Biography
Elena Celebration - the famous Russian figure skater, which received the status of the Olympic champion and the Honored Master of Sports of Russia. It seems fragile and wounded, it has an iron character, as it should be real athletes.Childhood and youth
Elena is believable from the southern town of Nevinnomyssk, who glorified its achievements in sports. Today, in the streets of Nevinnomyssk, everyone will know her, after all, in a small homeland, a woman is the most famous person.
With figure skating, careful met, being another little girl: parents led her to ice when the daughter turned 3 years old. And they did not lose, because the plastic and the talent of the future figure skater were shown. Such abilities attracted the attention of the famous coach of Stanislav Alekseevich Zhuk. The mentor immediately suggested that the girl trained from him, but the life of the careful went a little along another path.
At 13, Elena moved to Moscow to continue training in the capital. Mother was worried about her daughter, she was scary to let such a young girl in a big city, but, being attentive to her aspirations and wishing her a bright future, a woman overwhelmed fears. So the brilliant and complete obstacles athletic biography of care began.
Personal life
In addition to the ice triumphs and media career, there was love and love in the life of Elena. For a long time, the fans were waiting for her wedding with her partner Anton Siharulidze, because their reverent relations were visible to the naked eye. Anton was always there, supported the partner without hiding sympathy. Nevertheless, after the completion of the career, the skaters were separated. As careful, they spent so much time spent together and knew each other so well that the love over the years had grown into something else. The skaters were like brother and sister, about which both do not regret.The chief of athlete became the British figure skater Stephen Kazins, with whom the girl first met at the European Championships in 1993. Casins performed with a single program. The couple came to close relationships when it was one round in America. Although at first careful did not pay any attention to a man, but the Briton still managed to conquer the heart of the Russian woman.
Soon Elena and Stephen began to meet, after which the Briton offered the Olympic champion to become his wife. Stephen's spouse gave birth to two children - the son of Tristan, who was born in 2007, and in 2009 - daughter Sofia-Diana Casins. Alas, a long marriage did not hold out. In 2012, the public learned about the divorce of the pair.
For a while no one knew the reason for the break. But in 2014, the Olympic champion gave a frank interview to the first channel in the program "Alone with all". She told that Stephen came to Elena and said he was unhappy in relations. This is all ended. The figure skater gathered the suitcases and flew to St. Petersburg.
The former husband does not communicate with Elena and children. A woman repeatedly tried to build a dialogue with him, but all attempts turned out to be vain.
Figure skating
Arriving in Moscow, the future star settled in a hostel for athletes, where, besides her, some guys lived: Elena was here the only girl. Careful got acquainted and chose Oleg Slykhov to figure skating partners, although it was older for 4 years. On the ice, the couple looked spectacularly, but their personal relationships did not hold down.
The press reported that close familiar Oleg and Helena in one voice claimed: a man - Tiran. For the slightest missed the voice, and sometimes raised his hand. Figurestones from the club, where their workouts were passed, could not stay aside - they were a sorry fragile, defenseless girl. Therefore, once they settled Oleg alone to enter into Elena. It had an effect, but somewhat not as expected guys. A frightened athlete took partner to Latvia, to his homeland.
The Spartan Education of Hangov, although it was cruel to Elena, but gave the results in figure skating: on ice skaters were the best, it was easy to take new sports tops. A couple noticed Tamara Moskvin and took the guys in St. Petersburg in 1995, where Oleg and Elena became friends with Arthur Dmitriev and Oksana Cossack, starting to train together.
For some time after the move, everything was cloudless - Oleg calmed down, became more tolerant towards Elena, the guys returned to normal communication. But soon the shoons again showed the cruel nature and began to find fagot, as before.
Scharisma Anton Siharulidze, who, despite the young age, had already had the title of two junior world champion (in 1994 and 1995) in a pair with Maria Petrova, turned out to be one of those who came to the girl by learning about this story. Siharulidze and careful immediately liked each other, which could not not cause jealousy in Oleg, who considered Elena "his" and insisted on moving back to the Baltic States.
In 1994, careful first made the Olympic Games, which took place in Norwegian Hamare. At that time, the Russian woman still rode paired with Oleg Shatkov. Among the main competitors were representatives of Ukraine Elena Belousovskaya and Igor Malayar, but in the end they took only the 16th position. Careful and shots are located in the 8th place.
Approached the European Championship. At that time, careful solid decided to stop the relationship with Shatol immediately at the end of this competition. But behind this was followed by the tragic turn of fate.
Head injury
To participate in the championship failed: Elena careful received a terrible injury. In training, Oleg Shisha got into the temple girl with a blade of his skate. Shards of temporal bone crushed the brain sheath. There was a tragedy in 1996, in the youth of Helena, when she was only 18 years old.The girl had to survive two serious operations on neurosurgery. Neither to go nor say after that she could not - had to learn from everything. When it happened, two closest Elena people came to Riga at once - Mother and Anton Siharulidze. The last sincerely believed that the terrible fall of care would not prevent her to continue his career.
His care and love, sensitive attention and patience, as well as the fact that Anton refused everything for the sake of a friend, put an 18-year-old athlete on his feet. Doctors told that figure skating was over for her, but 3 months after the injury of Siharulidze, contrary to everything, again brought Elena to ice.
Return to Sport
A couple of Siharulidze - Petrova at that time was already broken. At first, Anton and thought had no thought to stand in a couple with careful. It happened by itself, both of the figure skaters thought about joint work at the same time. The coach of the couple became Tamara Moskvin. Such cooperation was the beginning of a career of a new triumphal duet, which soon conquered many fans of figure skating and spectators.
