Elena Alexandrovna Posewina

Elena Possewina
Personal information
Surname:	Elena Alexandrovna Posewina
Nationality:	Russia
discipline	Rhythmic sports gymnastics
Birthday:	13th February 1986 (age 34)
Place of birth:	Tula , Soviet Union
Medal table
Olympic games 2 × 0 × 0 × World championships 6 × 0 × 0 × European championships 7 × 0 × 0 ×
Medals
Olympic games gold 2004 Athens Group all-around gold 2008 Beijing Group all-around  World championships gold 2003 Budapest Group all-around gold 2003 Budapest Group 5 bands gold 2003 Budapest Group 3 tires + 2 balls gold 2007 Patras Group all-around gold 2007 Patras Group 5 ropes gold 2007 Patras Group 3 hoops + 2 clubs  European championships gold 2003 Riesa Group all-around gold 2003 Riesa Group 5 bands gold 2006 Moscow Group all-around gold 2006 Moscow Group 5 bands gold 2006 Moscow Group 3 hoops + 2 clubs gold 2008 Turin Group all-around gold 2008 Turin Group 3 hoops + 2 clubs

Jelena Alexandrovna Possewina ( Russian Елена Александровна Посевина ; born February 13, 1986 in Tula ) is a Russian rhythmic gymnast and two-time Olympic champion .

At her first Olympic Games in Athens in 2004 , at the age of 18, she won the gold medal in the team competition together with Olesja Belugina , Olga Glazkich , Tatjana Kurbakowa , Jelena Mursina and Natalja Lavrowa . Four years later at the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008, Posewina was the only remaining Olympic champion from 2004 to win the gold medal in the team competition again with Margarita Aliychuk , Anna Gavrilenko , Tatiana Gorbunova , Darja Shkurichina and Natalja Sujewa .

Web links

• Yelena Posevina in the database of the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (English)
• Yelena Posevina in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )