Yana Kudryavtseva - the pride of Russian gymnastics

Yana Kudryavtseva became known not only because of her enormous gymnastic talent. In sports circles for a special grace and refinement, as well as for the many awards received at a young age, she was nicknamed the "Crystal Statuette."

This fragile girl in the history of gymnastics became the youngest absolute world champion, having received this title at the age of 15 years. Yana Kudryavtseva, whose height and weight can be learned from our article, was awarded the title of multiple European champion. Also this girl, in just three years (from 2013 to 2015) managed to get the title of thirteen-time world champion.

Yana Kudryavtseva, biography

The future world-famous gymnast was born in Moscow in 1997. Many believe that the girl's perseverance, discipline and love of sport were laid on a genetic level. Her family can not be called ordinary or ordinary, because her father - Alexei Kudryavtsev, is a famous swimmer, who in 1992 became Olympic Champion.

Start of sports performances

Yana Kudryavtseva, photo of which is given in our article, began her sports career in 2008 at the age of 11 years. She won with incredible ease in regional junior competitions. A year after a very successful start, in 2009, Yana Kudryavtseva won the Junior Championship of the Russian Federation, which was held in Dmitrov. Over the next 2 years, the gymnast became the winner of the same championship, held in Kazan and Samara.

Amazing victories of a young gymnast

For international competitions, Iana Kudryavtseva first came in 2011 and immediately won in the junior world cup. Literally a year later, in 2012, she became the best, among those who performed ball exercises juniors in Europe. At the same competitions, she received a gold medal, taking part in the team all-around.

Starting in 2013, Yana began to participate in adult competitions. In Vienna, at the European Championships, Kudryavtseva wins gold. At the World Cup in 2013, the gymnast deservedly receives silver and gold for individual performances and bronze for all-around.

In the same year she successfully debuted at the World Championships, which was held in Kiev. She received two gold medals and became the silver medalist of the World Cup.

Painful growing up

It is known that the parameters of the gymnast play a significant role in the technique of performing tricks. Its first awards Ian got yet quite fragile child. But over the years, of course, her body began to grow and grow. In the press there were discussions of her external data, began to write about the fact that Kudryavtseva stretched out in growth and gained weight, because of what she can not perform with the same success as before. The girl, realizing the irreversibility of this process, did not become upset and pay attention to taunts.

Yana Kudryavtseva, whose growth for today is about 170 cm, and weight - about 48 kg, was able to select and develop ideal program for her with the help of her coach taking into account her parameters. She continues to successfully perform, winning new medals.

Difficulties with study

Frequent sports, constant training and competitions are the main component of the life of any athlete. For young gymnasts, accordingly, no exceptions are made. That's why almost all junior athletes have problems with their studies, it simply does not have enough time and sometimes moral strength for them. Yana was no exception, and in one of her interviews she confessed that she was not in school, in the classical sense, from the 7th grade, she only went there to take exams.

When it was time to graduate class, in order to pass the exam, Kudryavtseva had to try. She worked hard with tutors, especially had to pull up the math, because, as her sports coach remarked, this thing most of all does not like passes. After school the gymnast planned to get higher education by enrolling in the State University of Physical Culture in St. Petersburg.

In order to solve the issue with the final exams, Yana Kudryavtseva was forced to skip the qualifying stages of the World Cup, but the girl, as always, thanks to her perseverance achieved the set goals. All the exams, taking into account the existing difficulties, were handed over by Yana worthy.

The resulting injuries and rapid recovery

The view that good natural data, innate grace and flexibility, and good coordination of movement is enough for success in gymnastics is deeply mistaken. According to the coach, Yana Kudryavtseva trains for 5-6 hours a day, and each element works countless times, until it turns out perfect.

This fragile girl really has a fighting nature, which is confirmed not only by her behavior in training. Yana Kudryavtseva, whose photo is often published in various international sports publications, has, in addition to numerous awards, managed to get serious injuries during her short sports career. One of the latest news about the gymnast was a leg injury, received in August, during the World Cup stage, held in Kazan. The girl struck many by her willpower, having managed to recover in almost 6 weeks. This is not the first time that says a lot about her character.

For example, in 2014 in the Israeli Holon, the young gymnast took part in the performances at the Grand Prix stage. During the performance of one of the complex exercises with the ball, Yana did not keep her balance. As a result, she fell and hit her head very hard. Many in the hall thought that the gymnast would not rise again. But Kudrevtseva not only was able to surprise the hall, having risen after a terrible fall. She finished her speech, completed her exercise to the end, while not allowing any mistakes. The award for such strength of character was the prize third place.

The judges were at a loss when Yana continued her performance in two more kinds of all-around. On this day, except for the third place for the performance with the ball, she won prizes for performances with tape and maces.