Yana Batyrshina

Yanina "Yana" Farkhadovna Batyrshina (Russian: Янина "Яна" Фархадовна Батыршина; born 7 October 1979) is a former individual rhythmic gymnast who competed for Russia.

[4] In 1995, Batyrshina made her senior international breakthrough in Grand Prix events, collecting a total of 15 medals.

At the 1995 World Championships, she won the bronze medal in all-around and also took home golds for the team competition and ball.

She performed better in the semifinals, but in the final, during her last event exercise, ribbon, she lost focus in the midst of a simple hand-to-hand exchange and dropped the apparatus.

[6] Despite her success and desire to continuing competing through the 2000 Olympics, 1998 presented a new challenge for Batyrshina in the form of up-and-coming new Russian teammate Alina Kabaeva.

In 1999, she was briefly invited to serve as a trainer at the UNOPAR gym in Londrina, Brazil, helping prepare the Brazilian group for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.