Yana Kudryavtseva became famous not only thanks to her huge gymnastic talent. In sports circles for her special grace and sophistication, as well as for many awards received at a young age, she was nicknamed the “Crystal Statuette”.
This fragile girl in the history of gymnastics has become the youngest absolute world champion, having received this title at the age of 15 years. Yana Kudryavtseva, whose height and weight can be found in our article, received the title of multiple European champion. Also, this girl, in just three years (from 2013 to 2015) managed to get the title of the 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 at the genetic level. Her family can not be called ordinary or ordinary, because her father - Alexei Kudryavtsev, is a famous swimmer athlete, who in 1992 became the Olympic Champion.
Start of sporting events
Yana Kudryavtseva, whose photo is provided in our article, began her sports career in 2008 at the age of 11.
She won incredibly easily 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
Yana Kudryavtseva first got to international competitions in 2011 and immediately won the Junior World Cup. Literally a year later, in 2012, she became the best among European juniors who performed ball exercises. At the same competitions, she received a gold medal, taking part in the team all-around.
Since 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 Cup, 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. Yana received her first awards while still a very fragile child. But over the years, of course, her body began to develop and grow. Discussions about her external data appeared in the press, they began to write that Kudryavtseva was stretched in height and gained weight, because of which she would not be able to perform as successfully as before. The girl, realizing the irreversibility of this process, did not become upset and pay attention to barbs.
Yana Kudryavtseva, whose growth today is about 170 cm and weight is about 48 kg, was able, with the help of a trainer, to select and develop ideal performance programs for herself, taking into account her parameters. She continues to perform successfully, winning new medals.
Learning difficulties
Frequent sports gatherings, constant training and competitions are the main component of the life of any athlete. For young gymnasts, accordingly, no exceptions are made. That is why almost all junior athletes have problems with training, it simply does not physically have time, or sometimes moral strength. Yana was no exception, and in one of her interviews she admitted that in the school, in the classical sense, she was not from the 7th grade, she came there only to take exams.
When it was time for graduation class, in order to pass the exam, Kudryavtseva had to try. She worked hard with tutors, especially I had to tighten the math, because as her sports coach noted, this subject does not like passes most of all. After school, the gymnast planned to get higher education, enrolling at the State University of Physical Culture in St. Petersburg.
In order to solve the problem of final exams, Yana Kudryavtseva was forced to miss the qualifying stages of the World Cup, but the girl, as always, thanks to her perseverance, achieved her goals. All exams, taking into account the difficulties, were passed with dignity by Yana.
Injuries and quick recovery
The opinion that good natural data, innate grace and flexibility, as well as good coordination of movement is enough for success in gymnastics is deeply erroneous. According to the trainer, Yana Kudryavtseva trains for 5-6 hours a day, and each element works out countless times until it turns out perfect.
This fragile girl really has a fighting character, which is confirmed not only by her behavior in training. Yana Kudryavtseva, whose photos are often published in various international sports publications, during her short sports career, in addition to numerous awards, managed to receive quite serious injuries. One of the latest news about the gymnast was a leg injury in August during the World Cup in Kazan. The girl struck many with her willpower, managing to recover in almost 6 weeks. This is not the first case that says a lot about her character.
For example, in 2014 in Israeli Holon, a young gymnast took part in performances at the Grand Prix stage. During one of the difficult exercises with the ball, Yana did not maintain her balance. As a result, she fell and hit her head very hard. Many in the gym thought that the gymnast would no longer rise. But Kudrevtseva not only was able to surprise the audience, rising after a terrible fall. She finished the performance, completed the exercise to the end, without making a single mistake. The prize for such a strength of character was the prize third place.
The judges were perplexed when Yana continued to perform in two more all-around events. On this day, in addition to third place for performing with the ball, she received prizes for performances with ribbon and clubs.