Now the athlete is one of the first to leave the rink - he is in a hurry home, to his wife and two-year-old daughter. The skater talked about what has changed in his life since the birth of little Elizabeth.
Alexey Yagudin and Tatiana Totmianina.
Lilia Sharlovskaya
For him, the first thing was always the planes - in the sense of ice, training, performances. But the girls did not leave the attention of the handsome and successful guy either. Alexey could boast not only of his sports achievements, but also of victories over the hearts of beauties. Lena Berezhnaya, Sasha Savelyeva, Nastya Gorshkova, Yana Batyrshina - the Don Juan list goes on and on. Alexei himself stated in his autobiographical book that he would not tie the knot until he was forty. However, everything happened much earlier. He had known Tanya Totmianina since adolescence - they trained together at a skating rink in St. Petersburg, but, as usual, did not pay attention to each other. They were brought together by tragedy - when Tanya broke up with her boyfriend, and her mother died in a car accident, Alexei was the first to put up a friendly shoulder. And then this friendship grew into something more. Opposites attract: calm, balanced Tatiana and explosive in character, very emotional Alexei get along well together.
You had many novels, but you were in no hurry to go to the registry office. Afraid of responsibility?
Alexey Yagudin:“Subconsciously, I always wanted to have my own family. It's just that when you're alone, you get used to it. And the family is no longer monologues, but dialogues. You have to push your stubbornness into the background. A life began where compromises were needed. But, apparently, everything has its time. "
Is Tanya a tough enough person too?
Alexei:“As far as sports are concerned, yes. At the same time, she is very homely, feminine. And nevertheless, I was brought up in such a way that I believe that a man is the head of the family. Although I understand that the basis of marriage is, of course, dialogue and trust. Without a heart-to-heart talk, you will never understand what your partner needs. In general, I adore my family, and this is the main thing. "
They say that a man subconsciously looks for a wife who looks like his mother. Do you notice the similarities between your beloved women?
Alexei:“Tanya and mom are similar only in that they are both mothers. This is the only thing that they have in common. And so they are completely different - both in character and in perception of the world. People of different times, different generations. But my mother is still a very close person for me, I talk to her a lot, I consult. She's got rich life experience And in terms of Liza's upbringing, she helps us a lot. "
Moreover, you and Tatiana are constantly on tour ...
Alexei:“Yes, Tanya started performing two weeks after giving birth. She has a sporty character. (Laughs.) Lisa stays with the nanny, and sometimes my mother comes and takes her to St. Petersburg. "
Have you and your family already firmly settled in Moscow?
Alexei:“I love big cities. I myself am from St. Petersburg, but I do not like him. Not because he is ugly. On the contrary, the architecture there is amazing, but the climate is simply killing. Damp, gloomy and no energy at all. Everything is like in slow motion. Tanya's head always hurts there, and I want to sleep. And Moscow is a bundle of energy that constantly drives you somewhere, and I get high from it. Even traffic jams do not irritate me - I look, I try to find out how to get around them. And we are resting outside the city - we have our own house, plot, bathhouse. Tanya is all eager to go to Moscow, but I think that in the summer on fresh air better than everyone: us, and Liza, and the dog. "
What does your daughter already know?
Alexei:“Constantly check how patient parents we are. (Laughs.) To scoff at us and the dog - to pull its tail, poke a finger in the eyes. Tanya and I recently returned from Hong Kong, I immediately flew to St. Petersburg for work, and my wife went home. And so I call and ask how things are going there. She says: "Now I am watching Liza - she is smearing Varya (this is a dog) with cream." I laugh: "Does Varya like it?" - "I doubt that she gets great pleasure, but what can I do?" - Tanya answers. The daughter, although small, is stubborn, with character. And he understands everything. I say: “Liza, do you know where we sleep?” She: “Yes”. - “Well, there are jeans, a T-shirt and a jacket on the floor. Bring me a sweater. " I went and brought it. I give her a piece of paper - throw it away. She goes to the trash can. It's fun to watch a child grow and develop. Probably, not all fathers immediately realize what happiness it is to have children. At first, I was somewhat wary of this tiny man. And now I enjoy our communication and try to spend as much time as possible with my daughter - and take a walk, and run, and play. Liza has a favorite game - “to the house”: she washes something, cleans up, feeds her bears. For some reason she still calls the bears “nude”, her dog is “wava”, something bad is “kaka”. I'm still waiting for it to be possible to talk to her normally. I myself spoke only at the age of four, but Tanya was already reciting poetry at the age of one and a half - everything is individual. "
Do you see your features in your daughter?
Alexei:“Well, with beauty, she went to her mother, and stubbornness is probably from me. Lisa always gets her way. And she is far from being a stupid girl. "
You said that you would not give her to figure skating. Why?
Alexei:"V big sport- never. If he is older, we will bring him, put on skates, let him try. Rhythmic gymnastics, any different circles - all this will be. In childhood, sports are, of course, needed. He builds character. This is discipline, organization. Plus health. I will not force her to continue to play sports, as my mother once did. I remember how she said: “Let's go to the open ice, grandma will sew covers for you so that your legs don't freeze.” No, I don't need an athlete daughter. I need an educated and healthy person. "
Alexey, what figure on the ice could you compare your life with?
Alexei:“An interesting question ... it's even difficult to answer that straight off the bat. There are basic elements in figure skating. Well, for example, let's take multi-turn jumps. Although they are complex, exciting, they have their own life path I would not like to compare: it turns out, although you were striving upward, but in the end you landed at the starting point from where you started. Jump cascade, spin? Also very monotonous. Probably the closest is the serpentine (step track). Here you can spin, and make turns, and some small steps, and come back. My life is just as varied - were in it and major victories, and errors. But the bottom line is that I'm still going forward. "
The goals in sports are obvious and straightforward. Where are you going now?
Alexei:“My sports career ended ten years ago, one might say, on a high note. Olympic medal- this is, whatever you say, a triumph, the highest award. But I am a happy person, because I have a job that is also related to figure skating, and I get great pleasure from it. People love our ice shows, New Year's performances, musicals - we tour not only in Russia, but also around the world. And it's great that we bring joy to the audience. But I understand that I will not be able to skate all my life, and here the question arises that all athletes inevitably ask themselves: what to do next? After all, before everything was clearly scheduled: woke up, got out of bed, did exercises, warmed up, then the arena, the skating rink, the gym ... Everything is pre-programmed. And now I want to try something new, get a different profession, so as not to be satisfied with what has already been achieved, to develop further. And I'm looking for clues that can later become that new business, from which I will enjoy no less than from figure skating. For example, my colleague and good friend Anton Sikharulidze found himself in politics after sports. I traveled with him for five years on tours in the same bus. And I saw that this area really fascinates him. He constantly read some historical books, took notes on something. He tried to tell me: “Imagine, but Stalin did this and that ...“ That is, he got no less pleasure from politics than I do now - from working on television or from playing in a play. Perhaps this will be my future profession. I want to get additional acting education. It is clear that in addition to a great desire, you need to have some kind of base. "
At the moment, if I'm not mistaken, you have one performance and one film.
