Olga Kapranova

Olga Kapranova
Personal information
Full name	Olga Sergeyevna Kapranova
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1987-12-06) December 6, 1987 Moscow
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 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 Representing Russia Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships 2009 Mie Team 2007 Patras Hoop 2007 Patras Clubs 2007 Patras Team 2007 Patras Rope 2007 Patras All-around 2005 Baku All-around 2005 Baku Rope 2005 Baku Ball 2005 Baku Clubs 2005 Baku Team 2003 Budapest Team European Championships 2009 Baku Team 2008 Torino All-around 2007 Baku Hoop 2007 Baku Team 2007 Baku Clubs 2007 Baku Rope 2005 Moscow Ball 2005 Moscow Team 2005 Moscow Rope 2005 Moscow Clubs World Games 2005 Duisburg Ball 2005 Duisburg Clubs 2009 Kaohsiung Hoop 2009 Kaohsiung Rope World Cup Final 2008 Benidorm Rope 2008 Benidorm Clubs 2006 Mie Clubs 2004 Moscow Hoop 2004 Moscow Clubs 2004 Moscow Ribbon Grand Prix Final 2008 Bratislava All-around 2008 Bratislava Rope 2008 Bratislava Clubs 2008 Bratislava Ribbon 2008 Bratislava Hoop 2007 Innsbruck All-around 2007 Innsbruck Hoop 2007 Innsbruck Clubs 2007 Innsbruck Ribbon 2007 Innsbruck Rope 2006 Berlin All-around 2006 Berlin Rope 2004 Deventer Ribbon 2004 Deventer Hoop Universiade 2007 Bangkok All-around 2007 Bangkok Ribbon 2007 Bangkok Hoop

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, 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.

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.

External links

• Olga Kapranova at the International Gymnastics Federation