KABAEVA Alina

Russia

Discipline  Rhythmic Gymnastics
 
         

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Date of birth

 12-May-1983 (23yr)
 

Gender

 Female
 

Height

 166.0cm / 5.4ft

Weight

 45.0kg / 99.2lb
 

Marital status

 Single
 

Children

 None 
 
 
 
 
 

Place of birth

 TASHKENT 
 

Hometown

 MOSCOW (RUS)
 

Profession

 Athlete 
 

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Start discipline

 1987
 

First int. event

 1996
 

Nat. team since
 

Club

 M.C.S.A
 

Head coach

 Irina Viner (RUS)
 

Assistant coach

 Vera Shatalina (RUS)
 

Choreographer

 Vera Shatkova (RUS)
 

Best apparatus/cat.

 All-Around
 

Favourite tricks
 

Personal tricks
 

TRA highest score
 

Music #1

 Disco Dance

Author #1

 Arr. Valery Chernysov
 

Music #2

 Carmen

Author #2

 G. Bizet - Arr. Valery Chernysov
 

Music #3

 Sirtaki Dance

Author #3

 Arr. Valery Chernysov
 

Music #4

Author #4
 

Major achievements

Cat.

Rank-F

Score-F

Rank-Q

Score-Q

Year

 Place

Description
Individual All-Around   1  108.400  1  105.875  2004  ATHENS Olympic Games
Ball   1  26.975      2004  BAKU World Cup/Series
Clubs   1  26.250      2004  BAKU World Cup/Series
Hoop   1  26.500      2004  BAKU World Cup/Series
Individual All-Around   1  105.325      2004  BAKU World Cup/Series
Ribbon   1  25.725      2004  BAKU World Cup/Series
Individual All-Around   1  106.625      2004  KIEV Continental Chships/Games
Hoop   1  26.200      2004  MOSCOW World Cup/Series Final
Ribbon   1  25.600      2004  MOSCOW World Cup/Series Final
Individual All-Around   2  100.425      2004  VARNA World Cup/Series
Ball   2  26.500      2004  THIAIS Int. Tournaments
Clubs   1  27.400      2004  THIAIS Int. Tournaments
Individual All-Around   4  104.950      2004  THIAIS Int. Tournaments
Ribbon   1  26.475      2004  THIAIS Int. Tournaments
Individual All-Around   1  107.350      2004  TASHKENT World Cup/Series
Ball   1  26.675      2003  BUDAPEST World Championships
Clubs   3  26.475      2003  BUDAPEST World Championships
Hoop   2  25.900      2003  BUDAPEST World Championships
Individual All-Around   1  106.475  2  78.250  2003  BUDAPEST World Championships
Ribbon   1  26.525      2003  BUDAPEST World Championships
Team   1  255.600      2003  BUDAPEST World Championships
Ball   8  25.400      2003  CORBEIL-ESSONNES World Cup/Series
Clubs   2  27.500      2003  CORBEIL-ESSONNES World Cup/Series
Hoop   2  28.150      2003  CORBEIL-ESSONNES World Cup/Series
Individual All-Around   3  106.775      2003  CORBEIL-ESSONNES World Cup/Series
Ribbon   5  25.725      2003  CORBEIL-ESSONNES World Cup/Series
Ball   1  27.950      2003  BAKU World Cup/Series
Clubs   1  28.150      2003  BAKU World Cup/Series
Hoop   2  27.425      2003  BAKU World Cup/Series
Individual All-Around   1  108.125      2003  BAKU World Cup/Series
Ribbon   1  27.000      2003  BAKU World Cup/Series
Ball   2  26.292      2003  SARAGOZA World Cup/Series
Clubs   1  27.500      2003  SARAGOZA World Cup/Series
Hoop   2  25.633      2003  SARAGOZA World Cup/Series
Individual All-Around   2  106.808      2003  SARAGOZA World Cup/Series
Ribbon   3  25.117      2003  SARAGOZA World Cup/Series
Ball   1  27.500      2002  GRANADA Continental Chships/Games
Clubs   1  28.475      2002  GRANADA Continental Chships/Games
Hoop   2  27.350      2002  GRANADA Continental Chships/Games
Individual All-Around   1  110.925      2002  GRANADA Continental Chships/Games
Rope   1  27.600      2002  GRANADA Continental Chships/Games
Ball   1  29.175      2001  GENEVA Continental Chships/Games
Clubs   1  28.650      2001  GENEVA Continental Chships/Games
Hoop   1  29.250      2001  GENEVA Continental Chships/Games
Rope   2  28.100      2001  GENEVA Continental Chships/Games
Ball   1  9.875      2000  GLASGOW World Cup/Series Final
Hoop   2  9.837      2000  GLASGOW World Cup/Series Final
Ribbon   1  9.875      2000  GLASGOW World Cup/Series Final
Rope   1  9.875      2000  GLASGOW World Cup/Series Final
Ball   1  10.000      2000  SARAGOZA Continental Chships/Games
Hoop   1  10.000      2000  SARAGOZA Continental Chships/Games
Individual All-Around   1  39.983  3  30.000  2000  SARAGOZA Continental Chships/Games
Ribbon   1  10.000      2000  SARAGOZA Continental Chships/Games
Rope   3  9.966      2000  SARAGOZA Continental Chships/Games
Individual All-Around   3  39.466  1  39.691  2000  SYDNEY Olympic Games
Ball   1  9.966      1999  OSAKA World Championships
Group All-Around   1  39.500      1999  OSAKA World Championships
Hoop   2  9.975      1999  OSAKA World Championships
Individual All-Around   1  39.924  1  30.000  1999  OSAKA World Championships
Ribbon   1  10.000      1999  OSAKA World Championships
Rope   2  9.966      1999  OSAKA World Championships
Team   1  119.089  1  99.375  1999  OSAKA World Championships
Ball   5  9.883      1999  BUDAPEST Continental Chships/Games
Hoop   1  9.941      1999  BUDAPEST Continental Chships/Games
Individual All-Around   1  39.866      1999  BUDAPEST Continental Chships/Games
Ribbon   2  9.983      1999  BUDAPEST Continental Chships/Games
Rope   3  9.908      1999  BUDAPEST Continental Chships/Games
Clubs   5  9.849      1998  SEVILLA World Championships
Hoop   2  9.933      1998  SEVILLA World Championships
Ribbon   2  9.925      1998  SEVILLA World Championships
Rope   1  9.916      1998  SEVILLA World Championships
 