Alexei:“There are two performances. The first one was not very successful. It was in verse and was called "President's Vacation". I played Vladimir Putin. Another performance, called “Don't Believe Your Eyes,” lives longer than I do in it. I was invited there by Valeria Lanskaya, my former partner in the ice show. She said: "Try it, you want it." Today there are roles in the film "The Heart of Captain Nemov", the television series "Hot Ice". It is clear that this is not God only knows what list. But in a situation where your main profession is associated with figure skating and requires a tremendous amount of time, any other addition to this is akin to winning the world championship. "
This is a direct trend: actors participate in ice shows, and skaters try themselves on stage. Your colleague Alexei Tikhonov also plays in the play with Ekaterina Strizhenova. Have you ever suspected of being an actor?
Alexei:“It is customary to consider athletes to be narrow-minded people. This opinion is based on the fact that many of us are forced to “forget” about education: they skip school, college in order to achieve success in sports. But it seems to me that everything depends on the desire of the person himself. I was lucky: my mother “built” me not only in terms of figure skating, she also forced me to study. I graduated from high school with a silver medal. I was more interested in exact sciences. Probably, genes played a role - my mother was a researcher at the Institute of Informatics and Computer Engineering. Have I noticed an acting ability in myself? I think it's better to judge my data from the outside. But, of course, there is an artistic component in figure skating - after all, you come up with images, costumes, try to present yourself. Apparently, this gave an impetus. And I was at Lesha Tikhonov's show. I like it. It's fun to see a person you know well from the other side. "
Were you afraid to go on stage for the first time?
Alexei:“Of course, because it’s new. The first performance was generally in verse: can you imagine what it was like to learn the text? Besides, I was very worried. But no longer because I will perform unsuccessfully, but because I will let others down. In sports, I was only responsible for myself - I fell, I lost. And here success depends on the work of the entire team. I remember the guard in the hall wished me luck: “I see, Alexey, that you are nervous. Everything will be fine". And then, when I went backstage after the first act, he asked: “Well, how did it go?” I said: “I'm running to the toilet, changing diapers.” (Laughs.) Of course, at first it was scary. It’s much easier now. ”
In the theater, you are not a professional and, probably, you understand that you do worse than others. Does the criticism hurt your pride?
Alexei:“You cannot immediately set foot on a new field and win. I am calm about criticism. And when it comes to figure skating, I also listened to the opinions of other people. Better to be criticism than false flattery. "
How do you feel about watching the World Championships?
Alexei:“I don't watch them at all. Everyone is so surprised ... To be honest, I'm not interested. I did my best in sports. It is clear that time is passing and there will be new champions, victories and tragedies. And why not interesting - there are no bright individuals. If you take the masters old school: Lyudmila Belousova, Oleg Protopopov, Tatiana Tarasova, Tamara Moskvina - these are really personalities, people with powerful inner energy. In February, there was the European Championship in figure skating, which coincided with filming in "Ice Age". And since I was the host of the show and didn't skate until three or four in the morning like everyone else, I had the opportunity to watch it. I didn't feel any particular emotion. If you take the male single skating, then, probably, only one skater, Canadian Patrick Chan, approached what our five did at the Olympics - two quadruple jump... For ten years - no development. Of course, in the first years after completing my career, I was bored and wanted to return to sports. It was just so abruptly that everything suddenly ended ... I thought that knee surgery would help, but this did not happen. (Alexei has a congenital defect of the hip joint - it does not completely cover the head of the thigh. This was not visible on X-ray images. No one could understand why the skater felt great pain while performing the jumps. After winning the Olympics in Salt Lake City in 2002 Yagudin toured America a year, actually on painkillers. Then he underwent the first hip surgery, but the effect was short-lived. In 2007, Alexei was completely replaced hip joint metal prosthesis. He got out of bed the next day, and two weeks later ran a 10-kilometer cross. Inspired, the skater announced that he was returning to big sport. But at competitions in Germany he could not even finish his performance - he was carried off the ice. - Approx. auth.)
How is your health now?
Alexei:“Compared to what period? If you remember yourself at the age of fifteen or sixteen, then now it is clearly worse. (Laughs.) The first time after the operation was difficult - after all, my hip joint was completely changed. But now I can skate and work fully. Every year we tour seventy to eighty cities with tours of the ice show, which is staged by Ilya Averbukh. In addition, we are preparing ice fairy tales for children "Treasure Island", "While the clock strikes twelve". Our musical was presented in London. I also take part in a program called Volt Charging. The main focus of this project is to attract people to healthy way life. This is a set of outdoor exercises, there is absolutely nothing complicated about them. I saw a woman in her seventy years doing leg swings and she was good at it. We have added musical accompaniment and now we are conducting classes with Latin American music. In general, after the sport, my life became much more interesting: a huge number of new wonderful projects appeared. I do not say that sports period my life has been boring. No, it was exciting and full of adrenaline and excitement. But it’s over, we must move on. Instead of surfing the Internet, looking for who won the Olympics there. "
Do you really have no desire to pass on your rich experience to young athletes?
Alexei:“I will never be a coach. This is the last thing I will do. I don't want to associate my whole life with figure skating. Again standing on the ice for hours, seeing the same faces around ... Besides, training is not easy. You not only train athletes, you also take an active part in their lives. This is a huge responsibility. But it's not the complexity that stops me coaching- no, I want to try something new, and not stew in the same juice in the same kitchen. So many tempting opportunities are opening up in front of me now! "
You are an addicted person, is it difficult to be monogamous?
Alexei:“Who said that I was addicted? (Laughs.) No, it's not difficult. In fact, I am absolutely happy with my family. "
Are you not an internet person?
Alexei:“I'm sms. I know what it is social networks, but I do not understand at all, people spend such a huge amount of time there. You can pick up the phone and call whoever you want to chat with. No, they sit, find out who has how many subscribers, change statuses, post photos, make friends. Maybe someone likes it ... I have nothing against it, it's just not mine. Although I understand that life is gradually taking a person to the Internet. Therefore, we have to master this element too ”.
Do you like to travel?
Alexei:"Very. But if earlier I could easily break somewhere abroad for three days, now I want a longer vacation. "
Do you have favorite countries?
Alexei:“All Asia. I just get high there. This is a completely different people, a different way of life, mentality. They try to welcome the guest well and show respect to him. I really like oriental cuisine. The food is amazing. If we talk about Europe, then, choosing between three countries - Italy, Spain and France, I will give preference to the latter. It is a civilized country with rich cultural traditions ”.
You lived in America long enough, then you returned. Did not like?
