Svetlana Khorkina is a great athlete who, thanks to her willpower, has proved that the impossible is possible in sports. In addition, Svetlana is a politician who helps many people with her work.
Childhood
Svetlana Khorkina was born in 1979 in Belgorod. Her parents came to Belgorod to earn money, her father worked as a builder, and her mother as a nurse. At four Sveta’s years, my mother took her daughter to the gymnastics section, and the girl began to engage with enthusiasm.
Svetlana has a younger sister Julia, now a master of sports of international class in gymnastics.
The first success in sports
The path of Svetlana Khorkina in sports was not easy. To begin with, I must say that Sveta was not suitable for this sport according to physical data, it was too high. But the coach allowed her to engage, because he saw the girl’s stubbornness and her desire to do everything perfectly. These qualities more than once helped Svetlana in the future.
When it came time to play for the youth team of the USSR, Svetlana also did not want to take, considering the provincial and too strictly assessing her performances. But due to the perseverance and talent of the Light she achieved her goal.
Queen of the Bars
Svetlana Khorkina is a two-time Olympic champion, a nine-time world champion and a thirteen-time European champion.
Svetlana won most of the medals on her favorite bars. Her achievements on this shell could not be repeated by anyone in the world.
Political career
Having left the big sport, Svetlana Khorkina was not lost. She completed her education, defended her thesis and began to work diligently.
In 2004, Svetlana was appointed vice president of the Russian Gymnastics Federation, and in 2007 Svetlana Khorkina became a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the fifth convocation.
In 2014, Svetlana works at the Olympics in Sochi, and soon she is appointed to the post of first deputy chief of CSKA.
Svetlana Khorkina - reserve colonel, current state adviser to the Russian Federation of the third class.
Svetlana spoke rather sharply regarding the doping scandal involving Russian athletes. She believes that the Russian national track and field team was not allowed to enter the Olympics undeservedly. Svetlana is against doping, but believes that everyone should be checked under the same conditions, and not be addicted to one particular team.
