- Born
- Birth nameLyaysan Albertovna Utyasheva
- Height5′ 3¾″ (1.62 m)
- Utiasheva's breakthrough came in 2001 when she placed third at the Russian Championships. She then competed at the 2001 World Cup in Berlin and won gold medals in All-around and the individual apparatus finals in clubs, ball, rope and hoop. At the 2001 World Games in Akita, Japan, Utiasheva won four silver medals behind teammate Irina Tchachina in event finals for rope, hoop, ball and clubs. Utiasheva won the all-around silver medal at the 2001 Grand Prix Final in Deventer, she also won 2 gold medals in the apparatus finals in clubs and rope. She was a member of the Russian team that won gold at the 2001 World Championships in Madrid but they were later disqualified due to Alina Kabaeva and Irina Tchachina testing positive for a banned diuretic.
In September 2002, Utiasheva hurt her foot on a bad landing while training in Samara but the X-ray revealed no fracture so she continued training and competing for the next eight months. At the 2002 Grand Prix Final in Innsbruck, Utiasheva felt pain in her feet after her ringjump and withdrew from the competition after the hoop final. At a specialist clinic in Berlin, magnetic resonance tomography showed that the navicular bone of both her feet had numerous fractures. She underwent surgery and returned to the sport briefly in 2004 but, unable to perform her jumps, she retired from competition and completed her career in 2006.
Utiasheva continued performing in galas and also began coaching. She starred in Alexei Nemov's 2007 show with other rhythmic stars including Yulia Barsukova. She was also one of the judges at the Miss Russia 2012, Miss Russia 2014 and Miss Russia 2016.
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- SpousePavel Volya(September 30, 2012 - present) (2 children)
- Daughter of historian Albert Utyashev and librarian Zulfia Utyasheva (August 14, 1964-March 11, 2012, died from heart attack at the age 47).
- Has Bashkir (from her mother's side), Tatar, Polish and Russian descent (from her father's side).
- Was friends with Pavel Volya since 2007 before they started dating in 2011. He proposed to her shortly after her mother's death in March 2012 and they got married on September 30th of the same year.
- Retired from gymnastics in 2006 following a series of severe injuries and multiple surgeries on her legs. She entered sport history as a gymnast who performed with broken legs. Four of the most complicated elements of gymnastics named in her honor.
Has two children with her husband Pavel Volya - a son Robert Volya (b. May 14, 2013) and a daughter Sofia Volya (b. May 6, 2015). Both Robert and Sofia were born at Memorial Regional Hospital in Miami, Florida, USA. - Had mental breakdown following her mother's sudden passing in March 2012. She lost weight to 37 kg on a nervous soil and admitted not to remember months of her life following mother's death.
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