Alexei:“I really spent seven years in America. For four years I skated there under the guidance of Tatyana Tarasova, then there were tours. And after that I came to St. Petersburg for two weeks to rest, and my mother asked: “Are you for a long time? When are you going back? “And I realized that I did not want to return to America at all. Everything is artificial there, from food to emotions. People are like robots. In Russia, the people are still more sincere, open to communication. Plus here is my mentality, culture, humor. I remember when after America I went out for a walk along Nevsky Prospekt for the first time, I was simply stunned: what beautiful girls we have! They try to look good, dress more spectacularly, even if for little money. And in America, people just need to put on shorts and slippers to go out. Although they often have much more opportunities and earn good money. I have already said that recently my wife and I were on vacation in Hong Kong. This city, too, confess, surprised me. There, too, the girls look after themselves very much - such beauties, thin, dark-haired, walk the streets. A sight for sore eyes. But then Tatyana and I flew to Moscow and realized: it's still better here! This is my home. "
Alexey Yagudin: Love is not at first sight
In an interview, Alexey admitted that before he and Tanya had an affair, he rarely took love affairs seriously. He lived freely, easily converged and easily disagreed with the girls, not thinking about the future. In addition, ice has always been in the first place for him. And not every woman is ready to be a companion of a person for whom skates are more important than her. However, there was a moment when, in his youth, Alexei almost made an offer to the skater Elena Berezhnaya... She also skated with them on the same skating rink. I even bought a ring. But he changed his mind. Yagudin does not hide the fact that he is a man of mood, very fickle.
Tatiana and Aleksey walked each their own way for a long time, collecting the golden harvest at the famous skating rinks of the world. Their paths crossed again after Yagudin and Totmianina completed their amateur sports careers, exchanging pedestals for performances in commercial ice shows. The "Stars on Ice" project has become their "Sredney" for them. Ilya Averbukh- it was there that the Olympic champions practically met again. And the tour finally brought them closer together. Both Alexei and Tatiana were free at that moment and were together all the time - they trained, talked, went to cafes, museums. After returning to Moscow, Yagudin offered to live under one roof. Tatiana did not object.
Alas, life together turned out to be not so rosy, and the "weather in the house" began to deteriorate. At the same time, everything suited Yagudin, he was comfortable with a calm and sincere Tatyana, but she could not come to terms with many of his habits and frivolity. The skater did not want to become another champion's passion, but dreamed of a serious relationship, family and children, while her chosen one was frightened by such a prospect. Constant misunderstanding led to the fact that on one of the summer days of 2007, Alexei simply packed his things and left. Left alone, Tatyana suddenly realized that she not only became attached to this person, but fell in love with him, and, according to her, for the first time in her life, she really felt very painful. However, "The Flying Stool" - as Yagudin was often called earlier for his ability to "jump" from any position - did not feel any remorse about this. He promised himself that he would not marry until forty, and had not even thought about children at the age of 27.
Take me back if you can
Their path to each other was rather winding. Photo: "7 days"
However, this story unexpectedly had a continuation: Alexei, who had not previously had the habit of clinging to the old, after another stormy romance suddenly realized for himself that he could not live without Totmianina. She is really close to him. And a year later, the skater came with a confession and a proposal to be together again. It was very difficult for Tatyana to accept him: it was difficult for her to believe Lesha's assurances that now everything would be different, he had changed. It was especially hard to believe in the latter, because even after all the vows, Yagudin never corrected his egocentric behavior.The beginning of the "second series" of their relationship was like a game of catch-up. As soon as Yagudin began to behave as before, Tatiana packed her things and left. Alexei found her and begged her to return, not to leave him again. She came back and everything started all over again. Such shoots occurred several times a month. Relationships stabilized only by the beginning of winter, when they realized that it was pointless to try to remake a loved one for themselves - they had to adapt to each other, accept them as they were.
Of course, the woman had to make big concessions, as she was more flexible, but for the sake of their love, Tatyana did not even consider it a sacrifice to regularly extinguish minor conflicts and accustom herself to look at life easier, without being nervous about nonsense like scattered socks. The hardest part was to stop being constantly jealous. But Alexei also found the strength to change his amorous habits. More precisely, once he realized that he had stopped looking at the oncoming beautiful girls with the gaze of a hunter and trying to add them to his collection - why are these love adventures if your beloved is waiting at home?
Loss and gain
Confirmation of the seriousness of Yagudin's intentions was the fact that the skater was thinking about fatherhood. At the New Year 2009 celebration, he confessed his feelings to his beloved and said that he wanted a child. By that time, the couple had moved to Alexei's recently purchased Moscow apartment - before he saw no reason to acquire his own housing in the capital with constant travels around the country and the world, and quite calmly got along with rented.
Alas, at the moment when it seemed that everything was working out, fate sent them a terrible test - on January 22, Totmianina's mother got into a car accident. Despite the efforts of the best doctors, a week later she was gone. Like Alexei, her mother raised Tanya alone and was the closest person to her, so what happened was a shock for the skater. Yagudin was with her almost all the time while his failed mother-in-law was in the hospital - until the very last moment they believed that she would recover ... On January 30, Alexei had to fly to Switzerland to speak at an economic forum, but as soon as the plane landed, he found out that Tanya's mothers no more - and immediately took a return ticket.
Gossipers, new to the couple, linked Tatyana's pregnancy, which came soon after those tragic days, with the beginning of their relationship, they say, Yagudin consoled his girlfriend in his usual manner ... But the child was never the reason that tied them together - the baby was expected and loved in advance. Totmianina perceived her pregnancy as a miracle - taking one life, the Lord breathed another into it.
Alexey with his beloved women: his wife Tatyana and daughter Liza. Photo: Arsen Memetov (Telenedelya)
Elizaveta Alekseevna Yagudina was born on November 20, 2009 in one of the Moscow maternity hospitals.Tatiana, although she endured C-section, returned to training two weeks after the appearance of the baby. After the birth of their daughter, both she and Alexei had to greatly reshape the schedules of their training, performances and tours - so that one of the parents always remained with little Lisa, and not only the grandmother and the nanny.
Lisa, at the age of four, is already learning to skate, which her grandmother gave her. True, this happened against the will of the parents. They did not want to let her on the ice, confine themselves to some general developmental sport for health, and not for victories. They know firsthand how hard it is. Therefore, the parents intend to give Lisa a good education rather than contribute to her sports career ...
This is not love
Alexey and Tatiana have been living in perfect harmony for more than five years, raising a daughter, running a joint household, but they are in no hurry to go to the registry office, although they got engaged during pregnancy. When asked when their wedding will take place, they answer: "What's the point?" They do not want to have a magnificent celebration in order to "walk" a white dress, but they can simply have fun with friends in their country house for no reason. Moreover, both are convinced that if someone wants to leave, neither the stamp in the passport nor the child will hold him. And to share them, in which case, there is nothing - they decided to keep separate budgets from the very beginning, so that there would be no disputes over money in the family, and everyone could feel freer.
Yagudin says that he hates the word "love". For him, love is a blinding bright flash that prevents you from truly seeing the object of your passion. Only a joint life, a common life helps to consider a person, his character to the smallest detail. That is why he always insisted that his girls live under the same roof with him. That is why, after looking closely, they parted. And that is why he does not call his feelings for his wife, albeit not official, love - they are stronger and deeper than love, especially love at first sight. He already had time to see it.
