Svetlana Khorkina

Svetlana Khorkina
Светлана Хоркина
Khorkina in 2017
Personal information
Full nameSvetlana Vasilyevna Khorkina
Nickname(s)Sveta
Born (1979-01-19) 19 January 1979
Belgorod, Russian SFSR, USSR
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
 Russia
(1994–2004 (RUS))
Head coach(es)Boris Vasilevich Pilkin
Assistant coach(es)Anna Pilina
Retired23 August 2004
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 4 1
World Championships 9 8 3
World Cup Final 0 1 0
Goodwill Games 4 2 1
European Championships 13 5 2
European Team Championships 2 0 0
Total 30 20 7
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
All-Around (OG/WC) 3 2 0
Uneven Bars (OG/WC) 7 1 0
Balance Beam (OG/WC) 0 1 0
Vault (OG/WC) 1 1 0
Floor Exercise (OG/WC) 0 2 2
Total 11 7 2
Women's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
1996 AtlantaUneven Bars
2000 SydneyUneven Bars
1996 AtlantaTeam
2000 SydneyTeam
2000 SydneyFloor Exercise
2004 AthensAll-Around
2004 AthensTeam
World Championships
1995 SabaeUneven Bars
1996 San JuanUneven Bars
1997 LausanneAll-Around
1997 LausanneUneven Bars
1999 TianjinUneven Bars
2001 GhentVault
2001 GhentAll-Around
2001 GhentUneven Bars
2003 AnaheimAll-Around
1994 BrisbaneVault
1994 BrisbaneUneven Bars
1995 SabaeAll-Around
1997 LausanneTeam
1997 LausanneBalance Beam
1997 LausanneFloor Exercise
1999 TianjinTeam
2001 GhentTeam
1994 DortmundTeam
1999 TianjinFloor Exercise
2001 GhentFloor Exercise
World Cup Final
1998 SabaeUneven Bars
Goodwill Games
1994 St PetersburgTeam
1994 St PetersburgUneven Bars
1998 New YorkUneven Bars
2001 BrisbaneUneven Bars
2001 BrisbaneAll-Around
2001 BrisbaneFloor Exercise
1994 St PetersburgVault
European Championships
1994 StockholmUneven Bars
1996 BirminghamUneven Bars
1998 St. PetersburgAll-Around
1998 St. PetersburgUneven Bars
1998 St. PetersburgFloor Exercise
2000 ParisTeam
2000 ParisAll-Around
2000 ParisUneven Bars
2000 ParisBalance Beam
2002 PatrasTeam
2002 PatrasAll-Around
2002 PatrasUneven Bars
2004 AmsterdamUneven Bars
1994 StockholmTeam
1994 StockholmAll-Around
1996 BirminghamTeam
1998 St. PetersburgTeam
2002 PatrasBalance Beam
2004 AmsterdamTeam
2004 AmsterdamBalance Beam
European Team Championships
1999 PatrasTeam
2003 MoscowTeam
AwardsLongines Prize for Elegance (1999)

Svetlana Vasilyevna Khorkina (Russian: Светлана Васильевна Хоркина; born 19 January 1979) is a retired Russian artistic gymnast. She competed in three Summer Olympics: 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, and 2004 Summer Olympics. During her career, Khorkina won seven Olympic medals and twenty World Championship medals. Over time, she medaled in every event at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. She was also the first gymnast to win three all-around titles at the World Championships and only the second female artistic gymnast ever, after Nadia Comăneci, to win three European All-Around titles. Khorkina is regarded as one of the most successful female gymnasts of all time.

At the opening ceremony of the 2019 Winter Universiade she lit the fire, together with bandy player Sergey Lomanov.