Svetlana Khorkina

Svetlana Vasilievna Khorkina (Russian: ???????? ?????????? ???????, born January 19 1979 in Belgorod, Russia) is Russia's most successful female gymnast to date; winner of several world championship events and Olympic medals. She has posed naked for the Russian version of Playboy magazine in November 1997, which created quite a scandal. She once dated men's world champion Ivan Ivankov. With aspirations to become an actress, Khorkina has appeared on the American talk show "Rosie O'Donnell," and has also taken to the stage to as Brenda Venus, Henry Miller's last love, in a Sergei Vinogradov production. She also hopes to give back to Russian gymnastics in the form of coaching. However, right now she is more focused on motherhood, as she gave birth to her first child, a son, in Los Angeles, July 21, 2005.

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Russian - January 19 - 1979 - Belgorod - Russia - Gymnast - Olympic - November 1997 - Ivan Ivankov - Sergei Vinogradov - Los Angeles - July 21

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With 1,65 m height, she is unusually tall for her sport, and her elegance and long limbs are a trademark. This meant that new moves had to be created to accommodate her height and exploit her strengths - She has the most moves named after her in the Artistic Gymnastics Code of Points. The uneven bars are her specialty apparatus, where her long legs and graceful lines are put to good use. Her nickname is Queen of the Uneven Bars.

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