the 3,064th most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,754th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Russian Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Yevgeniya Kanayeva ranks 218 out of 370. Before her are Li Xiaoshuang, Irina Tchachina, Andreas Wecker, Marcel Nguyen, Adriana Dunavska, Marius Urzică, and Hong Un-jong. After her are Rustam Sharipov, Li Xiaopeng, Rodica Dunca, Hrihoriy Misyutin, and Valery Belenky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1990, Yevgeniya Kanayeva ranks 456. Before her are Nicolás Laprovíttola, Sam Bennett, Wizkid, Jeon Ji-yoon, James Maslow, and DeMarcus Cousins. After her are Mila Nitich, Dani García, Donatas Motiejūnas, Matthias Mayer, Rohan Dennis, and Mario Gaspar Pérez.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yevgeniya Kanayeva ranks 3,064 out of 3,761. Before her are Irina Khabarova (1966), Vladislav Radimov (1975), Sergei Ovchinnikov (1970), Olga Budina (1975), Juri Kashkarov (1963), and Sergey Kirdyapkin (1980). After her are German Titov (1965), Artur Smolyaninov (1983), Vasily Petrenko (1976), Roman Sharonov (1976), Yelena Afanasyeva (1967), and Elena Lyadova (1980).

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Among GYMNASTS In Russia

Among gymnasts born in Russia, Yevgeniya Kanayeva ranks 22. Before her are Tamara Lazakovich (1954), Dmitry Bilozerchev (1966), Svetlana Khorkina (1979), Vladimir Artemov (1964), Aliya Mustafina (1994), and Irina Tchachina (1982). After her are Yelena Naimushina (1964), Natalia Lavrova (1984), Elena Zamolodchikova (1982), Margarita Mamun (1995), Sergey Kharkov (1970), and Nastia Liukin (1989).

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