Biography
Maria Petrova - the Russian figure skater, who spent in a double riding, became the champion of peace and Europe. She completed his sports biography in the rank of Honored Master of Sports of Russia. Later performed in various television shows, such as "Stars on Ice" and "Ice Age".Childhood and youth
Star rink was born in St. Petersburg and first hit the ice platform at the age of seven, which for a professional athlete is considered very late age. Nevertheless, in the childhood, Maria in a short time he managed to catch the missed time, quickly learned to confidently hold on skates and mastered single jumps. Seeing the dedication and talent of the child, the coach in just a couple of months passed the ward to the group of figure skating.
Mary was difficult to combine training, frequent competitions and a conventional secondary school. And if in the younger classes of Petrov was recorded in a specialized sports class, where the teachers closed their eyes to skip and unbearable lessons, then later she went to the usual school. The capable girl managed to learn nicely. Now, after many years, Maria Igorevna with warmth remembers classmates and teachers.
Personal life
Maria Petrova and Alexey Tikhonov not only became inseparable partners in the ice stroit rink. They quickly understood that they were experiencing a lot more to each other. A couple of years after acquaintance, young people began to meet, and after the end of the career began to live in a civil marriage. In 2010, Maria gave birth to a daughter to Polina than having made her husband.Family happiness in the personal life of the skaters did not give peace to ill-wishers and gossip. The press regularly appear rumors about the divorce of Peter and Tikhonov, but the spouses denied such speculation. Maria and Alexey lived a soul in the soul, brought up a child and worked together in ice projects.
The girl after the champions stood on skates. In an interview, the skaters stated that they would be happy if the daughter "rolling" parents. Petrova admitted to journalists that she had already started asking her father and mother about brother or sister. The figure skater is also not against if there will be more children in the family, but it's serious about this while we are talking about. Figurestones are constantly busy in TV projects and ice shows.
The success of the daughter on ice and their own new performances Maria Petrov shared in "Instagram", posing photos and video with rolled products. The figure skater, in addition to sports and creative activity, is fond of collecting statuettes, it is interested in flowers, although it prefers more ordinary fields than complex garden plants.
Figure skating
In 15 years, Maria Petrov won its first major award - the silver medal of the World Junior Championship. This achievement brought the girl in the pair dance with Anton Siharulidze. Moreover, the two next championships guys won with a noticeable advantage over rivals.
However, in the future, Masha did not have a relationship with Anton, and she rode for 2 years with Teimraza Pulin, with whom she was able to repeat the debut achievement, and also took silver at the Winter Universiade in South Korea, but in general the couple looked weaker.
And then Alexey Tikhonov appeared on the horizon Petrova. The couple was formed on June 15, 1998 and after 4 months later won the first gold at the Grand Prix stage in Germany. The first years of collaboration turned out to be the most successful in the career of both athletes - seven gold medals, five silver and many awards rank less. Later, Maria with a partner consistently entered the top three of the European and five world's strongest skaters, but the highest step of the pedestal did not conquer.
After the 2008 World Open World Championship, in which Alexey Tikhonov received an offensive injury, Petrova announced that she also completes the sports career, as she no longer intends to perform with another partner.
Since this year, rumors began to appear about Mary's disease, the fact that the figure skater as a wife carries for sick Alexei. But athletes did not confirm this information. Maria and Alexey began to regularly appear in ice shows and performances, showing that with the end of the professional career in sports, life did not end.
On July 1, 2017, the premiere of the new Ice Project was held in Sochi - Romeo and Juliet productions on the famous play of William Shakespeare. In the new show, Maria Petrov and her husband became part of the soloists. The director spoke Ilya Averbukh. The director creatively rethought the classic play, pressing the plot of a new reading and questioning the tragic final. In an interview, Averbukh stated that the performance is ready to compete even with the views of the Circus du Soleil.
Mary and Alexey got not the main tragic roles, but the married couple still happened to play lovers. Petrova in the formulation performed the role of Laura, girls-visions, the first love of Father Lorenzo, who is played by Alexey.
