Anton Sikharulidze

Childhood and youth

Russian figure skating star Anton Tarielevich Sikharulidze was born on October 25, 1976 in Leningrad into a family that was not associated with sports. He received his education at a simple high school. Father Tariel Sikharulidze worked as vice-rector of the Marine Technical University. Despite his nationality, Anton never visited Georgia during his childhood. The trip to Tbilisi was postponed “until later” every time.

The child started skating at the age of 4: when he saw a neighbor’s boy, he demanded to buy the same ones. The parents bought their son his first skates, which were attached to felt boots with leather straps. This is how Sikharulidze’s sports biography began.

At the open skating rink of the Krasny Vyborgets stadium, figure skating coach Tatyana Kositsyna, who had recently graduated from the Institute of Physical Culture and Sports, drew attention to the capable boy. She opened the way for Anton to big sports. After graduating from school, the young man entered the St. Petersburg State Academy of Physical Culture named after P. F. Lesgaft, which he successfully graduated from.

Anton Tarielevich Sikharulidze grew up in Leningrad. The future figure skating star studied at a simple educational school and was raised in a family that had nothing to do with sports. Anton's father Tariel Sikharulidze worked as vice-rector of the Marine Technical University in St. Petersburg. After graduating from school, Anton entered the St. Petersburg State Academy of Physical Culture named after Lesgaft, which he successfully graduated from. Anton began figure skating at an early age. He spent most of his time training. Already in childhood, it was clear that the boy wanted to be the first in everything, to be a leader. The first coach is T. Kositsyna. Member of the national team since 1993.

His first partner was Maria Petrova, with whom he won the World Junior Championships in 1994 and 1995. In 1996, he began performing in tandem with Elena Berezhnaya. They represented St. Petersburg. Sikharulidze’s coach was Tamara Moskvina, as was Berezhnaya. At that time, Oleg Shlyakhov was Elena Berezhnaya’s constant partner in pair ice dancing. In the same 1996, Berezhnaya and Shlyakhov trained in Latvia. During one of the training sessions, a terrible tragedy occurred. The partner inflicted a serious head injury on Elena with the blade of his skate. She was pierced through the temporal bone, and the fragments damaged the lining of the brain. Berezhnaya underwent two neurosurgical operations, after which she learned to walk and talk again. Throughout the long journey of recovery, Anton Sikharulidze was next to her all the time. To bring Lena back to life, Anton moved her to St. Petersburg.

Personal life

Fans perceived the couple Sikharulidze - Berezhnaya as one whole. The stately (with a height of 182 cm, weight reached 76 kg) athlete and fragile partner looked harmonious on the ice. The skaters had a romantic period, but Anton always remained Lena’s best friend and partner.

To the disappointment of fans of the star couple, their love story was never crowned with a happy ending. Elena spoke about this in the “Alone with Everyone” program. The athletes were close, supported each other, and, according to her, became each other’s brother and sister. Later, everyone went their own way, and warm, friendly relations remained.

The couple reunited again in 2014, on the eve of the premiere of the film “Champions.” To the authors of the sports film almanac, which consists of a number of short stories, the plot of this particular pair seemed worthy of filming a film.

In his youth, Anton often began short-term affairs with models, ballerinas, and students. The tabloids were constantly writing about this romantic relationship. In his native St. Petersburg, Anton began an affair with Zarifa Mgoyan, the singer Zara. The idea of marriage came to him only in 2008, when the skater met with Nadezhda Obolontseva, a student at the Faculty of Journalism at Moscow State University. They even set a wedding date and invited guests, but the girl never became the athlete’s wife.

A serious relationship arose between Sikharulidze and the young gymnast, Olympic champion Evgenia Kanaeva. They had an age difference, but Anton saw in the athlete a girl who was suitable for the role of the mistress of his house. Over time, the lack of common interests separated the couple.

Anton Sikharulidze and Yana Lebedeva divorced Details: https://www.spletnik.ru/buzz/love/43491-anton-sikharulidze-i-yana-lebedeva-razvelis.html
Published by spletnik.ru Thursday, July 18, 2013

Anton Sikharulidze and his ex-wife Yana Lebedeva
Anton went to the crown only in August 2011, when he turned 35 years old. His wife was the daughter of politician and Russian billionaire Leonid Lebedev, 24-year-old Yana Lebedeva. The luxurious wedding took place in an ancient Spanish castle. In 2011, Sikharulidze and Lebedeva became the couple of the year according to Glamor, but this did not save their marriage.

