Reports that the skater warned the leadership of the Federation about this figure skating skating Russia back in April 2017. The figure skater's mother shared this news with the news agency:
“Julia informed the leadership of the federation about her plans to end her career back in April, immediately after returning from Europe, where she underwent a three-month 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 payroll of the national team.”
Sports experts who shared their assumptions with TASS about 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, Yulia has struggled hard with overweight, she, as her mother emphasized, even had to undergo treatment for anorexia.
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Recall 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 championship of Russia, Yulia took only 9th place, without even joining the national team, in 2016, at the Russian championship, Lipnitskaya could only reach 7th place, joining the national team as a spare. The pre-Olympic season, some tournaments of which the skater missed 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 the rehabilitation, Yulia significantly gained weight, which many fans did not fail to reproach the skater. “VKontakte” to one of the critics, the skater answered this way: “Irina, it seems like an adult woman, but you are 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, they got it already. Have a conscience. Should I now weigh 37 kilograms all my life to please you? Lost weight already, that's enough, ”wrote the skater.
Julia 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 recovers and finds herself in something else. Julia, good luck to you!
A little girl in a red dress easily takes off and falls on 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 experts will say: not a performance, but some kind of effect of the 25th frame. Don't take your eyes off Lipnitskaya.
The youngest single skater who became the Olympic champion in the team event. Tight lips. Sly squint. Fragile but strong. The whole country loved her like that. And here is some unexpected news: Yulia Lipnitskaya is leaving the sport.
The TASS agency quotes the words of the mother of the figure skater Yulia Lipnitskaya: “Julia informed the leadership of the federation about her plans to end her career back in April, immediately after returning from Europe, where she underwent a three-month treatment for anorexia.”
Before that, there was no talk about such details of Yulia's life. Lipnitskaya, although she did not often give interviews, but if she spoke with journalists, then she was quite open. She told, for example, about the transitional age and, quite the contrary, the fight against excess weight.
“I used to think that the phrase “getting better from the air” is just such a turn of speech, but what happened to me is best reflected by these words,” the athlete said in an interview with Sports.ru.
Last year, again, she did not hide why she missed the Russian Championship in December - an injury, she slipped on the street. However, failures began immediately after Sochi. Ninth place in the Russian Championship, did not qualify for the European Championship. Then Yulia does not go on the ice for almost a year. Returns in October 2015 during a tournament in Finland. Whether she leaves or not, this time Yulia 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 already. A person who would like to return would have already returned,” says coach Tatyana Tarasova.
Tatyana Tarasova believes that fame came to Yulia too early. As a teenager, she took the "gold" of the European Championship, the "silver" of the World Championship, "shot" at the Olympics in Sochi. Then there are the problems of growth, which only hinder growth in sports. Coach Alexei Mishin has a different version: perhaps Yulia asked too much high bar and in the end just tired.
“I came to the rink and realized that I couldn’t skate anymore. These are the states of the human soul," he says.
Alexei Mishin is the coach of Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, once one of Lipnitskaya's main rivals. Tuktamysheva is called a child prodigy in figure skating. From the age of 12, she masterfully and easily performs triple jumps of any complexity. There are enough strong young skaters in Russia today, and again, 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 is very clearly and confidently taken 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 Julia decided to change her coach. Passed on to Alexei Urmanov. Moved from Moscow to Sochi. Looking for myself. Perhaps the end of a career is a continuation of the search, suggest in the Figure Skating Federation.
“Maybe they 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 weighty than a cup, a medal or a figurine - people's love.
Yulia Vyacheslavovna Lipnitskaya - Russian figure skater, participant in figure skating competitions at Olympic Games ah in Sochi (2014), who 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 foresight of her own fate.
Mom raised the child alone, as her father left her before the birth of her daughter. Daniela Leonidovna brought the baby to a local school in the Lokomotiv Sports School. The first coaches of Yulia - Elena Levkovets and Marina Voitsekhovskaya - not only became the idols and the best teachers of the girl, 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, did not even suspect what successes the little daughter would achieve in the near future. After all, initially the goal was to improve the health of the girl and do something useful and exciting.
Six years later, the Moscow stage of the biography of Yulia Lipnitskaya began. The athlete moved to Moscow with her mother. The reason for the move was big hopes, which were assigned to the skater. Everything that could be taught to Yulia in Yekaterinburg, she learned.
The girl was assigned to the Moscow SDYUSSHOR No. 37. Yulia got into a group with a famous one that trains athletes in single skating. Igor Pashkevich also helped in the preparation of the young athlete.
Figure skating
Yulia has by nature incredible flexibility and good stretch. It was these qualities that allowed Lipnitskaya to perform the most difficult elements that adults and experienced athletes have been perfecting for years. By the end of 2009, the skater could perform all triple jumps perfectly.
