Biography
Svetlana Feofanova - Russian athletes, jumper with a pole. She repeatedly became the champion of Europe and the world, twice won the medals of the Olympic Games, Bilas acting records in their sport. In 2016, Feofanova appeared in the popular television show "Without Insurance".
She was born in Moscow literally on the eve of the Olympic Games of the 80th year and jokingly says that the atmosphere of the capital's competition influenced its future. At first, the family was complete - parents, grandmother, sister, but since Svetlana's childhood had to perestroika's difficult times, the financial instability spoiled the mother's relationship with his father, and he left home. In the future, the burden of upbringing two girls fell to the mother, which was forced to work immediately at several enterprises.
Little Light was a real fidget and adored noisy games ending with some sweat. To direct the inexhaustible energy of his daughter in a good direction, Mom recorded it to the section of sports gymnastics, which Feofanov was engaged in 11 years, having mastered the bars, crossbars and logs. Since Svetlana's sport began to show serious results, it had to translate it from a secondary school to a specialized - Olympic reserve. It helped unload the already saturated schedule of classes.
By graduation, Svetlana Feofanova was part of the reserve of the Olympic team, but the Atlanta did not get to the Olympic Games, which became a real disappointment for an athlete. Then she decides to change the sport and try their hand in athletics.
Sports achivments
Going into an easy athletic, Svetlana Feofanova chose the discipline "Jumping with the sixth" and began to train from the coach Evgeny Bondarenko, with which he still does not part. The first major success of athlets was the 2001 World Championship, which was held in the Canadian city of Edmonton.
At these competitions, the young athlete managed to draw up the strongest competition of the main favorite, American Stacy Dragile. As a result, the light with dignity won a silver medal, and after 2 years in the French capital was able to become a world champion.
The main stage in the career of Faofanova was 2004, which in relation to it can be called phenomenal. Together with a colleague on the national team, Elena Isinbaeva, she arranged a real fireworks of bright performances and unexpected global records. Twice Svetlana beat the best of Elena, in February and in July. Her personal maximum achievement of 4.88 meters looks impressive, especially if you consider not the highest growth of the athlete - 163 cm.
Dramatic turned out to be the final at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. When Elena Isinbaeva could not take a height of 4.75 meters, everyone was confident that Feofanov would become a new champion. But, unfortunately, the girl could not overcome the necessary barrier, and she again became the owner of a silver medal. In subsequent years, Svetlana Feofanova again won the World Championship, this time in Barcelona in 2010, and also took bronze at the Beijing Olympiad.
Olympic Games of 2012 in London ended for her on a minor note - athletes made attempts to overcome heights with a strong oncoming wind, and due to bad weather conditions during the second jump, he was seriously injured - a triple fracture of the ankle.
To date, the Svetlana 18 Russian, 15 European and 6 world records. But the athlete is not going to finish the professional career yet, prepares for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, so her fans hope that these achievements will increase.
TV
In 2016, a new reality show "without insurance" began on the first channel, in which public people in a couple with professional acrobats show the skill of equilibristics, gymnastics, circus art. Svetlana Feofanova became one of the participants of the project, for which such experience is the first.
Her partner is a master of sports in sports acrobatics in Far-Group Exercises Victor Marchenko, together with which the girl showed, perhaps one of the brightest shows of the show today is the dance and gymnastic composition "Montextures and Kapuletsi" in the discipline "free exercises".
Some viewers think that Feofanova, as a former athlete, such contests should be given easier than film actors. But the world herself says that she is not so simple: newly has to learn to do flip, artistic skills for her and completely new concept.
Yes, and many exercises, which were made another 10 years ago with ease, are now given only after a large number of training. Whatever, Svetlana Feofanov, according to many viewers, coaches and other participants, is one of the project's favorite, as it turns out to be among the leaders from the points.
Personal life
Svetlana Feofanova has always been distinguished by secrecy in matters of private life. All that journalists have sought from her, it was "there is a young man" or "I am free." But during the shooting of the TV show "Without insurance", a girl appeared with a wedding ring on his finger and reported that it was literally on the eve of married.
Its chosen name is Andrei, Svetlana is familiar with him for a long time. Large-scale wedding young people did not arrange, organizing a celebration in a narrow circle of the closest people.