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Lyasan Albertovna Utiasheva (; ; born 28 June 1985) is a Russian socialite, television host, and former individual
rhythmic gymnast Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform individually or in groups on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon and rope. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, fle ...
. She is a two-time
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all-around medalist, and was an ambassador of the
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. Utiasheva was known for her extreme flexibility, her emphasis in point of landing on high relevé in her backsplit pivots led to a career ending injury.


Career

Utiasheva's first coach was Alla Yanina.
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invited both Utiasheva and her coach to join the Olympic Centre in Moscow, but it was only Utiasheva who moved. Utiasheva's breakthrough came in 2001 when she placed third at the Russian Championships. She then competed at the 2001 World Cup in Berlin and won gold medals in All-around and the individual apparatus finals in clubs, ball, rope and hoop. At the
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in Akita, Japan, Utiasheva won four silver medals behind teammate Irina Tchachina in event finals for rope, hoop, ball and clubs. Utiasheva won the all-around silver medal at the 2001 Grand Prix Final in
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, she also won 2 gold medals in the apparatus finals in clubs and rope. She was a member of the Russian team that won gold at the 2001 World Championships in Madrid but they were later disqualified due to
Alina Kabaeva Alina Maratovna Kabaeva (or Kabayeva; born 12 May 1983) is a Russian politician, media manager, and retired individual rhythmic gymnast, who has been designated Honoured Master of Sports by the Russian government. Kabaeva is one of the most d ...
and Irina Tchachina testing positive for a banned
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. In September 2002, Utiasheva hurt her foot on a bad landing while training in Samara but the X-ray revealed no fracture so she continued training and competing for the next eight months. At the 2002 Grand Prix Final in
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, Utiasheva felt pain in her feet after her ringjump and withdrew from the competition after the hoop final. At a specialist clinic in Berlin,
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showed that the
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of both her feet had numerous fractures. She underwent surgery and returned to the sport briefly in 2004 but, unable to perform her jumps, she retired from competition and completed her career in 2006. Utiasheva continued performing in galas and also began coaching. She starred in
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's 2007 show with other rhythmic stars including
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. She was also one of the judges at the
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Miss Russia pageants.


Personal life

Lyasan Utiasheva was born to a Bashkir mother named Zulfiya Utyasheva, and a father of mixed Russian, Polish, and
Volga Tatar The Volga Tatars or simply Tatars (; ) are a Turkic ethnic group native to the Volga-Ural region of western Russia. They are subdivided into various subgroups. Volga Tatars are the second-largest ethnic group in Russia after ethnic Russians. ...
descent named Albert Utyashev. She converted to Orthodox Christianity from Islam.Еврейская община Ярославля встретилась со знаменитой спортсменкой Ляйсан Утяшевой — Иудаизм-пресс, 21/05/2006
/ref> She married Russian actor and comedian
Pavel Volya Pavel Volya (; born 14 March 1979) is a Russian TV host, actor and singer. A former ''KVN'' player, he first came to prominence as the "resident" of the Russian ''Comedy Club Russia, Comedy Club'' show, co-produced by Garik Martirosyan and ai ...
, with whom she has a son, Robert, born in
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, Florida. She gave birth to a daughter, Sofiya, in Summer 2015.


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Liasan Utiasheva official website
* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Utiasheva, Laysan 1985 births Living people Bashkir people Sportspeople from Bashkortostan Russian people of Tatar descent Russian people of Polish descent Russian rhythmic gymnasts Russian former Sunni Muslims Converts to Eastern Orthodoxy from Sunni Islam Eastern Orthodox Christians from Russia World Games silver medalists for Russia World Games medalists in gymnastics Bashkir women Medalists at the 2001 World Games Bashkir Eastern Orthodox Christians 21st-century Russian sportswomen