In the 2009-2010 season, the figure skater took part in the Russian championship and entered the top five winners. The next season, in which Yulia took part already as an adult athlete, became a landmark for her too: the girl took 4th place.
In 2011-2012, the Russian woman visited the Grand Prix, which was held in Poland, and won it. After that, Julia began to win only prizes. And already in Italy, the skater again took the gold. Then there was a victory in Canada, where Yulia showed herself worthy and managed to significantly outperform 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 in this championship. The next step was the victory at the World Junior Championships. Lipnitskaya was able to win gold medal and get ahead of the famous American, who was predicted to win.
Julia began to prepare for the Olympics in Sochi in advance. The first was the victory in the 2012-2013 season in the tournament, which was held in Finland. After that, the athlete achieved victory in China and in France already in adult competitions.
The victory in Paris became a double for the skater: Lipnitskaya was able not only to win gold, but also to get the maximum level. But Julia did not compete in the Grand Prix final. The young athlete was injured, due to which she could not 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 did the skater manage to take the fifth position in the Russian Championship. It was the first outing after the injury. After this tournament, the stellar period of the biography of Yulia Lipnitskaya began, the athlete again began to take prizes.
The World Championship turned out to be a prize for the skater. Julia won silver in Milan. Of course, after the injuries that the athlete received, she needed some time to rehabilitate. 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 placed second due to a small mistake she made in her program.
A landmark victory for the athlete can be called gold at the European Championships in 2014. The figure skater not only received a gold medal, but also outstripped her main competitors by quite a large number of points. The girl skated the program perfectly and deserved to win. It is noteworthy that in this championship, Yulia's rivals were experienced colleagues who won prizes more than once. At the European Championships in 2014, the girl turned out to be 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 there are falls. Mom for a skater is the most important and main person, which Yulia has repeatedly spoken about in her own interviews.
Olympics in Sochi
The fact that Yulia Lipnitskaya will 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 competition 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 national figure skating team. The girl performed very difficult elements in the performance and received all possible bonuses. To date, Yulia Lipnitskaya is the youngest Olympic champion in the country.
In February 2014, it became known that Yulia Lipnitskaya was awarded the title of Honored Master of Sports of the Russian Federation. This event was a great incentive for the athlete, when in the same month the girl took part in the women's short program figure skating competition. 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, since.
On February 20, 2014, the decisive rental took place - a free program. Yulia Lipnitskaya performed to the music of the legendary film Schindler's List. 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. That Olympics was unconditionally won by Adeline, 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 ahead.
After the Olympics
After the Olympics in Sochi, Yulia Lipnitskaya did not rest on her laurels. The skater started the next season at the Grand Prix stage in China, where she skated short program and became a leader. But, unfortunately, the next day after the success, an unfortunate fall happened: the girl's free program failed. In total, the athlete managed to gain a foothold in 2nd place.
The accumulated fatigue was the cause of an unfortunate defeat in Barcelona and Russia. At home, the girl, according to the results of the free program, was in 5th position and was not included in the team for the European Championship.
Yulia Lipnitskaya started the new season at the Finlandia Trophy, where she was able to take 2nd place. Two weeks later, in the American Milwaukee, the Russian woman got 6th place at the stage of the Skate America Grand Prix series. At the national championship, luck turned away from Yulia again: the girl ended up in the middle of the table. Yulia was included in the Russian national team as a substitute.
In November 2015, Yulia Lipnitskaya changed her coach Eteri Tutberidze, Alexey Urmanov undertook to prepare the athlete for further competitions. Training took place in Sochi.
No matter how dark and light stripes alternate in sports biography this beautiful figure skater, Yulia, of course, should have had a bright future. Not only Russian fans of the girl were sure of this, but also foreign fans of the figure skater's sports talent. For example, The Guardian wrote about the abilities of Yulia Lipnitskaya. The publication called the girl an unusually gifted figure skater and a rising star, who overshadowed even the famous with her skating.
However, after the Olympics, the figure skater's star began to gradually fade away.
Personal life
With the move to Sochi, where the athlete is now training under the guidance of Alexei Urmanov, there have been changes in Yulia Lipnitskaya's personal life. The girl escaped from the custody of her mother 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 relax.
17-year-old Julia spent time with her colleague Vladislav Tarasenko when he came to Sochi. According to media reports, the young athlete also dreams of changing the place of training and moving to a southern city.
At the end of 2015, information also appeared on the Web about the romance of a young figure skater with an athlete Maurice Kvitelashvili. Yulia was introduced to a young man by a friend - a figure skater, world champion in 2015.
While training in Sochi, Yulia Lipnitskaya mastered the makeup technique, having graduated from the Make-up ART Stylish beauty school. This skill is necessary for professional skaters to prepare for competitions on their own.
