Reports that the skater warned the Federation leadership about this figure skating skating in Russia back in April 2017. The figure skater’s mother shared this news with the news agency:
“Yulia informed the leadership of the federation about her plans to end her career back in April, immediately after returning from Europe, where she underwent three months of treatment for anorexia.”
“We are grateful to the Telesport company for helping Yulia at this difficult moment. I note that now she lives only on an Olympic scholarship. She does not receive a salary from the federation, although she is on the national team’s payroll.”
Sports experts, who shared with TASS their assumptions regarding the reasons for Yulia’s departure from sports, believe that this is due to a series of failures that haunted Yulia, as well as health problems. In the last couple of years, Julia has been intensely struggling with overweight, she, as her mother emphasized, even had to undergo treatment for anorexia.
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Let us remember that in 2014 Yulia became the youngest Olympic champion in team tournament. Despite the failure in the individual tournament, Lipnitskaya, who took fifth place at the Sochi Olympics, became the most talked about figure skater of the Games and the favorite of Russian figure skating fans. However, already in 2015, fortune turned away from Yulia: at the post-Olympic Russian Championship, Yulia took only 9th place, without even joining the national team; in 2016, at the Russian Championship, Lipnitskaya was only able to reach 7th place, joining the national team as a spare. The pre-Olympic season, in which the figure skater missed some tournaments due to an aggravated injury, also turned out to be very unsuccessful. In December, Yulia fell on the way from training and was unable to go to the Russian Championship.
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During her rehabilitation, Yulia gained significant weight, which many fans did not fail to reproach the skater for. On VKontakte, the figure skater responded to one of the critics like this: “Irina, it seems like an adult woman, but you’re talking complete nonsense... don’t you want to take care of your life? And in general, it concerns everyone. I don’t have any pregnancies, I’m sick of it already. Have a conscience. Do I now have to weigh 37 kilograms my whole life just to please you? I’ve already lost weight, that’s enough,” the figure skater wrote.
Yulia realized that she was not able to repeat her previous achievements in sports, and therefore decided to end her career.
We are very sorry that we will never see Yulia on the ice again. We hope the girl gets better and finds herself in something else. Julia, good luck to you!
A little girl in a red dress easily flies up and down onto the ice to the tune from the movie “Schindler’s List.” The next day she will receive a letter of gratitude personally from director Spielberg for the created image. And the experts will say: not a performance, but some kind of effect of the 25th frame. You can’t take your eyes off Lipnitskaya.
The youngest single skater to become an Olympic champion in the team event. Tightly compressed lips. A sly squint. Fragile but strong. The whole country loved her like that. And here's some unexpected news: Yulia Lipnitskaya is leaving the sport.
The TASS agency quotes the mother of figure skater Yulia Lipnitskaya: “Yulia informed the leadership of the federation about her plans to end her career back in April, immediately after returning from Europe, where she underwent three months of treatment for anorexia.”
There had been no conversation about such details of Yulina’s life before. Lipnitskaya, although she did not often give interviews, when she communicated with journalists, it was quite open. She talked, for example, about adolescence and just the opposite - the fight against excess weight.
“I used to think that the phrase “you get better from the air” is just such a turn of phrase, but what happened to me is best reflected by these words,” the athlete said in an interview with the Sports.ru portal.
Last year, again, she didn’t hide why she missed the Russian Championship in December - she was injured, she slipped on the street. However, failures began immediately after Sochi. Ninth place at the Russian Championship, did not qualify for the European Championship. Then Yulia doesn’t go on the ice for almost a year. Returns in October 2015 during a tournament in Finland. Whether she’s leaving or not, this time Julia herself is in no hurry to explain.
“She has not yet come to the Federation, she has not yet said that she is leaving, although I have not seen her for a very long time. A person who would like to return, he would have already returned,” says coach Tatyana Tarasova.
