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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Yevgeniya Kanayeva is the 209th most popular gymnast (down from 171st in 2019), the 3,003rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,755th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Russian Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Yevgeniya Kanayeva ranks 209 out of 370. Before her are Li Xiaoshuang, Irina Tchachina, Andreas Wecker, Marcel Nguyen, Marius Urzică, and Hong Un-jong. After her are Rustam Sharipov, Li Xiaopeng, Hrihoriy Misyutin, Igors Vihrovs, Gina Gogean, and Eleftherios Petrounias.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1990, Yevgeniya Kanayeva ranks 447. 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 3,003 out of 3,761. Before her are Maria Stepanova (1979), Irina Khabarova (1966), Vladislav Radimov (1975), Sergei Ovchinnikov (1970), Olga Budina (1975), and Sergey Kirdyapkin (1980). After her are German Titov (1965), Artur Smolyaninov (1983), Roman Sharonov (1976), Elena Lyadova (1980), Maria Butina (1988), and Sergey Abramov (1972).

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Among GYMNASTS In Russia

Among gymnasts born in Russia, Yevgeniya Kanayeva ranks 21. 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 Elena Zamolodchikova (1982), Margarita Mamun (1995), Nastia Liukin (1989), Viktoria Komova (1995), Denis Ablyazin (1992), and Yana Kudryavtseva (1997).

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