The youngest absolute champion in rhythmic gymnastics, Yana Kudryavtseva, already at the age of 15, won the world all-around final, breaking the record of the most famous Russian gymnast of our time, Alina Kabaeva, who earned this title at the age of 16. The bright career of the young record holder is a worthy adornment of the world history of a beautiful and truly feminine sport, allowing you to continue to declare the leading positions of Russian sports in the main disciplines.

Honored Master of Sports, multiple winner of national and international competitions, winner of the World Cup and many championship titles, gymnast Yana Kudryavtseva became a record holder in the main categories of professional gymnastics at the very beginning of her career. For those 3 years during which the girl performed on the world stage for the honor of Russia, Yana several times became the absolute champion in the individual all-around, having achieved such impressive success at a very young age.

Biography

Yana's father, Aleksey Valentinovich Kudryavtsev, is a Soviet and then Russian swimmer, Honored Master of Sports, who received this honorary title in 1992. Aleksey Kudryavtsev, who won prizes at the USSR Championships in 1990-1991 and won gold for the Russian Olympic team at the 1992 Games in Barcelona, ​​appreciated all the unpleasant moments associated with professional sports from personal experience.

According to Yana herself, Alexei Valentinovich at first did not want her daughter to follow in his footsteps and start playing sports seriously. Little Yana was sent to the swimming section in the general development group. Loving parents just wanted the child to develop normally and strengthen his health. To form the correct posture and the basis of a toned, athletic figure, Yana was enrolled in a gymnastics section, which was led by a friend of Alexei Valentinovich. It was the first coach of the future champion who appreciated the stunning potential of the little athlete as a child and persuaded her father to change his mind and allow his daughter to seriously engage in rhythmic gymnastics. Since that time, the biography of Yana Kudryavtseva has become inextricably linked with professional sports.

Childhood and youth

Yana Alekseevna Kudryavtseva, born in 1997, was born on September 30 in Moscow. Almost immediately, sports turned out to be the main hobby of little Yana, and over time, other activities, both at school and in her free time, faded into the background. Serious workloads and the need to constantly consolidate and improve the acquired skills eventually made rhythmic gymnastics the one around which the rest of the life of the future champion is built. Already in the middle classes, a conscious and final choice is made in favor of going in for sports, and in order to receive a future professional education, it is planned to study at the department theories and methods of gymnastics.

First sports success

At the age of 10, Yana wins prizes in official national tournaments

The connections and experience of her father allowed Yana to train at the Olympic Reserve School, which provides young talents with the opportunity to participate in prestigious competitions. Already in 2008, at the age of 10, Yana won prizes in official national tournaments for younger age categories.

The start of Kudryavtseva's dazzling career in rhythmic gymnastics was her participation in Russian junior competitions. Since 2008, the girl has regularly won junior championships, rising higher and higher in the ranking of young gymnasts in Russia. For several years, the performances of Yana Kudryavtseva have demonstrated a high level of training and a rare talent in performing the most difficult elements of rhythmic gymnastics.

Junior achievements

Together with victories in Russian competitions from 2009 to 2012, Yana Kudryavtseva's track record included winning prizes in international tournaments. During her participation in youth competitions, Yana became the winner of:

• Russian Junior Championship 2009;
• International tournament held in 2011 in Moscow with a stage of the Grand Prix series, Yana received gold in individual and team performances;
• Russian Championship 2011;
• Junior World Cup 2011, held in the Italian city of Pesaro.
• Russian Championship 2012;
• European championship in 2012, according to the results of which Yana defeated other juniors in the ball program, and also won the all-around in the team performance.

Leading positions in the national sports rankings made it possible to seriously hope for participation in the 2016 Olympics. Kudryavtseva began to perform on a par with adult athletes in competitions, the results of which influenced the inclusion in the national team.

Olympic season

"Adult" competitions began for the future world champion in 2013 at the Grand Prix tournament. Yana won the all-around and received prizes in the main disciplines.

The next episode was participation in the stage of the World Championship, held in Sofia. In Yana's piggy bank there were several first places and the title of the first gymnast who achieved such impressive results during her debut. The next stage of the Cup brought the young talent a second consecutive gold in the all-around, first place for performance with the ball and second place for performing programs with gymnastic clubs and ribbon.

