Outstanding Russian figure skater Alexei Tikhonov

Alexei Tikhonov is an idol for many fans of figure skating. This outstanding Russian figure skater has made a brilliant sports career, conquered many pedestals and won many medals and awards. His professional achievements, achievements and personal life will be discussed in this article.

Childhood and youth of the future figure skater

Alexey Tikhonov was born on 1.11.1971 in the small town of Kuibyshev. On the ice the boy got into early childhood. He was only 5 years old when his parents put him on skates. Then it was hard to imagine that after a while the boy would become a world famous athlete.

Until the age of 14, Alexei Tikhonov mastered the technique of a single figure skater under the guidance of coach Vera Birbraer. In 1987, the athlete moved from his native city to Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg) and began to train already as a hotbed in Julia and Ardo Rennick.

Successes in pair figure skating

The first partner on the ice for Alexei was Irina Sayfutdinova. In 1989, the couple took part in the World Figure Skating Championships in the junior group and won bronze medals. Unfortunately, a year later the duet of Tikhonov-Sayfutdinov disintegrated.

Figure skater Alexei Tikhonov moves to the Russian capital. Here, under the guidance of coach V. Zakharov, he begins to ride together with figure skater Ekaterina Murogova. Their duet existed almost two years, while E. Zakharova did not marry and did not finish the performance in professional sports.

A suitable partner for the skater could not be found. Therefore, in 1992, Alexei Tikhonov moved to Japan, where he began to perform in tandem with the former skater single player Yu. Kawasaki. The duo twice won the gold pedestal of the Japanese championships.

In 1994, while on vacation in Russia, Tikhonov became interested in TA Tarasova's proposal to work in her theater on ice "All Stars". In this regard, Alex Tikhonov decides to leave professional sports. At the Tarasova Theater, he performed until 1998. Then the project ceased to exist. The figure skater had an irresistible desire to return to the sport.

Duet of Tikhonov-Petrov

In 1996, Alexei Tikhonov offered to ride in a pair of Maria Petrova. This sports duo was finally formed in 1998. Their debut performance at the European Championships immediately became gold-bearing. Maria Petrova and Alexey Tikhonov became winners of this prestigious tournament. Then they repeated their success many times, conquering the sport Olympus at competitions of various levels.

Maria Petrova and Alexey Tikhonov were participants of two Olympics. Unfortunately, in the piggy bank of their awards there is no Olympic "gold". In 2002 they took the sixth place at the XIX Winter Olympics. The main games of the fourth anniversary in 2006 were also unsuccessful for the duo. Petrova and Tikhonov became the fifth.

In 2007, the skaters announced their decision to withdraw from the "sport of higher achievements". But they did not say goodbye to figure skating and with each other. Their working relationships in sports have grown into personal ones. Not everything was smooth on the way to family happiness, but Maria and Alexey overcame crisis situations in the history of their relationship and are still together.

The subsequent proposals to take part in various television ice shows made it possible for the pair to survive as a sports duo. Ilya Averbukh invited skaters to the project "Stars on Ice". Then came the "Ice Age". Alexei Tikhonov and Maria Petrova took part in these interesting ice experiments with pleasure, and the skater's fans could enjoy their skating again.

Tikhonov and Petrova took part in the "Ice Age-2", as well as in the ice performance-musical "City Lights". And Alexei Tikhonov tried himself as a theatrical actor. He played the main role in the famous play "Abnormal" based on the play by N. Ptushkina. His partner on the stage was E. Strizhenova. In 2008, the famous figure skater starred in the series "Hot Ice".

On 1.02.2010, in the life of Alexei and Maria, a remarkable event happened: they had a daughter. The girl was called Polina. Education of the daughter can not do without the help of grandmothers, tk. Skaters often go on tour or take part in filming.

While Polina is not involved in sports, like her parents. Maria and Alexey have given a daughter in a circle of a choreography, she with pleasure attends a ballet class. World champions believe that with figure skating Pauline can still wait.

Titles and titles of the skater

Talented Russian figure skater A. Tikhonov is "Honored Master of Sports". Together with M. Petrova, in 2000 they became world champions. They are two-time European champions, as well as winners of the championship of the Russian Federation in 2006.