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In 2004, she won the all-around gold at the [[Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships|2004 European Championships]] in [[Kiev]]. At the [[2004 Athens Olympics]] Kabaeva took home the gold medal in the individual all-around for rhythmic gymnastics with a score of 108.400 (Hoop 26.800, Ball 27.350, Clubs 27.150, Ribbon 27.100), the silver medal went to her teammate [[Irina Tchachina]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Results – 29 August 2004|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics_2004/results/default.stm|work=BBC Sport |accessdate=17 April 2008|date=16 December 2005|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080408194036/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics_2004/results/default.stm|archivedate=8 April 2008 | deadurl=no}}</ref>
In 2004, she won the all-around gold at the [[Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships|2004 European Championships]] in [[Kiev]]. At the [[2004 Athens Olympics]] Kabaeva took home the gold medal in the individual all-around for rhythmic gymnastics with a score of 108.400 (Hoop 26.800, Ball 27.350, Clubs 27.150, Ribbon 27.100), the silver medal went to her teammate [[Irina Tchachina]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Results – 29 August 2004|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics_2004/results/default.stm|work=BBC Sport |accessdate=17 April 2008|date=16 December 2005|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080408194036/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics_2004/results/default.stm|archivedate=8 April 2008 | deadurl=no}}</ref>


In October 2004, Kabaeva announced her retirement from the sport.<ref>[http://gymmedia.com/prioNOlang_en.asp?id=1221&sp=2&rt=RG Olympic rhythmic gymnastics champion Kabaeva retires]{{dead link|date=February 2014}}, 11 October 2004. GYMmedia. Retrieved 16 December 2010</ref> However, in June 2005, the Russian head coach Irina Viner announced a possible comeback.<ref>[http://gymmedia.com/prioNOlang_en.asp?id=1449&sp=2&rt=RG XXI. European Championships of RG – qualifications/ Will Kabaeva return?]{{dead link|date=February 2014}}, 10 June 2005. GYMmedia. Retrieved 16 December 2010.</ref> Kabaeva resumed her sport career at an [[Italy]]-Russia friendly competition in [[Genoa]], on 10 September 2005.<ref>[http://www.zampablu.it//blu/RG/genova05_vd/genova05_vd.html ]{{dead link|date=December 2010}}</ref> On 5 March 2006, She won the Gazprom Moscow Grand Prix, with fellow Russians [[Vera Sessina]] and [[Olga Kapranova]] taking the second and third places.<ref>[http://gymmedia.com/prioNOlang_en.asp?id=1773&sp=2&rt=RG Kabaeva is back! She won three of five Grand Prix Finals]{{dead link|date=February 2014}}, GYMmedia, 5 March 2006. GYMmedia.com. Retrieved 16 December 2010</ref> She won the silver medal in all-around at the [[2006 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships|2006 European Championships]] behind teammate Sessina.
In October 2004, Kabaeva announced her retirement from the sport.<ref>[http://gymmedia.com/prioNOlang_en.asp?id=1221&sp=2&rt=RG Olympic rhythmic gymnastics champion Kabaeva retires], 11 October 2004. GYMmedia. Retrieved 16 December 2010 {{wayback|url=http://gymmedia.com/prioNOlang_en.asp?id=1221&sp=2&rt=RG |date=20120717031150 |df=y }}</ref> However, in June 2005, the Russian head coach Irina Viner announced a possible comeback.<ref>[http://gymmedia.com/prioNOlang_en.asp?id=1449&sp=2&rt=RG XXI. European Championships of RG – qualifications/ Will Kabaeva return?], 10 June 2005. GYMmedia. Retrieved 16 December 2010. {{wayback|url=http://gymmedia.com/prioNOlang_en.asp?id=1449&sp=2&rt=RG |date=20120717031247 |df=y }}</ref> Kabaeva resumed her sport career at an [[Italy]]-Russia friendly competition in [[Genoa]], on 10 September 2005.<ref>[http://www.zampablu.it//blu/RG/genova05_vd/genova05_vd.html ] {{wayback|url=http://www.zampablu.it//blu/RG/genova05_vd/genova05_vd.html |date=20070208051314 |df=y }}</ref> On 5 March 2006, She won the Gazprom Moscow Grand Prix, with fellow Russians [[Vera Sessina]] and [[Olga Kapranova]] taking the second and third places.<ref>[http://gymmedia.com/prioNOlang_en.asp?id=1773&sp=2&rt=RG Kabaeva is back! She won three of five Grand Prix Finals], GYMmedia, 5 March 2006. GYMmedia.com. Retrieved 16 December 2010 {{wayback|url=http://gymmedia.com/prioNOlang_en.asp?id=1773&sp=2&rt=RG |date=20120204081317 |df=y }}</ref> She won the silver medal in all-around at the [[2006 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships|2006 European Championships]] behind teammate Sessina.


