Elena Isinbaeva - pole vaulter, twice became the Olympic champion. She has achieved 28 world records. Elena's strong character and dedication helped her to achieve high sporting success.
Childhood, adolescence
Isinbayeva's hometown is Volgograd, she was born on June 3, 1982. Her father, a Tabasaran, moved to Volgograd from Dagestan. He was a plumber, his mother worked in a boiler room. The family lived simply.
Elena has a sister who is a year younger. The sisters were sent to a sports school, where they did gymnastics. Elena then turned 5 years old, and Inna - 4. Elena's sister is not involved in sports now.
In 1989, Isinbayeva began to study at the Lyceum. In 1991, Alexander Lisovoy became her coach; under his mentorship, Elena received the title of Candidate Master of Sports.
Sports biography
After the sports school, Elena entered the Olympic reserve school, but she was expelled, considering it unpromising. However, Lisovoy decided that she would be able to perfectly pole vault and turned to Evgeny Trofimov for help. He coached Isinbayeva until 2005, as well as in the period 2010-2013.
Elena's first achievement was the victory at the World Youth Games in 1998, the athlete jumped 4 meters. In 1999, Isinbayeva became the winner of the World Cup in Seville, taking the first record. Elena became the world champion in 2000.
In 2001, Isinbayeva won the European Championship, in 2002 at the European Championship she took 2nd place, in 2003 she won gold. The athlete became famous throughout the country in 2004, winning gold at the Olympics and achieving a record of 4, 91 m.
In 2005, Isinbayeva began to train with Vitaly Petrov, who was the mentor of the famous Sergei Bubka. In 2005, Elena jumped 5 meters. At the 2008 Olympics, she received gold, jumping 5.05 meters.
In 2009, a black streak came. The athlete did not climb a single height at the World Cup. In 2010, she was defeated and took time out.
A year later, she jumped 4, 81 m, it happened at the "Russian Winter" competition. In 2012, Elena set a new record - 5, 01, in London at the Olympics she took 3rd place (4, 90 m). Then she took a break, Isinbayeva had a daughter, Eva.
Isinbayeva's last competition was the Russian Championship, where she achieved the best world result for the season - 4, 90. In 2016, Russian athletes were suspended from participation in the Olympics due to a doping scandal. The date of completion of Isinbayeva's sports career was August 19, 2016.
Elena Gadzhievna took up social activities. She organized a foundation that began to support children who are fond of sports. Every year in Volgograd the Isinbayeva Cup in track and field athletics is held, where teenagers participate.
Personal life
For some time Isibaeva met with a young man named Artyom, who was a DJ. They met in Donetsk in 2006.
Elena Gadzhievna's husband is Nikita Petinov, an athlete. The name of the chosen one became known to journalists only in 2014, when the champion's daughter Eva was born.
Nikita is also from Volgograd, he has known Isinbaeva for a long time. Nikita is 8 years younger. For some time Elena lived in Monaco, continuing to communicate with Petinov. She returned to Volgograd in 2011.
