Biography
The mentor of prize-winners and winners of figure skating competitions, Rafael Harutyunyan, calls Alexei Yagudin a person who has “spoiled” the fans of this sport in a good way. When the skater went on the ice, the famous coach Tatyana Tarasova wanted, in her words, to “squeal and scream.” And now the public no longer perceives “hackwork” and insincerity. A fantastic sense of music and full of energy are only a small part of the characteristics that foreign experts and the press awarded the Russian athlete.
What is known about the athlete’s merits
Alexey Yagudin can rightfully bear the title of a legendary Russian figure skater, who has repeatedly won the most prestigious awards in figure skating competitions among men's singles.
Yagudin, in addition to the title of Honored Master of Sports of Russia, has a large number of sporting achievements and awards:
- he became an Olympic champion at the Olympics in Salt Lake City, USA, in 2002;
- became world champion four times;
- won European championships three times;
- won the Grand Prix in figure skating twice;
- became a two-time professional champion;
- climbed to the podium at the world junior championship.
Childhood and youth
The champion was born on March 18, 1980 in St. Petersburg. Mother Zoya Alekseevna worked at the Institute of Informatics and actually raised her son alone. When the boy was 4 years old, his father Konstantin left the family and moved to Germany.
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Alexey Yagudin in childhood with his mother
As a child, Alexey often suffered from colds. To improve the boy’s health, Zoya Alekseevna decided to send him to the sports section. There, under the strict guidance of his mother, Yagudin began figure skating. She turned out to be a born mentor; her education methods were quite tough, but very effective. The woman forced her son to ideally practice every jump, without making any concessions.
In the winter, the skater skied, and in the summer he performed a number of physical exercises to stay in shape. Rare moments of rest fell in the evenings, when the family gathered in front of the TV to watch the popular series “Santa Barbara” at that time. For Alexey it was time for dinner and rest, when he could sit longer at the table and enjoy moments of leisure. Constant loads allowed the athlete to get into ideal physical shape - with a height of 180 cm, his weight is 70 kg.
Personal life
The man did not immediately find happiness in his personal life. For a long time, Alexey enjoyed the reputation of a womanizer; he was credited with affairs with popular Russian representatives of show business. The figure skater released his biography “NaPRolom”, where he confirmed some rumors, for example, about relationships with Laysan Utyasheva, Elena Berezhnaya, Kyoko Ino and other athletes.
In 2007, the champion met with singer Sasha Savelyeva, a member of the Factory group. The romance ended suddenly in 2008, according to the press, due to the fact that Yagudin found a new love.
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Alexey Yagudin and Tatyana Totmyanina with children
Alexey met his future wife Tatyana Totmyanina at a young age. The athlete’s chosen one is a colleague, European and world champion, Olympic winner in pair skating. A serious relationship between the young people began in 2008. In November 2009, their daughter Elizabeth was born.
During her parents' tour, Lisa lived in France with her grandmother; in 2014, the girl went to 1st grade. In May 2015, family friends said that Yagudin and Totmyanina were expecting their second child. In the fall, a daughter was born, who was named Michelle. Photos of his daughters and wife are often published on the athlete’s Instagram account.
In the winter of 2021, Tatyana and Alexey decided to legalize their relationship. The skaters played a wedding in Krasnoyarsk, where they came on a tour. Yagudin told the press that the decision to marry came to them spontaneously and did not in any way affect ordinary family life. It’s just that after 10 years of living together, the couple got tired of questions on this topic. But, as the man complained, after this event there were even more questions. Journalists were interested in all aspects, from the color of the bride’s dress to the hidden meaning in choosing the date and place of the ceremony.
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Alexey Yagudin with his family
Yagudin likes to surprise and sometimes shock his followers on social networks. Thus, Alexey presented the acquisition of a beagle dog as “the arrival of another girl in the family.” Then a message appeared that the skater filed for divorce, and then married a second time. In fact, the couple advertised the show “Romeo and Juliet,” staged by a mutual friend Ilya Averbukh.
And the second marriage registration ceremony was “held” at the Robozag Office and received a robotic certificate. Alexey frightened his followers on Instagram with a post that it was only thanks to Tatyana’s care that he did not go blind or deaf: the wife forced her husband to undergo an examination by an otolaryngologist, which ended in surgical intervention.
