Kanaeva Evgenia Olegovna was born in April 1990 in the city of Omsk. Kanaeva was able to become a two-time Olympic champion, as well as a seventeen-time world champion. The height of Evgenia Kanaeva is 168 centimeters. The girl's weight is only 42 kilograms (at the time when she spoke). The success of Kanayeva after the end of her career has not been able to repeat so far none of the gymnasts of the Russian team in rhythmic gymnastics. Eugene also remains the favorite of the famous coach of many champions - Irina Wiener.
The childhood of the Olympic champion
Eugenia's mother is a master of sports in rhythmic gymnastics. At the age of six, Yevgeny Kanaev was given a grandmother to the sports section. The first coach of a capable baby was Elena Arais. Elena was amazed at Zhenya’s great effort to learn new elements and train with all her might. The little girl often remained in the gym after classes and continued to train hard. Grandmother Eugenia often had to wait for her in the corridor.
When Zhenya was 12 years old, she was first invited to the training camp in Moscow. The performance of the girl was seen by coach Amin Zaripova, who herself is the champion. It was Zaripova who was responsible for the preparation of juniors, and she invited Evgenia Kanaeva to train at the school of the Olympic reserve. Eugene achieved all the best results in training. The trainer of Evgenia Kanaeva was Vera Shtelbaums.
Crucial moment
In 2003, when the girl was only 13 years old, she was going to defend the honor of Gazprom at the club championship in the junior category in Japan. The championship ended in a win for Eugenia. By the way, A. Kabaeva and I. Chashchina performed with her. It was then that Irina Viner, who is still the head coach of the Russian rhythmic gymnastics team, noticed her. The girl was invited to train in Novogorsk.
The beginning of a sports career
In her career, Evgenia Kanaeva was expected not only the difficulty of winning medals, but also the difficulty of simply getting into the Russian team, since there are many applicants among Russian gymnasts. At that time, Alina Kabaeva and Irina Chashchina shone, who in 2004 won gold medals at the Olympic Games. After them, Vera Sesina and Olga Kapranova entered the podium . In 2007, Kabaeva could not go to the European Championship because of an injury, it was a real chance for Kanaeva to get into the national team. And the girl fully met expectations. In the exercises with the tape, Evgenia Kanaeva won the gold medal. She also won the team competition. Just a few months later, the World Cup began, at which Eugene again receives a gold medal in team performance.
Olympic Games
In 2008, Evgenia Kanaeva goes to the Olympic Games, Kapranova and Sesina go with her. Eugenia had four rooms planned: with a ribbon, with clubs, a hoop and a rope. All four rooms were distinguished by increased complexity, and were also thought out from a musical point of view. For example, the program with the tape was accompanied by musical accompaniment in the form of a piano version of “Moscow Evenings”.
In the spring of 2008, Kanaeva wins all stages of the Grand Prix, and also takes 1st place in the World Cup. The gymnast becomes the absolute champion of Russia. At the 2008 European Championships, Eugene beat all competitors and climbed the top step of the podium. She joined the main team of Russia, and the gymnast predicted Olympic medals. Actually, at the Beijing Olympics, Kanaeva, along with Kapranova, went to the main team of the Russian rhythmic gymnastics team. Evgenia Kanaeva became the youngest gymnast among the finalists in the thin. gymnastics at the Beijing Olympics. Kanaeva won the Olympic Games in Beijing, becoming the Olympic champion.
Eugene repeated her success at the 2012 Olympics, having again won gold, Kanaeva became a two-time champion.
In 2009, at the European Championships, held in the capital of Azerbaijan, Eugene won gold medals in all types of programs. Such a result did not dream of the rivals of the lady of the ribbon and hoop. The next achievement of Kanaeva was 9 gold medals received at the World Games, as well as the Universiade. Further, the goal was the World Cup 2009, but there Kanaeva showed a gorgeous result, having won four medals of the highest standard, as well as a gold medal in the team, which also included Kondakova, Dmitrieva, Kapranova. The total number of gold medals won in the championship reached 6. Kanaeva broke the record. At the 2011 World Cup, Kanaeva again achieved an amazing result, winning 6 out of six gold medals. At the time of the end of the World Cup, E. Kanaeva became the 17-time world champion in rhythmic gymnastics.
Opinions of specialists about the gymnast
Laysan Utyasheva, also a well-known gymnast in the past, stated that, in her opinion, Kanaeva is a combination of Alina Kabaeva and Irina Chashchina. Also, in the opinion of Utyasheva, Kanaev will be able to become an excellent coach after completing her career. In 2009, Eugene received the title "Honored Master of Sports of the Russian Federation."