Tatyana Tarasova believes that fame came to Yulia too early. As a teenager, she took gold at the European Championships, silver at the World Championships, and made a big splash at the Olympics in Sochi. Then there are growing problems, which only hinder growth in sports. Coach Alexei Mishin has a different version: perhaps Yulia asked too much high bar and in the end I just got tired.
“I came to the skating rink and realized that I couldn’t skate anymore. These are the states of a person’s soul,” he says.
Alexey Mishin is the coach of Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, once one of Lipnitskaya’s main rivals. Tuktamysheva is called a figure skating prodigy. Since the age of 12, she has masterfully and easily performed triple jumps of any complexity. There are enough strong young figure skaters in Russia today, and again, there is competition that is not easy to withstand.
"Women's single skating remains the strongest in Russia. We have a very strong position. Following Yulia, Liza Tuktamysheva became the world champion. And now the leadership has very clearly and confidently been seized by Evgenia Medvedeva, who has already become two-time champion world,” says coach Ilya Averbukh.
Medvedeva is a pupil of Eteri Tuberidze. It was this coach who once led Lipnitskaya to victory in Sochi. Then Yulia decided to change her coach. Moved to Alexey Urmanov. Moved from Moscow to Sochi. I was looking for myself. Perhaps ending a career is a continuation of the search, the Figure Skating Federation suggests.
“Or maybe they will want to study? And at 19 it's not too late to start. So I started coaching at the age of 19,” says Tatyana Tarasova.
Whatever Yulia Lipnitskaya decides, her victory is unique. After the Olympics, the figure skater won something more significant than a cup, medal or statuette - people's love.
Yulia Vyacheslavovna Lipnitskaya is a Russian figure skater, participant in figure skating competitions Olympic Games ah in Sochi (2014), received the title of champion in the team composition. Honored Master of Sports of the Russian Federation (2014).
Russian figure skating star, Olympic champion Yulia Lipnitskaya was born on June 5, 1998 in Yekaterinburg. The young athlete began her career when she was barely 4 years old. IN early childhood, not being able to pronounce words well, the girl called herself “Olympic” instead of “Lipnitskaya,” which later turned out to be a kind of prediction of her own fate.
The mother raised the child alone, since the father left her before the birth of her daughter. Daniela Leonidovna brought the baby to the local school at the Lokomotiv Sports and Youth Sports School. Yulia’s first coaches, Elena Levkovets and Marina Voitsekhovskaya, not only became the girl’s idols and best teachers, but also gave her the opportunity to continue her journey in one of the most beautiful sports.
Mom Daniela Leonidovna, who chose for her daughter exactly figure skating, I didn’t even suspect what success my little daughter would achieve in the near future. After all, the initial goal was to improve the girl’s health and do something useful and exciting.
Six years later, the Moscow stage of the biography of Yulia Lipnitskaya began. The athlete and her mother moved to Moscow. The reason for the move was high hopes, which were assigned to the skater. She learned everything that Yulia could be taught in Yekaterinburg.
The girl was assigned to the Moscow Sports School No. 37. Julia ended up in a group with a famous one, which trains athletes in single skating. Igor Pashkevich also helped in preparing the young athlete.
Figure skating
Yulia has incredible flexibility by nature and good stretch. It was these qualities that allowed Lipnitskaya to perform the most complex elements that adult and experienced athletes have been honing for years. By the end of 2009, the skater could perform all triple jumps “excellently”.
In the 2009-2010 season, the figure skater took part in the Russian Championship and was among the top five winners. The next season, in which Yulia took part as an adult athlete, also became significant for her: the girl took 4th place.
In 2011-2012, the Russian woman attended the Grand Prix, which took place in Poland, and won it. After that, Julia began to win only prizes. And already in Italy, the figure skater again took gold. Then there was a victory in Canada, where Yulia showed herself worthy and managed to significantly get ahead of her main rival.
Soon the Russian figure skater went to the Russian Championship with the main goal - to win. Julia succeeded. The athlete deservedly received silver at this championship. The next step was winning the World Junior Championships. Lipnitskaya was able to win gold medal and get ahead of the famous American, who was predicted to win.
