Olga Kapranova

— Gymnast —

Personal information

Full name

Ольга Серге́евна Капра́нова
Olga Sergeyevna Kapranova

Country represented

Russia

Born

December 6, 1987
Moscow, Soviet Union

Height

177 cm (5 ft 10 in)

Weight

57 kg (126 lb)

Discipline

Club

Head coach(es)

Assistant coach(es)

Former coach(es)

Choreographer

Veronica Shatkova

Retired

2009

Medal record

Rhythmic Gymnastics
Representing Russia
World Championships
	2003 Budapest	Team
	2005 Baku	All-around
	2005 Baku	Rope
	2005 Baku	Ball
	2005 Baku	Clubs
	2005 Baku	Team
	2007 Patras	Team
	2007 Patras	Hoop
	2007 Patras	Clubs
	2009 Mie	Team
	2007 Patras	Rope
	2007 Patras	All-around
European Championships
	2005 Moscow	Ball
	2005 Moscow	Team
	2007 Baku	Hoop
	2007 Baku	Team
	2009 Baku	Team
	2005 Moscow	Rope
	2005 Moscow	Clubs
	2007 Baku	Clubs
	2007 Baku	Rope
	2008 Torino	All-around
World Cup Final
	2006 Mie	Clubs
	2008 Benidorm	Rope
	2004 Moscow	Hoop
	2004 Moscow	Clubs
	2004 Moscow	Ribbon
	2008 Benidorm	Clubs
Grand Prix Final
	2005 Berlin	Rope
	2005 Berlin	Ball
	2005 Berlin	Clubs
	2007 Innsbruck	All-around
	2007 Innsbruck	Hoop
	2007 Innsbruck	Clubs
	2008 Bratislava	All-around
	2008 Bratislava	Rope
	2008 Bratislava	Clubs
	2008 Bratislava	Ribbon
	2004 Deventer	All-around
	2006 Berlin	All-around
	2007 Innsbruck	Ribbon
	2007 Innsbruck	Rope
	2008 Bratislava	Hoop
	2004 Deventer	Ribbon
	2004 Deventer	Hoop
	2005 Berlin	All-around
	2006 Berlin	Rope
World Games
	2005 Duisburg	Ball
	2005 Duisburg	Clubs
	2009 Kaohsiung	Hoop
	2009 Kaohsiung	Rope
Summer Universiade
	2007 Bangkok	All-around
	2007 Bangkok	Ribbon
	2007 Bangkok	Hoop

Olga Sergeyevna Kapranova (Russian: Ольга Серге́евна Капра́нова; born 6 December 1987) is a Russian retired individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2005 World All-around champion, the 2007 World All-around bronze medalist, the 2008 European All-around bronze medalist, a two-time (2007, 2008) Grand Prix Final All-around champion, a two-time (2004, 2006) Grand Prix Final All-around silver medalist and the 2005 Grand Prix Final All-around bronze medalist.

Career

Kapranova first took up the sport of rhythmic gymnastics in 1993 and trained with Elena Nefedova. In 2002 she started to train with Irina Viner, who has coached other stars of the sport, including Yana Batyrshina, Alina Kabaeva.

Kapranova began competing internationally in 2003. She finished fourth in the All-Around at the World Cup in Zaragoza and won a team medal at the World Championships in Budapest.

2004 was a good year for Kapranova but she was unable to make the Olympics, with the two places going to Irina Tchachina and Alina Kabaeva. After their retirements, she became one of Russia's top gymnasts. In 2005 she won the individual all-around title at the World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan.^[1]

In 2006, Kapranova won silver in all-around at the 2006 Grand Prix Final and another silver medal in clubs at the World Cup Final in Mie. She earned a number of medals in the World Cup series in 2007 and 2008, won the Grand Prix Final in 2007 and 2008, and took the bronze medal in All-around at the 2007 World championships behind teammate Vera Sessina. At the 2007 Summer Universiade she won the silver medal in all-around behind Anna Bessonova.

