Zagitova Alina biography nationality

The athlete at the age of 16, the only one in Russia and the second in the world won everything that is possible - the championship of Russia, Europe, the world and even the Olympic Games. And she earned her first million dollars before adulthood. Alina Zagitova as a child Zgivova, nationality, religion of Alina Zagitova by the nationality of the Tatarka, professes Islam Muslimism.

She was born on May 18 in the capital of Udmurtia. Her father is the famous ex-chockey player, and now the coach Ilnaz Zagitov. Mom's name is Leysan Zagitova. Alina has a younger sister Sabina, who in childhood also engaged in figure skating, but later abandoned this sport. Alina now lives in Moscow with her mother and sister. Parents did not dare to choose a name for their daughter for a long time, and only a year after birth they named her in honor of the legendary gymnast Alina Kabaeva.

The future champion even managed to experience her strength as an “artist”, but my mother insisted on a rink. As Leysan recalls, Alina in childhood as much as she wanted to quit figure skating seven times. When Alina was 4 months old, her family came to Tatarstan, the city of Leninogorsk, where her dad is a game for the local Oilman club. A little later, they again changed their place of residence, this time to Almetyevsk.

It was there that 4-year-old Alina began to get involved in figure skating. In the Yubileiny palace, her first coach was Damir Pichugina. At six, Alina and her parents returned to Izhevsk and began to study with Natalia Antipina. From the year, when the young star was 13 years old, already being in Moscow, she became a student of the eminent Eteri Tutberidze. Moving to Moscow was a huge test for the young loneliness.

Alina Zagitova with her mother and sister, as Tutberidze, tried to expel Zagitova, at first Zagitova did not justify herself and her capabilities. The mentor saw potential in Alina, and then kicked her out due to the fact that the girl began to be lazy. Grandmother Zagitova came to the rescue. She helped her granddaughter discipline and return under the wing of Tutberidze.

Returning to the ice, Alina broke her hand, then the foot and literally learned to walk again. It was difficult for her not only to stand on skates, but also to jump, but had to quit all his strength and catch up with the lost time. Vladimir Putin gives state awards to winners of the Winter Olympic Games of the year. Alina Zagitova among juniors in juniors Alina stayed for exactly one year - from 14 to 15 years old.

During this time, she managed to win all kinds of titles in junior skating and even set five world records among peers. At the debut tournament for itself, the loner was the ninth. But at the stage of the Grand Prix in France, she corrected and won gold. At the stage in Slovenia, she won a short program, but after the arbitrary, in the end she remained with bronze. The Junior Grand Prix final in Marseille sensationally won, having rewritten three world records-in a short 70.92, an arbitrary program, 51 and by the total amount, at the Russian championship, Alina by a huge margin bypassed rivals and received a chance to show off at the European youth of the Olympic Festival.

From Turkey, the ward Tutberidze brought the award of the highest dignity. She demonstrated a similar result at the Junior World Championship in Taibe, and at the end of the season she won the Russian Spartakiad of Russia. Alina Zagitova during a speech in a short program of solitary skiing among women at the Russian Figure Skating Championship. Chelyabinsk, year. An adult skating, the Olympic season of the Tutberidze pupil powerfully burst in the adult season and immediately began the struggle for a ticket to the Olympic Games of the year in Pyeongchang.

The path to Oi was full of triumphal victories. Zagitova won her first adult starts Lombardia Trophy, then won the Grand Prix series in Beijing. A little later, she brilliantly coped at the fifth stage in France - set a personal record and returned home with gold. In the final of the Grand Prix, she performed seven triple ones, including her branded cascade of the Tree Lutz, the Triple Rittberger, and won the tournament.

At the Russian Championship, Zagitova made a small blunder in a short program, and the first adult title of the country's champion was bold and won the arbitrary purely. Alina Zagitova. Championship of Russia. The newly made champion of Russia and Europe was one of the favorite of the main competitions of the four -year anniversary. South Korea, Cannes. The Russian team thanks to girls won silver in a team tournament.

In the personal tournament of Zagitov and Medvedev were considered the main contenders for gold.

Medvedev was the first to go to the ice and with a world record 81.61 was the first. Next, Pyeongchang conquered Alina and immediately broke the achievement established by Medvedeva and won a short program, receiving from the judges the generous 82.92 points for the cascade of the triple Lutz - the triple Rittberger, as well as the triple flip and double axel.In the arbitrary program, the girls won the same number of points - software, Alina enchantingly performed all 11 jumps in the second half of the program and took first place with a margin of 1.31 points, becoming the second youngest champion in the history of the Olympics after the American Tara Lipinsky was 26 days.