The most famous novels of Yagudin
Although Alexey settled down, legends still circulate about his novels. They talked, if not about hundreds, then certainly about dozens of girls who had been in his bed. Let us recall his most famous novels.
The relationship with Kyoko Ina lasted three years.
With a Japanese figure skater Kyoko Ina the relationship lasted three years (from 1998 to 2001), while Alexei lived in America. Kyoko came to him almost every weekend, even visited Yagudin's dacha near St. Petersburg. The parting took place at the initiative of a Japanese woman who met another man. Alexey did not hold her back: she was 7 years older than him, and he understood that it was time for her to think about creating a family. Not with him.With the world champion in rhythmic gymnastics, and now a journalist Laysan Utyasheva he met for six months. Pink roses, cafes, SMS messages in moments of separation - what a 19-year-old girl needed, either who loved or simply admired the ingenious skater. Then 24-year-old Alexei went to America for three months, and the feelings faded by themselves.
With the singer Victoria Daineko there was only a PR romance, although ...
But an affair with Victoria Daineko, that was so hotly debated by fans during the first season of Ice Age in 2007, in fact, did not exist at all. Everything was invented by journalists, based on the fact that a couple of artists played love during performances, and then also sang a duet. In any case, Alexey insists on just this version. In the summer of 2007, he almost proposed to the 19-year-old figure skater. Nastya Gorshkova... Then Ilya Averbukh took the skater to the new show "Sleeping Beauty". And the couple began to spend a lot of time together. But when you are together for 24 hours, you just get tired ... The novel faded away. 
But for the member of the "Factory" group Sasha Savelyeva, Yagudin had tender feelings
Relationship with Sasha Savelva that happened between the first and second romance with Totmianina lasted for several months. Starting with consolations beautiful girl, who had taken off at the very beginning of the ice show, Yagudin switched to courtship, and then somehow imperceptibly remained with her ... He then admitted that "tender feelings for Sasha" woke up in him immediately. But life together, alas, did not work out - as Sasha herself admitted, they turned out to be too different.
Tatiana and Alexey have been together for ten years. For a long time, young people simply did not think about officially getting married. And they sincerely wondered why many are so worried about their marital status. To the question of friends and journalists, "Well, when will you go down the aisle?" joked: "Why do you need this?"
They considered each other as spouses even without the notorious cliché. Moreover, Alexey has already made an offer to Tatiana. Kneel right in the nightclub, where the guys were celebrating the onset of 2009, gave a ring and said: "I love you, let's get married." “And in the morning I didn’t give up my words,” Tanya laughs. In general, there was everything between them, except for the stamp in the passport.
The bride's morning passed at the hotel villa. Photo: Lyuba Shemetova
Everything changed at the beginning of last year, four months after the birth of the youngest daughter, Michelle, during a tour of the Urals and the Far East. “It was evening, we worked out the show in Novokuznetsk, came to the autograph session. Suddenly Lesha turned to me: “Listen, can we formalize the relationship? Shall we get to the registry office? " - says Tatiana. Over the years she lived together, Tanya perfectly recognized her beloved: if he caught fire, inspired by some idea, you need to support. “I was never against signing, but I was horrified how I did not want all this red tape with documents, pre-wedding hassle and fuss,” explains Totmianina. “I was lucky: Tanya is a girl with brains and knows that she should not put pressure on me, but wait. Sooner or later I will do what she wants, ”says Alexey.
In two weeks, the skaters were supposed to be on tour in Krasnoyarsk, where Alexei's many friends live. There it was decided to get married. He took over the trouble of organizing registration best friend Alexei - Igor Shishkin. “All we had to do was buy wedding rings and think about costumes,” says Tanya. - One weekend I managed to fly to Moscow to get my youngest daughter vaccinated, and at the same time take Lesha's suit and buy myself a new dress. I popped into the store for half an hour, and only dark blue of the suitable size turned out to be. Then this color seemed black to many, and I was asked questions about the strange choice. The white evening dress was simply not on sale in February! " (Laughs.)
Tatiana: I was at the wedding only two times - and both at my own. Photo: Lyuba Shemetova
The future newlyweds chose wedding rings just as quickly. In Vladivostok, on the way to the skating rink, we stopped at a jewelry one. The future husband said: "We take anything for me - what's the difference, I won't wear it anyway." And I chose the simplest and cheapest form. “Wears for a month, wears two, three ... As a result, it hasn't taken off for more than a year,” Tanya laughs. The bride also did not begin to philosophize - their rings are similar to her husband. “Surely Lesha will say that this does not mean anything, but I am sure that the ring on his finger is a serious reminder to a man
and a woman about their status and responsibilities towards their soul mate. "
Despite the fact that young people considered visiting the registry office a formality, they got nervous on the eve of their own wedding. Tanya even suggested to Alexei: before it's too late, maybe we'll change our minds? “I don’t know why the jitters started. But it's not for nothing that so many films have been made about runaway brides. We were both worried, and Lesha, a joker and joker in life, was serious. Friends arrived, there was even the Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Viktor Aleksandrovich Tolokonsky. Solemn speech of the lady-receptionist, exchange of rings and dance of the newlyweds. It seemed to us that we were participating in the filming and the song is endless! Lesha whispered in his ear: "How long to dance?" And I answered: "Be patient." I myself was terribly uncomfortable to stomp on louboutins, ”Tanya shares her impressions. Yagudin picks up: “We looked like animals behind glass. All around are standing, looking. One friend burst into tears: "Lesha, we lost you!" (Laughs.)
"Mom, throw it smoother so dad doesn't catch!" - Liza shouted, fearing to miss the bridal bouquet. Photo: Lyuba Shemetova
When the officialdom was over, the newlyweds with a dozen guests went to dinner at a restaurant. The next day we went out on the ice again in the same Krasnoyarsk - the tour continued. Before the performance, the audience was announced that the marital status of Yagudin and Totmianina had changed.
“I was often asked what changed after we signed. Maybe I feel more confident? How much more confident if we have been together for ten years and we have two children ?! " - says Tanya. When asked by “TN”, when she realized that Aleksey was her destiny (they dispersed several times, checking their feelings), she replied: “It came by itself. Why rush about, change something, if it's good together and from this man you want to have children? But, I confess, there was a time when I thought that everything, we parted forever. At the very beginning of the novel, in the morning, he suddenly gathered his things: “I'm leaving. It's too good for me to be with you. " Probably, at that moment he himself did not understand what he needed from a woman in general. I took a ticket to Turkey and left. A day later, Lesha called: "I miss you, wait, I fly." In the evening I drew a picture on the threshold of my room with a backpack on my shoulders. "
Tatyana won the tug of the loaf. The trophy was immediately eaten. Photo: Lyuba Shemetova
“It was very strange and unusual for me that nothing annoys a woman. Tanya does not have a single habit that would infuriate me. She and I completely coincided in everything, and the vision of life for both is absolutely the same. If it had been otherwise, they would have fled, ”explains Alexey.
