Yevgeniya Kanayeva

Evgenia Kanaeva
— Gymnast —
Personal information
Full name	Yevgeniya Olegovna Kanayeva
Nickname(s)	Zhenya, Kanai
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1990-04-02) 2 April 1990 Omsk, Soviet Union
Hometown	Omsk, Russian Federation
Height	5 ft 7.5 in (1.72 m)
Weight	49 kilograms (108 lb)
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Years on national team	2005–2012
Club	Gazprom
Gym	Novogorsk
Head coach(es)	Irina Viner
Assistant coach(es)	Vera Shtelbaums
Choreographer	Irina Zenovka Veronica Shatkova
Eponymous skills	Ring Pivots, Switch turn
Retired	2012
World ranking	1 (2012 Season)[1] 5 (2011 Season)[2] 1 (2010 Season)[3] 1 (2009 Season)[4] 1 (2008 Season)[5] 6 (2007 Season)[6]
Medal record International gymnastics competitions Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 2 0 0 World Championships 17 1 0 European Championships 13 1 0 World Cup Final 18 1 2 Grand Prix Final 15 0 0 World Games 4 0 0 Summer Universiade 9 1 0 Total 78 4 2 Competitor for  Russia Rhythmic Gymnastics Olympic Games Gold 2012 London All-Around Gold 2008 Beijing All-Around World Championships Gold 2011 Montpellier All-around Gold 2011 Montpellier Ball Gold 2011 Montpellier Hoop Gold 2011 Montpellier Clubs Gold 2011 Montpellier Ribbon Gold 2011 Montpellier Team Gold 2010 Moscow All-around Gold 2010 Moscow Ball Gold 2010 Moscow Hoop Gold 2010 Moscow Team Gold 2009 Mie All-around Gold 2009 Mie Ball Gold 2009 Mie Hoop Gold 2009 Mie Ribbon Gold 2009 Mie Rope Gold 2009 Mie Team Gold 2007 Patras Team Silver 2010 Moscow Rope European Championships Gold 2012 Nizhny Novgorod All-around Gold 2011 Minsk Team Gold 2011 Minsk Hoop Gold 2011 Minsk Ribbon Gold 2010 Bremen All-around Gold 2009 Baku Team Gold 2009 Baku Ball Gold 2009 Baku Hoop Gold 2009 Baku Ribbon Gold 2009 Baku Rope Gold 2008 Torino All-around Gold 2007 Baku Team Gold 2007 Baku Ribbon Silver 2011 Minsk Ball World Cup Final Gold 2012 Minsk All-around Gold 2012 Minsk Clubs Gold 2012 Minsk Ribbon Gold 2012 Minsk Hoop Gold 2012 Minsk Ball Gold 2010 Pesaro All-around Gold 2010 Pesaro Rope Gold 2010 Pesaro Hoop Gold 2010 Pesaro Ball Gold 2010 Pesaro Ribbon Gold 2009 Minsk All-around Gold 2009 Minsk Rope Gold 2009 Minsk Hoop Gold 2009 Minsk Ball Gold 2009 Minsk Ribbon Gold 2008 Benidorm Clubs Gold 2008 Benidorm Hoop Gold 2008 Benidorm Ribbon Silver 2007 Ljubljana Clubs Bronze 2007 Ljubljana All-around Bronze 2007 Ljubljana Rope Grand Prix Final Gold 2011 Brno All-around Gold 2011 Brno Ball Gold 2011 Brno Hoop Gold 2011 Brno Clubs Gold 2011 Brno Ribbon Gold 2010 Berlin All-around Gold 2010 Berlin Rope Gold 2010 Berlin Hoop Gold 2010 Berlin Ball Gold 2010 Berlin Ribbon Gold 2009 Berlin All-around Gold 2009 Berlin Rope Gold 2009 Berlin Hoop Gold 2009 Berlin Ball Gold 2009 Berlin Ribbon World Games Gold 2009 Kaohsiung Ball Gold 2009 Kaohsiung Hoop Gold 2009 Kaohsiung Ribbon Gold 2009 Kaohsiung Rope Summer Universiade Gold 2011 Shenzhen All-around Gold 2011 Shenzhen Ball Gold 2011 Shenzhen Clubs Gold 2011 Shenzhen Hoop Gold 2009 Belgrade All-around Gold 2009 Belgrade Ball Gold 2009 Belgrade Rope Gold 2009 Belgrade Hoop Gold 2009 Belgrade Ribbon Silver 2011 Shenzhen Ribbon Junior Grand Prix Gold 2004 Thiais All-around

Evgenia Olegovna Kanaeva OMF (Russian: Евгения Олеговна Канаева; born 2 April 1990 Omsk, Soviet Union) is a Russian rhythmic gymnast. A gymnast known for her consistency, elegant routines and high level of technical difficulty. 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 an unprecedented 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.^[7] In 4 July 2013, Kanaeva has been a recipient of the International Fair Play Award for "Sport and Life".^[8]

Kanaeva holds the record for most World titles with seventeen and thirteen European titles. Kanaeva shares the record for most individual world all-around titles with Maria Petrova (1995 tied with Ekaterina Serebrianskaya) and Maria Gigova (1971 tied with Galina Shugurova), and Kanaeva is the only gymnast to have won all three titles without being tied, impossible due to the tie breaking system even though she never was tied for a title.

