Ksenia Afanasyeva

Ksenia Afanasyeva
— Gymnast —
Afanasyeva in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Ksenia Dmitrievna Afanasyeva
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1991-09-13) September 13, 1991 Tula, Russia
Hometown	Tula, Russia
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Height	158 centimetres (5 ft 2 in)
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Club	CSKA Sports Club
Gym	"Lake Krugloe"
Head coach(es)	Marina Vladimirovna Nazarova
Former coach(es)	Sergey Olegovich Gaiderov
Choreographer	Olga Burova
Music	2005-2006: Dancing With the Muse 2007-2008: Isadora and L for Love 2009: Ballet and Nuclear 2010-2011: The Color of the Night 2011: Infiltrado 2012: Grand Guignol and Ironside
Medal record Competitor for  Russia Olympic Games Silver 2012 London Team World Championships Gold 2010 Rotterdam Team Gold 2011 Tokyo Floor Exercise Silver 2011 Tokyo Team European Championships Gold 2013 Moscow Floor Exercise Silver 2008 Clermont Team Silver 2009 Milan All-Around World Cup Silver 2007 Paris Balance Beam Silver 2008 Moscow Floor Exercise Silver 2008 Tianjin Vault Silver 2011 Moscow Balance Beam Silver 2011 Moscow Floor Exercise Bronze 2008 Tianjin Uneven Bars Bronze 2010 Moscow Balance Beam Gold 2013 La-Roche-sur-Yon Floor Exercise Pacific Rim Championships Bronze 2010 Melbourne All-Around Bronze 2010 Melbourne Uneven Bars Summer Universiade Gold 2013 Kazan Team Gold 2013 Kazan Vault Gold 2013 Kazan Floor Exercise Silver 2013 Kazan All-Around

Ksenia Dmitrievna Afanasyeva (Russian: Ксения Дмитриевна Афанасьева) (born September 13, 1991) is a Russian artistic gymnast. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics. She is the 2011 World Floor champion, the 2013 European Floor champion, and the 2013 Universiade Vault and Floor champion.

Senior career

2007

In March, Afanasyeva competed at the World Cup event in Paris, France. She placed second on balance beam scoring 15.175.^[1]

2008

In April, Afanasyeva competed at the European Championships in Clermont-Ferrand, France. She contributed scores of 14.575 on vault and 14.100 on floor toward the Russian team's second place finish.^[2]

In May, Afanasyeva competed at the World Cup event in Tianjin, China. She placed second on vault scoring 14.350, third on uneven bars scoring 15.075, and fifth on balance beam scoring 15.275.^[3]

At the end of May, Afanasyeva competed at the World Cup event in Moscow, Russia. She placed seventh on vault scoring 13.887 and second on floor scoring 14.775.^[4]

Beijing Olympics

In August, Afanasyeva competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. In qualifications she placed sixth in the all around with a score of 60.800 but did not advance to the final due to the two per country rule.^[5] In the team final, she contributed scores of 15.075 on vault, 14.925 on uneven bars, and 14.375 on floor toward the Russian team's fourth place finish.^[6] In the balance beam final, she placed seventh with a score of 14.825.^[7]

2009

In April, Afanasyeva competed at the European Championships in Milan, Italy. She placed second in the all around final with a score of 57.600 and fourth in the uneven bars final scoring 14.650.^[8]

Originally, Ksenia was on the four gymnast delegation for the 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in London, United Kingdom. She traveled to London but didn't compete owing to a back injury.

2010

In April, Afansyeva competed at the Pacific Rim Championships in Melbourne, Australia. She placed third in the all around competition with a score of 57.450.^[9] In event finals, she placed third on uneven bars scoring 14.250, fourth on balance beam scoring 14.525, and sixth on floor scoring 13.675.^[10]

In May, Afanasyeva competed at the World Cup event in Moscow, Russia. She placed third on balance beam scoring 13.500.^[11]

In July, Afanasyeva competed at the Japan Cup in Tokyo, Japan. She won the all around competition with a score of 58.350. She said, "I did all events cleanly, vault in particular."^[12]

In October, Afanasyeva competed at the World Championships in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. She contributed a score of 14.800 on floor toward the Russian team's first place finish. In the floor final, she placed eighth with a score of 12.700.^[13]

2011

In May, Afanasyeva competed at the World Cup event in Moscow, Russia. She placed second on balance beam scoring 14.200 and second on floor scoring 14.200.^[14]

In October, Afanasyeva competed at the World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. In the team final, she contributed scores of 14.800 on vault and 14.633 on floor toward the Russian team's second place finish.^[15] She placed seventh in the all around competition with a score of 56.732^[16] and first on floor with a score of 15.133.^[17]

2012

Afanasyeva performing on floor during the team final at London 2012 on 31 July.

In March, Afanasyeva competed at the Russian National Championships in Penza, Russia. She placed second in the all around competition with a score of 58.387.^[18] In event finals, she placed first on balance beam scoring 14.980, and second on floor scoring 14.180.^[19] She sustained a small leg injury and said, "I really hope to recover, to have time to prepare and make an impact (at the European Championships). Without this tournament it will be very hard to get to the Olympics. The selection of the team goes through several stages - the Russian championships that we just had, followed by the European championships and Russian Cup."

In June, Afanasyeva competed at the Russian Cup in Penza, Russia. She placed fourth in the all around competition with a score of 56.067.^[20]

London Olympics

At the end of July, Afanasyeva competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom and was team captain. Afanasyeva scored 15.066 on balance beam and 14.833 on floor during qualification on 29 July.^[21] In the team final on 31 July, she contributed scores of 14.833 on balance beam and 14.333 on floor toward the Russian team's second place finish.^[22] In event finals on 7 August, she placed fifth on balance beam scoring 14.583 and sixth on floor scoring 14.566.^[23]

2013

Afanasyeva performing on floor at the 2011 Mexico Open Gymnastics in Acapulco

In March, Afanasyeva competed at the Russian National Championships in Penza, Russia. She placed fourth in the all around with a score of 56.850.^[24] Afanasyeva contributed scores of 15.000 on vault, 12.750 on balance beam, and 14.450 on floor towards the Central team's first place finish.^[25] In event finals, she placed third on balance beam scoring 13.775 and first on floor scoring 13.600.^[26]

Later in March, Afanasyeva competed at the 19th French International in La Roche-sur-Yon, France. She qualified for balance beam and floor with scores of 13.966 and 14.466 respectively.^[27] Afanasyeva placed fourth on balance beam with a score of 13.066, and won gold on the floor exercise with a score of 14.633.^[28]

In April, Afanasyeva competed at the European Championships in Moscow, Russia. In qualifications, she placed fifth in the all around with a score of 55.099 but did not advance to the final due to the two per country rule. After qualifying in first place with a score of 14.633, Afanasyeva won the gold medal in the floor final with a score of 15.166.^[29]

In July, Afanasyeva competed at the 2013 Summer Universiade where she helped Russia finish first in the team final with scores of 15.000 on vault, 12.550 on uneven bars, 14.250 on balance beam, and 14.750 on floor exercise. In doing so, she also qualified second to all around finals behind compatriot Aliya Mustafina, fourth to vault finals, and first to floor finals. She won the all around silver with compatriot Aliya Mustafina taking the gold medal. During vault finals, she debuted her new Amanar vault and performed the same two vaults as teammate Maria Paseka. Afanasyeva however, surprised the crowd and tied for first place with North Korean gymnast Hong Un-Jong with a 15.125 while Paseka placed third. She also won the floor final.

References

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