Career
Originally beginning her sports career as a tumbler, Karavayeva soon switched to trampolining and excelled. She belongs to the Krasnodar club and is coached by Vitaly Dubko. She is well known within the sport of gymnastics as being a dedicated and driven athlete.
During the 2001 Trampoline World Championships, held in July, in the city of Odense, the gold medal was awarded Karavayeva incorrectly following a serious judging mistake.
Karavayeva, at the World Games in August 2001, made the following statement. "I very much regret the mistake of the judges at the World Championships in Denmark.
However, FIG President and International Olympic Committee Member, Mr Bruno Grandi, made an exception to this ruling and allowed the error to be corrected. This led to Karavayeva being awarded the silver medal.
Karavayeva took the World Record for the most difficult trampolining routine completed in a competition by a woman.
The difficulty was 15.60. This record was broken on October 8, 2011, by Emma Smith (GBR), at the Trampoline and Tumbling World Cup, held in Odense, Denmark.