At the 2009 World Championship in Mie, Japan, Kanaeva became the first rhythmic gymnast to win all six titles.^[9] She repeated the feat at the 2011 World Championship in Montpellier, France, equaling her own record.^[10]

Kanaeva is the only gymnast to hold both the World Cup Final All-around and Grand Prix Final All-around title in a single season for three consecutive years. Kanaeva is the only gymnast to receive a perfect score under the 30-point judging system, doing so twice: in the 2011 Grand Prix Final in Brno and in the 2012 Grand Prix in Voralberg.

In 2009, Kanaeva was awarded the title Merited Master of Sports in Russia. After the 2012 Summer Olympics, on 15 August at the Grand Kremlin Palace, Kanaeva, along with fellow Olympic gold medalists, was awarded the Merit for the Fatherland IV Degree. Russian President Vladimir Putin presented the honors.

Career

Childhood

Her grandmother, a devoted fan of rhythmic gymnastics and figure skating, introduced six-year-old Kanaeva to rhythmic gymnastics.^[11] Her first trainer, Elena Arais (daughter of Kanaeva's current trainer, Vera Shtelbaums), was impressed by her enthusiasm for learning difficult elements.^[12] Shtelbaums, who worked in the same gymnastics school, recalled Kanaeva spending long hours practicing even though all other students were gone, while her grandmother stood in the corridor waiting to take her home.^[13] Besides her passion for rhythmic gymnastics, the young Kanaeva was nicknamed 'Mother Teresa' by the training staff and the parents of her childhood friends for her kindness and concern for others.^[14]

Kanaeva was selected to join a group of young rhythmic gymnasts from Omsk for try-outs in Moscow at the age of 12. Her performance caught the eye of Amina Zaripova, who was in charge of the youth program. Kanaeva was then invited to train at the School of the Olympic Reserve. Kanaeva improved quickly under the supervision of Shtelbaums who was in Moscow as fellow Omsk native Irina Tchachina's coach. In 2003 at 13 years of age, Kanaeva debuted in international competitions and began winning the junior events, Kanaeva represented ‘Gazprom’ as a junior rhythmic gymnast to take part in the World Club Championship (also known as ‘Aeon Cup’) in Japan alongside Irina Tchachina and Alina Kabayeva. She won the junior title and was presently noticed by the head coach of the Russian national team, Irina Viner. She was accepted into the Novogorsk training centre for national team members.

Rise

Kanaeva's rise through the senior ranks was not without difficulty due to Russia's repository of rhythmic gymnasts. After the Olympic Games 2004, at which Kabaeva and Tchachina won the gold and silver medals respectively, Kabaeva remained competitive while Vera Sessina and Olga Kapranova rose to become Russia's new leading rhythmic gymnasts, leaving little room for Kanaeva in the competitive sphere. Kanaeva made her senior international debut in 2006 at the International Tournament Schmiden where she won gold in all-around and event finals. She competed in her first World Cup Final in Mie competing in clubs and ribbon where she finished 5th.

In summer 2007, Kanaeva competed in World Cup in Corbeil-Essonnes winning the all-around gold medal, she also won gold in hoop, rope and ribbon final defeating Anna Bessonova. She then competed at the World Cup Final in Ljubljana where she won bronze in all-around, rope and silver in clubs. At the 2007 European Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan; Kabaeva, Sessina, and Kapranova were chosen to represent Russia. However, on the eve of the competition, Kabaeva withdrew because of an injury. Viner selected Kanaeva from the reserve team as the replacement. Despite the short notice, Kanaeva impressed by winning gold medals in both the individual ribbon and team competition. A few months later, she won another gold medal in the team competition at the World Championship in Patras, Greece.

2008 Olympics season

With the opportunity to take part in the Olympic Games in Beijing growing, all of Kanaeva 's routines (hoop, clubs, rope and ribbon) were designed with high difficulties and her music was selected to bring out her uniqueness, one of which was her ribbon routine performed with the special edited piano version of ‘Moscow Nights (Подмосковные вечера)’.

