58 Facts About Evgeniya Kanaeva

Evgeniya Olegovna Kanaeva OMF is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast.

Evgeniya Kanaeva 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 became the oldest gymnast to win the Olympic gold.

On 4 July 2013, Kanaeva received the International Fair Play Award for "Sport and Life".

Evgeniya Kanaeva holds the record for most World titles with seventeen and thirteen European titles.

At the 2009 World Championship in Mie, Japan, Evgeniya Kanaeva became the first rhythmic gymnast to win all six titles.

Evgeniya Kanaeva repeated the feat at the 2011 World Championship in Montpellier, France, equaling her own record.

In 2009, Evgeniya Kanaeva was awarded the title Merited Master of Sports in Russia.

Evgeniya Kanaeva is the only gymnast to receive a perfect score under the 30-point judging system, having done so twice: in the 2011 Grand Prix Final in Brno and in the 2012 Grand Prix in Vorarlberg.

Evgeniya Kanaeva was born on 2 April 1990 in Omsk, Soviet Union.

Evgeniya Kanaeva's mother, Svetlana, was a rhythmic gymnast and was granted the title of Master of Sports.

Evgeniya Kanaeva's father, Oleg Kanaev, was a coach and a former Greco-Roman wrestler.

Evgeniya Kanaeva has an elder brother named Egor who is a Greco-Roman wrestler.

Shtelbaums, who worked in the same gymnastics school, recalled Evgeniya Kanaeva spending long hours practicing even though all other students were gone, while her grandmother stood in the corridor waiting to take her home.

Evgeniya Kanaeva made her senior international debut in 2006 at the International Tournament Schmiden where she won gold in all-around and event finals.

Evgeniya Kanaeva competed at the World Cup stage in Mie competing in clubs and ribbon where she finished 5th.

In summer 2007, Evgeniya Kanaeva competed in World Cup in Corbeil-Essonnes winning the all-around gold medal.

Evgeniya Kanaeva won gold in hoop, rope and ribbon final defeating Anna Bessonova.

Evgeniya Kanaeva then competed at the World Cup series in Ljubljana where she won bronze in all-around, rope and silver in clubs.

In preparation for 2008 Beijing Olympic Games qualification, Evgeniya Kanaeva's routines 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 '.

However, by mid-spring, Evgeniya 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.

Evgeniya Kanaeva defeated Bessonova and Kapranova with high scores in all her routines.

Evgeniya Kanaeva was the youngest among all the finalists in the Olympic rhythmic gymnastics competition.

Evgeniya Kanaeva's style changed drastically in 2009, causing her to struggle with injury and exhaustion.

Nevertheless, Evgeniya 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.

Evgeniya Kanaeva was hailed as the "Heroine of the Games" by the official website of Universiade Belgrade 2009.

In 2010, Evgeniya Kanaeva had an undefeated all-around season winning the gold medals in all-around and event finals at the Grand Prix Final, she repeated as the 2010 European all-around champion ahead of teammate Daria Kondakova.

Evgeniya 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.

Evgeniya Kanaeva competed at the 2011 European Championships where she won gold in hoop, ball and a silver medal in ribbon behind Belarusian Liubov Charkashyna.

At the 2011 Grand Prix Final in Brno, Evgeniya Kanaeva won gold in all-around and all event finals where she scored a perfect 30 in ribbon under the 30-point judging system.

Evgeniya Kanaeva finished her season winning the all-around at the 2011 Aeon Cup in Japan.

Evgeniya Kanaeva ranked 5th in the world ranking 2011 season, dropped from the 1st in 2010 season due to she didn't take part in many competition in the 2011 season.

Evgeniya Kanaeva started her season with new hoop, clubs and ball routines at the Moscow Grand Prix.

Evgeniya Kanaeva 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.

Evgeniya Kanaeva followed her win at the Grand Prix by winning the all-around at the International Thiais Tournament.

Evgeniya Kanaeva 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.

Evgeniya Kanaeva 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.

Evgeniya Kanaeva 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.

Evgeniya Kanaeva was the champion in all-around at the 2012 Corbeil-Essonnes Cup ahead of compatriots Daria Dmitrieva and Alexandra Merkulova.

At the 2012 European Championships, Evgeniya Kanaeva won her third consecutive European All-around title and posted a score of 29.700 in her ball routine.

At the World Cup series in Minsk, Evgeniya Kanaeva won the gold medal in all-around ahead of teammate Daria Dmitrieva and Belarusian Liubov Charkashyna.

Evgeniya Kanaeva won all the gold medals at the event finals.

Evgeniya Kanaeva 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.

Evgeniya Kanaeva finished with a total of 116.900 points, ahead of teammate Daria Dmitrieva who scored a total of 114.500 points.

Evgeniya 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 Evgeniya Kanaeva had the quality to become a good coach because of her attentiveness in instructing young rhythmic gymnasts.

Evgeniya Kanaeva was ranked 1st as the most Successful Female Athlete of Russia in 2012 beating Aliya Mustafina and Maria Sharapova for the top ranking.

In September 2013, Evgeniya Kanaeva was named "Woman of the year" by GQ Russia magazine.

Evgeniya Kanaeva was one of the chosen recipient of the Visa Sponsorship for the 2012 London Olympics.

Evgeniya Kanaeva was one of the nine elite athletes chosen to be the ambassador for Pantene for the Olympic Games.

Evgeniya Kanaeva has appeared in a commercial video for Pantene Pro-V.

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

Evgeniya Kanaeva is enrolled at the Siberian State University of Physical Training and Sports.

Evgeniya Kanaeva has expressed an interest in learning to draw and play piano after her sporting career.

Evgeniya Kanaeva is keen on studying foreign languages and computer-related subjects.

Evgeniya Kanaeva has stated that if she were not a gymnast, she would take up dance professionally.

On 8 June 2013, Evgeniya Kanaeva married ice hockey player Igor Musatov who plays for the HC Slovan Bratislava of the Kontinental Hockey League.

On 19 March 2014, Evgeniya Kanaeva gave birth to the couple's first child, a boy named Vladimir.

Evgeniya Kanaeva has one eponymous skill listed in the code of points, a 180 degree turn on the stomach with the gymnast's legs held in a split position with no hand or arm assistance.