Vita Semerenko is a famous Ukrainian biathlete from a small Ukrainian town. Today she is 32 years old, she is married. Her zodiac sign is Capricorn. The height of the girl is 162 centimeters. A successful athlete, modest, calm and reserved.
Biography of Vita Semerenko
Our heroine was born in January 1986 in the town of Krasnopolye (Ukraine, Sumy region). The girl's family was simple and poor. Parents worked all their lives for the good of their children. Mom and dad raised Vita and Valya Semerenko (twins), as well as their older sister Oksana.
From an early age, these children had little entertainment. In a small Krasnopolye, in addition to studying at school, it was possible to attend several sports sections: football or cross-country skiing. After graduating from 6 classes, the twins signed up for cross-country skiing. At first, the mother was against it and dissuaded her daughters, as she considered this sport to be traumatic for them. However, they insisted on their own and decided to take it seriously. So, the biographies of Vita and Valya Semerenko were closely intertwined from an early age. They had the same hobbies, they likedone music, the girls have always been as one.
From the very first skiing lessons, the coach praised Valya, because, unlike her sister, she felt more confident and could develop greater speed for a beginner.
The further fate of Vita
After several years of playing sports, Vita Semerenko went to try her hand at biathlon. Such advice was given to her by the first coach in cross-country skiing - Grigory Shamray. The man saw great potential in her and decided that the girl could be realized there.
After receiving a school certificate, our heroine entered one of the universities in the city of Sumy. There she studied philology. Despite the fact that this education had nothing to do with sports, she enjoyed the learning process immensely.
Biathlon
The very first and major achievement in Vita Semerenko's sports career was her participation in the World Youth Championship, which was held in Finland. Then, in 2005, the girl returned to her homeland with two silver medals. After that, our heroine trained more hard and hoped for a more serious prize at the 20th Olympic Games. Despite this, the girl did not take part in these competitions. At that time, her sister Valya went to Italy. She also took biathlon seriously after school and decided to dedicate her whole life to this sport.
In the summer of 2006, Vita Semerenko went to Ufa, where the World Championship was held. There she washer sister's main competitor. Valentina won two silvers, while Vita brought home a silver and a bronze. The following year, the sisters brought four awards each. They reached the finish line, holding hands, trying to convey to the audience that for them kinship is much higher than any victories and medals. However, no one canceled the work of the jury, and they recorded Vita first on the winning line.
2006 - 2007 - the most successful and eventful years in the girls' sports career. It was then that Vita Semerenko became one of the best biathletes in the world. In 2008, the Semerenko sisters shared an honorable second place in competitions in Sweden.
Won silver at the 2014 Olympics.
Vita's personal life
After the 2014 Olympics, our heroine told everyone that she wanted to take time out from the sport due to he alth problems. As it became known soon, she was pregnant. Before that, she had already been married for 9 years. Her husband was a former footballer from Yavor. The young couple had a son, whom they named Marc-Andre. Vita considers cooking and embroidery to be her hobbies. Also in her free time, she takes care of her son, devotes herself to her husband and family hearth. The girl loves to watch figure skating on TV with her husband.
A few years after the birth of her son, photos of Vita Semerenko appeared on the Internet and many well-known publications with the message that she was returning to big sport again. Despite the heavy load that the body experiences during childbirth, Vita quickly returned to shape. Her weight todayis 55 kg, and the height is 162 cm. To return to the ranks again, as the athlete herself says, she was scared, but the support of her family helped. In 2017, our heroine won several medals. In 2018, she performed in the single mixed doubles. Now Semerenko is undergoing thorough preparations for the next competition, from where he plans to return with at least a bronze medal.
