Yanina "Yana" Farkhadovna Batyrshina is a former individual rhythmic gymnast who competed for Russia.
14 Facts About Yana Batyrshina
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Yana Batyrshina is the 1996 Olympics all-around silver medalist, two time World all-around bronze medalist, two-time European all-around silver medalist, the 1998 European all-around bronze medalist and 1996 Grand Prix Final all-around champion.
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Yana Batyrshina was awarded the Medal of the Order For Merit to the Fatherland 2nd class.
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Yana Batyrshina is married to Azerbaijani-Jewish businessman Timur Weinstein; they have two daughters and one son together.
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Yana Batyrshina won gold in the individual apparatus finals with rope and clubs and silver with ball and ribbon.
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Yana Batyrshina began to compete as a senior in the 1994 season; when she placed much lower in senior competition than she had a junior, she thought about retiring, but her ninth place finish at the 1994 World Championships encouraged her to remain in the sport.
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In 1995, Yana Batyrshina made her senior international breakthrough in Grand Prix events, collecting a total of 15 medals.
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Yana Batyrshina's results fluctuated in 1996, but she still managed to take the silver medal for the all-around and ball at the 1996 European Championships.
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Yana Batyrshina competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, but she had a rough start at the preliminaries.
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Yana Batyrshina performed better in the semifinals, but in the final, during her last event exercise, ribbon, she lost focus in the midst of a simple hand-to-hand exchange and dropped the apparatus.
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Yana Batyrshina scored 9.683, and while she initially thought she had lost her chance at silver, her score ultimately put her into second place overall ahead of Ukrainian Olena Vitrichenko.
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Yana Batyrshina concluded her 1996 season by winning the all-around at the 1996 Grand Prix Final, tied with Yekaterina Serebrianskaya.
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Yana Batyrshina won the inaugural Longines Prize for Elegance at the 1997 World Championships.
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Yana Batyrshina quietly retired a short time after Europeans, at 19 years of age.