There are many happy couples in figure skating who have wonderful children. Someone has been together for many years and gives an example of a strong family relationship. Someone is at the beginning of a joint path, but is also already a model of harmonious unions. Skaters inspire those around them with warmth of feelings and mutual support, proving that true love exists.
Family, Love and Loyalty Day is the perfect time to remember our figure skating families and once again admire their endless love story.
Tatiana Totmyanina and Alexei Yagudin
Family of Yagudin and Totmyanina
Photo: from the personal archive of Alexei Yagudin
Yagudin and Totmyanina, on the way to family happiness, broke up and got back together more than once, but in the end they realized that they could not live without each other. However, they were in no hurry to touch the wedding. Even the appearance of their daughter Elizabeth in 2009 did not cause them to exchange rings. Only seven years later, the lovers nevertheless went to the registry office because they were tired of discussing the status of their relationship. At that time, his second daughter, Michelle, was born, and Alexei ended up in a real women’s flower garden, for which he sincerely rejoices.
“I never thought, even about 10 years ago, that when I was 40-41 years old, I would say without pretending and sincerely that I want to go home, I want the children, I want Tanya, I want to go to my bathhouse. , I want my game console. I even want Tanya to grumble at me sometimes: clean it up, make the bed…
Today I want all these many things. And I’m just an unrealistically happy person. I have everything! I say this with absolute honesty”, admitted Yagudin on the air of the Fate of a Man program.
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Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov
Volosozhar and Trankov family
Photo: from the personal archive of Tatyana Volosozhar.
Volosozhar and Trankov initially became a couple on the ice and were just friends. However, the constant presence brought them so close that after a free show at the 2011 Grand Prix Finals, they unexpectedly kissed. The novel, however, did not immediately spin even then, but they did not resist the emerging feelings for long.
A year after winning the Sochi Olympics, Tatyana and Maxim announced their engagement, and in August 2015 they got married. Now they are raising her daughter Angelica and son Theodore, but they don’t forget about romance either. “The cold mind of our family’s wife is only good. She is wise, so she always consulted with Tanya, and usually when she makes some decisions (sometimes even for the two of us), they are fateful and very correct. And I don’t take a single step without discussing it with my wife. Although, in principle, we do quite different things at work. Yes, my wife is wise and patient,” Trankov said on the Teleprogramma.pro portal.
Oksana Dominina and Roman Kostomarov
Family of Dominina and Kostomarov
Photo: from the personal archive of Roman Kostomarov
The spark between the skaters broke out when they met in 2001, but then Kostomarov met his girlfriend Domnina, whom he later married. That marriage ended in divorce, and Oksana and Roman eventually began dating. In 2011 his daughter Anastasia was born. The young parents were very happy, but Oksana was not happy that Roman did not propose to her. They even broke up for a brief period, but soon reconciled and got married. And a year and a half later they had another replenishment – the son Ilya was born.
All these years, Oksana and Roman have admired family harmony and active joint everyday life. This year they have had a very difficult test, but together they will definitely endure everything.
“There were mountains of some problems. Love lies in the fact that it goes through various difficulties. At 25-30 years old you are irreconcilable with anything. And with age, with life experience, you begin to treat it differently,” Kostomarov told Hello magazine.
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Yulia Lipnitskaya and Vladislav Tarasenko
Lipnitskaya and Tarasenko family
Photo: from the personal archive of Yulia Lipnitskaya.
Lipnitskaya and Tarasenko are a very young couple, but their relationship is an example for many. The guys met when they were riding in the same group with Eteri Tutberidze. Vlad always supported Yulia and tried to protect her from her conflicts. Such care, of course, conquered the Olympic champion and united the hearts of young people.
The athletes never announced their relationship, so the news of Julia’s pregnancy in 2020 caused a storm of discussion. At the end of June, the couple had a beautiful daughter, named Catalina. Yulia and Vlad keep family happiness away from public attention and quietly work in Plushenko’s Angels as trainers.
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Last year, Vlad went to military service, and Julia steadfastly endured parting with her beloved. The long-awaited meeting took place on Catherine’s birthday: Vlad took a vacation and returned home.