In the beginning of 2008 season, Kanaeva still faced tough competition from veteran teammates Sessina, Kapranova and Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast, the then-World Champion, Anna Bessonova. However, by mid-spring, Kanaeva began to establish herself by winning all the individual all-around titles in the Grand Prix and World Cup series, as well as the Russian National Championship. At the European Championship in Turin, Italy, she established herself as the number one senior rhythmic gymnast of the Russian national team. She defeated Bessonova and Kapranova with high scores in all her routines ( 18.875 in rope, 18.925 in hoop, 18.875 in ribbon and scored a 19.050 in clubs). At the 2008 European Championships she became the All-around champion. Viner selected Kanaeva and Kapranova as Russia's entries for the Olympic rhythmic gymnastics competition.

Kanaeva was the youngest among all the finalists in the Olympic rhythmic gymnastics competition. However, she remained calm and made only a few mistakes. In her words, the Olympic Games were "different from all other competitions. You just have to concentrate on yourself, the apparatus and the carpet. You should not pay attention on anything else. I persuaded myself that everything would be alright, that I should not worry."^[13] With this mentality and her high level of Technical Difficulty, Kanaeva won the Olympic title with a score of 75.50, ahead of second place Inna Zhukova of Belarus by a margin of 3.50 points.

2009 season

Because of the implementation of the new Code of Points, Kanaeva's style changed drastically in 2009, causing her to struggle with injury and exhaustion early in the season. Nevertheless, Kanaeva won gold medals in all four apparatuses at the 2009 European Championships in May. Then, in July, she collected all nine gold medals at the Universiade and the World Games. Her five gold medals in the Universiade enabled Russia to come first in the overall team ranking. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev openly complimented Kanaeva’s contribution.^[15] She was also hailed as the "Heroine of the Games" by the official website of Universiade Belgrade 2009.^[16]

In September, Kanaeva competed at the World Championships in Mie Prefecture, Japan. Kanaeva qualified for the individual all-around final by placing first in every single apparatus, each with a gold medal. Her results in individual apparatuses (along with those of her teammates Olga Kapranova, Daria Kondakova, and Daria Dmitrieva) helped win the team gold for Russia. In the individual all-around final, Kanaeva won her sixth gold medal by a margin of 0.600, beating by one the record set by Russian gymnast Oxana Kostina in 1992 of most gold medals won in a single rhythmic gymnastics World Championship. President Medvedev again acknowledged Kanaeva's new record by sending her a telegram of congratulations.^[17]

2010 & 2011 seasons

In 2010 Kanaeva had an undefeated all-around season and finishing at the World Cup Final and Grand Prix Final winning the gold medals in all-around and event finals, she repejated as the 2010 European all-around champion ahead of teammate Daria Kondakova. At the 2010 World Championships, she won gold in the all-around, ball, hoop and silver in rope behind teammate Daria Kondakova.

Kanaeva started her 2011 season competing at the 2011 Moscow Grand Prix where she won gold in all-around and all event finals, she won silver in all-around at the Pesaro World Cup behind teammate Daria Kondakova nevertheless, she won all her other World Cup and Grand Prix series all-around competitions. She competed at the 2011 European Championships where she won gold in hoop, ball and a silver medal in ribbon behind Belarusian Liubov Charkashyna. In the 2011 World Championships, Kanaeva broke her own record by again winning 6 gold medals in a single World Championship, the all-around, event finals ( hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon ) and team event. At the 2011 Grand Prix Final in Brno, Kanaeva won gold in all-around and all event finals where she scored a perfect 30 in ribbon under the 30 point judging system. She finished her season winning the all-around at the 2011 Aeon Cup in Japan. She ranked 5th in the world ranking 2011 season, dropped form the 1st in 2010 season due to she didn't take part in many competition in the 2011 season. However, she ranked the 1st again in the 2012 season.

2012 Olympics season

Kanaeva started her season with new hoop, clubs and ball routines at the Moscow Grand Prix. She finished 2nd in the all-around at the 2012 Moscow Grand Prix behind teammate Daria Kondakova, but won gold medals in the ribbon, clubs and hoop finals ahead of Daria Dmitrieva and Daria Kondakova. She followed her win at the Grand Prix by winning the all-around at the International Thiais Tournament. She went on to compete on her first World Cup of the season at Pesaro and won the all-around title as well the clubs, ball and hoop finals. She withdrew from Penza World Cup citing illness. She returned to competition at the Sofia World Cup where she beat the defending champion Daria Kondakova and won the event finals in ball and hoop. She did not qualify for the ribbon finals because of the two per country rule, with Kondakova and Dmitrieva ahead of her in the ribbon qualifications. She was also the champion in all-around at the 2012 Corbeil-Essonnes Cup ahead of compatriots Daria Dmitrieva and Alexandra Merkulova.