There was no question of gathering guests in Moscow and how to have fun, to mark the official registration of marriage. The eldest daughter of the Yagudins, Liza, was at that time in France (the girl is studying there), and the youngest, Michelle, was only four months old at that time. “We didn’t even tell Lisa that we were married. What's the point if she didn't know we weren't officially scheduled at all? " - the spouses recall. Perhaps, Elizabeth would not have known about this fact of the biography of her beloved parents if it had not been for Urgant.
After both Tanya and Alexey posted posts with wedding rings on the social network, they were invited to participate in “ Evening Urgant". “I took the girls and flew to Sochi, where the program was filmed then. By the beginning of the broadcast, Lesha had to get there, he was flying from some event. But bad weather, the airport does not accept. An hour before the start of filming, a call: “Just don't kill me! The plane landed in Mineralnye Vody, I don't have time, handle it alone. " I am shocked. The husband is responsible for the conversational genre in our family, not me. How to be? And then it turns out that Averbukh is resting nearby. I call and ask you to come and support. And so they went on the air with a "family": me with two children and Ilya. Our Liza learned from Urgant that mom and dad were married. And ... it began! For a couple of days she withdrew into herself, deeply thought about something. Then she began to draw without stopping grooms and brides in a veil. Then came the turn of questions: "Where can I get a husband and how to understand that this is him?" At that time, a classmate looked after Lisa, gave sweets and took by the hand. Probably, she tried him on for the role of her husband, ”Tanya laughs.
In the pool of the Regnum Carya Golf & Spa Resort. Photo: Lyuba Shemetova
The parents explained to the girl in a form understandable to her what it means to fall in love, how it is when you cannot eat or drink without a person - you miss so much. One fine day, Elizaveta Alekseevna struck down her parents on the spot. "Mom, I thought about it and decided that, perhaps, I will marry dad." Tanya recalled that, in fact, he was already busy. The answer was: "When you die, my dad and I will live." And quickly asked her father: "Daddy, can I bring you some water?"
In the pool of the Regnum Carya Golf & Spa Resort. Photo: Lyuba Shemetova
Tanya and Alexei laughed heartily. “This is really funny! At the age of seven, the question of death is relevant. I remember how, as a little girl, I woke up at night and cried from the realization that someday my parents would be gone, and I too. Therefore, Liza's words were perceived adequately. And she was delighted that, therefore, we are raising a child correctly if he adores dad. What could be more beautiful than the mutual love and affection of father and daughter? " - explains Tatiana.
In the pool of the Regnum Carya Golf & Spa Resort. Photo: Lyuba Shemetova
TN correspondents witnessed Alexei's very tender relationship with both daughters. Yagudin is an amazing father. Spending time with the girls, fooling around in the playgrounds, tinkering is a joy for him, Tanya does not need to ask. When she went to spa treatments, Alexey either swam in the pool with his eldest daughter, or, taking the younger one, rolled her around the hotel in a buggy, or with both went to the playground. “I’m not saying that I’m an awesome father. But when Lizka was brought from the hospital, Tanya was confused: “She is so small, I'm afraid to touch her. Wash her and change her clothes. " There was nothing to do but get involved in the process right away, ”recalls Aleksey. By the way, he dreamed about daughters and now enjoys fatherhood. “I guess I think outside the box. All men want sons, I don’t. And no one can understand me: how is it not to dream of continuing the surname. And I don't give a damn whether the Yagudins will remain after me or not. "
Tatiana: Lesha in public and at home is different. In front of strangers, he improvises, jokes. When we are alone, he is much calmer. Photo: Lyuba Shemetova
While on vacation in Turkey, when Lisa was feeding her dad with cherries after dinner, Lesha suddenly got the idea ... to play the wedding again! Arrange a celebration for the closest people - for their children with Tanya, inviting Lisa and Michelle to the role of "girlfriends". “At one time he lived and trained in America and flew to rest in the neighboring Dominican Republic and the Bahamas. And there are many weddings on the beach, and I caught myself thinking that I would like to do something similar. " TN correspondents took part in the celebration with pleasure.
The spouses liked the beach wedding so much that they do not mind getting married again. Photo: Lyuba Shemetova
The bride's morning began with sunbathing (there is no sweltering heat in Turkey this season), and the groom's morning with a swim in a private heated pool (the Yagudins lived in a hotel villa). Tanya decided to be a "real" bride and went to the hairdresser. I wanted the hair to lie in a "wave", but the master overdid it, twisted the towers
so that Tatiana did not recognize herself. This did not spoil her mood at all: Tanya from her youth knows how to paint and do her hair on her own.
Photo: Lyuba Shemetova
While she was preening herself in front of the mirror in the living room, Alexei took his youngest daughter and took her for a walk in an electric car. Lisa stayed with her mother. I didn’t leave the veil, hid, whirled, looking in the mirror - was it to my face? The girl was aware that the newlyweds were exchanging rings, so she asked her parents if new rings would appear. Although Tanya was against trusting the child with such value as wedding rings, Lesha took off his own, asked Tanya to follow his example, put it on a silver tray decorated with rose petals. “Liza, you are in charge of my and my mother’s rings,” he said, deliberately sternly. Elizaveta Alekseevna nodded in agreement. Later, during the ceremony of exchanging rings, the girl herself served them to the newlyweds.
On the hotel's golf course. Photo: Lyuba Shemetova
When the bride was ready to leave, Aleksey appeared on the threshold of the room: “Wow! How I love it when you put on a dress and heels. But the veil does not excite at all, to be honest. But once again, to see a wife in such a feminine and sexy attire is very nice. "
Finally, the whole family got into an electric car, Alexei got behind the wheel, and the procession moved towards the beach. On a shady pine alley with an artificial waterfall, he stopped and said: “This is where we will get married. Tanya, take the bridal bouquet. " It turned out that the newlywed was in for a surprise! Early in the morning, Yagudin ordered fresh flowers to be brought to the waterfall and decorated the site with them. The essence of the custom was explained to Liza: whoever catches the bridal bouquet gets married next. “Mom, throw it smoother so that dad doesn't catch,” the child asked. Of course, Lisa was soon clutching the flowers to her chest. And then, with a sigh, she handed them to her father: "Take it, go give it to your woman!" Alexei picked up the eldest daughter in his arms and whirled her in a dance. The girl burst into a happy laugh.
Alexey: Tanya - Strong woman, but she makes concessions, puts her “I” in the background. The main thing is family and peace of mind. Photo: Lyuba Shemetova
Michelle calmly watched the wedding bustle, sitting in the arms of the nanny. The TN correspondent made a heartfelt speech, imitating the registrar of the registry office, the newlyweds exchanged rings, tore a piece from the freshly baked loaf, explaining to Lisa: whoever gets the bigger piece is the head of the family. “It struck midnight, and the groom turned into a bun,” Alexei joked. For the symbol of primacy in the family, the young had to fight. Liza and Alexei pulled the loaf in one direction, Tanya in the other. And yet she won - she got a decent chunk! All three laughed in unison and began to eat the bread by both cheeks. “I don’t remember when we allowed ourselves to eat white bread,” said fragile Tanya. "Skaters have been on a strict diet all their lives."