At the [[2007 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships|2007 European Championships]] in Baku, Azerbaijan; Kabaeva, [[Vera Sessina|Sessina]], and [[Olga Kapranova|Kapranova]] were chosen to represent Russia. However, on the eve of the competition, Kabaeva withdrew because of an injury. Viner selected rising upcoming gymnast [[Evgenia Kanaeva]] from Russia's National Team as the replacement. Kabaeva finished 4th in all-around qualifications at the [[2007 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships|2007 World Championships]] and did not advance into the finals due to the two per country rule with [[Vera Sessina]] and [[Olga Kapranova]] placing ahead of Kabaeva. She completed her career at the 2007 Season.
At the [[2007 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships|2007 European Championships]] in Baku, Azerbaijan; Kabaeva, [[Vera Sessina|Sessina]], and [[Olga Kapranova|Kapranova]] were chosen to represent Russia. However, on the eve of the competition, Kabaeva withdrew because of an injury. Viner selected rising upcoming gymnast [[Evgenia Kanaeva]] from Russia's National Team as the replacement. Kabaeva finished 4th in all-around qualifications at the [[2007 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships|2007 World Championships]] and did not advance into the finals due to the two per country rule with [[Vera Sessina]] and [[Olga Kapranova]] placing ahead of Kabaeva. She completed her career at the 2007 Season.

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Alina Kabaeva
Personal information
Full nameAlina Maratovna Kabaeva
Country represented Russia
Born (1983-05-12) 12 May 1983 (age 41)
Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
ResidenceMoscow, Russia
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
ClubMGFSO Dynamo
Head coach(es)Irina Viner
Assistant coach(es)Vera Shatalina
ChoreographerVeronica Shatkova
Eponymous skillsbackscale pivots
Retired2007
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 1
World Championships 9 3 2
European Championships 15 3 3
World Cup Final 9 2 0
Grand Prix Final 4 1 1
Goodwill Games 4 1 0
Total 41 10 7
Representing  Russia
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens All-around
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney All-around
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Patras Team
Gold medal – first place 2003 Budapest All-around
Gold medal – first place 2003 Budapest Team
Gold medal – first place 2003 Budapest Ball
Gold medal – first place 2003 Budapest Ribbon
Gold medal – first place 1999 Osaka All-around
Gold medal – first place 1999 Osaka Team
Gold medal – first place 1999 Osaka Ball
Gold medal – first place 1999 Osaka Ribbon
Silver medal – second place 2003 Budapest Hoop
Silver medal – second place 1999 Osaka Rope
Silver medal – second place 1999 Osaka Hoop
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Patras Ribbon
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Budapest Clubs
Disqualified 2001 Madrid All-around
Disqualified 2001 Madrid Rope
Disqualified 2001 Madrid Ball
Disqualified 2001 Madrid Hoop
Disqualified 2001 Madrid Clubs
Disqualified 2001 Madrid Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Kiev All-around
Gold medal – first place 2004 Kiev Team
Gold medal – first place 2002 Granada All-around
Gold medal – first place 2002 Granada Team
Gold medal – first place 2001 Geneva Hoop
Gold medal – first place 2001 Geneva Ball
Gold medal – first place 2001 Geneva Clubs
Gold medal – first place 2000 Zaragoza All-around
Gold medal – first place 2000 Zaragoza Team
Gold medal – first place 2000 Zaragoza Hoop
Gold medal – first place 2000 Zaragoza Ball
Gold medal – first place 2000 Zaragoza Ribbon
Gold medal – first place 1999 Budapest All-around
Gold medal – first place 1999 Budapest Hoop
Gold medal – first place 1998 Porto All-around
Silver medal – second place 2006 Moscow All-around
Silver medal – second place 2001 Geneva Rope
Silver medal – second place 1999 Budapest Ribbon
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Zaragoza Rope
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Budapest Rope
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Porto Team
World Cup Final
Gold medal – first place 2004 Moscow Hoop
Gold medal – first place 2004 Moscow Ribbon
Gold medal – first place 2003 Baku All-around
Gold medal – first place 2003 Baku Ribbon
Gold medal – first place 2003 Baku Ball
Gold medal – first place 2003 Baku Clubs
Gold medal – first place 2000 Glasgow Rope
Gold medal – first place 2000 Glasgow Ball
Gold medal – first place 2000 Glasgow Ribbon
Silver medal – second place 2003 Baku Hoop
Silver medal – second place 2000 Glasgow Hoop
Grand Prix Final
Gold medal – first place 1998 Linz All-around
Gold medal – first place 1999 Korneuburg Hoop
Gold medal – first place 1999 Korneuburg Ball
Gold medal – first place 1999 Korneuburg Ribbon
Silver medal – second place 1999 Korneuburg All-around
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Deventer Ribbon
Goodwill Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 New York All-around
Gold medal – first place 1998 New York Clubs
Gold medal – first place 1998 New York Ribbon
Gold medal – first place 1998 New York Hoop
Silver medal – second place 1998 New York Rope
Disqualified 2001 Brisbane All-around
Disqualified 2001 Brisbane Ball
Disqualified 2001 Brisbane Clubs
Disqualified 2001 Brisbane Rope
Disqualified 2001 Brisbane Hoop

