Aliya Mustafina

Aliya Mustafina won the world all-around title in 2010, and earned four medals, including the bars gold, at the 2012 Olympics.

Mustafina led her team to gold at the Rotterdam World Championships, then won the individual all-around in commanding fashion -- her total was more than a point over second-place finisher Jiang Yuyuan (China). She qualified to all four event finals and earned silver medals on vault, bars, and floor. At just 16, she was already impressively consistent too: she only made one major error in the entire competition (a fall on her Arabian on beam).

At the European Championships in April, Mustafina sustained a knee injury competing an Amanar vault in the all-around finals. She had surgery for an ACL tear shortly thereafter.

Mustafina came back from her knee injury, however, and earned an impressive medal haul in London. She helped the Russian team win silver, then took bronze in the all-around and on floor. She won the uneven bars gold medal as well.

It was a triumphant comeback for the gymnast, and she was Russia's most decorated gymnast of the Games.

Mustafina does interesting skills on all four events. On bars, she dismounts with a 1.5-twisting double tuck (now called the Mustafina), and competes a toe-on Shaposhnikova release with a half twist. On beam she performs a double turn and a round-off triple full dismount.

Born September 30, 1994 in Egorevsk, Russia, Mustafina has a sister, Nailya, who is also an elite gymnast. She trains at Moscow's Central Sport Army Club (CSKA) and is coached by Aleksandr Aleksandrov, Olga Sikorro and Sergei Zelikson.