1. Elena Tchaikovskaia
We all know that sport is a
life. Everyone has a feasibility
to be fit and live longer. And I
know it. I really like sports,
especially figure skating. I've
been training for 3 years and I
have the third sports category.
And the beginning of
all this is by one
person who inspired
me to do this sport.
It is a Russian
figure skating
coach and
choreographer
Elena
Anatolyevna
Tchaikovskaia.

2. Elena
Tchaikovskaia was
born in December
30, 1939 in
Moscow in a
family of theatre
actors. Her father
worked in
Mossovet Theatre.
Since childhood she was prepared to become
an actress, even starred with her father
Anatoly Osipov in several Soviet films, such as
Schastlivyy reys, for instance.

3. She had unhealthy lungs, so her
father took her to the ice rink,
believing skating would help her to
improve her health. In 1957 she
became a Soviet champion in single
skating. In 1960 she finished her
sports career and started working as
a choreographer and later as a coach.
Since 1997 she has taken over as a
Russian Olympic committee's head
coach. She also coaches the national
figure skating team.

4. In 2014 Sochi will host
the Winter Olympic
Games. One of the main
sports there will be
figure skating and Elena
Tchaikovskaia coaches
the most famous and best
Russian figure skaters,
who will represent our
country. I am sure that
they will perform the
best skating programs
and win these games.

5. I live in Strogino, it’s situated in the north-west of Moscow. I have always
dreamed of taking up figure skating, but before we didn’t have any sports
centers and there were no ice palaces there. But in 2010 a large sports
center in our area was built, mainly for ice skating activities. And now there
is a school of figure skating "A Skate of Tchaikovskaia" in this center. Here
is also a small shop where you can see some of her trophies and her famous
fur hat.

6. Elena Tchaikovskaia is famous for her ice dancing pairs. However in 2007, she stated that she
personally thought that single skating was far more important and difficult. She is more involved
in single skating now, though she says that she may return to ice dancing someday.
She wrote several books about training of figure skaters, for example, “Konek Udachi” (Eng. "A
Skate of Luck"), which was published in 1994. In 2007, a documentary about her was released in
Russia entitled "Her Ice Majesty. Elena Tchaikovskaia."

7. Now I’m training in her skating school and I
believe that I have chosen the right sport.
I’m very grateful to Elena
Anatolyevna for having
inspired me to take up
this sport!