In 2013, the relationship ended in divorce, and soon a fateful meeting took place in the athlete’s personal life.

In 2014, Anton became a father for the first time. The baby was named George. He was born on March 24 in the elite Lapino hospital near Moscow. The boy’s mother is Victoria Shamanskaya, manager of the fashionable St. Petersburg boutique “Butterfly” on Nevsky Prospekt. The couple did not register their relationship right away; Victoria took her husband’s last name. In 2021, Anton became a father for the second time. The second son, born in the summer, was named Victor.

The question of why Sikharulidze and Berezhnaya never became spouses has always interested fans of figure skaters. In 2021, they received a comprehensive answer when Elena came to the television program “The Fate of a Man” with Boris Korchevnikov.

In an interview, the woman said that the relationship with Anton began in St. Petersburg. The man helped her return to the ice after an injury and become a figure skating champion. A sympathy arose between them, and a very strong one. But gradually the feelings began to dull and developed into family ones. According to the skater, everyone has their own goals in life and career. Sikharulidze went into politics, and Berezhnaya began staging ice shows and coaching.

Anton added that figure skating did not allow the relationship to move from a professional plane to a romantic one. There were so many stressful situations, conflicts and outbursts of emotions on the ice that there was no time for love. But Berezhnaya is a real “friend” for him.

Details of the life of Sikharulidze’s son

Journalists managed to find out the history of the relationship between ex-skater Anton Sikharulidze and the mother of his son Victoria. As it turned out, the child was unplanned; the athlete himself never married the woman, but he helps financially.

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Figure skating

When Anton turned 15, the coach decided that it was time for him to move from singles to pairs skating. Sikharulidze’s first partner on the ice was Maria Petrova, with whom he took first place at the World Junior Championships for 2 years in a row (in 1994 and 1995).

Anton met another figure skater and future ice partner, Elena Berezhnaya, at the Russian Cup stage. Their collaboration was preceded by tragedy. In Latvia, where in the winter of 1995 the athlete, together with her partner Oleg Shlyakhov, began preparing for the European Championships, an accident occurred: Shlyakhov, while performing a spin, terribly injured the skater, driving the blade of his skate into her head.

Having learned about the incident, Sikharulidze took Berezhnaya to St. Petersburg, where she was treated by the best doctors. Anton supported the girl throughout the postoperative period. Hard training, excellent physical data, and temperament allowed this couple to achieve high results.

Already in the 1996/1997 season, the Berezhnaya – Sikharulidze couple took 3rd place at the Trophee Lalique competition, and then won a bronze medal at the European Championships. In 1998 they performed at the Olympics in Nagano. The athletes skated their program flawlessly, but were let down by a mistake at the end of the performance. They took 2nd place, losing gold to their Russian colleagues Oksana Kazakova and Artur Dmitriev.

Join https://www.facebook.com/tvcenter On October 11, 1977, figure skater Elena Berezhnaya was born.
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Anton Sikharulidze and Elena Berezhnaya in their youth
The history of figure skating includes the “Charlie Chaplin” program, which Sikharulidze and Berezhnaya skated in the 2000/2001 season as a free program, and then as an exhibition number. In 2002, the couple represented Russia at the Olympic Games, winning the highest award.

At the Olympics in Salt Lake City, the situation was tense until the very end. Before the performance, during a rehearsal, an athlete from a Canadian pair crashed into Anton on the ice. The Russian barely escaped a terrible fall. He only managed to push his partner away and protect her from danger. A new injury after a difficult recovery could be fatal for Berezhnaya. This incident confused the public, but the skaters themselves remained composed.

After a brilliant performance, a scandal occurred involving Sikharulidze and Berezhnaya. The Russian couple seemed destined to win and receive maximum marks. However, the judges were in no hurry to make the Russians clear champions, and in the end everything was decided in their favor by one judge's vote.

The Canadian pair Sale - Pelletier challenged the silver, filed a protest and achieved the removal of the French referee, whose decision turned out to be decisive. Typically, judges' decisions are not changed after the fact, but in this case, Olympic officials decided to award gold medals to both couples. Anton and Elena had to go to the award ceremony for the second time.

Sikharulidze and Berezhnaya left professional sports immediately after the end of the Olympic Games and from 2002 to 2006 toured the USA with the show “Stars on Ice”. At the end of the contract they returned to St. Petersburg.

