最近，艾琳娜·卡巴耶娃的名字跃入人们眼帘，因为有传言说俄罗斯总统普京将于6月迎娶这位艺术体操美女。尽管俄罗斯正规媒体都没有报道，俄罗斯官方称对此一无所知，首先刊登这一消息的《莫斯科记者报》事后也承认这一消息缺乏事实基础，不过也许你还是会好奇，这个艾琳娜·卡巴耶娃是什么人呢？

Alina Maratovna Kabaeva born May 12, 1983. She is a rhythmic gymnast from Russia. Kabaeva is known for her extreme natural flexibility. She stands at 1.63m and weighs 48kg. Alina is Russia's most successful rhythmic gymnast to date, and is also one of the most decorated gymnasts in the history of rhythmic gymnastics.
艾琳娜·卡巴耶娃出生于1983年5月12日。是一名俄罗斯的艺术体操运动员。卡巴耶娃因为身体天生的柔韧性著称。身高1.63米，体重48公斤。艾琳娜是俄罗斯迄今为止最成功的艺术体操运动员，也是艺术体操史上最美的运动员之一。

She made her international debut in 1996. In 1998 at age 15 Alina took out the European Championships in Portugal, her victory considered by many to be completely "out of the blue". Back then she was the youngest member of the Russian squad and she was competing alongside internationally recognised teammates, like Amina Zaripova. In 1999 Alina became European Champion for the second consecutive time and stole the World title in Osaka, Japan.
1996年她初次登上国际赛场。1998年在她15岁时在葡萄牙拿到欧洲冠军，她的胜利被认为非常出人意料。那是她是俄罗斯队年龄最小的队员，同场竞技的都是国际上非常知名的队友，比如阿米娜·扎里波娃。1999年她卫冕欧洲冠军，并在日本大阪赢得世界冠军。

At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, no one doubted her taking the All-Around gold until, on her second performance, the most unexpected thing happened. Alina dropped her hoop and ran to retrieve it outside the competition area. She took home the bronze with the final score of 39.466.
在2000年悉尼奥运会上，没有人怀疑她会拿到全能金牌，结果在第二轮表演中，意外发生了。艾琳娜把她的圈扔出后在场地外面才接到，最后以39.466分取得了铜牌。

At the 2004 Athens Olympics she took home the gold medal in the individual all-around for rhythmic gymnastics with a score of 108.400, the Silver medal went to her teammate Irina Tchachina.
在2004年雅典奥运会上，她以总分108.400分取得了个人艺术体操全能金牌。银牌被她的队友伊琳娜·恰奇娜获得。

During October 2004 Alina announced her retirement from the sport. However in June 2005 Russian head coach Irina Viner announced a possible comeback. Alina made her comeback at an Italy-Russia friendly competition in Genoa, 10 September, 2005.
在2204年艾琳娜宣布退役。然后2005年6月俄罗斯总教练伊琳娜·维涅耳宣布她可能复出。艾琳娜在2005年10月于热那亚举行的意大利-俄罗斯游戏赛中复出。

After retirement
退役后

Since 2005 she is a member of the Public Chamber of Russia.
2005年成为俄罗斯公众院成员。

Since 2007 she has been a member of the Russian parliament, the State Duma, representing the pro-Kremlin United Russia party.
2007年她成为俄罗斯议会国家杜马成员，代表统一俄罗斯党。

In mid-April 2008 the Russian paper Moskovski Korrespondent Russian stated that she was engaged to marry President Vladimir Putin in mid-June, after he left office.
在2008年4月俄罗斯报《莫斯科记者报》报道她与总统弗拉基米尔·普京将于普京离职后在六月中结婚。