Yulia Vyacheslavovna Lipnitskaya - Russian figure skater, participant in figure skating competitions at Olympic Games in Sochi (2014), who received the title of champion in the team composition. Honored Master of Sports of the Russian Federation (2014).
Russian asterisk figure skating, 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 figure skating for her daughter, did not even suspect what success her 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 a fairly 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 largest number points that 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 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 the short program and became the 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 performed a 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 renewed vigor.
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 of the championships of Russia
- 2014 - European champion
- 2014 - World Championship silver medalist
- 2014 - Olympic champion
- 2013 - silver medalist of the Grand Prix final
Became known the details of the life of Yulia Lipnitskaya after she became an Olympic champion.
At the 2018 Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, 15-year-old Alina Zagitova and 18-year-old Evgenia Medvedeva became the stars of women's single skating. And at the last Olympics in Sochi, the star was 15-year-old Yulia Lipnitskaya, who made the greatest contribution to the victory Russian team(20 points for the first two places). It is noteworthy that she, like Medvedev and Zagitova, was the ward of one of the best Russian coaches - .
What happened to the world famous athlete, who is now 19 years old? At the 2014 Sochi Olympics, Lipnitskaya became the team champion and the second-youngest figure skating Olympic champion in Winter Olympic history. IN short program tournament, she perfectly performed all the necessary elements and impressed with her unique stretch, which is characteristic only professional gymnasts and ballerinas.
The free program, which Lipnitskaya performed to the music from Schindler's List, glorified the skater all over the world. The director of the film, Steven Spielberg, wrote thanks to Julia for the fact that she was able to carry the image of a girl in a red coat (from the film) through the entire performance. After winning the team competition in Sochi, Lipnitskaya began the most difficult period - media pressure, increased attention, bordering on excitement.
It was no longer possible to live and train in peace. In honor of the champion, they wanted to name an ice rink, her photo was on the cover of the Times, she was begged to attend numerous social events and television shows. Coach Lipnitskaya admitted that during this period Yulia did not have a single correct workout, although it was then that she needed to hone her jumping technique.
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. " Now I understand why some athletes end their careers after the Games. People are just sucked, all of them are drawn out”, Yulia is quoted by elle.ru. By 2015, the relationship between the ward and her coach had deteriorated markedly. In the sports community, Eteri is known as a strict and demanding mentor who always puts high bar to their athletes.
To date, Tutberidze's uncompromising condition is the removal of parents from training children, since there is a negative experience with Yulia Lipnitskaya. In one of the interviews, she said that Yulia's mother actively interfered in her daughter's classes. 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.
Weight problems again made themselves felt in 2016 - Lipnitskaya gained extra pounds, which motivated the athlete to active weight loss. To lose weight, she went to extreme measures - she ate almost nothing. Outcome: anorexia. By 2017, the sports performance of the athlete began to deteriorate, and in August of that year, Lipnitskaya announced her retirement. A year later, on September 12, 2017, Yulia gave an interview in which she admitted: “ I am no longer drawn to the ice. That's the whole story". The athlete decided to try herself as a sports commentator.
However, recently it became known that Lipnitskaya decided to return to big sport again, but as a coach. On her Vkontakte page, she informed her subscribers about the opening of the Ilinykh-Lipnitskaya Figure Skating Academy.
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. In addition to Lipnitskaya, the 2014 Olympic champion Elena Ilyinykh and the silver medalist of the Winter Youth Olympic Games Maxim Miroshkin will act as coaches. Numerous sportswoman fans wish her good luck and believe in her new victories.
Commenting on the departure of the figure skater from sports, she noticed that the Olympic gold won in early age, could not influence her decision.
“Some people end their careers much earlier than without winning so many medals. Julia became the European champion, the silver medalist of the World Championship and the Olympic champion. Some athletes ride for decades and don't earn as many awards. She could leave the sport much earlier and live in peace. Sport is a short period of life. Everything else is life after a professional career.
