4 Alina Kabaeva  (Russia)

Alina Maratovna Kabaeve is 33year old politician from Russia who is also an Honored Master of Sports and former rhythmic gymnast. She had very successful gymnast and has won 2 Olympic golds, 25 championship medals in Europe and 14 championship medals in the world.

She started as a gymnast at a very tender age of 3yrs. She was her coach’s favorite since the very start. She played her 1st international match in the year 1996 and won her 1st championship at the age of 15 in the year 1998. The saga of her winning continued and she won several medals. She retired in 2007 and was Russian Parliament’s member from 2007-2014. Since 2008, she has served as the chairman of the public council of National Media Group. The channels controlled by the group include REN TV, Izevestia and Channel One. As parliament’s member, she has played a significant role in adoption of numerous controversial laws including Anti-Magnitsky bill, laws prohibiting “homosexual propaganda” and Academy of Science was reorganized. In 2014, she became the chairwoman of Board of Directors of National Media Group and resigned as a Member of Parliament.

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