Ksenia Zadvornova

Kseniia Valerievna Zadvornova (, born 29 December 1998 Honoured Master of sport in sambo.

Background Zadvornova was born 29 December 1998 in Orsk, Orenburg oblast, Russia. She is a second-generation judo and sambo competitor. At the age of ten, she began judo under her father Valerii and mother Yelena, who is 2003 world sambo runner-up.

Career Judo She has multiple achievements in judo. In May 2019, she won one of the bronze medals at the European cup in Orenburg, Russia. In July 2019, Zadvornova won the Asian cup in Aktau, Kazakhstan. To start off the next year, she competed at the European cup in February and took a bronze medal at the 70 kilograms. Off the back of the Russian championships, she claimed the World championships in November when she flawlessly defeated outstanding sambo European champion Anzhela Zhylinskaya of Belarus. After her run at the World championships, Zadvornova came back in March 2024, where she competed at the Russian nationals and won a silver medal. She made the European team as a Russian national finalist and claimed the European championships in Serbia, where she beat Anzhela Zhylinskaya in the final bout.

Achievements Judo 2017 World championships (team competition) — 3rd. 2023 World championships — 1st. 2024 Russian championships — 2nd. 2024 European championships — 1st.