Childhood

Anton Tarielevich Sikharulidze grew up in Leningrad.
The future figure skating star studied at a simple educational school and was raised in a family that had nothing to do with sports. Anton's father Tariel Sikharulidze worked as vice-rector of the Marine Technical University in St. Petersburg. After graduating from school, Anton entered the St. Petersburg State Academy of Physical Culture named after Lesgaft, which he successfully graduated from. Anton began figure skating at an early age. He spent most of his time training. Already in childhood, it was clear that the boy wanted to be the first in everything, to be a leader. The first coach is T. Kositsyna. Member of the national team since 1993.

Television and politics

After finishing his career, Sikharulidze began appearing in television programs and shows related to figure skating. He participated in the Channel One projects “Stars on Ice” with singer Natalya Ionova (Gluck’OZA) and “Ice Age” paired with ballerina Anastasia Volochkova. In 2010, he appeared in the show “Ice and Fire” together with singer Zara.

The skater’s filmography also includes a role in the youth series “OBZh,” which was very popular from 2000 to 2005. Anton became the main character of the episode "Olympic Champion". In the story, he meets a girl, high school student Lana Olkhovskaya, near the Yubileiny sports complex and takes her to the Sphinx restaurant opposite the Moskovsky railway station. The girl does not recognize him as a famous athlete even when she sees on the screen a demonstration number to the song “How delightful are the evenings in Russia.” She blows him off with the catchphrase “You’re not my type,” and then realizes that in front of her is an Olympic champion, but it’s too late.

And in 2010–2011, Anton and his former partner Elena met again on the ice. This time the athletes took part in the ice performance “City Lights” by Ilya Averbukh. They performed the number “Chaplin and the Flower Girl”.

Zara and Anton Sikharulidze
Published Ice and Fire Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Anton Sikharulidze and Zara
Anton's biography is multifaceted. In the spring of 2005, Sikharulidze tried his hand at the restaurant business. He opened an establishment called “Sphinx” on Vosstaniya Square and planned to develop the chain. However, in 2007, the man closed his restaurant, although the lease on the premises had not yet expired. The reason for this decision is to go into politics. The athlete became a member of the United Russia party and was elected to the State Duma. From 2008 to 2012, he served as head of the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture and Sports. His candidacy was supported by Evgeni Plushenko, who said that the helm should be a person who knows the sport from the inside.

While in public service, Anton helped his coach Tamara Moskvina, who made him an Olympic champion, to open a figure skating club in St. Petersburg. The ice arena was provided by Gazprom, and the city administration assumed the obligation to pay utility bills.

By this time, Sikharulidze had organized a construction company that was engaged in the construction of panel and monolithic civil houses. Later he switched to construction in the energy sector. In 2018, the company entered into an agreement for the additional development of the second pilot section of the Achimov deposits of the Urengoy deposit. The cost of the government contract was 1.24 billion rubles. During the year, six projects worth 7.8 billion rubles were implemented.

In the fall, Anton visited Tula, where the grand opening of the skating rink took place on the main square of the city. At the festive ceremony, an ice show was presented, in which the former figure skater became a participant. Earlier, Sikharulidze held a master class for local young talents. For the same purpose, he visited Novomoskovsk.

Where is Anton Sikharulidze now?

The former figure skater has mastered the business field very well. First, Anton created a construction company that erected panel buildings in Moscow and the region. The experience gained allowed Sikharulidze to expand his business and move on to construction in the energy field.

At the moment, Anton’s company called Gazenergoservice is collaborating with the well-known Gazprom. A construction organization is building storage facilities for oil companies in several cities at once.

A significant event was the opportunity to develop a section of the Urengoyskoye field. A contract worth more than 1.2 billion rubles was concluded.

In just one year, Sikharulidze’s company successfully implemented 6 large projects worth 7.8 billion rubles.

Anton's hobbies include:

Popular science literature;
Billiards;
Tennis.

Anton also does not forget about sports, to which he devoted many years of his life. It finances several sports schools and sections. At the same time, by his own example he instills in schoolchildren a love of skating.

For example, in 2018, Anton visited Tula at the opening of the skating rink. Sikharulidze became a participant in the ice show and proved that he had not lost his skills. He also showed a master class to young athletes planning to connect their fate with figure skating.

Despite the fact that Sikharulidze retired from big-time sports a long time ago, he is still recognizable and loved by his fans. Anton was able to find himself as a successful businessman. He is also honored by the fact that he is involved in charity work, opening the way for new sports talents.

