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Allan Kournikova
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Born (2004-09-22) September 22, 2004 (age 20)
Russia
Residence Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.
Career
Status Amateur

Allan Kournikova (born September 22, 2004) is a talented young golfer. He has won many important junior golf tournaments. These include the U.S. Kids Golf European Championships multiple times. He also won the U.S. Kids Golf World Championships several times. Allan was featured in a 2013 movie called The Short Game. He is also the half-brother of famous former tennis player Anna Kournikova.

Allan Kournikova's Early Life

Allan Kournikova was born in Russia on September 22, 2004. His mother is Alla Kournikova. His father is Baron Michael Moog de Medici, a composer and musician.

When Allan was just two years old, he started taking lessons in horseback riding. He even competed in international show jumping events.

Golf experts started to notice Allan's amazing skills when he was only four. They were very impressed by how good he was at such a young age.

When Allan was eight, he attended Palm Beach Virtual School. This allowed him more time to practice golf.

Golf Achievements and Recognition

Allan Kournikova has achieved great success in junior golf. He won the U.S. Kids Golf European Championships from 2011 to 2015. He also won the U.S. Kids Golf World Championships from 2011 to 2013 and again in 2015.

By 2012, his repeated wins in world championships were even mentioned in The Wall Street Journal. This showed how much attention he was getting.

His journey to defend his title at the 2012 U.S. Kids Golf World Championship was shown in a 2013 documentary film. The movie was called The Short Game.

In 2013, Allan won three championships in a row. These were the European and world championships for 8-year-olds. In May 2014, he won the European championship by a huge lead of 22 strokes. In 2015, he won the 10-year-old divisions of both the European World Championship and the U.S. Kids World Championship. He won these by four and nine strokes, respectively.

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