Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Svetlana Khorkina

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Russian gymnast Svetlana Khorkina.
Last updated on December 18, 2024.
Svetlana Khorkina

Svetlana Vasilyevna Khorkina is a retired Russian artistic gymnast. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, the 2000 Summer Olympics, and the 2004 Summer Olympics. During her career, Khorkina won seven Olympic medals and twenty World Championship medals. Over time, she medaled in every event at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. She was also the first gymnast to win three all-around titles at the World Championships and only the second female artistic gymnast ever, after Nadia Comăneci, to win three European All-Around titles. Khorkina is regarded as one of the most successful female gymnasts of all time.

This is how [the] sport has contributed to my personality, toughness and discipline. I have a plan, and I work on it. I was going to add [the] before the word sport since I thought was either a typo or a problem translating what she said, but then I thought it made sense without it too , so I left it as is. Just know that that's not a typo on my part.
I knew well in advance even before I stepped on the stage for my first event that I was going to lose. — © Svetlana Khorkina
I knew well in advance even before I stepped on the stage for my first event that I was going to lose.
I'm very easy to see on the podium because everyone else is small!
It should be judged primarily on grace, elegance and beauty rather than simply on mechanic tumbling.
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