Olga Kapranova

Olga Kapranova
Personal information
Full name	Olga Sergeyevna Kapranova
Country represented	Russia
Born	December 6, 1987 (1987-12-06) (age 23) Moscow
Height	177 centimetres (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	57 kilograms (130 lb)
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Club	Gazprom
Head coach(es)	Irina Viner
Assistant coach(es)	Vera Shatalina
Former coach(es)	Elena Nefedova
Choreographer	Veronica Shatkova
Music	Habanera by Philippe Saisse, Turandot by Giacomo Puccini, The Sleeping Beauty by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Medal record World Championships Gold 2003 Budapest Team Gold 2005 Baku All-around Gold 2005 Baku Rope Gold 2005 Baku Ball Gold 2005 Baku Clubs Gold 2005 Baku Team Gold 2007 Patras Hoop Gold 2007 Patras Clubs Gold 2007 Patras Team Gold 2009 Mie Team Silver 2007 Patras Rope Bronze 2007 Patras All-around European Championships Gold 2005 Moscow Ball Gold 2005 Moscow Team Gold 2007 Baku Hoop Gold 2007 Baku Team Gold 2009 Baku Team Silver 2005 Moscow Rope Silver 2005 Moscow Clubs Silver 2007 Baku Clubs Bronze 2007 Baku Rope Bronze 2008 Torino All-around World Games Gold 2005 Duisburg Ball Gold 2005 Duisburg Clubs Silver 2009 Kaohsiung Hoop Bronze 2009 Kaohsiung Rope World Cup Silver 2006 Mie Clubs Silver 2008 Benidorm Rope Bronze 2004 Moscow Hoop Bronze 2004 Moscow Clubs Bronze 2004 Moscow Ribbon Bronze 2008 Benidorm Clubs

Olga Sergeyevna Kapranova (Russian: Ольга Сергеевна Капра́нова; born 6 December 1987) is a rhythmic gymnast from Moscow, Russia.

She first took up the sport of rhythmic gymnastics in 1993 and trained with Elena Nefedova. In 2002 she started to train with Irina Viner,^[1] who has coached other huge stars of the sport, including Yana Batyrshina, Alina Kabaeva.

In 2003 she began competing internationally and came 4th All-Around in the World Cup, Zaragoza and won a team medal at the World Championships in Budapest.

2004 was a good year for Olga but she was unable to make the Olympics with the great talents Irina Chaschina and Alina Kabaeva taking the two places. In 2005 she won the individual all-around title at the World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan.^[2]

After the retirement of Kabaeva and Chaschina, Olga would become one of Russia's top gymnasts and has continued to prove her talent, scoring a number of medals in the World Cup series of 2008.

She competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics after beating Vera Sessina to take the second spot in the Russian team, along with Yevgeniya Kanayeva. She took 4th place on the Women's Individual event.^[3]

References

1. ^ Viner Gets Warning from FIG
2. ^ Olga floors' them all
3. ^ Olympic results

External links

• Olga Kapranova at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique

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Name	Kapranova, Olga
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Date of birth	6 December 1987
Place of birth	Moscow
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