At the 2012 European Championships, Kanaeva won her third consecutive European All-around title and posted a score of 29.700 in her ball routine. In an interview after the event, she said: "This victory didn't come easy. In the future I have to put effort on executing elements stronger and more precisely. My coaches are satisfied, and it's very important. I don't live by victory but by what I do."^[18] Kanaeva then competed at the Grand Prix Vorarlberg in Austria, where she won gold medals in the all-around and all the apparatus finals. At the World Cup Final in Minsk, Kanaeva continued her consecutive records in the World Cup Final by winning the Gold medal in All-around ahead of teammate Daria Dmitrieva ( silver ) and Belarusian Liubov Charkashyna (bronze). Kanaeva also won all the gold medals (Ball, Hoop, Clubs and Ribbon) at the event finals.

In the qualifications at the 2012 Olympics, Kanaeva ranked 2nd on the first day, behind teammate Daria Dmitrieva, after an unusual errant of fumbling her hoop routine. On the second day, she moved ahead of Dmitrieva with a total score of 116.000 points.

During the finals, Kanaeva completed all four apparatus without any major mistakes. She was the only gymnast to score more than 29 points in the ball, hoop and clubs, falling short of that mark only with the ribbon that scored 28.900. Kanaeva finished with a total of 116.900 points, ahead of teammate Daria Dmitrieva who scored a total of 114.500 points.

Post-Olympics

Kanaeva did not continue training after the Olympics. In November 2012, Irina Viner commented about the possibility of Kanaeva's return to the national team, saying "We never discuss the timing of return with such great gymnasts...Any time when she recovers and decides to come back, it will be a great joy for us."^[20]

At a conference of the Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation (RRGF) on 4 December 2012 in Novogorsk, Kanaeva announced the end of her competitive career, saying "Most probably, I have finished my career. There was a choice between labor in training and switching to another activity."^[21]

At the same conference, it was announced that Kanaeva had been elected a vice-president of the RRGF, along with 2004 Olympic silver medalist Irina Tchachina.^[22] Kanaeva had expressed a desire to remain in rhythmic gymnastics indefinitely as a coach or in an administrative position. In June 2009, Shtelbaums stated that Kanaeva had the quality to become a good coach because of her attentiveness in instructing young rhythmic gymnasts.^[14]

Kanaeva was ranked 1st as the most Successful Female Athlete of Russia in 2012 beating Aliya Mustafina (2nd) and Maria Sharapova (3rd) for the top ranking.^[23] The overall rating was formed in the basis of the greatest number of votes of experts. Also, the maximum figures for the number of references in the paper and press the number of requests in the Russian segment of the Internet for a year.

In September 2013, Kanaeva was named "Woman of the year" by GQ Russia magazine. The award ceremony was held in Mayakovsky Theatre in Moscow.^[24]

Personal life

Evgenia Kanaeva was born on 2 April 1990 in the Russian city of Omsk, Siberia (also the hometown of former World Champion and the first European Champion Galima Shugurova and 2004 Olympic Silver medalist Irina Tchachina). Her mother, Svetlana, was also a rhythmic gymnast who was granted the title of Master of Sports. Her father, Oleg Kanaev, was a coach and a former Greco-Roman wrestler. She has an elder brother named Egor who is also a Greco-Roman wrestler.

Kanaeva is enrolled at the Siberian State University of Physical Training and Sports. Kanaeva has expressed an interest in learning to draw and play piano after her sporting career.^[13] She is also keen on studying foreign languages and computer-related subjects.^[25] According to her mother, Kanaeva saves her prize money for future education.^[26]

Kanaeva has stated that if she were not a gymnast, she would take up dance professionally.^[27]

On 8 June 2013, Kanaeva married ice hockey player Igor Musatov who plays from UFA Club Salavat Yulaev of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).^[28] In August, Irina Viner announced Kanaeva is pregnant. In 8 October 2013, Kanaeva's father Oleg died of a heart attack on the plane during the flight from Turkey to Moscow, returning from the World Cup Championships of Greco-Roman wrestling.^[29]

Skills and influence on rhythmic gymnastics

Pivot:
Kanaeva is famous to perform the Triple Ring Pirouette and Ring Pivot Spiral (also known as "The Kanaeva Pivot") which she also popularized and frequently used, the ring pivots nowadays are incorporated by rhythmic gymnasts as an element executed in the routines. She has executed the quadruple ring turn in competitions and has completed the quadruple queen pivot, which is two turns in ring position connected to two turns in back split leg position that she performed from 2006 to 2009 Season.

Flexibility:
Another signature move by Kanaeva is the Switch Turn. Her Switch Turn with the ball on her back while rotating 360 degrees on the floor. She has used her legs to carry the apparatus while performing Switch Turn in Hoop and Clubs which requires a lot of back flexibility.