Photo: Lyuba Shemetova
Jokes as a joke, but in fact the head of the family is Alexei: no one dares to contradict him. As soon as Yagudin turns strictly to his daughters by name, both instantly become meek. Responsibilities in the family of Olympic champions are equally divided. Aleksey is responsible for communications with the outside world (to purchase real estate, build the logistics of numerous movements around the world, decide whether to participate in advertising photo shoots, etc.), for "the weather in the house" - Tatiana ( appearance household members, their health, education, home comfort). We found out from Tanya how incomes are divided in the family of champions. “What Leshino is ours, and what I earn is for my entertainment, so as not to bother my husband in vain,” Tatiana said. “The main thing for me is not to know the prices. And so let them spend money on what they want. In general, I don't care what to wear and what class to fly in, ”Yagudin comments.
The fact that the Olympic champion is exquisitely dressed is the merit of Tanya. She even went to stylist courses in order to competently select a wardrobe for the whole family.
In the fish restaurant of the hotel. Photo: Lyuba Shemetova
Correspondents of "TN" spent several days in the company of a star couple and never saw that the spouses were annoyed by something. “During rest it is generally out of the question. On tour, when both are exhausted by their performances, we can talk in a raised voice. But I can't even remember when we last time fought, ”says Tanya. Before our very eyes, Alexey, accidentally sitting on the iPad, crushed the glass of the screen. Not a single muscle trembled on Tanya's face, although this was her recent gift to her beloved husband.
Photo: Lyuba Shemetova
“A strong family is impossible without mutual respect. We are in favor of showing children by example how to behave, how to cope with negative emotions, ”says Tatiana. The spouses believe that a good union is also impossible without giving each other freedom. “Lesha, in addition to figure skating, has a lot of different events, he constantly flies somewhere. When I am not working, I spend time with the children. Accordingly, we are often with him, not only in different cities, but even in different countries... And this allows you to get bored, put your thoughts and yourself in order and welcome your husband into the family with open arms. Am I jealous? No, because it's stupid. If you have already caught a person by the hand, then decide whether you are ready to close your eyes to it or not. And to cheat yourself with suspicion ... Why ?! And you know, I am sure that there is no thing that cannot be forgiven to a loved one. "
Photo: Lyuba Shemetova
When asked to name the qualities for which they are ready to kill each other, both think. Tanya is the first to answer: “He is going at the last second! I say that when we are together, it is wonderful and fun to run to the departing gangway of the plane. But when we have a basket, a cardboard box, five suitcases, two children and a dog, it's awful! Everything else about my husband suits me. He is beautiful". Lesha shrugs his shoulders. “I have already said that I married ideal woman? - Yagudin smiles. - Tanya is very strong, but she makes concessions, looking for an approach to me. He puts his “I” in the background, the main thing is family and peace of mind. She managed to create absolutely comfortable conditions. Look: we spend on vacation 24 hours a day together, and we live here, in the villa, almost all the time. I don't want to run to the sea, swim alone, because Tanya won't go: she can't swim. For us, the ideal vacation is to sit at home for four. "
Photo: Lyuba Shemetova
The next day the Yagudins flew home. Liza was the first to go to the airport with a nanny - the girl is running out academic year in a French school. Later, Tanya, Alexey and Michel flew to Moscow. According to the "good" tradition, we left end-to-end, arrived on the flight with a delay, when the check-in had already ended. “Our athletes call me a lucky man. Somehow everything always goes well, ”Alexey explained to us, rolling the laughing Michelle on his suitcase. Tanya, waiting for the decision of the customs officers, whether to let the latecomers on board or not, just looked at them with a smile. In the end, everything ended well, the family got to their Moscow home on time.
On July 1, Olympic champions will begin training in Sochi in the new Romeo and Juliet ice show, where Tatiana will play the main role. When the number was typed, Tanya secretly told us that Alexey, having seen this bright wedding photo session, told her: “Let's get married again? And let's put on a magnificent show? "
Among winter species There are two sports that are especially popular in Russia: figure skating and hockey. In Soviet times, figure skaters and hockey players taught fans to their victories, the memories of which are still alive. It is not for nothing that two legends lit the Olympic flame at the Games in Sochi: hockey player Vladislav Tretyak and figure skater Irina Rodnina.
If in hockey in the post-Soviet period, domestic masters have noticeably lost ground, then in figure skating Russians are still
in the first roles. True, every year it is more and more difficult to contain the pressure of competitors.Competitions were considered the "most our" of all types of figure skating. sports couples... Threefold Olympic champion v pair skating Irina Rodnina became a standard for subsequent generations of athletes, which they looked up to and from which they took an example.
Rodnina won her third Olympic gold and retired in 1980. Tatyana Totmianina was born in 1981. It is unlikely that the girl's parents thought that their daughter would become the successor of the great champion's cause.
As is often the case, it all started with health promotion. Doctors advised Tanya's mother to send the child to sports section, in order to rid her of frequent illnesses.
Natalya Totmianina at one time was engaged in figure skating, dreamed of great victories, but it was not possible to reach the highest heights. Mom decided that if her daughter needs sports, then why not try herself on ice. So four-year-old Tanya Totmianina became a figure skater.
Duet invitation
The girl grew, and her sportsmanship... However, experts did not predict a great future for the Perm figure skater performing in single skating.
At the 1995 Russian Championship, fourteen-year-old Tanya met an eighteen-year-old Maxim Marinin. The young man was looking for a mate: not in terms of personal, but in terms of sports relationships. So the single skater received an offer to try herself in pair skating.
What would come of this venture, then no one could say. But Tanya, after consulting with her mother, decided to move to St. Petersburg, where Marinin and Totmianina began to study with coach Natalia Pavlova.
A rented apartment in which three people lived - Maxim, Tanya and her mother - least of all resembled the dwelling of future sports stars. Actually, no one gave generous advances to the couple, since even Pavlova's young duet was on the sidelines.
And nevertheless, at their first Russian championship in 1996, the new duet took sixth place: in the conditions fierce competition this is a very good result.
Change of coach
They went up step by step, and in 1999 they won the bronze medal at the Russian championship for the first time. This gave a pass to the national team. At their first European Championships, Totmianina and Marinin finished fifth, at the World Championships - seventh.
In the 1999/2000 season, the couple defended their occupied lines, and also won the first "silver" in the international arena, becoming the second at the stage of the Grand Prix series in France.
The higher the results and the stronger the competition, the greater the requirements for interaction not only in the pair, but also between the athletes and the coach.
At some point, a "black cat" ran between Pavlova and her skaters. The misunderstanding ended in parting. The 1984 Olympic champion in pair skating became the new coach of Totmianina and Marinina Oleg Vasiliev.
The athletes moved to Chicago, where new coach undertook a radical restructuring of the couple's style. At the 2001 European Championship, Tatyana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin finished second, losing only to the first pair of the Russian national team: Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze.