Alina Maratovna Kabaeva (Russian: Али́на Мара́товна Каба́ева; Tatar: Älinä Marat qızı Qabayeva, Әлинә Марат кызы Кабаева; born 12 May 1983)[1] is a Russian Honored Master of Sports, retired rhythmic gymnast, and politician. Between 2007 and 2014 she was a State Duma deputy from the United Russia party. Since September 2014 she is the chairwoman of the board of directors of the National Media Group.

Kabaeva is Russia's second most successful rhythmic gymnast after Evgenia Kanaeva.[citation needed] She is also one of the most decorated gymnasts in the history of rhythmic gymnastics with two Olympic medals, 14 world championship medals and 25 European championship medals.

Early life and career

Kabaeva, the daughter of a Tatar father[2] and Russian mother, was born in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, in the Soviet Union on 12 May 1983.[1] She started rhythmic gymnastics there at the age of 3 with coach Margarita Samuilovna.[3] Her father Marat Kabayev was a professional football (soccer) player and the family was constantly following him to different places in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Russia. At first, many coaches did not like Alina because they considered her "too heavy"[citation needed] and "ugly"[citation needed] to be a rhythmic gymnast, none of them seemed to consider her a rhythmic gymnast of any particular talent. In her young teens she moved to Russia, where her mother took her to the Russian head coach Irina Viner, who liked her from the start.[citation needed]

She stayed with Viner and made her international debut in 1996. In 1998 the 15-year-old Kabaeva won the European Championships in Portugal. At the time she was the youngest member of the Russian squad, competing alongside internationally recognized teammates, like Amina Zaripova. In 1999 Kabaeva became European Champion for the second consecutive time and won the World title in Osaka, Japan. She went on to win a total of 5 all-around titles at the European Championships and added another World title in 2003 in Budapest, Hungary.[citation needed]

(L-R) Alina Kabaeva (bronze), Yulia Barsukova (gold) and Yulia Raskina (silver) at 2000 Olympic Games podium

At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Kabaeva was expected to claim gold in all-around, but, due to an error in an otherwise exceptional performance—she dropped her hoop and ran to retrieve it outside the competition area – took home the bronze with the final score of 39.466 (Rope 9.925, Hoop 9.641, Ball 9.950, Ribbon 9.950), Belarus' Yulia Raskina took the silver medal while fellow Russian teammate Yulia Barsukova won the Olympics Gold medal.[citation needed]

At the 2001 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, she won the gold for the ball, clubs and rope, and gold in the Individual All-Around and hoop. At the 2001 Goodwill Games in Brisbane, Australia, Kabaeva won the gold for the ball, clubs and rope, and the silver in the Individual All-Around and hoop. However, Kabaeva and her teammate Irina Tchachina tested positive to a banned diuretic (furosemide) and were stripped of their medals.[citation needed]

