Karolina Andreyevna Sevastyanova (russian: Каролина Андреевна Севастьянова; born 25 April 1995) is a Russian group

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 coord ...

. She is the

2012 Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

Group All-around champion, 2012 European Group All-around champion and

2010 Youth Olympic Games The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics ( ta, 2010 கோடைக்கால இளையோர் ஒலிம்பிக் விளையாட்டுக்கள் ms, Sukan Olimpik Belia Musim Panas 2010), officially known as the I Summer ...

Group All-around champion.

Career

Sevastyanova competed as an individual gymnast on the junior level, appearing in international competitions. She competed in Miss Valentine 2005 in Estonia with

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. Later, she started competing with the Russian Group. Sevastyanova was a member of the Russian Junior Group that won the gold medal at the

. In 2012, she was selected to compete with the Russian Senior Group as a replacement for the injured Natalia Pichuzhkina. They won the gold medal at the 2012 European Championships and at the World Cup Final in

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. With

Uliana Donskova Uliana Vyacheslavovna Donskova (russian: Ульяна Вячеславовна Донскова; born 24 August 1992) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2012 Olympics Group All-around champion, the 2011 World Group All-around silver ...

Anastasia Bliznyuk Anastasia Ilyinichna Bliznyuk ( rus, Анастасия Ильинична Близнюк, , ɐnəstɐˈsʲiɪ̯ə blʲɪˈzʲnʲuk; born 28 June 1994) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is a two-time 2012 and 2016 Olympics Group All-aroun ...

, Alina Makarenko,

Anastasia Nazarenko Anastasia Konstantinovna Nazarenko (russian: Анастасия Константиновна Назаренко; born 17 January 1993) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2012 Olympics Group All-around champion, the 2011 World Grou ...

, and

Ksenia Dudkina Ksenia Pavlovna Dudkina (russian: Ксения Павловна Дудкина; born 25 February 1995) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast from Omsk, Russia. She is the 2012 Olympics Group All-around champion, the 2011 World Group All-around si ...

, Sevastyanova won a gold medal at the

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in the group all-around event. They ate only buckwheat for six months leading up to the Olympic Games. Sevastyanova was voted the most beautiful female athlete from the CIS countries participating at the 2012 Olympics. 17,200 people from Russia,

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and

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took part in the survey. Sevastyanova retired from competition at the age of 17 following the event. She planned to get her college degree at

Moscow State University M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...

and explore working as a TV presenter or host. Sevastyanova appeared in the cover of the Russian edition of Maxim magazine in February 2015.

Detailed Olympic results

References

External links

*
Karolina Sevastyanova website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sevastyanova, Karolina Living people Russian rhythmic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts of Russia Olympic gold medalists for Russia Olympic medalists in gymnastics Gymnasts at the 2012 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics 1995 births Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Gymnasts from Kyiv Youth Olympic gold medalists for Russia Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships

Career

Detailed Olympic results

See also

References

External links