Dark horses "
In 2002, at the pre-Olympic European Championships, Tatyana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin won their first "gold". However, Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze did not perform at that tournament, preparing for the Olympics in Salt Lake City.
Games-2002 were remembered as one of the most high-profile scandals in the history of figure skating, which ended with the presentation of two sets of gold awards: Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze and Canadians Zhami Sale and David Pelletier.
The fourth place of the Olympic debutants Totmianina and Marinina remained in the shadows.
Journalists, fans and specialists were busy with something else: there was talk that with the departure of Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze from sports, Russia would surrender its positions in pair skating. They did not particularly believe in Totmianina and Marinina, considering the Chinese couple to be the clear favorites of the fourth year Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo.
It's a shame when they don't believe in you. But there is only one way to change this: going out on the ice, over and over again prove that you are stronger.
In the 2002/2003 season, the Russians won all the tournaments in which they participated, except for the World Championship: there they lost to the Chinese.
American Horror Story
Another season of hard labor, and in 2004 in Dortmund at the world championship, Tatyana Totmianina, together with her partner, received their first "gold" of the world championship: an award won in sweat and blood.
In the pre-Olympic season, Tatiana and Maxim had to prove that they are really the best in the world. Figure skating- sport is to a certain extent subjective, and the one who is the favorite in the eyes of the referees has an advantage, albeit purely virtual, but nevertheless.
But the autumn of 2004 could be the last not only in the history of the duet, but also in the life of Tatiana. Video footage of what happened at the Skate America Grand Prix stage makes you flinch many years later, even when you know for sure that everything worked out. During the execution of the support - an element brought to automatism - Maxim Marinin made an awkward movement, lost his balance and dropped his partner from a two-meter height. Tatiana hit her head on the ice.
The shocked stands gasped. The skater lay motionless and, it seemed, something irreparable happened. Tatiana was sent to the hospital, and many predicted a long recovery for her. But just a few weeks later, Totmianina was back on the ice.
Suddenly it became clear that where big problems arose from a partner. Maxim simply could not bring himself to make up his mind to perform the support. The persuasion of the coach, Tatiana, did not help. As a result, a psychologist was invited to help Marinin break down the barrier that had arisen. In the same season, the couple won the Russian Championship, European Championship and World Championship. Doubt that they are the main Olympic favorites, there was no more.
Romeo and Juliet at the top
In the Olympic season, an injury trapped competitors: Zhao Hongbo was retired for a long time due to an Achilles tendon injury. The Chinese with incredible difficulty recovered for the 2006 Olympics, but already in short program it became clear that they were not competitors to the Russians.
The free program "Romeo and Juliet" brought Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin victory in Olympic Turin. The gap of almost 15 points recorded their unconditional triumph.
The gold medal of the Olympics was the end sports career for the couple Totmianina / Marinin. The athletes have won everything there is to win in figure skating, but they have remained, perhaps, one of the most underestimated Russian duos.
“Having won the World Championship, we went out to the audience happy. After all, we have won this medal for the country! And then our journalists ask: “Guys, doesn't it seem that you were given a lot of points?” I wanted to throw at them everything that I would have got under my arm at that moment. We went to this medal for many years, and they say this to your eyes, ”Totmianina recalled in an interview with“ Arguments and Facts ”.
For some reason, Tatyana, as a figure skater, did not get such popular love and popularity as Irina Rodnina had, Ekaterina Gordeeva, Elena Berezhnaya. But her career, watered with sweat and tears, was no easier.
Winners who are not needed
Surprisingly, the officials could not keep the couple from the sport. Totmianina and Marinin were ready to go to another Olympic cycle and perform in Vancouver, but it turned out that they were not needed. “This idea between me and Maxim“ died ”last year, after we talked with the President of the Figure Skating Federation Valentin Piseev," the figure skater said in an interview in 2008, "We offered him our terms, on which we were happy would support the country in Vancouver. But our conditions were not accepted. Unfortunately for the country: after all, we could have won medals. But fortunately for young athletes who can prove themselves. "
The young did not show themselves very well: in Vancouver, Russia not only lost Olympic gold in pair skating, but did not even get on the podium at all.
After the end of her sports career, Tatyana became somewhat confused: where to move after the end of what seemed to be the main thing in life? As a result, Totmianina did not go far from the "main profession", becoming, together with Maxim Marinin, a permanent participant in ice shows.
Alexei
Which Tatyana Totmianina gave in 2008, she said: “When I come home, I don’t always understand that you can already relax, that you don’t need to compete with anyone, you don’t need to be the first in everything. And in some cases, when I want to cry, I restrain myself: “Don't cry! You’re strong! ”And then I’ll think:“ How strong am I? I am still a woman, and I need to cry! "But still, over 20 years in figure skating, the sport in me killed the woman."
Tatyana is a fairly open person, and she spoke quite frankly about her personal life in interviews. As for sporting achievements, to personal happiness, she walked long and hard.
With the man who became her husband and the father of her children, Tatyana also did not have an easy time. WITH skater Alexei Yagudin Totmianina converged and diverged several times. Two Olympic champions, two people who know how to overcome difficulties, two "iron" characters - it is quite difficult for such people to "get used to" each other, to become one.
But in January 2009, Alexey made Tatyana a marriage proposal. They went to tell the mothers the good news. Those, looking at Alexei, advised him to wait until the end of the January holidays, and then declare his intention again. But Yagudin, who loves jokes and practical jokes, this time was very serious.
Joy in life very often coexists with grief. January 22, 2009 Natalia Totmyanina, Tatiana's mother, got into a car accident. Eight days later, she was gone.
Tatiana was very worried about the loss of the closest person. At that time, Alexei's feelings were going through such a test that you would not wish on the enemy either. Yagudin helped Tatyana to endure the pain of loss.
And on November 20, all the same 2009, Tatyana Totmianina and Alexei Yagudin had a daughter, who was named Elizabeth.
Sudden wedding in Krasnoyarsk
In 2013, Alexey Yagudin: “Nothing in Tanya irritated or annoyed me. Because I know for sure: as soon as something starts to annoy me, even some word, state or action, this inevitably leads to the death of the relationship ... Yes, we are different: I, like most men, do everything at the last moment , it is the other way around. There are a lot of things in life that are opposite to us. But life is as it is, and there is nothing ideal in it. "
In 2015, Alexei and Tatiana had a second daughter, who was named Michelle.
And in February 2016, Yagudin and Totmianina shocked the public by ... getting married. The fact is that for all the years of their life together, Alexey and Tatiana have not formalized the relationship officially, believing that this formality is useless. But after the birth of their second daughter, they decided: it's time! As a result, the marriage was registered in one of the registry offices of Krasnoyarsk, where Totmianina and Yagudin were on a tour. Became a witness at the wedding skater Ilya Averbukh.
Today the newlyweds live in two countries: in Russia and in France, where Totmianina and Yagudin have their own home. “I don’t know what will happen next in life, but now we have the opportunity to expand our horizons, show children the world, and Tanya and I are doing this. It is important for us that, regardless of the country where we live, the children remain Russian at heart and know their native language well. Fortunately, the whole world relies on Russian ballet, literature, classical music, ”Yagudin said in an interview with the TV program magazine.