Yulia began preparing for the Olympics in Sochi in advance. The first was the victory in the 2012-2013 season in the tournament, which took place in Finland. After this, the athlete achieved victory in China and in France at adult competitions.
The victory in Paris was double for the skater: Lipnitskaya was able to not only win gold, but also get the maximum level. But Yulia did not compete in the Grand Prix final. The young athlete received an injury due to which she was unable to go on the ice. The girl missed not only the final, but also the Russian Figure Skating Championship in 2013.
Only in the second half of the 2012-2013 season was the figure skater able to take fifth position at the Russian Championships. This was the first time out after the injury. After this tournament, the stellar period of Yulia Lipnitskaya’s biography began, the athlete again began to take prizes.
The World Championship turned out to be a prize for the figure skater. Julia won silver in Milan. Of course, after the injuries the athlete received, she needed some time for rehabilitation. But Lipnitskaya quickly regained her strength and entered the Olympic season again as a winner.
Competitions in Finland, which took place in the 2013-2014 season, brought Yulia victory. Canada, Grand Prix - a new victory. In the Grand Prix final, Lipnitskaya took second place due to a small mistake she made in her program.
The athlete’s landmark victory was the gold at the European Championships in 2014. The figure skater not only received a gold medal, but was also quite ahead of her main competitors. large number points. The girl skated the program perfectly and deserved the victory. It is noteworthy that at this championship Yulia’s opponents were experienced colleagues who had won prizes more than once. At the European Championships in 2014, the girl was the youngest.
Young Lipnitskaya receives strong support from her mother, who accompanies the athlete at all competitions. They are together when Julia wins and when she falls. For a figure skater, a mother is the most important and important person, as Yulia has repeatedly said in her own interviews.
Olympics in Sochi
The fact that Yulia Lipnitskaya would represent her country at the Olympics in Sochi was quite expected. The girl managed to achieve results that some athletes can only dream of. Lipnitskaya was the main hope of the Russian figure skating team.
IN team competitions in figure skating, which took place on February 6, 8 and 9 in Sochi, Yulia Lipnitskaya became the Olympic champion. She won and skated both programs perfectly. It was Lipnitskaya who won the most points, which helped the Russian figure skating team. The girl performed very difficult elements in the performance and received all possible bonuses. To date, Yulia Lipnitskaya is the country’s youngest Olympic champion.
In February 2014, it became known that Yulia Lipnitskaya was awarded the title of Honored Master of Sports of the Russian Federation. This event became an excellent incentive for the athlete, when in the same month the girl took part in the short program competition in women's figure skating. Russia was represented by two figure skaters - 15-year-old Yulia Lipnitskaya and 17-year-old. After the short program, Yulia Lipnitskaya took fifth place, as.
On February 20, 2014, the decisive skate took place - the free program. Yulia Lipnitskaya performed to the music of the legendary film “Schindler’s List”. The athlete completed perfect jumps and unique spins, but a few moments before the final the skater fell.
As a result, the 15-year-old athlete showed the fifth result in the sum of both programs. Adelina unconditionally won that Olympics, giving Russia the first gold in modern history female single skating.
Yulia Lipnitskaya, who managed to achieve incredible success, is a very young girl. Therefore, fans and fans of figure skating were sure that more than one Olympics awaited Lipnitskaya.
After the Olympics
After the Olympics in Sochi, Yulia Lipnitskaya did not rest on her laurels. The skater began the next season at the Grand Prix stage in China, where she skated short program and became a leader. But, unfortunately, the day after the success, an unfortunate fall occurred: the girl’s free program failed. In total, the athlete managed to gain a foothold in 2nd place.
Accumulated fatigue turned out to be the reason for the disappointing defeats in Barcelona and Russia. At home, the girl ended up in 5th position following the results of her free program and was not included in the team for the European Championships.
