1. Viktoria Aleksandrovna Komova is a retired Russian artistic gymnast.
44 Facts About Viktoria Komova
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Viktoria Komova is a two-time Olympic medalist, having won silver medals in the all-around and team events at the 2012 Olympics.
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Viktoria Komova is the 2011 world uneven bars champion and all-around silver medalist, and the 2015 co-world champion on uneven bars.
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Viktoria Komova was born in Voronezh, Russia, to Vera Kolesnikova and Alexander Komov.
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Viktoria Komova's mother has one gold from world championships and is the 1986 Goodwill Games all-around champion.
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Viktoria Komova has an older brother, Alexander, who is nicknamed Sasha.
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Viktoria Komova's mother coached her for her first three years in the sport.
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In December, Viktoria Komova competed at her first major junior competition, the 2007 Voronin Memorial Cup.
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Viktoria Komova placed third in the individual all-around competition, with a score of 56.450.
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In July 2009, Viktoria Komova competed at the 2009 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Tampere, Finland.
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Viktoria Komova won a total of 3 gold medals in the individual all-around competition, on the uneven bars and the balance beam.
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In September, Viktoria Komova repeated her success in Tampere at the 2009 Junior Japan International Competition in Yokohama, Japan.
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Viktoria Komova won the individual all-around competition with a score of 59.800.
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Viktoria Komova finished off her year at the 2009 Voronin Memorial Cup, where she finished first in the individual all-around, on the uneven bars, the floor exercise, and second on the balance beam.
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In March, Viktoria Komova competed at the 2010 Russian Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Penza, Russia.
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Viktoria Komova won the individual all-around with a score of 60.875.
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Viktoria Komova contributed an all-around score of 57.050 toward the Russian team's first-place finish.
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Viktoria Komova won the all-around competition with a total score of 61.250.
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In event finals, Viktoria Komova placed first on vault, scoring 15.312; first on uneven bars, scoring 14.525; seventh on balance beam, scoring 12.000; and third on floor, scoring 14.175.
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Viktoria Komova placed first on uneven bars, scoring 15.500, and second on balance beam, scoring 14.600.
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Viktoria Komova placed second in the all-around competition with a total score of 58.875.
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Viktoria Komova placed first on uneven bars with a score of 15.650.
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Viktoria Komova won the all-around competition with a total of 58.350.
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Viktoria Komova contributed an all-around score of 58.265 toward the Russian team's second-place finish.
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Viktoria Komova contributed scores of 15.508 on uneven bars and 14.916 on balance beam toward the Russian team's second-place finish.
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Viktoria Komova won the all-around competition with a score of 60.767.
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Viktoria Komova took a break from competition to rest a back injury.
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Viktoria Komova said in an interview with International Gymnast Magazine:.
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Viktoria Komova made her return to competition at the 2014 Russian Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Penza in April.
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Viktoria Komova placed 47th in the senior all-around with a total score of 40.767, not competing on floor exercise.
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Viktoria Komova performed an exhibition on balance beam, earning a score of 14.367.
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Viktoria Komova was slated to compete on two apparatuses, bars and beam.
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Head coach Andrei Rodionenko said that, despite her injury, Viktoria Komova had a good shot to make the Worlds team because of her experience.
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Viktoria Komova returned to the all-around at a small Hungarian meet.
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In June, Viktoria Komova made her return to major international competition at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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Viktoria Komova was allowed to perform an exhibition routine during the uneven bars final, earning a 15.300, unofficially the highest score.
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Viktoria Komova said that if the doctors recommended she stop gymnastics, she would quit.
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Viktoria Komova revealed that the results of an analysis in Munich revealed a stress fracture of her fifth vertebrate.
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Viktoria Komova said that she would undergo six months of rest followed by a second analysis of her back to decide if she can compete again.
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Viktoria Komova returned to competition at the 2017 Voronin Cup in December, and finished second in the all-around competition, behind Angelina Melnikova.
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At the Russian National Championships Viktoria Komova was not competing, but rather was commentating alongside retired gymnast Emin Garibov.
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Viktoria Komova has two eponymous uneven bars transition moves named after her in the Code of Points.
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In June 2022, Viktoria Komova announced on her Instagram that she married Valery Gorshkov, a Russian ice hockey player.
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In 2012, Viktoria Komova was awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" Order I for her sporting contributions.