Biography
The girl with Evenki roots in a pedigree is called the most beautiful athlete of the world - such a flattering definition of Yulia Chepalova gave fans from the times of the Olympic Games in Nagano, when, in addition to gold, she also won the "Miss Charming Smile Olympiad" prize. The Russian skier presented the Sports of the country three victories at the Games and World Cup.Childhood and youth
Motherland of Julia - Khabarovsk Territory, the glorious city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur. The girl was born on December 23, 1976 in the family of Anatoly Chepalov, a well-deserved coach of Russia in ski racing, which became the guide of the hear in a big sport. The athlete's career was predetermined by the fate itself, today the parents champion are joking.
From early childhood, I was fascinated by skiing, and as soon as the baby learned to walk, already tried to put on the tiny legs ski boots 35 sizes, recalled the father in an interview.
Parents did not prevent her daughter's gusts and was not mistaken - purposefulness, the ability of Julia to go to the end, overcoming fatigue, presented the first victory at the five-year-old age. And at participation in the children's competitions, Mom insisted.
Combining the many hours of daily training with school at school was not easy. Something like a future champion got up to 8 class of a regular school, from where it has repeatedly riveted to exclude percentage.
To master the secondary education program, we decided on the family council that Julia will go into a vocational school. As a result, Chepalov also received the crusts of the measuring instruments. And then waited for the Far Eastern Academy of Physical Culture.
skiing
Father brought a decent rival to world skiers, speaking as a personal trainer throughout the career. Yulia Chepalov at the age of 17 has already become the owner of the first medal from gold - the award was involved in the World Junior Championships (relay race). In 1995, the girl joined the ranks of the Russian team team, which made his debut at the World Cup. In the future, they advocated the clubs "Dynamo" and "Lukoil".
At the end of the 90s, the heyday of a career of a young athlete. In 1998, Julia won gold at the Olympics in Japanese Nagano in the ski racing by 30 km. Ahead was expecting a dizzying success - the girl was added twice the Olympic rivals twice: in 2002, in Salt Lake City (sprint in a free style) and in 2006 in Italian Turin (again the race is 30 km).
In the piggy bank, there are also two silver and one bronze medals in the Olympic Games. The skiers' collection replenished the awards from the world championships, and in 2001 decorated the list of achievements of the World Cup.
Yulia Chepalova waited for official praise. The Honored Master of Sports was awarded the Order "Honor for Courage, Heroism and Outstanding Achievements in Sport", and then followed by the Order "For Merit to Fatherland".
However, Yulia's sports career ended sadly. In 2009, during the competition, the tour de ski in France broke out a scandal - the Russian skiing was accused of using doping and disqualified.
Chepalova did not accept, trying to defend innocence and prove the political trading of sample results, but efforts were not crowned with success. The Russian Committee of the Olympic Games did not support proper support, and the champion in the same year put a point in the sports career. However, she promised to return to his beloved business. Later, Julia Chepalov was recognized as journalists:
"I was not hard to say goodbye to sports, as I was forced to leave. In general, the sport is impossible to leave, he is in you all his life. Sooner or later you still start to do again. And when you get tightened again, you just get fun and energy charge from it. "Personal life
In the personal life, Julia Chepalov took place as a wife and a large mother. For the first time, the girl married in 2000 for a colleague on the workshop, the student of the father of Dmitry Lyashenko. This marriage was born daughter Olesya, but six years after the wedding, the family broke up. Parting happened long and hard, the spouse did not want to give a divorce, property and the right to raise the child had to be divided into court.
The second husband of Julia also from athletes is a famous skier, world champion and Olympic medalist Vasily Rochev. The couple brought up three joint children - Vasilina, Vasily and Paul. The daughter of Vasilina, as soon as it was born, saw both parents, the spouses decided on joint childbirth.
The eldest daughter of the champion of Olesya went in the footsteps of the mother, choosing skiing, and now with heads are immersed in training. Vasilin is passionate about acrobatic rock and roll. Whether the athletes are from sons, are not yet clear - for any forecasts, they are still too small, I am sure Julia.
In 2017, the sports world flew away the joyful news that Chepalov is waiting for the fifth child. In February 2018, the athlete gave birth to a son, who, at the request of her husband, called Alexei.
Part of the worries in the life of Julia takes on her mother Tamara Mikhailovna. The athlete claims that the grandmother in children is golden - if necessary, he will always begin in the first call, will prepare dinner, it will sit with the grandchildren without any problems.
A successful skier ranks itself to the cohort of booklers, in his free time, do not mind to honor an interesting book, and from the favorite writers - Alexander Duma and Jack London. Sometimes I am pleased to be knitting your native things, watching movies, solve crosswords, going by the company with friends to play backgammon. Tennis, football and golf prefers from "serious" games.
In the biography of the skiing, there is a curious nuance: Julia Chepalova - participant and winner of beauty contests, owner of Miss Charm titles and Snow Princess. For some time, the girl was thinking even to make a career on this field, starring in a photo shoot for one gloss, where I advertised cosmetics.
Julia Chepalova now
Now the Olympic champion together with his family lives and works in Syktyvkar. Here the woman found a worthy occupation and the position is headed by the Federation of Dance Sports and Acrobatic Rock and Roll of the Komi Republic. Production dances with elements of acrobatics refer to the sports form of choreography designed for the competition. In his club, the former skier trains only adults.
On the skiing rarely, there is not enough time, because, in addition to working in the club, there is a big family and a house. Resting Chepalov prefers actively - in winter, along with children and her husband ride on the rolsters, in the summer they help the grandmother in the country, go fishing and collect healing herbs in the fields. On a page in "Instagram", the beautiful athlete is divided with fans of photos with plots from family life, you can also admire the working moments, removed on camera from dance halls.
Awards
- 1998 - Gold Medal at the Olympic Games
- 2001 - Gold Medal of the World Cup, World Cup
- 2002 - Golden, Silver and Bronze Medals at the Olympic Games
- 2005 - Gold Medal of World Champion
- 2006 - Golden and Silver Medals at the Olympic Games