Alexei Yagudin's wife - Tatyana Totmyanina
It is known that our hero had many novels. This is not surprising, because Alexey Yagudin is a bright, talented athlete. His lovers were girls from his social circle, mostly fellow skaters. There was also a singer, TV presenter and gymnast.
But soon he found the one who captivated and won his heart forever. This is figure skater, Olympic champion in pair skating Tatyana Totmyanina.
Alexei Yagudin's wife, Tatyana Totmyanina, was born in early November 1981 in Perm. At the age of five I stepped on the ice for the first time. At first she performed in single skating, but Tanya did not achieve much success in this area. But, in the late nineties, the athlete met Maxim Marinin. As a result, they began performing together as a couple on ice. Every year they gained authority for themselves. They often won various championships. At the beginning of the 2000s, almost all sports publications talked about the pair Marinin and Totmyanina.
After 2006, the athletes ended their careers. The reason for this was microtrauma. We performed a little commercially. Tatiana took part in “Ice Age”.
In fact, Alexey Yagudin and Tatyana Totmyanina have known each other since early youth. But, as you know, the famous figure skater was very afraid of the responsibility of a serious relationship. Thanks to this, his affairs with girls did not last long. This happened with Tatyana. The athlete, being in a relationship with Tanya, met the lead singer of “Factory” and later it became known that Alexey Yagudin and Tatyana Totmyanina broke up.
But still, their profession required frequent meetings, and soon their hearts began to glow again. A serious relationship began between them. It all started when Tatyana's mother died in a car accident. Alexey helped the girl with the funeral and lent his shoulder. We can say that grief brought their hearts closer together.
A little later, the couple had a daughter, who was named Elizabeth. And relatively recently, Tatyana gave her husband and second child - a girl, Michelle. All this time, the young people were in a civil relationship. And only in February 2021 it became known that Alexey and Tatyana officially registered their marriage. The solemn event took place in Krasnoyarsk and was not magnificent. Only close friends were invited to the wedding.
Figure skating
Yagudin’s first coach was the Soviet master of sports Alexander Mayorov. He was involved in the boy's sports education for eight years. In 1992, Mayorov moved to Sweden, and coach and master of sports of the USSR Alexei Mishin took up the figure skater. Evgeni Plushenko also skated in the group with the future champion.
Under the guidance of a coach, the young man achieved serious success and, at the age of 13, took 4th place at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships, and three years later won his first gold at the same tournament. During the 1996/1997 season, Yagudin participated in six different competitions, winning bronze at the World Championships, the Czech Championships, Skate America and the Sparkassen Cup. At the Cup of Russia championship, the skater received his first silver.
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Alexey Yagudin and Evgeni Plushenko
Alexey graduated from school in 1997 with a silver medal. Exact sciences were always easy for the boy, but the same could not be said about essays. In the same year, the future skater entered the St. Petersburg State Academy of Physical Culture named after P. Lesgaft, after graduating from which he became an Honored Master of Sports of the Russian Federation.
In 1998, Alexey decided to say goodbye to Mishin. On the recommendation of friends Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko, the skater contacted coach Tatyana Tarasova. At that time, one of her students announced his retirement from sports, and Tatyana Anatolyevna easily agreed to take patronage over Yagudin. At the same time, the athlete moved to the USA for more intense training.
Collaboration with Tarasova not only brought first places in many major competitions of the 1998/1999 season, but also revealed the artistic potential of the young man. He became the gold medalist of six professional championships. In 1999, the athlete won the World Championship, receiving maximum marks for the technique of performing a sheepskin coat. However, at home, the talented skater lost the championship to his longtime acquaintance Evgeni Plushenko.
The fight for the top step of the podium in the championships between the skaters lasted 4 years. Yagudin was constantly ahead of Plushenko in world and European competitions, while Evgeni never allowed Alexey to get gold at the Russian Championship.
Since 1999, Yagudin began collaborating with the major sports agency IMG, and his choreographer was Moscow figure skater Nikolai Morozov. In 2000, Alexey again won the World Championship, becoming the first three-time winner of this championship in Russia.
Before the 2001 World Cup, the young man was injured; doctors even recommended that he refuse to participate in the competition. Despite this, he easily received 1st place for the short program, but for the first time at the World Championships he lost 1st place for the free program (“Gladiator”) to Plushenko’s eternal rival.