Leap and balances:
In balance, she has executed the Penchee 720 degree turn connecting to a ring knot position in 360 degree turn. In leaps, she has performed a switch leap with changing legs ( almost similar to a Butterfly twist leap ) in her 2012 Hoop routine, but the first rhythmic gymnast to perform this was another Russian Irina Tchachina, who was her coach's previous gymnast. She also performed the triple Kostina (a serie of three leaps with exchange of leg) in her Rope routine in 2010 but took it off after changing to her 2nd rope routine which she performed at the 2010 World Championships.

Mastery:
Kanaeva has performed skills like the backscale pivot starting on the floor; then catching the apparatus thrown in the air. The chaine turn while in the last rotation catching the ball on her back.

Kanaeva is one of the few gymnast who posses equal mastery, coordination and control in pivot, flexibility, leap and balance. A gymnast known for her consistency, elegant routines and high level of technical difficulty and artistry, she had no weak events in every apparatus (Hoop, Ball, Rope, Clubs and Ribbon).

Endorsements

Kanaeva has been an ambassador for luxury watches house Longines since 2009.^[30] She was one of the chosen recipient of the Visa Sponsorship for the 2012 London Olympics. Kanaeva was also one of the nine elite athletes chosen to be the ambassador for Pantene for the Olympic Games.^[31] She has appeared in a commercial video for Pantene Pro-V.

Kanaeva was one of the 50 elite athletes of Russia chosen as an honorary ambassador for the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan.^[32]

Records

Grand-Slam

1. Kanaeva is only one of the three rhythmic gymnasts to win all Grand-Slam titles after Alina Kabaeva and Ekaterina Serebrianskaya (Olympics, World Championships, European Championships, World Cup Final and Grand Prix Final).

24th RG European Championships Torino, Italy 2008

1. Kanaeva became the first RG to score above 19 points ( 19.050 in Clubs ) under the 20-point judging system.

29th RG World Championships Mie, Japan 2009

1. Kanaeva set a record in the 29th RG World Championships 2009 in Mie by wining 6 gold medals. She is the first gymnast in RG history to achieve such results in one single World Championship.

31st World Championship Montpellier, France 2011

1. She is the only gymnast in the entire rhythmic gymnastics history who has won the most World Championships titles; 17 gold medals.
2. She equals the record of Maria Petrova, who won 3 world titles for three consecutive years (1993/1994/1995), and of Maria Gigova (1969/1971/1973).
3. She is the first gymnast to have won 3 consecutive world titles without sharing the triumph with other gymnasts. Petrova shared the 1995 All-around world title with Ekaterina Serebrianskaya and Gigova shared the 1971 All-around world title with Galima Shugurova.
4. It is the second time when Kanaeva won 6 gold medals out of 6. She equals her own record.
5. She has won gold medals in all of the apparatus ( 5 apparatus: rope, hoop, ball, clubs and ribbon), a record only tied by Bianka Panova and Ekaterina Serebrianskaya.
6. She levels with Maria Petrova in hoop: both have won 3 gold medals in the World Championships.
7. She levels with Ekaterina Serebrianskaya and Lilia Ignatova in ball: all of them have won 3 gold medals in the World Championships.

World Cup and Grand Prix

1. She is the only gymnast to hold both the World Cup Final All-around and Grand Prix Final All-around title in a single season for three consecutive years.

Grand Prix Final Brno, Czech 2011

1. On 16 October 2011 Evgenia Kanaeva scored 30, she got perfect 10 in difficulty, artistry and execution at the ribbon final, Grand Prix Final Brno 2011, Czech. She is the first gymnast in the history of rhythmic gymnastic to achieve full mark under 30 points judging system.

Grand Prix Voralberg, Austria 2012

1. On 30 June 2012, Evgenia Kanaeva again scored a perfect 30 under the 30-point judging system at the hoop final, making history again as the only gymnast to achieve full mark in a scoring system twice.

Olympic Games

1. Kanaeva is the only rhythmic gymnast to win 2 gold medals (also consecutively) in an individual all around (Beijing 2008 and London 2012).
2. On her second Olympics, she became the oldest Rhythmic Gymnast to win a gold medal at 22 years, 4 months and 7 days (Record previously held by Yulia Barsukova of the Russian Federation).