It remains only to wish that the joy and happiness that Alexey and Tatiana gave big country their victories, returned to them a hundredfold and never left their home.
Tatyana Totmianina is a Russian figure skater, multiple champion of world and European championships, who in 2006, together with her, managed to rise to the highest step of the Olympic Games podium.
Tatiana was born in the northern city of Perm, where the child's childhood passed. The girl's health was not strong, so the doctors advised her parents to send Tanya to the sports section. And since mom future champion As a child, she dreamed of a career as a figure skater, then her daughter was enrolled in a figure skating group.
Already at the age of 4, Totmianina started skating and learned the basics and the initial wisdom of this sport. For a long time, Tatiana skated alone, and she supervised the girl's choreographic education former ballerina Perm Opera and Ballet Theater.
At the age of 14, Tatyana Totmianina meets Maxim Marinin for the first time. This acquaintance happened at a junior competition in 1995. Soon the skaters were already dancing in pairs, and a year later they finally moved to a stronger coach Natalia Pavlova at the Yubileiny Sports Palace in St. Petersburg. This is how it began sports biography future champion.
Figure skating
Under the guidance of this mentor, the guys settled in the top ten best athletes in the world, but later they wanted to change their coach. The choice of Tatyana and Maxim fell on, but because of the scandal with Pavlova, the transition did not take place. Then Totmianina and Marinin leave for the USA to another famous mentor -. With him, the couple opened up and showed the maximum of their capabilities.
First, the European Championship is submitted to them. I wonder what before completion professional career the skaters never lost the first place to anyone in these competitions. Gradually, gold medals of the Russian championship, the world championship, and the Grand Prix stages fell into the collection of awards. And like the icing on the cake in a series of victories - in 2006, at the XX Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Tatyana Totmianina becomes an Olympic champion.
After the Olympics, the athletes took a time out, hoping to return to the sport later, but then, for various reasons, did not take part in the competition.
Even when she was an amateur figure skater, Tatyana Totmianina performed in ice shows, went on tour, and participated in performances on ice. And in 2007, the girl was invited for the first time to the popular television project "First Channel" of the Russian television "Ice Age".
In the first season, the singer became Tatyana's partner, and later Tatyana danced with a TV presenter, actors, etc.
The next season, which started on October 1, 2016, the star of the popular sports television series turned out to be Totmianina's partner and ward.
It is curious that Tatyana competed not only with her partner on the ice rink Maxim Marinin, but also with the honored coach Oleg Vasiliev, thanks to whom she became famous all over the world.
In 2007, the name of Tatyana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin was mixed up in a scandal that erupted after the couple refused to participate in the Stradivarius Golden Ice show.
The organizers of the project and Plushenko himself said that first the skaters signed a contract, and then went to the Ice Symphony. Evgeny's representatives even threatened to sue. But Tatiana and Maxim replied that they left because the organizers did not fulfill a number of conditions, and a compromise was reached before leaving. In addition, the participants in the discord were not going to wash dirty linen in public. As a result, no legal proceedings followed.
Personal life
When Tatyana Totmianina moved to the United States and trained with Oleg Vasiliev, she and her mentor began love relationship... It was reported that the lovers, despite the 20-year age difference, are even going to get married, but in the end this wedding did not take place.
Then the athlete's personal life attracted attention with a long and difficult romance with Olympic champion figure skating. Alexey is a friend of Tatyana's ice partner, so the young people often saw each other, then became close, and soon Yagudin looked at the miniature skater with different eyes. By the way, Tanya's height is 161 cm.
The couple celebrated New Year 2009 in a nightclub. That night, Alexey made his beloved a marriage proposal. I donated a ring specially ordered in the USA in February.
Young people rubbed themselves against each other for a long time. Both have formed ambitions and plans. There were practically no quarrels in the relationship, but at the same time Lesha left the girl "nowhere" several times. As the skater himself later admitted, he was afraid of losing his loneliness. In addition, Tatyana thought about children, and Alexei was not ready for them.
After Tatyana's mother died in a car accident, everything changed. She then carried her first child and went crazy with grief. Alexey turned out to be the most reliable support for the girl in this terrible life situation. When the daughter was born, the man took everything into his own hands: he himself swaddled Lisa, bathed, changed clothes.
And six years later, a second girl appeared in the family, named Michelle. It is noteworthy that Alexey insisted on the second child: the young father wanted another girl. The second daughter was born prematurely. Tatiana and Michelle spent three weeks in intensive care. For the first six days, the girl could not breathe on her own. Doctors refused to give guarantees and tell Alexei in details. But in the end everything worked out.
Less than six months after the birth of the second baby, Yagudin signed with Totmianina, and now they are officially called husband and wife. The future spouses signed in Krasnoyarsk, where the tour took place. Tatiana decided not to take Alexei's surname so as not to change many documents.
Now the couple live in two countries: in Russia and in France. The couple acquired a house in France long ago, even before the birth of their first daughter. There Lisa goes to school. Tatiana and Alexey shared in an interview that they care about the future of children and want to give girls a good education.
At first, it was hard for Lisa in a French school, but classmates helped the girl, and now the little girl has French girlfriends. The parents decided to keep up with the child and also learn French in order to understand their daughter, so they learn the first basics with a tutor.
Tatyana Totmianina now
Tatiana did not leave the ice stage and continues to delight fans with performances in performances on the ice. Recently the tour across Russia "Together and Forever", organized by Ilya Averbukh, came to an end.
The other day, the fans of the couple were shocked by Tatiana's husband. He posted a photo on Instagram, where part of Alexei's face was bandaged. And next to it I added a picture of a leg with seams. It turned out that Lesha was almost blind due to frontal sinusitis. And the leg belongs to Tatiana. The skater in the performance landed unsuccessfully and broke her leg in front of numerous spectators. She underwent four operations.
Alexey in the caption to the frame said that he and Tatiana "met the week like a family."
By the way, Tatyana Totmianina also has an account on Instagram, where she shares pictures and videos from her performances with subscribers.
Awards
- 1998-1999 - Championship of Russia, 3rd place
- 1999-2000 - Championship of Russia, 3rd place
- 2000-2001 - European Championship, 2nd place
- 2001-2002 - European Championship, 1st place
- 2002-2003 - European Championship, 1st place
- 2002-2003 - Championship of Russia, 1st place
- 2002-2003 - Grand Prix Final, 1st place
- 2003-2004 - World Championship, 1st place
- 2003-2004 - European Championship, 1st place
- 2003-2004 - Championship of Russia, 1st place
- 2004-2005 - World Championship, 1st place
- 2004-2005 - European Championship, 1st place
- 2004-2005 - Championship of Russia, 1st place
- 2005-2006 - Winter Olympic Games, 1st place
- 2005-2006 - European Championship, 1st place
- 2005-2006 - Grand Prix Final, 1st place