Sergei Grinkov And Ekaterina Gordeeva
Anna and Mikhail Grinkov were in the Russian police force, and were anxiously waiting the arrival of their new son. On February 4, 1967 in the highly populated capital of Moscow, Sergei Grinkov was born. Sergei received nothing but love and warmth from his loving parents and relatives.
One day, Anna and Mikhail decided to bring their 5 year old son, Sergei to the Central Army skating rink for a trial lesson. Five year old Sergei instantly fell in love with figure skating, and every day he couldn't wait to enter the rink. "He was a very ambitious boy, always working long hours on his jumps "said his skating trainer at Central Army Skating rink. At first it wasn't easy for Sergei. One ...
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10 years of age.
Ekaterina was born on March 20, 1972 to Alexander and Elena Gordeeva. Ekaterina's mother Elena was a computer specialist and a swimmer, and her father, Alexander was a member of the military- dance theater ensemble.
As a child Ekaterina showed the same interest in figure skating as Sergei had done. Since Ekaterina's father, Alexander, was a member of the dance ensemble, he often helped her with her dance positions and maneuvers. Ekaterina or Katya (nickname) was often called Tinker Bell by her coaches because she usually did many off the ground routines where she would fly through the air gracefully and quickly. Katya is very serious, and is truly a hard worker. Besides skating Katya enjoys knitting, reading and cooking.
Sergei did not really pay too much attention to Katya. To him she was only a skinny kid. When first paired, Katya often got annoyed with Sergei because he did not take her seriously. He would mimic her moves then laugh.
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judges, with their new fantasy moves. And as if that wasn't enough, they won the World Championships not once, not twice but FOUR times! One in 1986, the second one in 1987 ( by then they were already considered unbeatable ), the third one in 1988 and the fourth one in 1990. After they won their fourth World Championships which was in 1990, they decided to challenge themselves by turning Pro. They were greatly admired for their accomplishments, by both Russians and Americans alike.
By 1989 Sergei Grinkov noticed that the little skinny kid had grown up to be a beautiful woman. That all this time he was searching and the one he was searching for was always there, holding his hand. ...
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