Maria participated in the production of ice fabulous ideas for children and adults, which went on a rink as an actress of ballet on ice. The "Baby and Carlson on Ice", "Miracles on New Year's Eve", "Classmates", "Carmen", "Bolero" and other interesting productions used in the viewers.
Tele Show
In 2006, Maria, together with Alexei, was invited to the project "Stars on Ice", who opened a series of exciting spectacular gears. In the show in pairs with professional figure skaters, the winners of the world championships and the Olympiads, the popular actors, athletes, musicians rode. In a duet with Petrova began to play famous saxophonist Igor Butman.There was a difficult task before her, because the partner turned out to be "intensely". The leaders had to look for original ideas for couple numbers. Thus, one of the memorable to the public was the performance in which Maria and Igor were depicted the Piglet and Winnie Pooh under musical accompaniment from the Soviet cartoon.
After a year, Petrov continued to work in the ice show, which in 2007 changed the name on the "Ice Age". The partner of the athlete was the former Cavanesk, Actor Mikhail Galustyan. The humorist, like Butman, also turned out to be distant from the dance sphere, but the stunning artistry and charisma of the Sochiman, multiplied by Mary's skitting, allowed a pair to enter the final.
The number on the song Alla Pugacheva, "I kissed you" was special in the competitive program. In the speech, Mikhail tried on the image of Primateonna, and his partner appeared before the public in the form of a young porter. No less interesting steel and numbers performed by the figure skater with the boxer of the bones of Tszyu in the "Ice Page 2".
In 2010, barely coming out of the decree, Maria appeared in the sports and entertainment project "Ice and the Flame". This time the athlete rode with the showman Tasha Sargsyan. The TV host had a lot in common with the previous partners of the ice show champion in terms of figure skating, so the numbers were based on humor and entertainment.
In 2012, Petrov participated in the show "Ice Age. Cup of professionals. " According to the conditions of the competition for victory, experienced figure skaters were fighting, and each time the athletes changed partners. In the first issue of the program, Maria danced with Alexei Tikhonov on the music of the song "Bi-2" and Yulia Chicherina "Snow drops."
In the following gears, the champion went on ice with Maxim Shabalin, Povilas Vanagas, Peter Chernyshev and other participants. In the "Ice Age - 4" partner Petrova became the trainer Askold Sword. And in 2014, in the continuation of the project, the duet with Maria made a TV host Maxim Sharafutdinov.
The couple rolled back only 2 stages, and then left the show due to injury received by Maxim during training. In the 5th issue of the program, the public saw a new partner of the Figureki - Actor Valery Nikolaev. But, apparently, the evil rock chased athlete this season: during the speech at the 7th stage, the artist was injured due to fall. After that, Valery left the program, and Petrov took a place among the members of the jury.
Maria Petrov Now
In 2020, an athlete continues to participate in ice shows. In the fall on the screens, the new season of the "Ice period" started, which was the leading young figure skater Alina Zagitov.
This time, the fans saw Petrov in a pair with Dmitry Sychev, a popular Russian football player. Vlad Topalov, Olga Buzova, Roman Kostomarov, Irina Pegov and other stars of sport and show business were turned out to be their rivals.
Achievements
- 1993, 1997 - Silver winner of the World Junior Championship
- 1994, 1995 - Junior world champion
- 1997 - Silver winner of the Winter Universiade
- 1999, 2000 - European champion
- 1999, 2003, 2004 - Bronze priests of the Grand Prix Final
- 1999-2001, 2003-2005 - Silver winner of the Russian Championship
- 2000 - World Champion
- 2002 - Bronze meditance of the Russian Championship
- 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 - Bronze meditator of the European Championship
- 2003, 2006 - Bronze meditance of the World Cup
- 2004, 2007 - Silver winner of the European Championship
- 2005 - Silver winner of the World Cup
- 2005 - Silver Priest Final Series Grand Prix
- 2006 - Champion of Russia