Today, Svetlana Khorkina is considered as one of the most adored gymnast from the world of gymnastics. She is a popular gymnast from Russia. Currently, she retired from her professional career. She participated and performed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, the 2000 Summer Olympics, and the 2004 Summer Olympics. Throughout her entire career, she bagged seven Olympic medals and twenty World Championships medals. She was born in the year 1979 on January 19. Belgorod, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union was her birthplace. Currently, her age is 37. She is a Russian by her nationality. Her ethnicity belongs to a white. She was born to Vasiliy Khorkin and Lyubov Khorkina.
She started her gymnastic career when she was 5 years of her age. She also has a younger sister in her family. Her name is Yulia, she was also a gymnast. Her senior career was started in 1994. She competed at the World Championships in Brisbane, Australia. She performed well and placed ninth positions. In November 1994, she also competed at World Team Championships in Dortmund, Germany. Later in 1995, she participated and performed at the World Championships in Sabae, Japan. In Year 1996, she competed at Atlanta Olympics. She played exceptionally well and managed to win one gold medal and 1 silver medal for her nation. Later, in 2000, she also performed in 2000 Sydney Olympics. She managed to bag one gold medal and two silver medals for her nation. She also performed at 2004 Athens Olympic. She had one silver and one Bronze from 2004 Athens Olympics. She had bagged 13 gold medals in the European Championships and 9 gold medals in the World Championships.
Her personal life is quite controversial. She has a son who was born on 21 July 2005. She gives her birth at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, United States. However, she says no to name the father of his child. Nobody knows the name of her child. A rumor says Levan Uchaneishvilli might be the father of his child. In April 2011, she celebrated her wedding with Oleg Kochnev. He is twenty-three years senior to her. He is a former general in Russia’s Federal Security Service. It is about 5 years of their marriage and they are living happily in their married life. It seems their relationship is going last long. At this moment, there is no any rumor of their separation. She also released her autobiography entitled, “Somersaults in High Heels”.
She has a great figure. She has an average height of 5 feet and 5 inches. Her body weight is 104 lb. She is fabulous and gorgeous but she never appeared in a bikini avatar. After her retirement, she has not stopped herself. She earned name and fame by associating with sports and politics. She is earning a fantastic salary. Her total salary is advancing her net worth. One can see her latest interview on YouTube. Lots of info about her life and bio can be taken from Wiki.