General Interest


One of the most decorated gymnasts in Rhythmic history finally earned the supreme honour in 2004 : an Olympic all-aroud title !

Back in 1998, her victory at the European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Portugal was for the majority of the people"out of the blue". 15 year old Kabaeva was the youngest member of the Russian squad, competing alongside her internationally recognised team- mates Yanina Batyrchina and Amina Zaripovan and this was only her fifth international competition.

Alina took up Rhythmic Gymnastics in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Her father being a professional football player, the family was always following him to different places in Uzbekistan, Kasakhstan and Russia. This is why Alina has changed many coaches, but quite surprisingly none of them seemed to consider her a gymnast of any particular talent. Alina?s mother brought her to be seen by the world-recognised coach Irina Viner in Moscow.

" I could not believe my eyes, when I first saw her", says Viner." The girl has the rare combination of two qualities crucial in Rhythmic Gymnastics- flexibility and jumping ability."

All efforts of Viner and Kabaeva paid off. In 1999 Alina became European Champion for the second consecutive time and stole the World title in Osaka. She went on winning a total of 5 all around at the European Championships (last one in Kiev, June 2004) and added another World title in Budapest 2003.

At the Sydney Olympic 2000, no one doubted in her winning the gold medal until, on her second performance, the most unexpected thing happened. Alina dropped her hoop and ran to retrieve it outside the competition area.

She might have won"only" bronze in Australia, but she won, once again, people's admiration by admitting that "Gold is not for those who make mistakes", and with her relaxed, cheerful attitude after the competition. Revenge was set for 2004.

Her last major titles were the World Cup Final trophies awarded in Moscow in December 2004. Then she retired from competition.

Alina wil be remembered as one of the most talentuous gymnasts ever in the history of Rhythmic Gymnastics.