| Yana Tsikaridze | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Country represented |  Canada | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 22, 1987 | |||||||||||||||||
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Yana Tsikaridze (born 22 September 1987) [1] is a Canadian rhythmic gymnast.
Tsikaridze was born in Georgia and moved to Canada at the age of ten. [2]
Tsikaridze competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games where she won a gold medal in the team all-around event, a silver medal in the ribbon event and bronze medals in the individual all-around and rope events. [3]
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