Immediately after the careful and Siharulidze stood in a couple, the victories fell on them as an abundance horns. 1997 brought Duet bronze at the European Championships in Paris, in 1998 at the Olympics in the Japanese Nagano, they took silver, in 2001 - 2nd place on the World Cup in Canadian Vancouver, and at the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City Get gold. After a terrible injury and a long period of rehabilitation, it became a real breakthrough in the sports biography of the figure skater.
Siharulidze and Berezhnaya twice became the leaders of the world championship in figure skating - in 1998 and 1999. Russian fans remembered them as four-time champions of the country - the Championships of Russia Couple won in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002.
After the European Championship of 2000, the couple was disqualified for doping - Ephedrine was discovered in the blood of Elena. The athlete told that in front of the championship she had bothered and bought medicines in one American pharmacy. They have caused the appearance of ephedrine in the blood with a coefficient 13.
Becoming professionals in 2002, the guys performed in this role until 2006 - precisely then they announced that they were completing the sports career. And on November 13, 2002, at the Olympic Gold Rings ceremony, the first premium in the nomination "Portraits of Salt Lake City athletes" got the film "Roses for Elena Celebration". The first channel took this picture to tell the world about the difficult shiny way of the duet of the careful - Siharulidze.
After leaving professional sports, the skaters toured along the United States with the Stars on Ice show, after which they returned safely to Petersburg. Their most famous joint number was Charlie Chaplin.
Other projects
In the year of caring from Sport, Elena participated in the show "Stars on Ice", where he performed in a couple with actor Alexander Nosik. In 2008, it became a member of the "Star Ice" on RTR, and the partner turned out to be the famous pop artist Dima Bilan. A year later, the athlete participated in the 3rd seasons of the show "Ice Age" in a pair with Mikhail Galustin. When her faithful companion Anton Siharulidze finally left figured skating, Elena performed in various ice shows in single skating.In 2016, careful opened a figure skating school in St. Petersburg. It is engaged in children of any physical preparation aged 4 to 15 years. Training are held in the sports complex "Jubilee". The feature of the program is that it combines wellness, entertainment and choreographic orientation. In addition to Elena, the trainers at school are Efremov Dmitry Yuryevich (Master of Sports in figure skating since 2004) and Efremova Natalia Yurievna (Master of Sports of the International Class Figure Skating since 2007).
"I have long wanted to open school and to train your children, and finally I decided. Start working with children need as early as possible. Move them three times more difficult than learning from scratch. And there are children who were engaged in gymnastics or ballet, and already felt that they own their body and ready to work. Of course, it's easier with them, "said the media representatives in an interview.In April 2017, an open championship in figure skating took place in Nevinnomyssk, the open city of the celebrity. 240 children from 10 cities of Russia and neighboring countries gathered in the local ice palace to compete for the prizes of the Olympic champion. Elena herself told that he was glad to hold a similar event that allows you to find new talents.
"It is very nice that this tournament flourishes, children grow. I saw a worthy level, "noted the careful.Among other things, the woman holds the position of head of the Children's Ice Theater. It is state, so all productions are paid from the budget. The repertoire has not only children's performances, but also those that will be interested in an adult audience. These include "Juno and Avos".
The figure skater also found himself in politics. In 2016, she received the mandate of the State Duma deputy. The chair of Yuri Ema came to her, who resigned with himself a deputy authority. It is noteworthy that careful previously ran for the 2011 elections from Stavropol on the list of United Russia. However, when distributing places, the mandate did not issue it.
In the same year, Elena took part in the television project "without insurance." This is one of the most extreme shows on TV. In it, famous athletes try themselves in several types of gymnastics - air, sports, artistic and trampoline.
Elena careful now
For 2019, under the leadership of Elena Berezhnaya, many performances were published in the St. Petersburg Children's Ice Theater. A large response in the hearts of the spectators found the performances of the "Ice Heart", "Buratino on ice", "Cinderella", "Nutcracker".
Now the athlete works by the children's coach in figure skating in his school. She admits that this is a very difficult profession. Meanwhile, it successfully combines her with motherhood.
On July 8, 2020, the release of the "Fate of Human" program was released on the screens, the main character of which became an eminent athlete. In an interview with Boris Korchevnikov, Elena told the details of the fateful day when she was injured.
According to her, it was an ordinary training day. Girl with Oleg Shatov worked out parallel rotation. On the third turn, the figure skater fell, and the partner's bump hit her head, the blow struck the temporal bone. When Elena provided medical care, it turned out that the speech center was held.
"I physically could not speak. I ask me in the hospital, and I am as a ram. "In the interview, the topic of Elena relations with Anton Siharulidze was also raised. She admitted: I thought that at some point they would marry and create a family. However, I did not notice how the relationship was smoothly flowed into related. Everyone has their own goals and plans, love and tenderness disappeared, only respect and heat remained.
In social networks, including in "Instagram", fans enthusiastically discuss personal life and Elena appearance. The athlete is not shy to demonstrate its figure in a swimsuit - with an increase of 1.5 meters its weight is 47 kg.
Achievements
Winter Olympics:
- 2002 - Salt Lake City (USA) - 1st place
World Championships:
- 1998 - Minneapolis (USA) - 1st place
- 1999 - Helsinki (Finland) - 1st place
European Championships:
- 1998 - Milan (Italy) - 1st place
- 2001 - Bratislava (Slovakia) - 1st place
Final Grand Prix:
- 1998 - Munich (Germany) - 1st place
SKATE AMERICA:
- 1998 - Detroit (USA) - 1st place
SKATE CANADA INTERNATIONAL:
- 1999 - St. John (Canada) - 1st place