Olga Sergeyevna Kapranova (russian: Ольга Серге́евна Капра́нова; born 6 December 1987) is a Russian retired individual

rhythmic gymnast Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, flexible, agile, dexterous and co ...

. She is the 2005 World All-around champion, the 2007 World All-around bronze medalist, the 2008 European All-around bronze medalist, a two-time (2007, 2008) Grand Prix Final All-around champion, a two-time (2004, 2006) Grand Prix Final All-around silver medalist and the 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 Irina Alexandrovna Viner-Usmanova (russian: Ирина Александровна Винер-Усманова; born July 30, 1948) is an Uzbek-born Russian rhythmic gymnastics coach who is head coach of the Russian national team, president of the ...

, who has coached other stars of the sport, including Yana Batyrshina,

Alina Kabaeva Alina Maratovna Kabaeva or Kabayeva (russian: Алина Маратовна Кабаева, ; tt-Cyrl, Әлинә Марат кызы Кабаева; born 12 May 1983) is a Russian politician, media manager and retired individual rhythmic gym ...

. 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

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. 2004 was a good year for Kapranova but she was unable to make the Olympics, with the two places going to

Irina Tchachina Irina Viktorovna Tchachina (also Chashchina or Tchashchina, russian: Ирина Викторовна Чащина; born 24 April 1982) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2004 Olympic silver medalist in all-around, a ...

and

. After their retirements, she became one of Russia's top gymnasts. In 2005, she won the individual all-around title at the

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held in Baku,

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. 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 Vera Valeryevna Sessina (russian: Вера Валерьевна Сесина, born 23 February 1986) is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2007 World All-around silver medalist, the 2006 European All-around Champion, two time (2 ...

. At the 2007 Summer Universiade she won the silver medal in all-around behind

Anna Bessonova Ganna Volodymyrivna Bessonova ( uk, Ганна Володимирівна Безсонова/Ganna Volodymyrivna Bessonova; born 29 July 1984) is a Ukrainian former individual rhythmic gymnast. She is one of the most decorated rhythmic gymnast of ...

. In the 2008 Olympic season, Kapranova won the bronze medal in all-around at the 2008 European Championships behind silver medalist

and with rising star teammate

Evgenia Kanaeva Evgeniya Olegovna Kanaeva OMF (russian: Евгения Олеговна Канаева; born 2 April 1990) is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the only individual rhythmic gymnast in history to win two Olympic all-around gold meda ...

taking the gold medal. She was selected to compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics after beating

to take the second spot in the Russian team, along with

. She was ranked second in the qualifications and finished fourth in the Women's Individual event finals. Kapranova competed at the 2009 World Championships in Mie, Japan and won the team gold medal with

, 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. She also trained young model

Kristina Pimenova Kristina Ruslanovna Pimenova (russian: Кристина Руслановна Пименова; born 27 December 2005) is a Russian model living in the United States. Life and career Pimenova's parents are former footballer Ruslan Pimenov an ...

, who used to train as rhythmic gymnast before retiring to pursue a career as a model.

Routine music information

Detailed Olympic results

References

External links

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Olga Kapranova Russian Profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kapranova, Olga 1987 births Living people Russian rhythmic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts of Russia Gymnasts from Moscow Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships World Games gold medalists World Games silver medalists World Games bronze medalists Competitors at the 2005 World Games Universiade medalists in gymnastics Universiade silver medalists for Russia Competitors at the 2009 World Games