Svetlana Khorkina

Svetlana Khorkina

Svetlana Vasilyevna Khorkina (Russian: Светлана Васильевна Хоркина; born January 19, 1979) is a Russian artistic gymnast. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, the 2000 Summer Olympics, and the 2004 Summer Olympics. Throughout her career, Khorkina won seven Olympic medals and twenty World Championship medals. She was the first gymnast to win three all around titles at the World Championships and is still the only female gymnast ever to do so. She is considered to be one of the most successful female gymnasts of all time.