Kudryavtseva regularly conducts lessons and master classes not only in her native country, but also abroad.

The European Championships, held in Austria with the application of new rules for judging, allowed Yana to become the first gymnast to score 19 points out of 20 possible. At these competitions, Kudryavtseva replaced A. Merkulova and, together with other compatriots, won the championship in the team performance. Yana became the youngest winner of the European Championship, repeating the success of Alina Kabaeva, who also earned the honorary title at the age of 15.

The 2013 World Cup final made the young athlete nervous during the qualifying performances. For technical reasons, during the exercises with ribbons, the sound accompaniment was interrupted and the athlete had to start the performance again, which did not prevent her from defeating her rivals. In addition, Yana received a gold medal in the individual all-around, won silver in the ball and hoop programs, becoming the youngest absolute world champion.

year 2014

This period became quite difficult and stressful for Yana, since, according to coach Irina Werner, Kudryavtseva did not prepare for the competition “to the fullest”. Sports success at the Moscow Grand Prix was shared on an equal footing with other favorites of the national team Maria Titova and Margarita Mamun. In the future, Yana demonstrated the highest professional level, taking almost all the first places at all stages of the world championship, including the long-awaited gold in hoop exercises. Kudryavtseva again celebrated the anniversary European Cup as an absolute champion.

Yana's talent was noted not only by the sports community. Kudryavtseva, along with a colleague from Switzerland, was chosen as the ambassador of elegance of the famous watch brand Longines. The Federation of Journalists of Russia presented Yana with the Silver Doe award as one of the strongest athletes in the country.

2015

The 2015 season consisted of a brilliant performance at the World Cup stages in Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Italy and Portugal. In the final of the world championship, Yana broke her leg and had to give up competition in several disciplines. In addition to a severe foot injury, 2015 brought Yana the title of record holder of the 1st European Games in Baku in terms of the number of first places.

2016

Actually, the 2016 Olympic season began for Kudryavtseva with an out-of-competition program at the international tournament "Baltic Hoop". Officially, Yana entered the World Cup at the third stage. This brought gold in the all-around, Kudryavtseva was released from participating in other disciplines. The next stages of the world championship were marked by victories in almost all competitive programs, with the exception of silver in the all-around.

The performance at the European Championship again made Yana the absolute champion in the individual all-around. Ahead were the Olympic Games, participation in which Yana could not miss.

The severe consequences of an injury suffered in 2015 could not overcome Yana's determination to participate in the Olympics in Brazil. Kudryavtseva managed to take second place in the all-around performance, losing slightly to her rivals during exercises with gymnastic clubs.

The end of a short but colorful career

At the end of 2016, Yana's coach announced the possible termination of his professional career due to injuries. Later, the official notice of the end of the young champion's sports career, submitted to the International Gymnastics Federation at the end of the Olympic season, becomes public.

The successes of Yana Kudryavtseva were highly appreciated by the leadership of the Russian Federation. In August 2016, she was awarded the medal "For Merit to the Fatherland, 1st Class". In addition, Yana, like her father, is the bearer of the honorary title "Honored Master of Sports of the Russian Federation."

The severe consequences of an injury suffered in 2015 could not overcome Yana's determination to participate in the Olympics in Brazil.

Body figure parameters

In terms of physical parameters, Yana has always been as close as possible to the ideals accepted in gymnastics. At the peak of fame, Kudryavtseva Yana's weight was 47-48 kg with a height of 170 cm. Harmonious proportions and a truly beautiful, spectacular appearance became a bright addition to the professional skill and grace of the young athlete. The catchy swimwear of Yana Kudryavtseva favorably emphasizes the slender figure of the athlete, making her image recognizable by all gymnastics lovers.

Yana Kudryavtseva now

Sport has firmly taken the main place in the fate of Yana since approaching the first successes in iconic competitions. A bright star of the modern history of Russia receives a professional education at the Department of St. Petersburg University named after P.F. Lesgaft. Kudryavtseva regularly conducts lessons and master classes not only in her native country, but also abroad: in Mexico, Egypt and Spain. Yana is in excellent physical shape and periodically indulges her fans with demonstration performances and photos on social media profiles.