In 2001, the skater performed at the Goodwill Games in Australia. Tarasova for a long time dissuaded the student from participating in the games, but he insisted on his own. As a result, he took 3rd place, which seriously undermined his morale, the guy even began to think about ending his sports career. But Tatyana Anatolyevna managed to persuade Yagudin to apply for the Olympic Games.
Alexey Yagudin with the program “Winter”
The 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City brought Alexey stunning success and fully revealed his potential. The short program “Winter” staged by Tarasova and Morozov brought the skater a gold medal, and the free program “Man in the Iron Mask” became a standard of artistry and performance technique.
After many years of successful, intense performances and victories, the Olympic champion experienced worsening pain in his hip. During a medical examination, it turned out that the celebrity had a congenital defect in the structure of the hips, which led to deformation of the joints. In 2003, Yagudin officially announced his retirement from his sports career.
Daughter of Alexei Yagudin - Michelle Yagudina
In 2015, it became known from the couple’s friends that they were preparing to become parents. Parents say that Lisa was jealous of her sister for a very long time. And although the Yagudins told their daughter in advance that she would have a little sister, having arrived with Michelle in France to visit Lisa, they saw that for a month Lisa behaved very capriciously, jealously, trying to shift all the attention of her parents to herself. But now everything is fine, the kids are friends and love each other very much. The girls differ in character: if the Daughter of Alexei Yagudin, Michelle Yagudina, is very calm, affectionate and cheerful, then Lisa is quick-tempered and fidgety.
A television
Having finished with sports, Yagudin took up a creative career and turned to television, becoming a participant in various Russian television projects. In 2006, he took part in the filming of the Channel One show “Stars on Ice”, where he performed in tandem with Oksana Pushkina and reached the 10th day of competition.
In 2007, a man decided to undergo hip replacement surgery. The pain in the hip went away, and the skater decided to take up sports again. However, due to numerous injuries, Yagudin had to give up his dream. That same year, he again took to the ice in the TV show Ice Age. The athlete performed in tandem with singer Victoria Daineko. Their collaboration did not end there: Victoria and Alexey jointly recorded the song “Needle” and shot a video for it.
In 2008, the sports star came to cinema. Films with the participation of the champion are not only on sports themes, such as the drama “Hot Ice”. The rest of the films are melodramas and TV series “Masha and the Bear”, “Deffchonki”, “The Heart of Captain Nemov”.
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Alexey Yagudin and Tatyana Tarasova
In 2009–2010, the figure skater was the host of the evening talk show “Good evening, Moscow!” on the TV Center channel. Every Friday, together with actress Larisa Golubkina, Alexey discussed a topic that was relevant to the people of Russia.
In 2012, he became the host of the sports shows “Ice Age - 4” and “Professionals Cup”, which he hosted with figure skater Irina Slutskaya, the role of an assistant was performed by actress Valeria Lanskaya. In the show, Yagudin performed to Vladimir Vysotsky’s song “Interrupted Flight” performed by Elena Kamburova.
Then Alexey tried on the role of a trainer in the Channel One program “Together with Dolphins.” KVN games cannot be done without the participation of the athlete - he is invited to appreciate the jokes of the cheerful and resourceful.
The king of ice arenas revolutionized the idea of choreography by participating in the Bolero show, in which ballet dancers became the skaters’ partners. Alexey danced in classical roles on the stage of the Mikhailovsky Theater together with the first ballerina of the Bolshoi, Kristina Kretova.
Among the participants were Alexey Tikhonov, Pyotr Chernyshev, Maxim Stavisky and Maxim Shabalin. Yagudin and Kretova became the winners of the show.
In 2021, the athlete returned to the ice once again. The figure skater played the role of the Mouse King in the New Year's ice show “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King.” The production was based on the original fairy tale by Ernst Hoffmann, and not the libretto by Marius Petipa, which was familiar to the audience, so throughout the entire show the king was opposed not only by Marie, played by Tatyana Totmyanina, but also by Drosselmeyer’s nephew Amadeus, played by Maxim Marinin.
The combination of an already forgotten and unusual plot, pirouettes of famous figure skaters, fantastic scenery and beautiful special effects captivated both children and adult audiences.
In the fall of 2021, Yagudin in ]Roman Kostomarov[/anchor], Maxim Trankov, Povilas Vanagas and a number of other Russian figure skating stars “ignited” the audience of the Luzhniki sports complex with the colorful show “Romeo and Juliet”. For the sake of the role of Mercutio in the ice musical based on the immortal work of William Shakespeare, the athlete lost weight and learned to fencing.
