Svetlana Khorkina

 

                                                 

 

Svetlana first competed at a World event at the 1994 World Championships where she earned a bronze medal on the uneven bars.  She competed at the 1994 Goodwill Games posting the highest individual total in the preliminaries and winnig the gold medal on the uneven bars.  At the 1994 Team World Championships she won many fans with her beautifull interpretatio of "Carmen" on floor and original elements and combinations on all events.  She won the AA at the 1995 European Championships and the silver medal at the 1995 World Championships.  She dominated uneven bars from 1995 to the Olympics winning the gold medal at the 1995 World Championships, 1996 World Championships, 1996 European Championships, and 1996 Olympics.  At the 1996 Olympics she helped her team win the silver medal.