Biography of the Horkin gymnast

St. Petersburg 2nd Krasnoarmeyskaya St. At the beginning of X, Khorkin was rightfully called the queen of Brusiev - in this shell she had no equal for 6 years.

She won the Olympic “gold” twice: in and she left big sport in the year and since then she constantly tried herself in the new one: she took part in the television show, engaged in politics, defended her dissertation in pedagogy, and oversaw children's competitions. And in the year Svetlana even sang as part of the musical project "Mask". Her father, Vasily Vasilievich, worked at a construction site, and mother, Lyubov Alekseevna, worked as a nurse in kindergarten.

They were from Mordovia, and they came to Belgorod only to work, but as a result they remained in this city forever. A few years later, another daughter was born in the family - Julia. The parents of Svetlana Khorkina Khorkina lived very modestly, the money was barely enough to feed the family. In the year, the parents of Svetlana received a meter room in a hostel.

It was divided into two parts with a cabinet: in one they put a berth for parents and a charm-bed for girls, and in the other organized a dining area. Over a small table, Father Khorkina with his own hands built a sports corner with ropes, where Svetlana was happy to. Svetlana Khorkina as a child with her dad grew up a painful and thin girl, although she constantly disappeared with friends in the yard.

I grew up a typical kid, I didn’t need dolls, ”the athlete recalled. Someone advised Lyubov Khorkina to give her daughter to the sports section to harden her health and increase muscle tone. So at the age of 4, Svetlana first ended up in the rhythmic gymnastics hall of the Spartak Sports Palace. The first steps in gymnastics, the coaches modestly evaluated Svetlana’s sports capabilities - the girl did not have outstanding physical data for gymnastics.

She was even offered to go to the volleyball section. Nevertheless, coach Boris Pilkin did not abandon Khorkina. I had the best coach who opened the way to gymnastics to high girls, ”said Svetlana. He praised the girl’s ability to work: if any of the elements did not work out, she could practice him for hours. This will in victory in many ways and caused the development of her sports career.

Svetlana Khorkina with her coach Boris Pilkin in the year Svetlana received high points at the All -Union tournament, which became a member of the youth team of the USSR. The young gymnast was not easy: the capital's athletes did not recognize the “provincial”, criticized her, sometimes very sarcastically. Khorkina did not listen to them and continued to train hard. Young Svetlana Khorkina, in training in the year, she won the All -Union Championship among juniors and the next year she got the opportunity to participate in the Champions show - a tour of the cities.

And in the year Svetlana was included in the Russian national team in sports gymnastics. Adult sport sports career Khorkina developed unevenly: brilliant performances and prizes were replaced by offensive defeats. In the year, the gymnast received the first “adult” medal, taking the “silver” at the world championship. A few months later, the European Championship competitions were held, where Svetlana took “gold” on the bars and “silver” in the all -around.

The gymnast continued to train hard and prepare for the World Cup, simultaneously speaking at other competitions. The European Cup brought her “gold” in the all -around, which gave the incentive to continue training. But two weeks before the world championship, Svetlana greatly damaged her back. Svetlana Khorkina in her youth was unbearable, the girl walked with difficulty. The doctors made her painkillers and hastily hospitalized, advising to pause in his career.

The girl still went to the World Cup, where the second in the all -around and the first on the bars. Upon arrival home, she continued the restoration, which took several months. Nevertheless, she managed to update the statuses of the European and World champion in the bars and poison herself in the year at the Olympics in Atlanta. There, she justified the hopes assigned to her, taking the “silver” in the team tournament and “gold” on the bars.

Svetlana's performance was so bright that she began to be called Queen Brusiev. Svetlana Khorkina at the Olympic Games in Atlanta in the year after returning to Belgorod, she graduated from school and entered the local state university, choosing the specialty “Teacher of Physical Culture”. In parallel with her studies, the girl continued to participate in competitions - in the year at the world championship she became the absolute champion in bars, securing this status for the next 2 years.

In the all -around, the results were not so brilliant - after winning the European championship in the year at the world championship, Khorkin was left without a medal. In the year, she graduated from the university and was selected for the Svetlana Khorkina Summer Olympics in Sydney Svetlana in the status of a permanent champion on the beams - she had already won Olympic Games and five world championships - and craftswomen on the most complicated transitions between elements.But this time, luck seemed to turn away from her: in the all -around Horkin, she performed the most difficult “flight”, named after her name, but unsuccessfully landed to her knees.

Other girls made annoying mistakes. Finally, the athlete from Australia suggested that the horse was installed below the required. Violations were really found, and a scandal erupted. Gymnasts were allowed to do jumping again, but Khorkina refused and eventually took only 10th place. Without medals from Sydney, Svetlana still did not leave, becoming the second in free exercises and the first on her favorite bars.