Personal life

Yana grew up in an era of rapid development of digital and communication technologies, so her fans quite often got a reason to gossip about the personal life of a pretty champion, trying to guess what kind of guy was captured next to the young beauty and how long Yana would have to remain unmarried. The champion actively uses social networks, posting relevant photos with thematic comments. At the same time, the gymnast has repeatedly stated that she does not represent a man next to her who is far from sports activities.

Yana's best friend is Margarita Mamun.

Photos of Kudryavtseva regularly appear on the network in the company of young stars of domestic sports. Despite the rather mean comments and rare interviews directly related to her personal life, at various times the absolute champion was credited with novels with basketball player Mikhail Kulagin and football player Artur Yusupov.

Since the beginning of 2018, network resources have been persistently reporting the existence of a serious relationship between the legendary gymnast and hockey player Dmitry Kurgyshev. Yana's chosen one is 8 years older than her and numerous fans of the talented beauty were sure of their imminent wedding. And this event was not long in coming: the wedding of Yana Kudryavtseva and Dmitry Kurgyshev took place on July 07, 2018. Now officially Yana is married ..

Passion for sports extends to Yana's free time. She prefers outdoor activities, enjoying cross-country ATV racing with her friends. Kudryavtseva's best friend is Margarita Mamun, a Russian gymnast who has repeatedly performed with Yana, including as a rival.

From 27 to 29 October in the city of Krasnodar the championship of the Moscow Region of Krasnodar in rhythmic gymnastics was held, in which more than 250 athletes of the city took part. In the individual program among gymnasts performing in the II sports category (2009) III place - N. Plotnikova; in I sports category (2009) II place - Vandysheva Ya.; in I sports category (2008) II place - V. Pustylnikova; in I sports category (2007) I place - Plaksienko M., II place - Kozhukhar A.; according to the CCM program (2007) II place - Velikanova A.; according to the CCM program (2005) I place - Voskresenskaya E.; according to the CCM program (2004) I place - Knyazeva Arina, II place - Meleshchenko D.

Among the teams of group exercises performing under the program of the III sports category, the second place was taken by the team of the coach Ponomareva N.V.; according to the program of the II sports category, I place - the team of the coach E.V. Novoseltseva, II place - the team of the coach E.V. Moskaleva; according to the program of the 1st sports category, I place - the team of the coach Ponomareva N.V., II place - the team of the coach Korshunova S.P.; according to the CMS program, II place - the team of coach Zaripova M.I. Congratulations to all athletes and coaches and wish you continued success and victories!

Aesthetic gymnastics

On October 27, 2019, competitions of the Moscow Region of Krasnodar in aesthetic gymnastics were held, in which more than 170 athletes of the city took part. The places were distributed as follows:

I place - "Heaven-Dawn" coach Nikolaeva K.A.

III place - "Aura-Lazur" coach Burlakova I.A.

Age group Category "Girls 10-12 years":

I place - "Heaven-Constellation" coach Fedorenko A.B.

III place - "Aura-Karmin" coach Lutsenko O.V.

I place - "Heaven-Altair" coach Elashka I.V.

II place - "Heaven" coach Fedorenko A.B.

Congratulations and we wish you further victories!

glass slipper

On October 20, 2019, the city of Krasnodar hosted a open tournament in aesthetic gymnastics "Crystal shoe". In the age category of 6-8 years, the first place was taken by the team "Heavens of Lira" coach Nikolaeva K.A. Congratulations to all athletes and coaches and wish you continued success and victories!

International tournament "Tallinn Trophy mini"

From October 17 to October 18, 2019, the city of Tallinn hostedInternational Aesthetic Gymnastics Tournament "Tallinn Trophy mini". In the age category of 8-10 years, the team "Heaven Dawn" coach Nikolaeva K.A. became the silver medalist. Congratulations to all athletes and coaches and wish you continued success and victories!

