Aliya Mustafina
Aliya Farkhatovna Mustafina (Russian: Алия Фархатовна Мустафина) is a Russian former artistic gymnast.
| Aliya Mustafina Алия Мустафина | |
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Mustafina in August 2016 | |
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Aliya Farkhatovna Mustafina |
| Nickname(s) | Queen |
| Country represented | Russia |
| Born | 30 September 1994 Yegoryevsk, Russia |
| Hometown | Moscow, Russia |
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics |
| Level | Senior international elite |
| Years on national team | 2007–2021 (RUS) |
| Club | CSKA Moscow |
| Gym | Ozero Krugloye |
| Head coach(es) | Sergei Starkin Raisa Ganina Olga Sikorro Sergei Zelikson Evgeny Grebenkin |
| Former coach(es) | Dina Kamalova Alexander Alexandrov |
| Choreographer | Olga Burova |
| Music | Floor music
2007: "Sahra Saidi" 2008: "The Blue Danube" 2010: "Por Una Cabeza" 2009–2010: "Hijo de la Luna" 2011: "Hood Jump" 2012: "Final Hour" 2013: "Queen of Hearts" 2013: "Soulseeker" (World Championships) 2014: "Ancient Lands" and "Runaway" (partially included in the used mix) 2015: "My Way" 2016: Mix with "Moscow Nights" and "Consuelo (Vals para Mimi)" 2018: "Ancient Lands" and "Runaway" (partially included in the used mix) 2019: "Survivor" (2WEI) |
| Eponymous skills | Uneven Bars: 1½-twisting double back tuck dismount Floor Exercise: 3/1 turn with leg held up in 180° split |
| Retired | June 8, 2021 |
Medal record | |
She is the 2010 all-around world champion, the 2013 European all around champion, the 2012 and 2016 Olympic uneven bars champion and a seven-time Olympic medalist. Mustafina has tied with Svetlana Khorkina for the most Olympic medals won by a Russian gymnast (not including Soviet Union women's national artistic gymnastics team). She was the ninth gymnast to win medals on every event at the World Championship.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Mustafina won four medals, making her the most decorated gymnast of the competition and the most decorated athlete in any sport except swimming. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she became the first female gymnast since 2000 to win an all-around medal in two consecutive Olympics, and the first since Svetlana Khorkina (also in 2000) to defend her title in an Olympic apparatus final.