In 2021, Averbukh came up with a new show “Ice Age. Children”, where, according to tradition, Alexey was invited. Yagudin's co-host was world champion Evgenia Medvedeva. They also took part in the gala performance given by the figure skaters who took part in the Olympics in Korea upon their return from Pyeongchang. Along with the champions of previous years, demonstration and competitive programs were presented by those whose stars have risen not so long ago.
In the “Fashionable Sentence” program, the athlete risked replacing fashion historian Alexander Vasiliev. By the way, the wife is responsible for the skater’s impeccable image. Tatyana even completed stylist courses in order to choose the right wardrobe for herself, her children and her husband. Fashion is not Alexey's strong point. Yagudin, by his own admission, is still surprised how he agreed to participate in such a project.
In March 2021, the athlete’s collaboration with the Match TV channel began. In the “Ice is Melting” program, Alexey interviews Russian and world sports stars. In the studio, Elena Vesnina and Ivan Skobrev, Ekaterina Gamova and Vladislav Tretyak answered Yagudin’s questions. The presenter dedicated a special episode of the program to his tragically deceased friend, Kazakh figure skater Denis Ten.
TV academics liked the skill of the presenter in a conversation with Ilya Kovalchuk, and Yagudin was nominated for the TEFI award. But the award in the “Interviewer” category went to Rossiya-1 journalist Naila Asker-zade.
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Alexey Yagudin and Alina Zagitova
In the same year, the athlete was invited to film the program “The Fate of a Man” with Boris Korchevnikov, in which the skater spoke about his romantic hobbies in his youth and meeting his wife.
In 2021, the Honored Master of Sports opened Figure Skating Centers for children in Moscow and Minsk. As Alexey put it, he will live between two cities. The famous athlete personally supervises all classes and the work of trainers. The Olympic champion received a proposal to open such a school in the Belarusian capital from the Ministry of Sports and Tourism and the Skating Union of Belarus. Having assessed the interest in the project at the government level, the skater agreed.
Alexey Yagudin and Tatyana Totmyanina: “We want to remain elegant on the ice for many years!”
Olympic champions in figure skating Alexey Yagudin and Tatyana Totmyanina came to our city with Ilya Averbukh’s show “Together and Forever” at the invitation of the governor of the Tula region.
For Alexey, this trip was significant: on March 18, the athlete celebrated his birthday - Yagudin turned 38 years old.
“This is my longest birthday,” Alexey smiled. – We performed in Vladivostok, and my birthday began many hours ago. The holiday lasts 31 hours! In general, when you cross a certain age, you are not so happy about your birthday.
Yagudin and Totmyanina performed in Tula in December 2021 at the grand opening of the Gubernsky Skating Rink, and now the Olympic champions took part in the concert program “Russia in my heart.”
Tatyana : – We are in a great mood today. It's finally spring, and although the temperatures aren't encouraging yet, there's still sunshine. We knew where we were going - at the beginning of December we attended the opening of the Provincial Ice Rink. Tula received us very warmly, we told all the kids how wonderful the townspeople are here, so we came here in a good mood.
Alexey : – I’m in a good mood in life, no matter where I perform or what happens. I think it depends on the person.
– For more than 15 years you have been working in Ilya Averbukh’s show. What can you say about this man’s talent as a director?
Tatyana : – The number that speaks about his talent is 15 years. Many people in Russia before Ilya tried to create something of their own, but it was all less successful. Arthur Dmitriev, Alexey Urmanov... They didn’t go beyond one or two shows. And Ilya’s huge advantage is that, having assembled a team, he created within it a feeling of a family, where we are all for each other. We can turn to him not only as a boss, but also as a friend who will always help and advise. His secret is that he not only assembled a team, but still keeps it together. In June we begin a tour in St. Petersburg, in July, August and September we will continue to work in Sochi with the musical “Romeo and Juliet”.
Alexey : – The fact that we have been working with Ilya for so long is an indicator not only that we are satisfied with everything. Professional and human relationships are intertwined here. It won’t last for a very long time at just sports, at just work.
We can draw a parallel with our relationship with Tanya: it doesn’t matter when our marriage was registered, we have been a full-fledged family for a long time. And Ilya Averbukh’s team can be called a good, close-knit family.
Mini-conflicts still happen, but thanks to the fact that we are all related to each other, we know how to find opportunities to overcome difficulties. Just like in our family.