Russian rhythmic gymnast Yana Alekseevna Kudryavtseva was born on September 30, 1997 in Moscow. She became the world champion at the age of 15, and this is a kind of record. In total, Yana climbed the first step of the podium at the world championships thirteen times. She also won the European Championship many times. She was awarded the medal "For Services to the Fatherland", Honored Master of Sports of Russia. She received her higher education at the Department of Theory and Methods of Gymnastics at the St. Petersburg University named after Lesgaft. At the age of 19, at the peak of her career, the gymnast had a height of 170 centimeters, weighed 48 kilograms. Yana Kudryavtseva - biography.

Childhood

Yana's father is an athlete, Olympic champion in swimming, Alexei Kudryavtsev, mother is Victoria. The father knew firsthand what professional sports are, so he was against the fact that his daughter was too intensively engaged. But when the coach said that Yana had the prospect of achieving serious results, he began to help the little athlete, especially since she really liked rhythmic gymnastics.

Little Yana Kudryavtseva trained at the Sports Children's and Youth School of the Olympic Reserve "Wings of the Soviets" with Elena Lvovna Karpushenko. It was difficult for Yana to develop as an athlete, many things did not work out, but she gradually, competition after competition, rose higher and higher in the Russian sports rating. Since 2009, she began to win all-Russian junior tournaments - she won this title in 2009, 2011, 2012.

The first international competition was in 2011 - the Moscow International Junior Tournament, where Yana won gold medals in the team event, for her performance with maces and a hoop. In the same year, she became the junior world champion in Pesaro, Italy.

In 2012, at the European Junior Championship, she became the champion in the team all-around (the team included Yulia Sinitsyna, Sasha Soldatova, Diana Borisova), and also received gold for her performance with the ball.

In 2013

In 2013, Kudryavtseva Yana moved to the adult team. The first senior competition of an athlete is the Moscow stage of the Grand Prix. At the next stage of this international tournament, which was held in the Israeli city of Holon, Kudryavtseva became the champion in the all-around, in exercises with the ball and clubs. The hoop brought a bronze medal.

At the stage of the World Cup in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia, she won gold in the all-around, defeating and. Clubs and a hoop also brought a gold medal, a bronze medal went to a ribbon. Interestingly, for the first time in the history of rhythmic gymnastics, Yana won the debut World Cup. The next stage of the World Cup, which was held in the capital of Belarus, Minsk, Yana became the champion in the all-around, the performance with the ball also brought a gold medal. The second girl was in exercises with clubs and ribbon.

Yana was sent to the World Cup, which was held in the Austrian capital Vienna, instead. Rita Mamun was also in the team, three gymnasts received team gold. In the individual championship she received gold for the ball and maces. At this championship, the girl was only 15 years old, she was the youngest among the participants.

The final competition of the world cup was held in the city of St. Petersburg, Yana became the champion in exercises with the ball, received second place for clubs and ribbon, and third for all-around.

At the Kiev World Championships, despite the high level of competition, there were technical failures during the performances - the music was interrupted. Despite such difficulties, Yana Kudryavtseva received a gold medal in the all-around, individual and clubs, and silver for the hoop and ball. She was not only the youngest among the competitors - and these are very experienced athletes Margarita Mamun, Anna Rizatdinova, but also the youngest 15-year-old world champion in the history of rhythmic gymnastics.

At the Japanese club championship Aeon Cup, as part of the club, Gazprom took first place, along with Yulia Bravikova and Margarita Mamun, ahead of the Belarusian and Ukrainian gymnasts. Yana also received a gold medal for the individual all-around.

In 2014

Rhythmic gymnastics - Kudryavtseva in 2014:

1. The first stage of the Grand Prix, the city of Moscow - silver for maces and a hoop, bronze for all-around.
2. Grand Prix stage in Thiers - gold for all-around, ball, hoop, silver for clubs.
3. Stage of the World Cup, the city of Stuttgart - gold for the all-around, exercises with clubs, ball and hoop.
4. Grand Prix, Holon - two gold medals for clubs and ribbon exercises, a silver medal for all-around, a bronze medal for performance with a ball. At this competition, Yana hit her head hard when she fell, but was able to finish the performance, and after the injury she also performed in two types of all-around, eventually receiving a serious set of awards.
5. The World Cup stage in the Italian city of Pesaro is the absolute champion.
6. At the Penza All-Russian Championship - a gold medal in all types in the individual championship.
7. World Cup stage in Corbeil-Essonne - silver medal in the individual all-around.
8. World Cup stage in Tashkent - silver for individual all-around.
9. Stage of the World Cup in Minsk - a gold medal in the individual all-around.
10. Stage of the World Cup in Sofia - gold for the individual all-around.
11. 30th European Championship - gold medal.
12. World Cup Final, Kazan - gold medals in the all-around, for exercises with a ball, ribbon, clubs, a silver medal for performance with a hoop.
13. World Championship in the city of Izmer - a gold medal for team performance, individual all-around, as well as for a hoop, a ball. maces, a silver medal for bronze.

