Irina Konstantinovna Rodnina is a former Soviet figure skater who won 10 consecutive world championships and 3 Olympic gold medals in pairs figure skating with two different partners, Alexei Ulanov and Alexander Zaitsev. As a child, Rodnina suffered from pneumonia 11 times before her parents enrolled her in figure skating at age 6 to improve her health. She trained at the Children and Youth Sports School of CSKA in Moscow from age 13 onward.