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Yelena Nikolayevna Grosheva (Russian: Елена Николаевна Грошева; born April 12, 1979 in Yaroslavl, Russia) is a Russian gymnast. April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ...
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At the age of 5 she took up gymnastics and showed great talent, for the sport, then in 1992 she was sent to Round Lake, to train as part of the National Team.
Her first big event was the 1994 Junior European Championships and later the same year she went to the World Championship. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...
The World Gymnastics Championships are held every year. ...
In 1996 Yelena came second All-Around in the Russian Cup and made it onto the Olympic team. At the games Russia, came first after compulsaries but in the finals they had to compete against the noise from the American crowds. She made great performances in Vault and Floor finals.
After being hampered by injuries Yelena retired from the sport which led to her joining the world renowned entertainment company Cirque de Soleil. Cirque du Soleil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...
In June 2006 Yelena married with composer Steve Barakatt and guests at the wedding included her former teammates Svetlana Khorkina and Liudmila Yezhova[citation needed]. THE MUSICIAN Steve Barakatt was born in Quebec City, Canada on May 17, 1973 into a family of music lovers. ...
Svetlana Vasilievna Khorkina (Russian: Светлана ВаÑильевна Хоркина, born January 19, 1979 in Belgorod, Russia) is by far Russias most successful female gymnast after the breakup of the Soviet Union> Not only is she the winner of several world championship events and Olympic medals. ...
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