Irina Viner, the Russian head coach, who also served as the Vice President of the FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics Technical Committee at the time, said her gymnasts had been taking a food supplement called "Hyper" which contained mild diuretics, which, according to Viner, the gymnasts were taking for pre-menstrual syndrome. When the supply ran out shortly before the Goodwill Games, the team physiotherapist restocked at a local pharmacy. According to Viner, the supplement sold there was fake and contained furosemide. The commission requested the Goodwill Games organizing committee to nullify Kabaeva and Tchachina's results. The FIG also nullified their results from the World Championships in Madrid, causing Ukraine's Tamara Yerofeeva to be declared the 2001 World Champion.[citation needed]

In 2003, Kabaeva marked her return to competitive gymnastics after serving the suspension,[citation needed] she won the all-around gold medal at the 2003 World Championships as well as the event final in ribbon and ball ahead of Ukrainian Anna Bessonova.

In 2004, she won the all-around gold at the 2004 European Championships in Kiev. At the 2004 Athens Olympics Kabaeva took home the gold medal in the individual all-around for rhythmic gymnastics with a score of 108.400 (Hoop 26.800, Ball 27.350, Clubs 27.150, Ribbon 27.100), the silver medal went to her teammate Irina Tchachina.[4]

In October 2004, Kabaeva announced her retirement from the sport.[5] However, in June 2005, the Russian head coach Irina Viner announced a possible comeback.[6] Kabaeva resumed her sport career at an Italy-Russia friendly competition in Genoa, on 10 September 2005.[7] On 5 March 2006, She won the Gazprom Moscow Grand Prix, with fellow Russians Vera Sessina and Olga Kapranova taking the second and third places.[8] She won the silver medal in all-around at the 2006 European Championships behind teammate Sessina.

At the 2007 European Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan; Kabaeva, Sessina, and Kapranova were chosen to represent Russia. However, on the eve of the competition, Kabaeva withdrew because of an injury. Viner selected rising upcoming gymnast Evgenia Kanaeva from Russia's National Team as the replacement. Kabaeva finished 4th in all-around qualifications at the 2007 World Championships and did not advance into the finals due to the two per country rule with Vera Sessina and Olga Kapranova placing ahead of Kabaeva. She completed her career at the 2007 Season.

After retirement

Vladimir Putin and Kabaeva, 2001

Since 2005 Kabaeva has been a member of the Public Chamber of Russia.

She also appeared briefly in the 2001 Japanese movie Red Shadow, performing her gymnastic routine.[9] Between 2007 and 2014 Kabaeva has been a member of the Russian parliament, the State Duma, representing the United Russia party. Since February 2008 she has been Chairman of the National Media Group's Public Council,[10] the media group that controls Izvestia, Channel One and REN TV. In September 2014 Kabaeva resigned from the Duma and accepted the position of chair of the board of directors of the National Media Group, the biggest Russian media conglomerate.[11]

In January 2011, Alina Kabaeva appeared on the cover of Vogue Russia.

In her capacity of a member of parliament, she voted for a number of controversial laws which were speedily adopted in 2012–2013, including the Anti-Magnitsky bill on the ban of intercountry adoption (of Russian orphans) by U.S. families,[12] as well as laws on the prohibition of the "homosexual propaganda" aimed at adolescents, on extrajudicial ban of access to websites which may host materials violating copyright, and on the reorganization of the Academy of Sciences.[13]

Kabaeva was among the six Russian athlete torch bearers who carried the Olympic flame through Fisht Stadium during the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Her selection as a torch bearer generated controversy among the international media, largely due to her personal ties to Vladimir Putin.[14]

Influence

Kabaeva revolutionized rhythmic gymnastics as one of the few gymnasts to have performed new skills and elements which included the back split pivot with hand help (also known as "The Kabaeva"), the ring position with a slow full turn and the backscale pivot that she first performed.[15]