– Who did you become friends with the most?
Alexey : – I’m friends with Tanya Totmyanina (smiles). I am friends with Evgeny Kuznetsov, Russian champion, somersault conqueror.
Tatyana : – And I’m with Lesha Yagudin and Maxim Marinin, with whom I’ve been skating hand in hand for 20 years.
– Alexey, this year you commented on the performances of our skaters at the Olympics. How did you feel when you went to South Korea?
– Six months ago I was inducted into some regular hall of fame in America. I was asked what emotions I was experiencing. And I have no emotions...
When a person already has gray temples, which he tries to shave off more often so that they are not visible, a family, two daughters, two dogs, the values are already different than the appearance of your name in the hall of fame.
It's all in the past. Tanya and I practically don’t watch figure skating now, unless we are talking about major tournaments. We already have other priorities. But when I received an offer to become a commentator at the Olympics, I agreed. Why not? I know figure skating, I have something to share with TV viewers. The only thing is that it’s very exciting to watch our skaters. 16 years ago I was in their shoes, I remember how your legs “sit down” from fear, how you try to fill these seconds... When you sit in front of the screen, time flies very quickly. And for the speakers this time stretches so long... Unreal excitement. And you worry about everyone, but especially about your own!
Alexey Yagudin, free program at the 2002 Olympics.
– The level of figure skating has now grown greatly...
Alexey : – Figure skating, like everything that surrounds us on planet Earth, is awaiting progress. And it is impossible to stop him. I think that soon they will start jumping not quadruple jumps, but quadruple jumps. Tanya and I and the entire team of Ilya Averbukh were lucky that our parents sent us to this sport, which has not only a technical component, but also an artistic one. This makes figure skating more spectacular. A big plus is that we have a professional continuation of what we have been doing since we were 4 years old.
Tatyana : - In any other sport - you climbed to the top step of the podium, came down - and what to do next? But with us it’s different. Alexey came off the pedestal 16 years ago, I did 12 years ago. And we have far-reaching plans for the future related to figure skating and performances.
Alexey : - Children's ice performances, adult musicals, demonstration performances, tours, various events, like today - this is our profession. We, skaters, have the opportunity to move on and develop further.
– Alexey, how often do you communicate with Tatyana Anatolyevna Tarasova now? What can you say about this legendary woman?
Tatyana : – I do it more often! For some reason she calls me more often (laughs).
Alexey : – We recently called her. I was once asked to describe Tatyana Anatolyevna in a few words. I said this: The Great Wall. She will support you and give you the opportunity to lean on her, take a break, and gain strength.
Tatyana : - Yes, like the Great Wall - wide, long, strong, protective... It is the eighth wonder of the world.
– You both are quite active on Instagram. How do you react to criticism if it appears? In general, do you have good subscribers or do you come across haters?
Tatyana : – Lesha sometimes gets into polemics with them (laughs).
Alexey : – I like to joke (laughs). But I'm always positive! Even if I send three letters, I do so with a smile on my face.
Tatyana : - Naturally, everyone cannot love you and write only kind words. I just always have a question for people who write nasty things: isn’t it laziness? Well, you wrote it, you asserted yourself. AND? Will you be more famous, richer, healthier? What it will bring to you? Well, if you don’t love a person, don’t go to his page. We also have children among our subscribers who do not need to read such comments, and therefore sometimes we have to delete something because of them.
– How attached are you to gadgets? Could you live a day without a smartphone?
Tatyana : – I hate the phone, but modern life forces me to walk with it. Those closest to me know: if I didn’t answer, it’s not because I want to offend someone or I ignored them. I'm just lazy (laughs). If I had the opportunity not to use the phone, I would take it.
Alexey : – My whole life is in the gadget. I also need this for work.
– Do you restrict your daughters?
Tatyana : – We generally try not to give them gadgets. Books, games, drawing, modeling. It’s better to go outside and play in the snow, go sledding... All this is much more useful, gadgets really make children dumber.
– Share your secret to ideal physical shape?
Alexey : – The most important thing is a balanced diet and a healthy lifestyle. We drink special protein shakes. We don’t want to turn into inelegant-looking athletes on the ice, so we take great care of ourselves.
Tatyana : – We are no longer 15 years old, we are former professional athletes who are no longer completely healthy people. Plus, we are parents and want to be an example for our children. Therefore, we try to go for a walk once again, make sure our children play sports, and instill in them a love of healthy eating. After all, all habits come from childhood. Alexey is a big fan of the bathhouse. If I'm really tired, I go for a massage.
