Role Gymnast Retired 2012 Name Uliana Donskova Spouse Ruben Begunts (m. 2014) | Head coach(es) Irina Viner Weight 57 kg Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics Height 1.76 m | |
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Full name Uliana Vyacheslavovna Donskova Similar People | ||
Uliana Donskova
Uliana Vyacheslavovna Donskova (Russian: Ульяна Вячеславовна Донскова; born 24 August 1992) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2012 Olympics Group All-around champion, the 2011 World Group All-around silver medalist, the 2010 World Group All-around bronze medalist, the 2012 European Group All-around gold medalist and the 2010 European Group All-around gold medalist.
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Uliana Donskova // You Raise Me Up | From London To Rio
Career
Donskova started training in gymnastics when she was five years old. She started competing with the Russian Group in 2008. She competed in her first World Championship on August 12, 2009 in Japan, in Mie. There she together with the other Russian group received a gold medal and two bronze medals. She was again part of the Russian Group at the European Championships in Bremen and at the 2010 and 2011 World Championships.
She won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the group all-around event together with other group members (Ksenia Dudkina, Anastasia Bliznyuk, Alina Makarenko, Anastasia Nazarenko, Karolina Sevastyanova).
It was Russia's 4th consecutive win in the Group since the 2000 Summer Olympics. Donskova said: "We had no idea that we were going for four in a row." When asked to explain the secret of Russia's success in rhythmic gymnastics, she added: "We're born as rhythmic gymnasts." For six months leading up to the Olympic Games, the Russian gymnasts ate only buckwheat. Donskova retired from rhythmic gymnastics after the 2012 Olympics.
In June 25 2014, Donskova married former CSKA Mosvka Ice Hockey player Ruben Begunts. The couple had their first child born in August 2015.
Personal life
Donskova is a student at the Lesgaft National State University of Physical Culture, Sport & Health in Saint Petersburg, Russia.