Routine music information

Year	Apparatus	Music title
2012	Hoop (third)	"The Rite of Spring", by Igor Stravinsky
	Hoop (second)	"Egypt Is Yours For Only One Day" (Cleopatra OST), "To Speed You On Your Way", "In The Eyes Of The Gods We Are One" by Trevor Jones
	Hoop (first)	"Liebestraum", by Franz Liszt
	Ball (second)	"Concerto (Ballet)" (Les Demoiselles de Rochefort OST), by Michel Legrand
	Ball (first)	Sleuth OST by Patrick Doyle
	Clubs	"Poeta (remix)", original by Vicente Amigo, remix by Maxime Rodriguez
	Ribbon	"Fantasie Impromptu", by Frédéric Chopin
	Gala at EC Nizhny Novgorod	"L-O-V-E", by Nat King Cole (performed by Joss Stone)
2011	Hoop	"L'Ete Indien", by Joe Dassin
	Ball (second)	"Elegy in E-Flat Minor", by Sergey Rachmaninov
	Ball (first)	"Picture of Dorian Gray", by Charlie Mole; "Catch the Falling Sky", by Immediate Music
	Clubs	"Bolero", by Maurice Ravel
	Ribbon	"Fantasie Impromptu", by Frédéric Chopin
	Gala at EC Minsk	"You Lost Me", by Christina Aguilera
2010	Rope (second)	Smuglyanka Moldovanka
	Rope (first)	"Pigalle (Interlude)", by Patricia Kaas
	Hoop	"The Rite of Spring", by Igor Stravinsky
	Ball	"Mix of Loss and Decision", by Zbigniew Preisner
	Ribbon	"Tango", by Denis SungHô, Soledad Group
	Gala at GP Thiais	"Notre Dame de Paris" (musical)
	Gala at EC Bremen	"Oblivion", by Astor Piazzolla
	Gala at WCH Moscow	"Who Wants to Live Forever", by Queen, Sarah Brightman version
2009	Rope (second)	"Kadril Veselaya", by Svetoch
	Rope (first)	"Carmen Suite", Rodion Shchedrin
	Hoop	"Fantasia on Russian Folksongs", by Anton Arensky
	Ball (second)	"Concierto de Aranjuez", by Joaquín Rodrigo
	Ball (first)	Spartacus, by Aram Khachaturian
	Ribbon	"Padam Padam", by Edith Piaf
	Gala-Autumn	"You in My September", by Igor Krutoy
	Gala (WCH Mie)	Basement Jaxx
2008	Rope	"El Conquistador", by Maxime Rodriguez
	Hoop	"Tristan & Iseult", by Maxime Rodriguez
	Clubs	"Jota Aragonesa", by Glinka
	Clubs at LA Lights	(same music as CariPrato 2007)
	Ribbon	"Moscow Nights"-Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi
	Gala-2 Ribbons	"Kadril Veselaya", by Svetoch
	Gala-Autum	"You in My September", by Igor Krotoy
2007	Rope	Ivan Petrovich Larionov
	Hoop	"La forza del destino", by Giuseppe Verdi, composed by Pompon Finkelstein
	Clubs (second)	—
	Clubs (first)	"Act 1 Largo al factotum", by Gioachino Rossini
	Ribbon	"Walls of Akendora", by Keiko Matsui
	Gala (CariPrato with Ermakova)	"Song #1", by Serebro
	Gala-2 Ribbons (WCH Patras)	"Kadril Veselaya", by Svetoch
2006	Rope	"Playing Marilyin Monroe", by Oleg Kostrow
	Ball (second)	"Moonlight Rumba", by Gustavo Montesano
	Ball (first)	"Earthsong", by Karunesh
	Clubs	—
	Ribbon	"Walls of Akendora", by Keiko Matsui
	Gala-free hand	"Earthsong", by Karunesh
2005	Rope	"Laissez Moi Me Griser", by Maurice El Mediouni
	Hoop	"Big Drum, Small World", by Dhol Foundation
	Clubs	"Animals", by X-Mode
	Ribbon	"Besame Mucho", by Gadjo
2004	Rope	"Black Cat, White Cat", by Goran Bregovic
	Ball	PC Game Pharaoh OST, mix of jakb+jrj-Hb-sd
	Clubs	"Hey Pachuco" (Mask OST), by Royal Crown Revue
	Clubs (Aeon Cup)	—
	Ribbon	"Besame Mucho", by Gadjo
2003	Rope	"Black Cat, White Cat", by Goran Bregovic
	Ball	—
	Clubs	—
	Ribbon	"I Wanna Be Like You", by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Competitive highlights

(Team competitions in seniors are held only at the World Championships, Europeans and other Continental Games.)

