Peter Chernyshev is a famous figure skater, five-time US champion. He won the Four Continents Championship twice. After leaving the sport, Pyotr Alekseevich became a coach and choreographer.
Family, early years
Pyotr Alekseevich was born on February 6, 1971. The family lives in St. Petersburg. Peter's grandfather is a figure skater, winner of the USSR championship. Mother and father worked as engineers.
The boy began to go in for figure skating at the age of 6, after 2 years the competition and training camp began. Chernyshev studied well, graduated from school with a medal.
Sport
Peter performed alone, could perfectly perform a triple jump. Many times he was the first in serious competition. At the age of 18, Chernyshev began to practice ice dancing, as he was injured. He performed with Olga Pershankova, Sophia Elizarova.
Sophia's mother helped Peter leave for the United States and get a green card. The skater studied at the Dubova Natalya school, where Navka Tatiana also studied. Peter and Sophia did not achieve significant success.
In 1996, Chernyshev began performing with Lang Naomi, the couple were able to win gold 5 times in a row at the US Championship. In 2001, the skater was given American citizenship, he got the opportunity to participate in the 2002 Olympics, where the couple became 11th.
The next year, Naomi was injured, Peter also decided to complete his sports biography. He took up creative activity.
In 2007, Chernyshev became a participant in the show "Dancing on Ice", his partner was Julia Kovalchuk. Also, the skater was a participant in the "Ice Age", "Bolero", participated in the show "Ice and Fire". His partners were Ksenia Alferova, Nadezhda Granovskaya, Irina Perren.
Peter was also involved in staging ice shows, was the director of "The Nutcracker", "Cipollino", "Perfume" and others. He became one of the authors of the programs of Adelina Sotnikova, who was able to win a gold medal at the Olympics.
In Russia, Chernyshev opened a figure skating school, which he named after his grandfather. The groups accept both children and adults.
Personal life
The first wife of Peter Andreevich is Annenko Natalya, a figure skater. She performed with Sretensky Henry. The duet was strong, won the USSR and European championships.
In 1988, Peter and Natalia got married, the marriage lasted 7 years. In 1996, Chernyshev became interested in Naomi Lang, the suruga invited him to leave. The romance with Naomi continued, but it did not come to the wedding. After the divorce, Chernyshev and Annenko maintained warm friendly relations.
In 2008, Peter married Anastasia Zavorotnyuk, an actress. He fell in love with Anastasia when he saw her in the movie "Code of the Apocalypse", and he met her on the set of "Ice Age". Later there was a wedding, Anastasia and Peter signed in the capital's registry office, and got married in the Crimea.
Peter has no social media accounts; many people learn about the news from his life only from interviews. Anastasia maintains an account on Instagram, where she uploads joint photos with her husband.