The gold medal of the Olympics at an early age could not affect the end of Lipnitskaya's career. This is complete nonsense. Probably, Julia felt that she had exhausted herself psychologically and physically.
I wish her health and happiness. Can she become a coach now? It depends on how much she continues to love figure skating, ”Tutberidze said.
The famous Soviet figure skater, Olympic champion, honored coach of Russia noted that Lipnitskaya's departure would not affect the strength of the national team.
“Will Yulia’s departure be a big loss? In Russian sports today there are enough leaders in women's single skating.
There is no need to worry about the Russian team. Lipnitskaya, a worthy replacement is growing, ”
Vasiliev said.
Russian figure skater Oleg Ovsyannikov, who won silver at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, expressed the hope that Lipnitskaya would be able to find herself in life.
“It is a pity that Yulia ends her career in such a prime of life. At such an early age, Lipnitskaya won and the American Tara Lipinski, who became an actress after an early retirement from the sport. Let's hope that Julia will also find herself in life. Should Lipnitskaya stay in the sport as a coach? Hard to tell. I don’t know if she likes to act as a mentor, but coaching is very hard work. And in general, not all Olympic champions subsequently become good coaches. In any case, I would like to wish good luck to the now former athlete in any of her subsequent endeavors, ”said Ovsyannikov.
The Russian figure skater, world champion commented in detail on Lipnitskaya's departure from the sport.
- Will Yulia's departure be a big loss for figure skating?
Yulia has already done a lot for Russian sports. Everyone here has their own path. Someone, like a small star, lights up, but quickly goes out.
Although we now have a lot interesting athletes in women's figure skating. And Lipnitskaya probably already feels that she does not match her competitors for a place in the Russian team. Perhaps that is why she has matured such a decision, which can be called correct.
- Lipnitskaya became an Olympic champion at an early age. Could this somehow affect her psychological state?
— There are many such examples. She is not the first and not the last. For example, Oksana Baiul, who, unlike Lipnitskaya, won the Olympics not in a team, but in individual competitions, which is much more difficult. Or American Tara Lipinski. In general, there are such athletes who at a young age did something, and then bam - and they were gone.
Probably, indeed, an early championship is a complex psychological thing. After all, one must be able to withstand the fallen glory and force oneself to work further. And so it turns out that the figure skater reaches the main title in sports at a young age and he has nowhere to strive further.
- Was high-profile story associated with the departure of Lipnitskaya from her old coach Eteri Tutberidze - the mentor with whom the athlete won. Could this have influenced Julia's decision?
- Don't think. , to which the skater switched, is a very good specialist, who, on the contrary, tried to “pull out” her after a psychological failure.
Although Lipnitskaya's competitors in the Russian national team, the same, were trained by Tutberidze. And, probably, Julia might have thought that she was not paid enough attention, although she is an Olympic champion.
And, perhaps, the transition to Urmanov was the right move. Alexey could help Lipnitskaya. But in this situation, probably, the case when the athlete cannot force himself to work properly. Not a coach, but the athlete himself. Apparently, Julia just didn’t have enough character here.
Now Lipnitskaya is 19 years old. Can she start at that age? coaching career?
- You can become a coach at the age of 15 if you have a head on your shoulders and you want it. However, it is not a fact that Lipnitskaya will want to choose this path.
Julia can continue to perform in various shows. She made a big name for herself - after the Olympics in Sochi she is known and idolized by the whole country. I think that after the sport, Lipnitskaya will want to realize herself in something else. Like becoming an actress. She has everything for this.
A coaching- rather hard work, which is not always a creative process. Usually this is a tedious daily job, and Julia is unlikely to do it now.
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The legendary performance of the Russian figure skater at the Sochi Olympics in 2014 made the young athlete a real star. A fragile girl in a spectacular red suit performed incredible jumps and spins to the music from the movie Schindler's List.