Achievements

Routine music information

Year Apparatus Music title [17]
2007 Hoop (second) Allegro Vivo (Walpurgis Night) from Faust by Charles Gounod
Hoop (first) Payadora by Julian Plaza
Rope (second) Rio Rita by DJ Valer
Rope (first) Sirtaki by Andre Rieu
Clubs (second) Rio Rita by DJ Valer
Clubs (first) Sardarabad by Ara Gevorgian
Ribbon Espana Cani music from Cincinnati by Pops Orchestra
2006 Ball (second) Sirtaki by David Moutsis
Ball (first) Introduction music from Queen of Spades by Sofia Festival Orchestra
Rope Clockwork (Shantel vs Mahala Rai Banda remix) by Mambayaga Project
Clubs (second) Overture music from The Seventh Voyage Of Sinbad by Bernard Herrmann
Clubs (first) White Darbouka by Hovannes K.
Ribbon Granada by Andre Rieu
2005 Ball Fuga Y Misterio by Astor Piazzolla
Rope Clockwork (Shantel vs Mahala Rai Banda remix) by Mambayaga Project
Clubs White Darbouka by Hovannes K.
Ribbon Suite – 1st Movement from The Valencian Widow by Aram Khachaturian
2004 Hoop (second) Carmen's entrance and Habanera
by Georges Bizet
Hoop (first) Finale / Dance / Prelude / Bolero music from Carmen by Georges Bizet & Rodion Shchedrin
Ball Syrtaki by D. Moutsis
Clubs Sphynx (Club Mix) by Giampiero Ponte, Moran
Ribbon Sphynx by Giampiero Ponte
2003 Hoop Finale / Dance / Prelude / Bolero music from Carmen by Georges Bizet & Rodion Shchedrin
Ball Polovtsian Dances music from Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin
Clubs Moliendo café by Fanfare Ciocarlia
Ribbon Caravane / Der Bauch / Istikhbar by Radar / MC Sultan / Gnawa Diffusion
2002 Hoop Finale / Dance / Prelude / Bolero music from Carmen by Georges Bizet & Rodion Shchedrin
Rope Snakefood, Samba Adagio by Safri Duo
Clubs Hava Naquila by Party Animals
Ball Weather Storm by Craig Armstrong
2001 Hoop Desert Rose (House Mix) by Sting feat. Cheb Mami
Rope Shark music from Full Sink by Laureate
Clubs Lament To Birch Bark music from The Best Of Russian Folk Music by Moscow Balalaika Quartet
Ball Question of U by Classic Metropolitan Orchestra (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
2000 Hoop Les Toreadors by Georges Bizet
Rope Tsiganochka (Traditional Gipsy folk)
Ball Felicia music from Forever Tango by Luis Bravo
Ribbon Dilorom / Yor Yor by Yulduz Usmanova / Shahzod
1999 Hoop Spirit of Taiko by Kitaro
Rope Release the Dubs music from Shallow Grave by Leftfield
Ball Felicia music from Forever Tango by Luis Bravo
Ribbon Dilorom / Yor Yor by Yulduz Usmanova / Shahzod
1998 Hoop Symphonica by DJ Quicksilver
Clubs Korobejniki from Kamarinskaya by Michael Glinka
Ball ?
Ribbon (second) Kitri, Entrance, Coda music from Don Quixote by Leon Minkus
Ribbon (first) Lo Sciecco Bianco by Nino Rota
1997 Hoop Paradisio / Canton Express / I dream of Santiago by Gypsy
Clubs ?
Ball Finale (Carnival of the Animals) music from Charles by Camille Saint-Saëns
Ribbon Lo Sciecco Bianco by Nino Rota

Detailed Olympic results

Year Competition Description Location Music [18] Apparatus Score-Final Score-Qualifying
2004 Olympics Athens All-around 108.400 105.875
Sphynx by Giampiero Ponte Ribbon 27.100 26.100
Syrtaki by D. Moutsis Ball 27.350 27.250
Carmen's entrance and Habanera
by Georges Bizet
Hoop 26.800 26.050
Sphynx (Club Mix) by Giampiero Ponte, Moran Clubs 27.150 26.475
Year Competition Description Location Music Apparatus Score-Final Score-Qualifying
2000 Olympics Sydney All-around 39.466 39.691
Dilorom / Yor Yor
by Yulduz Usmanova and Shahzod
Ribbon 9.950 9.925
Felicia by Luis Bravo Ball 9.950 9.925
Les Toreadors by Georges Bizet Hoop 9.651 9.925
Tsiganochka ( Gypsy Folk ) Rope 9.925 9.916

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