Irina Slutskaya, figure skater
Irina Slutskaya is a Russian figure skater, Honored Master of Sports. Now she is a presenter of sports news on Channel One. She achieved extraordinary results in her sports career. You know, she is a silver medalist of the 2002 Olympic Games, bronze medalist of the 2006 Olympic Games, two-time world champion (2002, 2005). By the way, Irina is the first single skater in history to become a seven-time European champion. Also she is a four-time Grand Prix Final Champion and a four-time Russian National Champion.
At the moment she is the chairman of the presidium of the Voluntary Physical Culture Union, the deputy of the Moscow regional Duma.
Pretty girl was born on February 9, 1979 in Moscow, Soviet Union. Her father worked as a teacher in college, and her mother was an engineer at the car factory before retirement.
Ira was a weak child, and her mother decided to strengthen her daughter’s health by involving her in sports. At the age of four the future Olympic champion began to skate.
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