The phenomenal talent of the fifteen-year-old figure skater captivated millions of viewers around the world. However, in 2017, the athlete announced the end of her sports career, which became the most discussed news in the sports community. In this article, we will find out why Yulia Lipnitskaya made such a decision. The latest news of 2017 details the decline of the figure skater's career, the difficulties and problems she had to face.
colossal stress
After a landmark performance at the Olympic Games, the athlete deservedly became the Olympic champion in team tournament. Yulia was personally congratulated by the President Russian Federation, and numerous sports fans made her the main heroine of the Olympics. An unprecedented fame fell upon the fifteen-year-old figure skater, millions of fans began to follow her career. The attention of the Russian and foreign press was riveted to every performance of the young talent, to every jump.
Having become a legend of the Sochi Olympics, Julia struggled to keep the bar high. However, mistakes and unsuccessful performances constantly haunted her. The athlete took each new failure very seriously and constantly worried because of the unjustified hopes of the fans.
In 2015, at the Russian Championship, a talented girl managed to take only 9th place. In the same year, at the Grand Prix, she also showed no best result, becoming only the fifth. Such results lead to the fact that Julia goes to another coach. Commenting on the latest news in 2017 that Yulia Lipnitskaya left the sport, many athletes consider the change of coach to be a turning point.
For a long time Lipnitskaya trained under the guidance of famous coach Eteri Tutberidze. However, the conflict between them has been brewing for a long time. The heavy psychological burden that Yulia faced after the Olympics required constant help and participation. Perhaps the coach could not pay enough attention to the champion, as she was preparing other members of the Russian national team.
In relation to Julia, the position of the coach was based on the continuation of hard work, despite the dizzying successes. Tutberidze demanded from the ward a high workload and mastering the skills that the young skater needed.
In 2015, the athlete moves to Alexei Urmanov, who is considered an excellent specialist. He pays a lot of attention to his ward, trying to help her cope with the psychological stress and restore peace of mind. At the same time, the intensity of training is slightly reduced. However, the change of coach did not help Yulia regain her former glory; at the Russian Championship in 2016, she took only 7th place. Exacerbated old injuries and new falls led to the fact that Lipnitskaya missed several significant competitions and the Russian championship in 2017.
Yulia Lipnitskaya, figure skater, d the laws of physiology
The phenomenon of Yulia Lipnitskaya, who won the hearts of millions of spectators with her performance, is not only in the skating technique. The inner fortitude, charisma and artistry helped the young skater to become a real star. After her triumphant victory, Julia faced many difficulties and obstacles that made it very difficult to advance in the profession. Thanks to her strong character, the champion struggled with circumstances for a long time, but at some point she gave up.
A feature of the female body is that at a certain age, body weight begins to increase. This is typical of almost all women, so nature prepares them for future motherhood. Fragile and slender figure skaters also have similar problems. At a certain age, they begin to gain weight and only help to keep in shape. strict diets and grueling workouts.
Starting in 2015, Julia began to rapidly gain weight, and this process was associated with hormonal changes in the body, and it was very difficult to influence it. The athlete began an active struggle with extra pounds, however, daily jogging and refusal to eat did not bring the desired result. Excess weight had a very strong effect on the performances of the girl, lightness and flexibility disappeared. It became difficult for Julia to perform incredible rotations, which became her hallmark.
Trying to regain her former shape, the skater began to severely limit her diet. However, this decision resulted in serious health problems. According to the latest news of 2017 about Yulia Lipnitskaya, the girl was diagnosed with a serious anorexia. The disease developed gradually, undermining the athlete's vitality and affecting her mental balance. Nutrient deficiencies lead to muscle weakness, making difficult jumps became almost impossible. At one of the performances, the famous figure skater was unable to complete the program, as her legs were cramped from constant hunger strikes.
Health problems led to the fact that Julia was forced to undergo treatment for anorexia. The girl spent three months in one of the European clinics, and upon returning home, she announced the end of her sports career. The main reason for this decision, according to the mother of the skater, was serious health problems. After the completion of the treatment, Yulia did not begin to lose the gained kilograms, tired of exhausting diets.