Many experts in rhythmic gymnastics spoke positively about the character and hard work of the athlete. She was always happy to learn new elements of the program, during the preparation of which she could express her opinion to the coach.
Personal life of Evgenia Kanaeva
The girl was always modest and hid the details of her personal life from prying eyes. Fans and friends of Kanaeva news about her marriage with the famous hockey player Igor Muskatov was taken by surprise. The wedding of outstanding athletes took place in June 2013.
Eugene and Igor met at the emergency room in 2011. At that moment, both athletes received minor injuries and arrived at a medical center for help. After the Olympics in London, Igor made an offer to his beloved. And although before the marriage, Igor had a train of rumors about drinking and antics, after the wedding, according to relatives and friends, the young man settled down. In 2014, the couple had a son. The boy was named Vladimir.
Education
A few years ago, an outstanding gymnast graduated from the Siberian State University of Physical Culture and Sports. In 2017, Eugene, tired of injuries and worries, decides to leave the big sport and start a new activity for her - to become a coach.
Highscores
For the first time in history, Evgenia Kanaeva became an athlete who won 6 of the 6 gold medals in rhythmic gymnastics during the World Cup. And after a few years, the girl again repeats her own record, again winning 6 of the 6 possible gold medals.
In addition, Eugene became the first gymnast in history to take 1st place in the World Cup for 3 consecutive years. She became the only athlete in rhythmic gymnastics, who won gold medals in all types of programs. Also, Kanaeva is the sole owner of 17 gold medals of the World Championships on thin. gymnastics.
Sports achivments
- In 2007, took 1st place in the European Championship.
- In 2008, he rises to the highest step of the podium - 1st place at the European Championships.
- In 2009, he won gold medals in individual all-around events at the European Championships, which was held in Baku.
- In 2009, she also became the absolute world champion in all-around events, in addition, Kanaeva won the gold medal in the team and in certain types of all-around events. The tournament was held in Japan. Result: 6 gold medals out of 6 possible.
- In 2009, at the Universiade in Belgrade, Eugene won 5 gold medals.
- In 2010, at the European Championships in Bremen, Kanaeva won 1st place in the all-around. In the same year already at the World Championships in Moscow, Kanaeva won four gold medals: in the exercise with the ball, in the exercise with the hoop, in the all-around and team championship.
- In 2011, the European Championship was held in Minsk. Evgenia Kanaeva won the gold medal in the team event, the gold medal in the exercise with ribbon, the gold medal in the exercise with the hoop. And at the Universiade in the same year, held in the Chinese city of Shenzhen, Kanaeva performed and won first place in the all-around.
- In the same 2011, Eugene became the absolute world champion in the all-around, won the gold medal in team exercise, a gold medal in certain types of all-around. The World Cup was held in France. The result of the performance was 6 of the 6 gold medals possible.
- At the Summer Olympics in London (2012), Eugene becomes the Olympic champion in individual all-around.
Post-Career Activities
Today she is a patient mentor for young gymnasts. Evgenia Kanaeva trains young pupils of the Russian national rhythmic gymnastics team. Pupils of Eugenia are girls 12-14 years old. According to the Olympic champion, current gymnasts train much less than she did in her time. According to Kanaeva, this is due to the fact that young gymnasts now have more opportunities and more temptations. However, the girl also notes that at one time she also trained much less than the other legendary champion - Irina Chashchina.
Occasionally famous athletes appear at social events, one of such exits was the wedding of another no less famous Olympic champion in thin. gymnastics Margarita Mamun.
Social networks
Eugenia, like many girls, loves to be photographed and share her pictures on social networks. The girl prefers to use the social network Instagram. Hundreds of fans “followed” the famous athlete; under the photo of Evgenia Kanaeva, the Olympic champion, there were always many comments, most of which were compliments. But today, the girl maintains a private page, closed from a large number of users. In general, it’s difficult even for journalists to catch the Olympic champion, the girl does not like to give interviews.
The biography of Evgenia Kanaeva is quite interesting, in it you can trace how a very young girl was able to train and have a great desire to “grow” to a two-time Olympic champion and a 17-time world champion. Today, Kanaeva coaches the young team of Russia, in which gymnasts of 12-14 years are represented. The main task of Eugenia is to deliver the “candidates for master of sports” program to the pupils. Also sometimes in the press there is news about the family of the famous athlete.