Karolina Sevastyanova

Karolina Andreyevna Sevastyanova is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2012 Olympics Group All-around champion, 2012 European Group All-around champion and 2010 Youth Olympic Games Group All-around champion. Sevastyanova competed as a gymnast on the junior level, appearing in numerous international competitions. She competed in Miss Valentine 2005 in Estonia with Margarita Mamun. Later, she began competing with the Russian Group. Sevastyanova was a member of the Russian Junior Group that won the gold medal at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games. In 2012, she was selected to compete with the Russian Senior Group to replace the injured Natalia Pichuzhkina. They won the gold medal at the 2012 European Championships and at the World Cup Final in Minsk. Sevastyanova's team won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the group all-around event. They ate only buckwheat for six months leading up to the Olympic Games. Sevastyanova was voted the most beautiful female athlete from the CIS countries participating at the 2012 Olympics. 17,200 people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan took part in the survey. Sevastyanova retired from competition at the age of 17 shortly after the event. She planned to get a college degree at Moscow State University and explore working as a TV presenter or host.