The news about the departure of the legend of the Sochi Olympics from the sport excited the entire sports community. Some athletes and coaches expressed their versions of what was happening, but it is impossible to deny the seriousness of the athlete's illness. Having gained weight, Julia will never be able to achieve phenomenal jumps and rotations, and it is impossible to constantly be in a state of anorexia.
Future plans
A talented athlete began to exercise figure skating from the age of four. The girl showed amazing abilities and flexibility early on, so the family had to move to Moscow to further develop her talent. Julia devoted most of her life to sports, so her decision to permanently abandon her favorite business surprised not only her fans.
Various comments regarding this incident upset Lipnitskaya very much. Some colleagues believe that Yulia simply did not have enough character for further development. Having become the youngest champion in the history of Russian figure skating, she stopped training at the proper level. The skater does not comment on such statements, but her efforts to return to their former positions speak for themselves. Julia did everything she could, but circumstances were stronger than her.
Nevertheless, the vast majority of fans and colleagues support the athlete, wishing her recovery. Julia has done quite a lot for domestic sports, has contributed to Olympic victory shining bright star. The latest news about Yulia Lipnitskaya highlights what the famous figure skater is doing now.
After completing her sports career, Julia is trying to learn how to live in an ordinary world, free from constant training and exciting performances. According to rumors, one of the companies involved in the restaurant business offered the girl to take a leadership position in one of the areas. The athlete has not yet reacted to this proposal, enjoying a free life without physical activity and diets.
Discussing appearance figure skaters, some netizens have spoken out about Yulia's possible pregnancy. However, this information turned out to be just rumors, as the athlete herself wrote on the social network. Lipnitskaya reacted quite sharply to the assumptions about her interesting position and said that she was not going to exhaust herself with diets for the pleasure of her fans anymore.
Considering the latest news about Yulia Lipnitskaya today, it should be noted that in 2017 the Olympic champion became the owner of her own apartment in the capital. For achievements at the Olympic Games, a representative of the construction company Sezar Group presented the girl with the keys to her own living space in the south-west of Moscow. Having learned that the Olympic champion dreams of acquiring an apartment, the company decided to give her a gift. This was a real surprise for the skater, who was sincerely delighted with the apartments in the new building.
The athlete was especially pleased with the location of the new housing. Julia loves nature very much and has been fond of equestrian sports since childhood, so a large forest area located next to the new apartment was a real surprise. The happy owner of her own living space notes with joy that she is already looking forward to long walks along the green alleys.
Currently, the skater is passionate about repairing and arranging her home. She wants to create a large, cozy space filled with light. According to Yulia, she always dreamed of having her own apartment, because after moving to the capital, she and her mother always had to rent a house. Many see the further career of an athlete in sports journalism or show business, perhaps she will choose coaching.
Yulia Lipnitskaya is a figure skater who won a gold medal at the Olympic Games in Sochi (2014) in team competition, performing on the ice to the music from Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List. In August 2017, she completed her career.The childhood of Yulia Lipnitskaya
The girl was born in Yekaterinburg. At four, her mother brought her to the skating rink and enrolled her in the figure skating section, namely, in the Lokomotiv Sports School, where Elena Levkovets became the girl's first coach.The upbringing lay on the shoulders of the mother, since Yulia's father did not live with them, and she never saw him. Due to the fact that with early childhood the little athlete took a lot of time to train, she did not attend school, but was at the so-called home schooling.
Being a naturally gifted child with an incredible stretch, Yulia almost immediately began to make progress, standing out among her figure skater peers. Her first coach is still watching how the sports career of her young pupil is developing, rejoices and worries about her.