– Do you share your husband’s love for the bathhouse?
Alexey : – Yes, then it will dry up altogether (laughs). A skeleton will come out of the bathhouse!
Tatyana : - I love you, but I can’t do it now - there’s a metal structure in my leg. Until April 2, I abstain from baths.
— If you have a day free from training, performances and other activities, how do you spend it? What is your ideal day off?
Tatyana : – The main thing for us is to get enough sleep. And spend the whole day with the children, take a walk, go to children's centers.
Alexey : - I adore dogs, we have two of them at home - the Yorkshire terrier Varya and the beagle Asti. I love walking with them.
Tatyana : – Varya is already 9.5 years old, she is trained. Asti will turn one year old in May, she is still very bad and ill-mannered (laughs). But everything is in progress, after a while she will go to a dog school so as not to damage the property (laughs).
– Have you thought about what you will do, say, in 10-15 years? Maybe there are plans to open your own figure skating school or stage your own show?
Alexey : - No!
Tatyana : – Definitely not your own show. In ten years we will have had our fill of figure skating. In general, it’s better not to make any plans, to live for today, because tomorrow may not exist.
– What is your eldest daughter Lisa doing now?
Tatyana : – Studying at school. Before lunch he studies in English, after lunch he studies the Unified State Examination program. Then she either takes a French elective or dances in the Todes group. She is busy from seven in the morning to six in the evening, working like a bee. But she doesn't like skates. We put her on skates, but we didn’t see any desire or ability.
Alexey : – For us, education comes first. An educated, intelligent person is useful always and everywhere. And the athlete... Well, we were lucky, we became Olympic champions. But many people don’t succeed. And when you start playing sports more professionally, you push everything else into the background. That's why we choose education for both of our daughters.
Tatyana Totmyanina and Maxim Marinin, 2006 Olympics
Tatyana : – In our time, parents sent me to sports also because it was one of the few ways to be different from everyone else; there was an opportunity to travel outside the country, to see something besides the Soviet Union. And now all doors are open. You just need to be a very smart person with knowledge of many languages so that you can remain communicative anywhere in the world.
– Your wish to all our readers.
Alexey : – Always in a positive mood! This is a factor in all your future victories. Smile more often not only at yourself, but also at those around you.
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Alexey Yagudin now
In June 2021, the Olympic champion found himself at the center of a scandal and gained a reputation as a racist and homophobe. A Twitter comment from gay activist and minority rights activist Adam Rippon about a donation to a fund to help black transgender people sounded extremely harsh:
“When will you die. Earth's mistake."
Later, the Russian deleted the publication, but Rippon did not leave it unanswered and, on behalf of Alexey, transferred another $1 thousand to the fund. The Russian figure skater had to apologize for his words.
In September 2021, Alexey, together with Alina Zagitova, opened the new season of “Ice Age” as hosts.
And in 2021, Alexey’s track record was expanded with the “I’m Almost Famous” project. Together with Yagudin, Zhanna Badoeva and Nikolai Tsiskaridze were invited to evaluate the talents of the participants. The host of the show was singer and showman Sergei Minaev.
Daughter of Alexei Yagudin - Elizaveta Yagudina
The couple's first daughter was born in November 2009. The girl is very smart and has been accustomed to independence since childhood. Due to the fact that both parents are engaged in their careers, she constantly had to be with nannies, although, of course, loving parents tried to devote the maximum amount of time to the baby. When the couple begins touring, Lisa lives in France with her grandmother, where she went to kindergarten and went to first grade. The daughter of Alexei Yagudin, Elizaveta Yagudina, already knows French well, can easily communicate with peers and convey her thoughts. She lives in the suburbs of Paris, where her parents bought a small house.
Achievements
- 1996 - World Junior Champion
- 1997 - Bronze medalist of the Russian Championship
- 1997 - Bronze medalist of the World Championship
- 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002 - World Champion
- 1998, 1999, 2002 - European Champion
- 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 - Silver medalist of the Russian Championship
- 1999, 2002 - Winner of the Final Stage of the Grand Prix
- 2000, 2001 - Silver medalist of the European Championship
- 2001 - Silver medalist of the World Championship
- 2001 - Silver medalist of the Final stage of the Grand Prix
- 2002 - Olympic champion