International: Senior 2011–2012 Season[33]
Year	Event	AA	Team	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon
2012	Olympic Games	1st
	World Cup Final: Minsk	1st		1st	1st	1st	1st
	Grand Prix Vorarlberg	1st		1st	1st	1st	2nd
	European Championships	1st	NT
	World Cup Corbeil-Essonnes	1st		1st	1st	2nd	3rd (Q)
	World Cup Sofia	1st		3rd(Q)	1st	1st	1st
	World Cup Pesaro	1st		1st	1st	1st	3rd (Q)
	Grand Prix Thiais	1st		3rd	1st	1st	1st
	Baltic Hoop	1st		2nd	1st	1st	1st
	Grand Prix Moscow	2nd		1st	3rd(Q)	1st	1st
2011	Aeon Cup	1st	1st
	Grand Prix Final: Brno	1st		1st	1st	1st	1st
	World Championships	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st
	Grand Prix Berlin Masters	1st		1st	1st	1st	1st
	Summer Universiade	1st		1st	1st	1st	2nd
	International Tournament of Prato	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st
	European Championships		1st	1st	1st	6th	2nd
	World Cup Corbeil-Essonnes	1st		1st	1st	1st	1st
	World Cup Portimao	2nd		1st	1st	5th (Q)	3rd (Q)
	Grand Prix Thiais	1st		1st	1st	1st	1st
	World Cup Pesaro	1st		1st	1st	5th	2nd
	Grand Prix Holon	1st		1st	5th (Q)	1st	1st
	Grand Prix Moscow	1st		1st	1st	1st	1st
International: Senior 2009–2010 Season[33]
Year	Event	AA	Team	Rope	Hoop	Ball	Ribbon
2010	Grand Prix Final: Berlin Masters	1st		1st	1st	1st	1st
	Grand Prix Brno	1st		1st	1st	1st	3rd (Q)
	Aeon Cup	1st	1st
	World Championships	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st	3rd (Q)
	Grand Prix Holon	1st		1st	1st	1st	1st
	World Cup Final: Pesaro	1st		1st	1st	1st	1st
	International Tournament of Prato	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st
	Grand Prix Innsbruck	1st		1st	1st	3rd (Q)	1st
	World Cup Minsk		1st	1st	1st	1st	1st
	Grand Prix Marbella	1st		1st	1st	1st	1st
	European Championships	1st	NT
	World Cup St. Petersburg	1st		1st	1st	1st	1st
	Grand Prix Thiais	1st		1st	1st	1st	1st
	World Cup Portimao	1st		1st	3rd (Q)	1st	1st
	World Cup Debrechen	1st		1st	1st	1st	1st
	Grand Prix Moscow	1st		2nd	1st	1st	2nd
	World Cup Montreal	1st		3rd	2nd	1st	1st
2009	Grand Prix Final: Berlin Masters	1st		1st	1st	1st	1st
	World Championships	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st
	World Cup Final: Minsk	1st		1st	1st	1st	1st
	World Games			1st	1st	1st	1st
	Summer Universiade	1st		1st	1st	1st	1st
	International Tournament of Prato	1st		1st	1st	1st	1st
	Grand Prix Marbella	1st		1st	1st	1st	1st
	European Championships		1st	1st	1st	1st	1st
	World Cup Pesaro	1st		1st	1st	1st	2nd
	Grand Prix Holon	1st		1st	1st	1st	1st
	World Cup Portimao	1st		1st	2nd	1st	1st
	World Cup St. Petersburg	1st		1st	1st	1st	2nd
	Grand Prix Thiais	1st		1st	1st	1st	2nd
	Grand Prix Brno	1st		2nd	1st	1st	1st
	World Cup Budapest	1st		1st	1st	1st	2nd
	Grand Prix Moscow	1st		1st	1st	1st	1st
International: Senior 2007–2008 Season[33]
Year	Event	AA	Team	Rope	Hoop	Clubs	Ribbon
2008	Aeon Cup	1st	1st
	World Cup Final: Benidorm			4th	1st	1st	1st
	Olympic Games	1st
	World Cup Irkutsk	1st		1st	1st	1st	1st
	World Cup Astana	1st		2nd	1st	1st	2nd
	European Championships	1st	NT
	World Cup Corbeil-Essonnes	1st		1st	1st	1st	2nd
	Grand Prix Marbella	1st		1st	6th	3rd	1st
	World Cup Portimao	1st		1st	1st	1st	1st
	World Cup Maribor	1st		1st	2nd	1st	1st
	Grand Prix Thiais	1st		1st	1st	1st	1st
	MTM Ljubljana	1st		1st	1st	1st	1st
	World Cup Kiev	4th		3rd	3rd	2nd
	Grand Prix Moscow	3rd		2nd		2nd
	L.A. Lights	2nd
2007	World Championships		1st				4th (Q)
	IT Finland	1st		1st	1st	1st	1st
	World Cup Final: Ljubljana	3rd		3rd		2nd
	Black Sea Games	1st		1st	1st	1st	1st
	European Championships		1st				1st
	International Tournament of Prato	1st		1st	1st	1st	1st
	World Cup Corbeil-Essonnes	1st		1st	1st	5th	1st
	World Cup Kiev	3rd		4th	4th	5th (Q)	2nd
International: Senior 2005–2006 Season
Year	Event	AA	Team	Ribbon	Rope	Ball	Clubs
2006	World Cup Final: Mie			5th			5th
	World Cup Portimao	6th		2nd	6th		1st
	International Tournament of Prato	1st		1st	1st	1st	1st
	World Cup Corbeil-Essonnes	4th		2nd	4th	1st	4th
	International Tournament Schmiden	1st		1st	1st	1st	1st
2005	International Tournament of Prato	1st		1st	1st	1st	1st
International: Junior
Year	Event	AA	Team	Ball	Ribbon	Rope	Clubs
2005	Aeon Cup	1st	1st
2004	Aeon Cup	1st	1st
	International Tournament of Prato	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st
	Junior Grand Prix Thiais	1st		1st	1st	1st	1st
2003	Aeon Cup	1st	1st
	International Tournament of Prato	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st
	International Tournament Calais	1st		1st	1st	1st	1st
Q = Qualifications (Did not advance to Event Final due to the 2 gymnast per country rule); WD = Withdrew; NT = No Team Competition held

