Viktoria Komova

Her mother has one gold from world championships and is the 1986 Goodwill Games all-around champion.

She has an older brother, Alexander, who is nicknamed Sasha.

Komova began gymnastics when she was five years old.

Her mother coached her for her first three years in the sport.

When she was seven, Gennady Yelfimov became her coach.

Viktoria Aleksandrovna Komova (Виктория Александровна Комова; born 30 January 1995) is a former Russian artistic gymnast.

In December, Komova competed at her first major junior competition, the 2007 Voronin Memorial Cup.

She placed first on vault and floor exercise.

In February, Komova competed at the WOGA Classic in Frisco, Texas.

She placed third in the individual all-around competition, with a score of 56.450.

In March, she competed at the 2008 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships and finished third in the individual all-around competition.

In December, she competed at the 2008 Voronin Memorial Cup, where she finished first in the individual all-around, on the vault and the floor exercise; second on the uneven bars and the balance beam.

In July 2009, Komova competed at the 2009 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Tampere, Finland.

She won a total of 3 gold medals in the individual all-around competition, on the uneven bars and the balance beam.

In September, Komova repeated her success in Tampere at the 2009 Junior Japan International Competition in Yokohama, Japan.

She won the individual all-around competition with a score of 59.800.

In the event finals, she placed first on the uneven bars, scoring 15.050; first on balance beam, scoring 15.150; second on the vault, scoring 15.025; and third on the floor exercise, with 13.850.

She finished off her year at the 2009 Voronin Memorial Cup, where she finished first in the individual all-around, on the uneven bars, the floor exercise, and second on the balance beam.

At the junior level, she was the 2010 Youth Olympics all-around champion, uneven bars champion, vault champion, and floor exercise bronze medalist.

Komova is known for her fluidity, form and old school Soviet style.

Komova was born in Voronezh, Russia, to Vera Kolesnikova and Alexander Komov.

Her parents both competed successfully in gymnastics.

"Now, gymnastics is my life," Komova said in 2010.

"I can't imagine my life without it."

In March, Komova competed at the 2010 Russian Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Penza, Russia.

She won the individual all-around with a score of 60.875.

At the end of April, Komova competed at the 2010 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

She contributed an all-around score of 57.050 toward the Russian team's first-place finish.

Individually, she won the all-around final with a total score of 58.375.

In event finals, she placed first on vault, scoring 14.425, and second on balance beam, scoring 14.625.

In August, Komova competed at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore.

Before the competition, she said: "It is a big responsibility being the only Russian gymnast competing. There is a lot of pressure on my shoulders because I won the European Junior Championships. I hope I will earn a medal either in the all-around or on an apparatus, and hopefully it will be gold".

She won the all-around competition with a total score of 61.250.

In event finals, Komova placed first on vault, scoring 15.312; first on uneven bars, scoring 14.525; seventh on balance beam, scoring 12.000; and third on floor, scoring 14.175.

In November, Komova competed at the "Freddy Cup" Italian Grand Prix in Cagliari, Sardinia.

She placed first on uneven bars, scoring 15.500, and second on balance beam, scoring 14.600.

In December, Komova sprained her ankle while walking through the gym.

This prevented her from competing in the Voronin Cup.

She is also the 2011 world uneven bars champion and all-around silver medalist, and the 2015 co-world champion on uneven bars.

She is a two-time Olympic medalist, having won silver medals in the all-around and team events at the 2012 Olympics.