Biography
Natalya Linichuk since childhood was famous for hard work and purposefulness, which helped her to achieve vertices in sports. She became not only a famous figure skater, but also a stellar coach that attached many Olympic champions.Childhood and youth
Natalia Linichuk was born on February 6, 1956 in the Russian capital, by nationality she is Russian. The father of the girl was a serviceman, Mom worked in the artistic fund. Parents wanted to grow a champion from her daughter, so they gave it to curly skating classes.
Then this sport was only gained popularity, and many adults dreamed of getting their children to the ice. Already in the early years, high results were demanded from a small Natasha, so her childhood was rapidly over, and regular training began.
However, the girl did not complain, being from the nature of the volitional and stubborn, sought to victories. It was not even a frightening diagnosis of scoliosis that was not even a frightening diagnosis of scoliosis, which was put in adolescence. Doctors insisted that the high loads of Natalia are contraindicated, and the sport is now banned for it. But seeing how hard young figure skater pulls on the ice, her mother could not forbid her daughter attend classes.
The father's father also had to go for sacrifices. Then he was offered a job in Germany that in Soviet times it was considered great luck, but for Natasha, he agreed to stay in Russia so that she could continue to build a sports career. Thanks to their faith and support, the girl soon became the Olympic champion.
Personal life
Natasha's marriage came out another young one, she was not so long ago 18. But the marriage turned out to be unhappy: the husband was far from sports, and all his free time wives occupied figure skating. Moreover, soon the girl realized that her heart belongs to another.Already then, at the athlete, Her partner Gennady Karponosov took care of the athlete, but Natalia did not decide to answer reciprocity, experiencing guilt before his spouse and fear that personal life would affect joint work. Therefore, she accepted the proposal of his hand and heart after the end of the competitive career.
Natasha divorced, and in 1981, lovers played a magnificent wedding, on which all the stars of figure skating were walked. A few years later, they were born daughter Anastasia. The girl did not want to go in the footsteps of the parents - first engaged in ballroom dancing, then he studied at the Faculty of International Relations.
The Gennady and Natalia family existed for more than 30 years, but in 2014 the marriage ended in a divorce, which was accompanied by a loud section of the property.
Figure skating
The path to the vertices was thorny. Linjochka began like a single, then tried herself in a double riding and finally moved into dancing. During this time, she managed to change 12 coaches, but found her place in the Elena Tchaikovskaya group, where Mom led her.
Over time, Natalia rode alone, inspired by the example of the famous figure skater Lyudmila Pakhomoyova, who was also a student of Tchaikovsky. The girl once watched the star daily, diligently repeating her movement, while studying slipping and correct execution of elements. She responsibly approached the fulfillment of each job of the coach than in the end earned approval.
When a partner of the applied hope of Athlete Gennady Karponosov announced his care, Tchaikovskaya decided on the experiment and put it in a couple with a young pupil. Fragile girl whose growth as a result reached 165 cm marks, harmoniously looked next to a courageous and statute guy. True, he first was unhappy, because he wanted to ride with a more experienced figure skater, but Natalia, on the contrary, could not dream of such, because she felt the reliability of the Union.
Soon they managed to work, the result of which was the hit in the national team, and then bronze medals appeared at the World and Europe championships, obtained in 1974. Two years later, the couple went to the Olympic Games in Innsbruck, which were for Natalia a real test, because it came out on the ice with a high temperature, but understood that it was impossible to miss this opportunity. That year Karponosov and Linichuk did not rose to the pedestal, but managed to conquer the 4th place.
The Golden Olympic Medal Natalia received only in 1980 in Lake Placid, where they with Gennady performed their famous Lezginka. After that, significant achievements in the film athlete was not observed, and they decided to finish the competitive career with a partner.
The champions did not hurry from figure skating - they took up the coaching career. Worked in the USA, where they were offered favorable conditions, but they trained Russian stars. Among their first students were Oksana Grischuk and Yevgeny feet, which repeatedly became the winners of the Olympiads and Championships.
Then the wards of Lynichic became Ilya Averbukh and Irina Lobacheva, who conquered silver medals at the Olympic Games in 2002. No less known Roman Kostomarov and Tatiana Navka, as well as Ruslan Goncharov and Elena Grushin, whom the mentors have invariably led to victory. There were among the famous pupils of Natalia Russian artist Anna Semenovich, who decided to leave the sport and build a career on stage, and Eter Tutberidze, who became a famous coach.
Natalia Linichuk now
In 2020, Linichuk continues the coaching career, despite the difficulties arising from the COVID-19 epidemic. Now she supports configure with admirers in "Instagram", where publishes news and photos.Achievements
- 1974 - World Cup. Bronze
- 1975 - European Championship. Bronze
- 1976 - European Championship. Bronze
- 1977 - World Cup. Bronze
- 1978 - World Cup. Gold
- 1979 - World Cup. Gold
- 1979 - European Championship. Gold
- 1980 - Olympic Games. Gold
- 1980 - European Championship. Gold
- 1981 - European Championship. Bronze