Neither Tutberidze, nor Zagitov, nor Medvedev, nor fans were expected. During the summary, Eugene attacked Tutberidze with tears, saying that she had deprived her of the medal, not holding Zagitova for the junior season. Sports enthusiasts have since divided into two camps and are still enmity with each other. After the most difficult games, the world championship in Milan Alina did not submit.

The short program was the second, and in arbitrary, she fell three times and finished the fifth in the end. On Nebelhorn Trophy, she won gold with three new world records, then turned out to be the first at two stages of the Grand Prix in Helsinki and in Moscow. Alina brought silver from the Grand Prix finals in Vancouver. At the December championship of Russia, she won a short program, but in an arbitrary luck did not smile at her.

Due to two falls, she became only th, and she finished the fifth. Later it turned out that Zagitova spoke with a strong burn of her legs. At the European Championship in Minsk, the situation repeated similarly - it was a leader in short, but turned out to be the fourth in an arbitrary results. As a result, it became a silver medalist of the European championship. For a complete set of Zagitova awards, there was not enough gold of the World Cup.

She won this tournament brilliantly. The silver medalist of the ice star was ahead of almost 13 points and became the first and so far the only Russian skater who won all the titles in the world figure skating and the second in the world after the South Korean athlete Kim EN. Alina Zagitova during the training of skaters before the start of the World Figure Skating Championship in Japan.

She prepared a new program in the image of Cleopatra. As part of the European national team, the girl performed in the Japan Open team tournament and won gold medals. Then she lit up on the Grand Prix series at the French stage, where she was the second, a little later took third place in the Japanese stage, where she won a bronze medal. In the final of the Grand Prix series, she made a short program purely, but made gross mistakes in arbitrary and, as a result, turned out to be the sixth.

Alina Zagitova with the gold medal of the World Cup in Japan. Later it became clear that the pupil of Tutberidze would miss all the competitions in the year. Then Zagitova interrupted cooperation with Tutberidze. In fact, the majority is confident, Zagitov, like her sworn rival Medvedev, ended her career. Alina Zagitova during a festive evening to the summer of the coach Alexei Mishin.

March of the year, the uniqueness and prohibited techniques of the Zagitov champion have always been particularly stammighted. Zagitova became the first skater in the world to perform all jumps in the second half of the arbitrary program. Also, Zagitova performs many jumps with his hands raised up. The most complex elements that obeyed Zagitova are a cascade of triple lutz and triple ritberger.

As Alexander Zhulin recalls, Zagitova loved to demonstrate her advantage in training over foreign rivals. The third triple jump was not allowed by the rules, but the athlete executed it to psychologically affect the competitors, show them the degree of readiness and “force” them to leave drooping from the skating rink. Show "Champions on ice." In a short program, she did not find herself on the pedestal and won the victory precisely because of a complex and spectacular production.

For their enchanting image, sports lovers around the world began to be called the athlete of Krasnaya ballerina. The dress, by the way, was inherited by Zagitova from her rival-colleague Medvedeva. Giving an athlete another pack was a bold decision of Tutberidze. But the directors managed to radically change the mood and charge of the room. It is worth noting the girl’s costume - Alina spent in excessly two -way sequins with a light movement of her hand and turned from a white swan to black.

Bright, passionate, playful gypsy-alina lit on ice, leaving no one indifferent. Christina from the musical “The Ghost of the Opera”, this program in all its glory showed new facets of Alina - delicate, ambitious, vulnerable. A light suit with lace and corset is considered one of the most spectacular in the entire career of Zagitova. It is noteworthy that Alina was always successful without errors.

Education, journalism, “ice age” in the year of the year graduated and entered the Moscow RANEPA for the program “Production and Cultural Policy”. Pedagogical activity in the field of physical education and sports. ” In May, rumors appeared on the network about the imminent deduction of Zagitova from the university due to absenteeism and poor performance. Alina herself has repeatedly thanked the teachers who turn a blind eye to forced missions of classes.In the year, Summer Zagitova was invited to become the co -host of the Olympic champion Alexei Yagudin in the seventh season of the Ice Age show on Channel One.