The schedule of the competition was very busy, Yana had little rest, did not meet with the guys, almost all the time was occupied by training.

In 2015

Rhythmic gymnastics - Yana Kudryavtseva in 2015:

1. Stage of the World Cup in Lisbon - the second place for exercises with clubs, the third - for the all-around.
2. World Cup stage in Pesaro - all-around champion, also gold medals for the ball and hoop.
3. The World Cup stage in Bucharest is the absolute champion.
4. The World Cup stage in Sofia is the absolute champion.
5. World Championship in Stuttgart - gold for individual all-around.
6. The final of the World Cup in the city of Kazan - silver for the all-around. A leg injury prevented him from competing in all sports. The leg was broken - the navicular bone in the foot crumbled, the tissues began to die. At first, German doctors planned to take a bone from a thigh and replace it with a crumbled one. But then they did a simpler operation - they removed the fragments of the bones and sewed the ligaments together, the gymnast recovered for about six months.

It would seem that after the fracture, Yana would leave the sport. But despite the health difficulties that she encountered not for the first time (injuries in this sport are actually permanent), Yana did not even think about leaving professional sports, she had to prepare for the Olympics. Moreover, she continued to train to the best of her ability, so as not to lose shape.

In 2016

Competitions 2016:

• out-of-competition performance at the international competitions "Baltic Hoop" in Riga, performed in three types of programs after a six-month break (due to injury);
• World Cup stage in Pesaro, gold medal in the all-around;
• stage of the world cup in the city of Tashkent - the absolute champion;
• stage of the World Cup in Sofia - a gold medal for all-around, a ribbon and a ball;
• epap of the World Cup in Kazan - a gold medal for the ball and a hoop, a silver medal for the all-around;
• European Championship, city of Holon - gold medal for individual all-around, as well as gold medals for all events;
• Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro - silver medal for individual all-around, lost points on the loss of a mace in the final.

For her performance at the Olympics, on August 26, 2016, Yana received a medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, first degree.

In fact, in 2016, Yana ended her sports career, but actually left professional sports at the beginning of 2017. Yana, with a heavy heart, said that she was leaving because she could continue to perform, prepare for the Olympics in Tokyo, but the consequences of a broken leg made it impossible to continue training. It was necessary to do a second operation on the leg, further loads would be a great danger to health.

Personal life

For a special sporty style that was sophisticated and graceful, Yana was called the "Crystal Figurine". She always looked sophisticated at competitions, Yana Kudryavtseva's swimsuit was always beautiful, but at the same time simple and strict, the girl tried to stand out with her skill and complex exercises, and not with external decorations. For a short period of only three years, she became the world champion 13 times.

Constant training led to the fact that, starting from the seventh grade, Yana appeared less and less at school. The gymnast did not have as much time as she wanted, but she learned how to allocate time resources efficiently. Parents helped - they made efforts so that outside the classroom school system, the daughter would receive good knowledge, studying on her own, as well as with the help of tutors. And the girl successfully passed school exams, then she passed the exam quite well.

After school, she entered the State University of Physical Education in St. Petersburg. For the sake of exams, she missed several stages of the world cup.

Personal life of Yana Kudryavtseva. For a long time, Yana did not think about the guys - the sports life took all the time and energy. In 2015, basketball player Mikhail Kulagin courted Yana. They broke up with Misha for unknown reasons.

Later it became known that the gymnast was dating the football player of the Zenit club Artur Yusupov. This guy was very attentive, the couple spent a lot of time together.

Lives in Moscow, travels a lot. He likes to have an active rest, for example, ride a quad bike with friends. Finds time to meet and socialize with fellow athletes.