Head coach(es) Irina Viner Disciplines Rhythmic gymnastics Role Olympic athlete | Name Yelena Posevina Retired yes Country represented Russia | |
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Born 13 February 1986 (age 38)
Tula, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union ( 1986-02-13 ) Olympic medals Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's rhythmic group all-around Similar People Daria Shkurikhina, Margarita Aliychuk, Anna Gavrilenko, Tatiana Gorbunova, Natalia Lavrova | ||
Yelena Aleksandrovna Posevina (Russian: Елена Александровна Посевина, born 13 February 1986) is a Russian former group rhythmic gymnast. She is a two-time Group Olympic champion, who attended Olympic Games on 2004 and 2008.
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Career
Elena Posevina was a member of the national gymnastics team from 2000. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens where she received a gold medal in the rhythmic group competition. In 2003 and 2005, Posevina won the World Champion title as a member of the Russian group and took European championships group title in 2005. She was named a merited master of sports, holder of the Order of Friendship for major contribution in development of physical culture and sports, high sporting accomplishments, and holder of the Order of Honour for a contribution in development of physical culture and sports.
Posevina also won gold four years later in Beijing. She is the second group rhythmic gymnast to win two gold medals in the Olympic Games after Natalia Lavrova. Posevina was one of the 50 elite athletes of Russia chosen as an honorary ambassador for the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan.
Personal life
Posevina is a resident of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia and is now working as a rhythmic gymnastics coach.