The life story of some famous people develops as if according to the twisted plot of an adventure novel. This was the fate of the Russian-French figure skater Marina Anisina. In addition to the difficulties in her sports career, her personal life with the bright and outrageous artist Nikita Dzhigurda is of interest to viewers.
Biography
The future Olympic figure skating champion was born in Moscow. It was 1975, August 30th. In those days, Soviet sports won remarkable world victories, and the parents of Marina Anisina - the hockey player of the Union national team Vacheslav Anisin and his wife, figure skater Irina Chernyaeva - did not doubt the future career of their beloved daughter. The girl was sent to the figure skating section. This sport brought the matured athlete world fame and victories at prestigious competitions.
Work and career
Skated, Marina Anisina paired with the famous Ilya Averbukh. The well-coordinated performances of the couple, their complex elements and supports brought the first victory in 1990 at the junior world championship. In 1992, the gorgeous couple confirmed their right to be considered the best in the world.
It so happened that a sports couple broke up at the request of Ilya Averbukh. He was attracted by the opportunity to work with the rising star Irina Lobacheva. Marina Anisina was forced to look for a new skating partner. It was Sergei Sakhnovsky. The new tandem did not last long - Sakhnovsky emigrated to Israel and began to play for the national team in tandem with the figure skater Galit Hait.
Marina Anisina for a long time did not find a way out of this situation. But fortitude saved the athlete from depression. She continued to train hard all alone. She wanted to find a worthy partner. Together with the coach, she looked after a lot of information and what athletes are ready to stand on the ice with the Russian figure skater. According to physical data, the choice fell on the Canadian athlete Victor Kraace and the Frenchman Gwendale Peizerat. Anisina sent invitations to cooperation to both. She soon moved to France and began training with Gwendal. Since 1993 Marina Anisina has been living in Lyon in the hospitable home of her figure skating partner. The couple showed such remarkable results that they were invited to the French Olympic team. For this, a citizen of the Russian Federation had to change her citizenship to French citizenship.
The further fate of Marina Vyacheslavovna Anisina was scandalous. The 2002 Olympic Games were accompanied by many unsightly stories, including the awarding of the first place by the French judge to the pair Sikharulidze-Berezhnaya in exchange for awarding the prize to the pair from France. Bribery of judges was attributed to the international adventurer Alimzhan Tokhtakhunov. Although these Olympic Games brought gold medals to Anisina and Peyser, their sports career was over, the 2002 World Championship was held without their participation. The French couple have moved on to amateur skating and demonstrate their skill and art in ice performances.
Personal life
The personal life of the athlete causes a lot of gossip, since she tied her future fate with the shocking Nikita Dzhigurda. They met on television in 2007, when they launched an ice show featuring famous actors and professional figure skaters on a leading Russian channel. Love broke out between them, which led the couple to marriage.
Anisina and Dzhigurda became wife and husband in 2008, registering their relationship officially on February 23. The following year, Marina gave birth to her first child on January 7. He was given the name Mik-Angel Crist. And a year later, also on a winter day on January 23, the couple had a daughter, Eva-Vlada.
Marina's restless married life did not suit, and she left Russia in 2016 after registering a divorce. Currently, the skater lives in French Lyon with her children.