Svetlana Khorkina at the Olympic Games in Sydney in the year of the world championship of the year again brought the gymnast an absolute victory, as well as a personal record - Khorkina became the most titled athlete in gymnastics in one shell. Thus, in the bars there were no equal since the year. A year later, she also won the all -around at the European championship.

In addition, in the year she defended the thesis in the Russian State Cademy of Physical Culture, becoming a candidate of pedagogical sciences. Svetlana Khorkina at the Olympic Games in Athens in the year in the year Svetlana again ascended first place on the podium of the World Cup and began to prepare for the next Olympics. In the year, Khorkina went to Athens games, being an absolute favorite.

But her speech could not be called successful: in the team championship, she took the “bronze”, the all-around brought “silver”, and after the Brusiev, the gymnast was only in 8th place due to an unsuccessful fall. It was there, in Greece, that Svetlana announced the end of her career. Further career: television shows and politics a few years before leaving the big sport, Khorkina began to look for other opportunities for the use of her talents.

In the year, she received a major role in the play “Venus” at the Moscow Art Theater. The premiere with the participation of the skater personally watched Brand Venus, the prototype of the main character and the last lover of Henry Miller. Reviews about the production, as well as about the game of Khorkina, were ambiguous. But the champion herself considered this experience a useful call for herself.

In addition, in the same year, the gymnast joined the party “Unity and Fatherland”, which later changed the name to “United Russia”. Svetlana Khorkina and Vladimir Putin a few months after the completion of her career Svetlana received the position of vice president of the Russian sports gymnastics Federation. Her other status was unspoken-the Blonde-gymnast was called one of the country's sexiest athletes.

In many ways, these opinions were affected by the shooting of Khorkina for men's magazines: in the year she appeared in frank images on the pages of Maxim and Playboy. I loved to act, and I clearly succeeded. I even thought about the career of a fashion model, ”the gymnast admitted. Svetlana Khorkina in a photo shoot for the magazine Maxim But in the year she was carried away by a politician - she became a deputy of the State Duma of the V convocation.

In this position, Khorkin was engaged in youth affairs, for example, participated in events dedicated to the year of youth in the year, developed the Unarmia, the military-patriotic movement for schoolchildren. Svetlana Khorkina in the State Duma, she combined work in the Duma with regular appearance on TV: for the period of the fifth convocation, she starred in the show “Circus with the Stars”, “The Lord of the Mountain”, “The Wall on the Wall”, “Big Races”, “Dances with Stars”, “Fort Boyard”.

The gymnast was not afraid of risky numbers. So, in the first season, “Circus with the Stars” in the year, she performed under the dome without insurance. And in the year I tried myself in the project as a trainer, quickly finding a common language with the elephant tea. Only after the speech they told me that the elephants had a specific disposition, and she had already trampled a couple of people earlier, ”recalled Svetlana.

Svetlana Khorkina in the show “Circus with stars” also in the year she began to perform in the show of Alexei Nemov “Flights of Time”. Svetlana continued to study - being a deputy, she managed to graduate from the Russian Academy of National Economy and the civil service under the President of Russia. Her deputy mandate operated up to a year. In the next year, she received the position of referent for control management of the Presidential Affairs.

The purposeful character of the champion found application even in the Ministry of Defense. Two years later, Svetlana was already a colonel. In military uniform, Svetlana Khorkina continued to be related to politics - for example, in the year she was listed as an authorized person of United Russia in the next elections to the State Duma. In the same year, the film “Champions: faster.

The role of the gymnast went to Christine Asmus. Khorkina not only herself helped the artist in training, but also controlled the entire process of filming a novel dedicated to her. Stronger ” - the trailer, in addition, in the year, Svetlana took part in the new gymnastic project“ Alexei Nemov and Legends of Sports ”. Khorkina did not forget about her past champion and helped gifted children: back in the year she began to hold a sports gymnastics tournament in her native Belgorod, named after her.

Competitions were held for more than 20 years.Svetlana Khorkina gives children a master class in gymnastics and in Belgorod the gymnast opened the Sports and Sports complex of CSKA, which also bears her name. She regularly came there to give demonstrative training for young athletes. In the Los Angeles clinic, she gave birth to a boy who was given the name Svyatoslav.

Nobody knew the name of the father of the child. The media suggested that Khorkina had an affair with American actor Levan Naoshnyashvili, with whom she was often seen in the States. The actor only heated rumors without making any statements. In the year, Svetlana Khorkina published the autobiographical book “Kultita on the Studs”. The publication became a real revelation: it was there that the gymnast announced that Svyatoslav was the billionaire, who asked not to call his name, as he was married.

She said that they met back in Lausanne.