At home, the athlete lives the cat Chop and Spitz Peach, who was presented to the girl by fans. Lipnitskaya also does not miss the opportunity to ride horses - the athlete loves devoted animals since childhood.
Julia Lipnitskaya today
In early 2016, Lipnitskaya took part in the Russian Championship, where she took third place, in February 2016, Yulia received silver in the Russian Cup final, held in the city of Saransk. Luck smiled at the skater in March 2016. Yulia Lipnitskaya won the 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 performance of the Russian woman was not entirely successful. Received for the short program maximum amount 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 worsened. Because of pain the figure skater skated the program at the Rostelecom Cup, held in autumn in Moscow, with a long stop, as a result of which she lost points and became the twelfth in the list of participants. The collective decision was made to suspend sports career Julia to restore health.
In the spring of 2017, new photos of the girl appeared in Lipnitskaya's closed account on Instagram, in which it was clearly noticeable that the girl had grown fat. Rumors about Julia's pregnancy began to spread on the Web. In the comments, the girl categorically rejected the speculation of the fans. As it turned out later, the skater gained weight after treatment.
On August 28, 2017, the athlete's mother announced that Yulia Lipnitskaya. The 19-year-old figure skater made this difficult decision immediately upon arrival from Europe, where the girl was undergoing treatment for anorexia.
The famous figure skater commented last news about Lipnitskaya's decision, stating that there must be good reasons for this. In support of Yulia's choice, coach Alexei Mishin and figure skater Evgeni Plushenko spoke out, who do not lose confidence that the athlete will return to big sport with new forces.
Now Yulia Lipnitskaya, together with her mother, is arranging 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 - the winner of the final of the junior Grand Prix
- 2012 - World Junior Champion
- 2012, 2014 – silver medalist championships of Russia
- 2014 - European champion
- 2014 - World Championship silver medalist
- 2014 - Olympic champion
- 2013 - silver medalist of the Grand Prix final
The end of the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea's Pyeongchang forced society to remember the stars Winter Olympics in Sochi 2014. The parallel between the athletes is drawn primarily in figure skating, where last season, as in this one, quite young girls, not ready for life's difficulties, rose to the podium. In particular, Olympic champion 2018 Alina Zagitova is compared with the sensational 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 skaters 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 fate of the figure skater.
Julia became famous for her performance technique and the ability to present the image - director Steven Spielberg personally thanked her for her skating to the music from Schindler's List, because the young skater simply gave the image of a girl in a red coat new life. After the Olympics, titles and regalia, invitations to interviews and talk shows simply rained down on Yulia, and the 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 can suffer a similar fate.
Yulia Lipnitskaya - how was the fate of the figure skater
Julia, after winning the 2014 Olympics, got on the covers of the world's largest publications, they wanted to name her in her honor new ice rink, street, house, she was just like hot cakes and was invited to the most significant social events in the country. There was almost no time left for training - Yulia lost her form and professionalism, which made her coach very angry. Tutberidze is known for her exactingness towards her wards and always makes them 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 Championship, she took only 9th place, and because of this she was not included in the national team at the European Championship.
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 kind of “star” you are, you will always go out if you don’t continue to strive for perfection. The relationship between the coach and the ward was also spoiled by Yulia's parents, who often interfered in training and reproached the coach for being too demanding on the young champion.
In November 2015, Lipnitskaya changed her coach, choosing Alexei Urmanov as her mentors. At that time, Tutberidze was already coaching Lipnitskaya's competitors - the young Medvedev and Zagitova, and Urmanov was the only one who was ready to deal with the exceptional Yulia.
In 2016, Julia suddenly scored excess weight, because of which she sat on the very strict diet- after the Olympics, she did not make any high achievements in sports. As a result, the girl brought herself to anorexia - doctors began to seriously worry about her health.
Yulia announced the end of her sports career in the summer of 2017. She openly admitted that the ice no longer attracts her, which means that she simply will not rape herself. The decision was surprised by figure skating experts, who saw great potential in Yulia. Many said that Lipnitskaya was simply too lazy to study further, while others were sympathetic to the girl who was simply broken by the sudden glory that fell on her head.
Julia Lipnitskaya - where is she now
At the end of 2017, it became known that Lipnitskaya was not going to completely say goodbye to ice - she was opening her own Figure Skating Academy. Yulia's partners were well-known Russian figure skaters Elena Ilyinykh and Maxim Miroshkin.
"Dear friends! We invite you to the Ilinykh-Lipnitskaya Champions Academy. 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 post on the network, the first training camp will be held in the Tver region in March.
By the way, Lipnitskaya's fans, who have been worrying about their favorite for a long time, finally breathed a sigh of relief - the latest photos on social networks indicate that the girl is completely satisfied with life, because she looks just fine.