Yulia Lipnitskaya started the new season at the Finnish “Finlandia Trophy”, where she was able to take 2nd place. Two weeks later in Milwaukee, America, the Russian woman took 6th place at the Skate America Grand Prix series stage. At the national championship, luck turned against Yulia again: the girl ended up in the middle of the table. Yulia was included in the Russian national team as a reserve.
In November 2015, Yulia Lipnitskaya replaced coach Eteri Tutberidze, and Alexey Urmanov took over to prepare the athlete for further competitions. The training took place in Sochi.
No matter how dark and light stripes alternate in sports biography this beautiful figure skater, Yulia undoubtedly had a bright future. Not only the girl’s Russian fans were sure of this, but also foreign fans of the figure skater’s athletic talent. For example, The Guardian wrote about Yulia Lipnitskaya’s abilities. The publication called the girl an unusually gifted figure skater and a rising star, who overshadowed even the famous figure skater with her skating.
However, after the Olympics, the figure skater’s star began to gradually fade.
Personal life
With the move to Sochi, where the athlete now trains under the leadership of Alexey Urmanov, changes have also emerged in the personal life of Yulia Lipnitskaya. The girl escaped from her mother’s care and, as can be seen from the photographs on the page in “ Instagram“, now he has time not only to prepare for further games, but also to rest.
17-year-old Yulia spent time with her colleague Vladislav Tarasenko when he came to Sochi. According to media reports, the young athlete also dreams of changing his training location and moving to a southern city.
At the end of 2015, information also appeared on the Internet about the young figure skater’s affair with the athlete Maurice Kvitelashvili. Yulia was introduced to the young man by a friend, a figure skater and 2015 world champion.
While training in Sochi, Yulia Lipnitskaya mastered the technique of makeup artistry, graduating from the Make-up ART Stylish beauty school. This skill is necessary for professional figure skaters to independently prepare for competitions.
At home, the athlete has a cat, Chop, and a spitz, Peach, who was given to the girl by her fans. Lipnitskaya also does not miss the opportunity to ride horses - the athlete has loved loyal animals since childhood.
Yulia Lipnitskaya today
At the beginning of 2016, Lipnitskaya performed at the Russian Championship, where she took third place; in February 2016, Yulia received silver in the final of the Russian Cup, held in the city of Saransk. Luck smiled on the skater in March 2016. Yulia Lipnitskaya won a gold medal in Innsbruck, Austria, at the Tyrol Cup.
But then an annoying dark streak followed again. In the pre-Olympic season in Bratislava at the Nepela Memorial, the Russian’s performance was not entirely successful. Having received for the short program maximum quantity points, the skater completed free program with blots. As a result, the girl took 2nd place.
In October, it became known that Yulia Lipnitskaya would not take part in the Grand Prix series in Chicago: the girl’s old back injury had worsened. For the reason pain the skater skated her program at the Rostelecom Cup, held in the fall in Moscow, with a long stop, as a result of which she lost points and became twelfth on the list of participants. It was collectively decided to suspend sports career Julia to restore her health.
In the spring of 2017, new photos of the girl appeared on Lipnitskaya’s closed Instagram account, in which it was clearly noticeable that the girl had gained weight. Rumors about Julia's pregnancy began to spread on the Internet. In the comments, the girl categorically rejected the fans' speculations. As it turned out later, the skater gained weight after treatment.
On August 28, 2017, the athlete’s mother reported that Yulia Lipnitskaya. The 19-year-old figure skater made this difficult decision immediately upon arriving from Europe, where the girl was undergoing treatment for anorexia.
The famous figure skater commented latest news about Lipnitskaya’s decision, saying that there must be good reasons for this. Coach Alexei Mishin and figure skater Evgeni Plushenko spoke in support of Yulia’s choice, and do not lose confidence that the athlete will return to big sport with new strength.
Now Yulia Lipnitskaya, together with her mother, is organizing a new apartment in the south-west of Moscow in the Rasskazovo residential complex, which the athlete received as a gift from the founders of the Sezar Group holding.