Ekaterina Bobrova and Andrey Deputy
Bobrova’s family and deputy
Photo: from the personal archive of Ekaterina Bobrova
The first meeting between Bobrova and the Deputy lasted until the morning: they enjoyed the conversation in the cafe so much that they did not notice how dawn was approaching. In addition, relations developed rapidly – Katya and Andrey got together and got along on common territory. Andrey made an offer in his favorite Gorky Park: he knelt down by the lake and presented a ring of stunning beauty to his chosen one.
The couple hosted a truly lavish wedding celebration in July 2016, inviting around 80 people. A year later, Andrei finished his career, and Katya continued skating, winning team silver at the Pyeongchang Olympics.
In April 2019, Catherine gave birth to a son, Alexander, and decided it was time to put an end to big sports. But not in tournaments. This year, together with her husband, she won an amateur start in St. Petersburg.
“I admire my husband. And I don’t hide it. May my work be visible to everyone, but not yours. But what I do would not be possible without him. We look to others for encouragement through support, love and mutual understanding. This is what drives our family. We are a harmonious mechanism. And although from the outside it is still just a small train from Romashkovo, but it is fun and with a song, ”Bobrova shared on her social networks.
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Maria Petrova and Alexei Tikhonov
Petrova and Tikhonov family
Photo: A. Belkin / Online business / TASS
Petrova and Tikhonov are one of the strongest married couples in figure skating. Together on the ice and together in life: it seems that the same fate called them to meet. They had many sports victories, but the main prize is not related to figure skating – in 2010, Maria and Alexei had a daughter, Polina. However, the girl continues her parents’ work and she demonstrates the skill of owning a skate in tournaments.
This spring, in the program of Ilya Averbukh “Favorite songs about the main things” Maria, Alexei and Polina performed a common familiar number, which greatly touched the audience.
Anna Pogorilaya and Andrei Nevsky
Family of Pogorilaya and Nevsky
Photo: from the personal archive of Anna Pogorilaya
The love story of Pogorilaya and Nevsky began with a friendship. The single beauty did not want to enter into any relationship while she was competing, and only after the end of her career did she open her heart to love. Andrey called Anna to get married at the Eiffel Tower, and, of course, she agreed. Later, the girl wrote on social networks that she dreamed of an offer and she felt that she wanted to share her life with this particular person.
Having celebrated the wedding, the young people enjoyed solitude for about two years, and at the end of December 2020 they had a daughter, Eva. Anya liked motherhood, and she is happy to take care of the baby. The young father is not far behind and does everything for the happiness of his wife and son.
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Natalia Mikhailova and Alexander Zhulin
Family of Mikhailova and Zhulin
Photo: from the personal archive of Alexander Zhulin
Former figure skater Mikhailova and the famous coach Zhulin will celebrate their first anniversary in August – the fifth anniversary of marriage. The path to family happiness was not easy: the girl was a student of Zhulin, and their romance began when she had not yet divorced Tatyana Navka. But all obstacles were overcome by love, which has not faded for many years.
In 2013, the lovers had a daughter, Ekaterina, and seven years later they gave her a sister, Elena. Alexander loves all the girls from him and tries to give them maximum attention, despite being busy with athletes.
“Beloved, unique, tender… Natalia! On your birthday, I want to tell you for the thousandth time how much I love you. About how happy it is to wake up next to you every morning and see your own face. That there is no greater happiness for me than knowing that you are waiting for me at home. So let the angel protect you from adversity and illness, and your soul will be open to my boundless affection and devotion, ”this is how Zhulin poetically congratulates his wife on social networks on her birthday.
Albena Denkova and Maxim Stavisky
Denkova and Stavisky family
Photo: RIA Novosti
Albena and Maxim back in 1996 were united by the desire to continue their careers, when both were left without a partner in ice dancing. Coach Elena Tchaikovskaya offered them to ride together, and they did not lose. The new couple quickly became known at the competitions and collected many medals, and the passion that they played on the rink gradually made its way and brought the skaters to the registry office.
In 2011, Maxim and Albena became parents. Now they are raising their son Daniel and are engaged in staging.
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Martin Dazhine and Alexander Volkov
Evenne and Volkov family
Photo: from the personal archive of Martin Evenne
The union of two coaches, and in the past figure skaters, is saturated with complete harmony, although you have to live in two countries – Russia and Canada. In Russia, Martin and Alexander train athletes together. His most famous student, Artyom Kovalev, last season completed the top five strongest single skaters at the Russian Championship.
The couple and the eldest of their three daughters, Alexa, 14, are training. The young athlete performs for Canada and pleases her parents with success.