The first successes of Yulia Lipnitskaya in figure skating
Since at twelve the skater showed more than excellent results, her mother decided to move to Moscow. Thanks to this, Yulia had the opportunity to work with the best coaches countries. Almost immediately it became clear that this decision was the right one. New coach girls, together with Sergei Dudakov, helped Lipnitskaya to fully reveal the talent of an extraordinary figure skater. Assistance in training was also provided by Igor Pashkevich.Yulia Lipnitskaya. Truth and fiction. In the studio Ilya Averbukh
In the 2009-10 season, Yulia was able to get to the fifth position at the national championship among juniors. A year later, she no longer competed among juniors, but with "adults" at the Russian Championship, where she immediately became fourth.
Yulia Lipnitskaya at international competitions
It is known that the ISU allows athletes to participate in international competitions juniors only from a certain age, which Yulia just reached in the 2011-12 season. The debut took place in Poland at the Junior Grand Prix, where the athlete immediately became the champion. She won both the stage in Italy and the final in Quebec.Surprisingly, the victory in the final was won by Julia in both the free program and the short program. Her main rival there was Polina Shelepen, who was seventeen points behind Lipnitskaya.
In 2012, at the national championship, the figure skater was third in the short program, but in free program won. Thus, as a result, she became silver medalist. In the same year, she won the junior championship of Russia. And again, her main rival was Shelepen, who was more than nine points behind Yulia and took second place.
Yulia Lipnitskaya told the truth about the apartment "gifted" to her
In the same year, the girl, having arrived at the World Junior Championships, stood on the highest step of the podium, leaving Gracie Gold behind. It turned out that in all international competitions in which Lipnitskaya took part, she won only first places.
Lipnitskaya preparing for the Olympics in Sochi
In Finland, the victory was again for Yulia. She participated in the Espoo tournament, which was held in Finland. Thus began the preparation of the athlete for her first Olympics. This was followed by victories in adult competitions, first in China, then in France. It was in France that Julia not only won, she managed to get the maximum level and all kinds of bonuses.With so many victories, the figure skater did not compete in the Grand Prix finals, the cause was an injury. She also had to miss the national championship in 2013. In the second season of 2012-13, the athlete took to the ice for the first time after an injury, taking part in the Russian Championship. On it, she became the fifth. After that, only victories followed again.
At the World Championships held in Milan, she stood on the second step of the podium. With such results, the skater approached the Olympic season.
Yulia Lipnitskaya at the Sochi Olympics
The very first performance of Yulia in the team competitions of the Sochi Olympics attracted the attention of the whole world to her. The girl won a brilliant victory, having skated the program perfectly twice. It was she who brought the most points to the team result. Unfortunately, the performance in individual competitions was not so successful. There Lipnitskaya became only fifth due to several falls. Nevertheless, in the history of the Olympics, she is the youngest champion, winner of a gold medal. She performed in the same team with such stars as Evgeni Plushenko, Maxim Trankov, Tatyana Volosozhar, Elena Ilinykh, Nikita Katsalapov and others.In the 2013-14 season, a talented figure skater took silver in the Grand Prix finals due to the fact that she made a blot in the program. But at the European Championships, the result was an indisputable victory, while Yulia turned out to be the youngest of the competitors.
Yulia Lipnitskaya: performance at the Olympics in Sochi
In February, she became the Honored Master of Sports. The girl began to prepare for the next Olympics, where, most likely, she could also become a champion in individual wrestling.
Personal life of Yulia Lipnitskaya
The main person in the world for Yulia is her mother, who has been her close friend all her life. She accompanies her daughter, sharing the joy of victories with her, she is there when rare defeats and injuries occur. More than once, the athlete said a lot of warm words about her mother.Julia Lipnitskaya now
In August 2017, information appeared in the press about the end of Yulia Lipnitskaya's sports career. As it turned out, the 18-year-old figure skater made this decision back in April. Reasons for leaving big sport Julia declined to comment. 
Yulia's losing streak began back in 2016, when she took only 7th place in the national championship. The following year, she did not get to the Russian Championship due to an injury that she received not while skating, but falling on the sidewalk. The girl had to miss the competition due to treatment. At the same time, according to her mother, she suffered from anorexia since 2014, which could not but affect sports failures.