Anton Sikharulidze now

The celebrity continues to conduct business. Sikharulidze’s company Gazenergoservice LLC works closely with the Russian concern Gazprom, co-owned by Evgeny Pershin. The organization is engaged in the construction of storage facilities, oil and gas production points in the cities of Novy Urengoy, Syktyvkar, Ukhta, Vologda. There are about 6 thousand people under his command, since the volume of work is colossal. It’s just that the industry’s profitability has decreased significantly recently.

Despite all the difficulties, Sikharulidze’s business is developing successfully. In 2021, Gazenergoservice LLC received the title of the best. The company also began implementing new major projects - the development of the fourth section of the Achimov deposits of the Urengoy oil and gas condensate field, the construction of the Booster compressor station at the Unitary Gas Processing Unit-1V of the Yamburg oil and gas condensate field, construction and installation work on the project "Additional development of the Urengoy area" and others.

Now the skater and his wife Victoria devote all their free time to children. And not only yours. Business does not prevent Anton Sikharulidze from passing on his experience to the younger generation. The former athlete supports figure skating schools in the regions. He travels around the country and organizes master classes.

Anton Tarielevich does not maintain a personal profile on Instagram, nor does he exist on other social networks, so rare photos of the man end up only on the pages of his colleagues and fans.

Personal life of celebrities.

The biography of Anton Sikharulidze, the legend of Russian figure skating, has long changed its focus from sports to political. Having completed a successful sports career, the skater tried himself in different directions, including the restaurant business, but decided to choose politics. As in sports, the habit and desire to always be first does not allow Anton Sikharulidze to relax. In order to be competent in political matters, he had to study a lot of literature. Just as the professional biography of Anton Sikharulidze is changeable, the events in his real life do not stand still. Apparently, it is this cycle that attracts the attention of journalists and ordinary people who are not averse to finding out something new from the personal life of Anton Sikharulidze .

And the figure skater’s life in the last few years has simply been replete with sensational events. The bachelor athlete, who was credited with numerous affairs with fellow athletes and others, did not even think about getting married for a long time. For the first time this thought crept into his head during a serious affair with Nadezhda Obolontseva, a student at Moscow State University and a future journalist. This happened in 2008, when Anton Sikharulidze himself turned 32 years old. However, he got married only 3 years later, in 2011, and with a completely different girl, since Nadezhda Obolontseva’s jealousy destroyed the relationship and the upcoming wedding was out of the question. The skater’s first wife was Yana Lebedeva, editor of an online portal about fashion and part-time daughter of a billionaire. Those around were touched by the couple’s boundless love for each other, but in July 2013, the skater and his wife announced a divorce. Naturally, neither he nor she were going to indicate the reasons in the message to the press. It is only known that the former spouses maintained warm friendly relations in return for their lost love.

In the photo - Anton Sikharulidze and his ex-wife Yana Lebedeva

And in March last year, another sensational news spread around everyone - the famous figure skater became a father for the first time. At first, he himself did not give any comments on this matter, but a little later some details became known. The mother of the baby, who was named Georgy, was St. Petersburg businesswoman Victoria Shamanskaya. The skater met her at one of the Moscow parties, and there was not even a hint of a long-term romance between them. However, the fleeting infatuation ended in pregnancy, which the 41-year-old woman, who had personal problems in the past precisely because of the inability to have children, naturally decided to give birth. It is worth noting that Anton Sikharulidze, although he is not going to marry her, still nobly recognized his son and promised assistance in his upbringing.

In the photo - Anton Sikharulidze, Victoria Shamanskaya and their common son Georgy

Perhaps fatherhood will finally calm down the handsome figure skater a little, and we will still hear a message about his wedding (albeit not with Victoria Shamanskaya), and a little later we will rejoice in the strong, happy marriage of the athlete.

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In the 9th grade, I wrote a paper for a city competition on the topic of analyzing the development of human ontogenesis in comparison with the process of development of civilizations, in which I mentioned the works of Andreev, Blavatsky and other authors. However, V. Shimanskaya was not allowed to defend herself, considering that it was impossible to write such a work at the age of 15.

In 1997 she entered St. Petersburg State University, from which she graduated with honors in 2002 with a degree in Psychology. In 2021, she graduated from the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO, receiving the right to conduct professional activities in the field of launching and developing new businesses. In 2021, she graduated from the ANO DPO “International Business School of the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry” with the qualification “Master of Business Administration (EI)” (MBA).