In the 2008 Olympic season, Kapranova won the bronze medal in all-around at the 2008 European Championships behind silver medalist Anna Bessonova and with rising star teammate Evgenia Kanaeva taking the gold medal. She was selected to compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics after beating Vera Sessina to take the second spot in the Russian team, along with Evgenia Kanaeva. She was ranked second in the qualifications and finished fourth in the Women's Individual event finals.^[2]

Kapranova competed at the 2009 World Championships in Mie, Japan and won the team gold medal with Evgenia Kanaeva, Daria Kondakova and Daria Dmitrieva. She retired from competition at the end of the 2009 season.

Personal life

Kapranova has an elder sister, Ekaterina, who is also a former rhythmic gymnast. She also trains young model Kristina Pimenova, who trains part time as a rhythmic gymnast.

Routine music information

Year	Apparatus	Music title ^[3]
2009	Hoop	Fantasy – Overture for Orchestra in B minor music from Romeo & Juliet by Tchaikovsky
	Ball	Caruso from Voice by Neal Schon
	Rope	Act 1 – Appearance Of Kitri / Act 1 – Variation: Kitri from Don Quixote by Leon Minkus
	Ribbon	Mozart 40# in dream-mystery by Angelika / Mozart
2008	Hoop	Act 1 – Kitri and Basilio, Variation: Kitri music from Don Quixote by Leon Minkus
	Rope	Pogonya
	Clubs	Introduction: Moderato Assai – Allegro Ma Non Troppo from Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky
	Ribbon	Katyusha Remix by DJ Ras Putin
2007	Hoop	Turandot music from Nessun Dorma Giacomo Puccini
	Rope	La Habanera music from One Second by Yello
	Clubs	Act 1 no. 8 Pas d'action music from The Sleeping Beauty by Tchaikovsky
	Ribbon	Barynya (Landlady) – (Russian Traditional)
2006	Rope	Tango Ballet For Violin And String Orchestra: Titulos / La Calle by Astor Piazzolla
	Ball	?
	Clubs	Karapet Dance / Kalinka (Russian & Ukrainian Traditionals)
	Ribbon	Ouverture music from La Gazza Ladra by Rossini
2005	Rope	Boublitchski (Russian traditional song)
	Ball	Intrada music from The Nutcracker by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
	Clubs	Old Deuteronomy, The Invitation To The Jellicle Ball music from Cats by Andrew Lloyd Webber
	Ribbon	I: Tempo Di Valse Ma Non Troppo Vivo, Quasi Moderato & II. Andante; Allegro from Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky
2004	Hoop	Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood music from Kill Bill by Santa Esmeralda
	Ball	O Sole Mio by Eduardo di Capua
	Clubs	Mawoud (Club Mix) by Said Mrad
	Ribbon	Lament To Birch Bark from The Best Of Russian Folk Music by Moscow Balalaika Quartet
2003	Hoop	Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, for violin & orchestra in A minor, Op. 28 by Camille Saint-Saëns
	Ball	Shurale by Firad Yarullin
	Clubs	Dancing with the Muse by Chris Spheeris
	Ribbon	Russian Dance (from Swan Lake) by Vanessa Mae
2002	Hoop	Terry's theme from Limelight by Charlie Chaplin
	Ball	?
	Clubs	Quixote by Bond
	Rope	Korobejniki from Kamarinskaya by Michael Glinka

Detailed Olympic results

Year	Competition Description	Location	Music	Apparatus	Rank	Score-Final	Rank	Score-Qualifying
2008	Olympics	Beijing		All-around	4th	71.700	2nd	72.900
			Katyusha Remix by DJ Ras Putin	Ribbon	3rd	18.050	2nd	17.875
			Pogonya	Rope	2nd	18.200	1st	18.350
			Act 1 – Kitri and Basilio, Variation: Kitri music from Don Quixote by Leon Minkus	Hoop	2nd	18.500	2nd	18.475
			Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky	Clubs	8th	16.950	2nd	18.200

References

↑ Olga floors' them all
↑ "Olga Kapranova". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
↑ "Kapranova RG music list". rgforum.

External links

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