Detailed Olympic results

Year	Competition Description	Location	Music [34]	Apparatus	Rank-Final	Score-Final	Rank-Qualifying	Score-Qualifying
2012	Olympics	London		All-around	1st	116.900	1st	116.000
			"Concerto (Ballet)" (Les Demoiselles de Rochefort OST) by Michel Legrand	Ball	1st	29.200	1st	29.525
			"Fantasie Impromptu No 66" by Frédéric Chopin	Ribbon	2nd	28.900	1st	29.400
			"The Rite of Spring" by Igor Stravinsky	Hoop	1st	29.350	2nd	28.100
			"Poeta (remix)" original by Vincente Amigo remix by Maxime Rodriguez	Clubs	1st	29.450	1st	28.975

Year	Competition Description	Location	Music	Apparatus	Rank-Final	Score-Final	Rank-Qualifying	Score-Qualifying
2008	Olympics	Beijing		All-around	1st	75.500	1st	74.075
			Moscow Nights by Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi	Ribbon	1st	18.850	1st	18.825
			"El Conquistador" by Maxime Rodriguez	Rope	1st	18.850	4th	17.850
			Tristan & Iseult by Maxime Rodriguez	Hoop	1st	18.850	1st	18.700
			"Jota Aragonesa" by Glinka	Clubs	1st	18.950	1st	18.700

References

External links

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• Rhythmic Gymnastics Results
• Rhythmic Gymnastics info

Achievements
Preceded by Alina Kabaeva	Olympic Champion Rhythmic Gymnastic All-Around 2008, 2012	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by	World Champion Rhythmic Gymnastic Team 2009–2011	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Anna Bessonova	World Champion Rhythmic Gymnastic All-Around 2009–2011	Succeeded by Yana Kudryavtseva
Preceded by Vera Sessina	World Champion Rhythmic Gymnastic Rope 2009	Succeeded by Daria Kondakova
Preceded by Olga Kapranova	World Champion Rhythmic Gymnastic Hoop 2009–2011	Succeeded by Ganna Rizatdinova
Preceded by Olga Kapranova	World Champion Rhythmic Gymnastic Ball 2009–2011	Succeeded by Margarita Mamun
Preceded by Olga Kapranova	World Champion Rhythmic Gymnastic Clubs 2011	Succeeded by Margarita Mamun, Yana Kudryavtseva
Preceded by Daria Dmitrieva	World Champion Rhythmic Gymnastic Ribbon 2009, 2011	Succeeded by Yana Kudryavtseva
Preceded by Vera Sessina	European Champion Rhythmic Gymnastic All-Around 2008, 2010, 2012	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by	European Champion Rhythmic Gymnastic Team 2007, 2009, 2011	Succeeded by
Preceded by Aliya Garayeva	European Champion Rhythmic Gymnastic Rope 2009	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Olga Kapranova	European Champion Rhythmic Gymnastic Hoop 2009, 2011	Succeeded by Daria Svatkovskaya
Preceded by Olga Kapranova	European Champion Rhythmic Gymnastic Ball 2009	Succeeded by Yana Kudryavtseva
Preceded by Natalia Godunko	European Champion Rhythmic Gymnastic Ribbon 2007, 2009, 2011	Succeeded by Margarita Mamun

v t e Olympic Champions in Rhythmic Gymnastics - Women's All-Around 1984: Lori Fung 1988: Marina Lobatch 1992: Olexandra Tymoshenko 1996: Kateryna Serebrianska 2000: Yulia Barsukova 2004: Alina Kabaeva 2008: Yevgeniya Kanayeva 2012: Yevgeniya Kanayeva

Persondata
Name	Kanaeva, Evgenia
Alternative names
Short description	Gymnast
Date of birth	1990-04-02
Place of birth	Omsk, Soviet Union
Date of death
Place of death