Achievements
- 2011 – winner of the Junior Grand Prix final
- 2012 – world champion among juniors
- 2012, 2014 – silver medalist Russian championships
- 2014 - European champion
- 2014 - silver medalist at the World Championships
- 2014 - Olympic champion
- 2013 - silver medalist of the Grand Prix final
The completion of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, made society remember the stars Winter Olympics in Sochi 2014. The parallel between athletes is drawn primarily in figure skating, where last season, as well as this season, quite young girls who were not ready for life’s difficulties climbed to the podium. In particular, Olympic champion 2018 Alina Zagitova is compared to the sensational one in history domestic sports figure skater Yulia Lipnitskaya.
In 2014, Yulia performed fantastically at the Olympics and, like Zagitova, was considered the youngest participant in the games - she was only 15. Yulia practically led the figure skating team to the gold medal, earning the maximum number of points during her performances. Lipnitskaya, like the current champions, was the ward of coach Eteri Tutberidze, which also influenced the future fate of the skater.
Julia became famous for her performance technique and ability to present an image - director Steven Spielberg personally thanked her for her skating to the music from Schindler's List, because the young figure skater simply gave the image of a girl in a red coat new life. After the Olympics, titles and regalia simply rained down on Yulia, invitations to interviews and talk shows, and journalists did not give the girl a pass - this was the decisive fact in Lipnitskaya’s future fate. Now society is very worried about Alina Zagitova, who may suffer a similar fate.
Yulia Lipnitskaya - what happened to the figure skater
After winning the 2014 Olympics, Julia appeared on the covers of the world's largest publications; they wanted to name her in her honor. new skating rink, street, house, she was simply in great demand and was invited to the most significant social events in the country. There was almost no time left for training - Yulia was losing shape and professionalism, which made her coach very angry. Tutberidze is known for being demanding of her students and always forces them to work on themselves as much as possible - after the Olympics, Yulia greatly disappointed her mentor with her inattentive attitude towards sports. At the 2015 Russian Championships, she took only 9th place, and because of this she was not included in the team at the European Championships.
According to the coach, the Olympics very often breaks young athletes who suddenly begin to believe in their success and think that nothing more is required of them. At the same time, no matter what “star” you are, you will always go out if you do not continue to strive for perfection. The relationship between coach and ward was also spoiled by Yulia’s parents, who often interfered in training and reproached the coach for being too demanding of the young champion.
In November 2015, Lipnitskaya changed her coach, choosing Alexey Urmanov as her mentor. At that time, Tutberidze was already training Lipnitskaya’s competitors - young Medvedeva and Zagitova, and Urmanov was the only one who was ready to deal with the exceptional Yulia.
In 2016, Julia suddenly dialed overweight, which is why I sat down on the very strict diet— after the Olympics, she never made any great achievements in sports. As a result, the girl drove herself to anorexia - doctors began to seriously worry about her health.
Julia announced her retirement from her sports career in the summer of 2017. She openly admitted that ice no longer attracted her, which means she simply would not force herself. Figure skating experts, who saw great potential in Yulia, were surprised by the decision. Many said that Lipnitskaya was simply too lazy to continue studying, while others were sympathetic to the girl who was simply broken by the sudden fame that fell on her head.
Yulia Lipnitskaya - where is she now
At the end of 2017, it became known that Lipnitskaya was not going to completely say goodbye to the ice - she was opening her own Figure Skating Academy. Famous Russian figure skaters Elena Ilyinykh and Maxim Miroshkin became Yulia’s partners.
“Dear friends! We invite you to the Ilinykh-Lipnitskaya Academy of Champions. We will be glad to see you at our training camps and master classes,” Yulia wrote on Vkontakte.
The main office of the school is located in Moscow, and training camps and master classes will be held in different cities Russia. As follows from the online post, the first training camp will be held in the Tver region in March.
By the way, Lipnitskaya’s fans, who had been worried about their favorite for a long time, finally breathed a sigh of relief - the latest photos in social networks they say that the girl is completely happy with life, because she looks just great.
