Yelena Posevina
Full name	Yelena Aleksandrovna Posevina
Alternative name(s)	Elena Posevina
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1986-02-13) 13 February 1986 (age 38) Tula, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Head coach(es)	Irina Viner
Retired	yes
Medal record Representing  Russia Group Rhythmic Gymnastics Olympic Games 2004 Athens Group All-around 2008 Beijing Group All-around World Championships 2003 Budapest Group All-around 2003 Budapest 5 Ribbons 2003 Budapest 3 Hoops + 2 Balls 2007 Patras Group All-around 2007 Patras 3 Hoops + 2 Clubs 2007 Patras 5 Ropes European Championships 2003 Riesa Group All-around 2003 Riesa 5 Ribbons 2006 Moscow Group All-around 2006 Moscow 5 Ribbons 2006 Moscow 3 Hoops + 2 Clubs 2008 Torino Group All-around 2008 Torino 3 Hoops + 2 Clubs World Cup Final 2004 Moscow 5 Ribbons 2004 Moscow 2 Balls + 3 Hoops

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. She is a two-time (2003, 2007) World Group All-around champion and a three-time (2003, 2006, 2008) European Group All-around champion.

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.^[1] In 2003 and 2007, Posevina won the World Champion title as a member of the Russian group and took European championships group title in 2003, 2006 and 2008. 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 at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.^[2] 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.^[3]

Personal life

Posevina is a resident of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia and is now working as a rhythmic gymnastics coach. Posevina graduated from the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports of Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod in 2013.^[4] She has one son named Harry who was born in October 2017.

Detailed Olympic results