Olga Kapranova

Olga Kapranova
— Gymnast —
Personal information
Full name	Olga Sergeyevna Kapranova
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1987-12-06) December 6, 1987 Moscow, Soviet Union
Height	177 centimetres (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	57 kilograms (126 lb)
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Club	Gazprom
Head coach(es)	Irina Viner
Assistant coach(es)	Vera Shatalina
Former coach(es)	Elena Nefedova
Choreographer	Veronica Shatkova
Retired	2009
Medal record Competitor for  Russia Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Gold 2009 Mie Team Gold 2007 Patras Team Gold 2007 Patras Hoop Gold 2007 Patras Clubs Gold 2005 Baku All-around Gold 2005 Baku Rope Gold 2005 Baku Ball Gold 2005 Baku Clubs Gold 2005 Baku Team Gold 2003 Budapest Team Silver 2007 Patras Rope Bronze 2007 Patras All-around European Championships Gold 2009 Baku Team Gold 2007 Baku Hoop Gold 2007 Baku Team Gold 2005 Moscow Ball Gold 2005 Moscow Team Silver 2007 Baku Clubs Silver 2005 Moscow Rope Silver 2005 Moscow Clubs Bronze 2008 Torino All-around Bronze 2007 Baku Rope World Cup Final Gold 2007 Ljubljana All-around Silver 2008 Benidorm Rope Silver 2007 Ljubljana Ribbon Silver 2006 Mie Clubs Bronze 2008 Benidorm Clubs Bronze 2007 Ljubljana Clubs Bronze 2007 Ljubljana Hoop Bronze 2004 Moscow Hoop Bronze 2004 Moscow Clubs Bronze 2004 Moscow Ribbon Grand Prix Final Gold 2008 Bratislava All-around Gold 2008 Bratislava Rope Gold 2008 Bratislava Clubs Gold 2008 Bratislava Ribbon Gold 2007 Innsbruck All-around Gold 2007 Innsbruck Hoop Gold 2007 Innsbruck Clubs Gold 2005 Berlin Rope Gold 2005 Berlin Ball Gold 2005 Berlin Clubs Silver 2008 Bratislava Hoop Silver 2007 Innsbruck Ribbon Silver 2007 Innsbruck Rope Silver 2006 Berlin All-around Silver 2004 Deventer All-around Bronze 2006 Berlin Rope Bronze 2005 Berlin All-around Bronze 2004 Deventer Ribbon Bronze 2004 Deventer Hoop World Games Gold 2005 Duisburg Ball Gold 2005 Duisburg Clubs Silver 2009 Kaohsiung Hoop Bronze 2009 Kaohsiung Rope Summer Universiade Silver 2007 Bangkok All-around Silver 2007 Bangkok Ribbon Silver 2007 Bangkok Hoop

Olga Sergeyevna Kapranova (Russian: Ольга Серге́евна Капра́нова; born 6 December 1987) is a Russian retired rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2005 World All-around champion, the 2007 World All-around bronze medalist, the 2008 European All-around bronze medalist, the 2007 World Cup Final All-around champion, the (2007, 2008) Grand Prix Final All-around champion, (2004, 2006) Prix Final All-around silver medalist and 2005 Grand Prix Final All-around bronze medalist.

Career

Kapranova first took up the sport of rhythmic gymnastics in 1993 and trained with Elena Nefedova. In 2002 she started to train with Irina Viner, who has coached other stars of the sport, including Yana Batyrshina, Alina Kabaeva.

Kapranova began competing internationally in 2003. She finished fourth in the All-Around at the World Cup in Zaragoza and won a team medal at the World Championships in Budapest.

2004 was a good year for Kapranova but she was unable to make the Olympics, with the two places going to Irina Tchachina and Alina Kabaeva. After their retirements, she became one of Russia's top gymnasts. In 2005 she won the individual all-around title at the World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan.^[1]

In 2006, Kapranova won silver in all-around at the 2006 Grand Prix Final and another silver medal in clubs at the World Cup Final in Mie. She earned a number of medals in the World Cup series in 2007 and 2008, won the Grand Prix Final in 2007 and 2008, and took the bronze medal in All-around at the 2007 World championships behind teammate Vera Sessina. At the 2007 Summer Universiade she won the silver medal in all-around behind Anna Bessonova.

In the 2008 Olympic season, Kapranova won the bronze medal in all-around at the 2008 European Championships behind silver medalist Anna Bessonova and with rising star teammate Evgenia Kanaeva taking the gold medal. She was selected to compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics after beating Vera Sessina to take the second spot in the Russian team, along with Evgenia Kanaeva. She was ranked second in the qualifications and finished fourth in the Women's Individual event finals.^[2]

Kapranova competed at the 2009 World Championships in Mie, Japan and won the team gold medal with Evgenia Kanaeva, Daria Kondakova and Daria Dmitrieva. She retired from competition at the end of the 2009 season.

Personal life

Kapranova has an elder sister, Ekaterina, who is also a former rhythmic gymnast.

Routine music information

Detailed Olympic results

References

External links

• Olga Kapranova at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique