Elena Chaikovskaya is a legendary figure skating coach. The world community knows her as an honored coach of the USSR and Russia, a master of sports and an outstanding professor at GITIS. In addition, she was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Russia. She is a famous figure skater who won the title of champion of the USSR in single skating, and an actress.
Family of E. A. Tchaikovsky
In 1939, a daughter, Elena, was born into the Osipov family of theatergoers. The father of the newborn girl was Anatoly Sergeevich Osipov. He was a member of the troupe at the Mossovet Theatre. The mother, Tatyana Mikhailovna, who bore the surname Golman, had German roots. She worked as an actress in the same theater as Elena Anatolyevna's father.
From an early age, Elena Chaikovskaya began to learn acting skills. The life of children of theatergoers often takes place behind the scenes. Parents-actors often took little Lena to rehearsals. She knew the roles of some artists by heart.
After the war, A. S. Osipovoffered to star with her daughter in the film "Machine 22-12". This was the girl's first significant step towards a career as an artist. However, fate decreed otherwise.
The path to sports
The second important occupation of Lena Osipova was sports. True, it, unlike the theater, which naturally merged into the life of a child of actors, was originally a forced measure. During the war years, the German origin of Elena's mother did not go unnoticed by the Soviet authorities. She, along with her daughter, after the outbreak of hostilities, like many Russified Germans, was expelled from the capital.
Throughout the war, Tatyana Mikhailovna and Elena lived in a remote Kazakh village. The harsh life greatly undermined Lena's he alth. Upon her return to Moscow, she was shown to doctors, who, during the examination, revealed a serious lung disease. It was this illness that caused Elena Chaikovskaya to start figure skating.
Doctors recommended Lena to be outdoors more, especially in winter. Anatoly Sergeevich took his daughter to the skating rink at the Young Pioneers Stadium. From there began the rise of an outstanding figure skating star and an amazing coach.
The life of a schoolgirl closed in a simple triangle: school classes - theatrical backstage - a skating rink. Over time, figure skating rose to its peak, leading Elena to incredible success. The young figure skater has repeatedly become the winner of the Russian championships in single skating. In 1957, Tchaikovskaya Elena Anatolyevna beat all her rivals at the USSR Championship.
Student life of Elena Tchaikovsky
The girl received her higher education at GITIS, studying at the choreographer's faculty along with famous dancers. Rostislav Zakharov, the legendary artist of the Soviet Union, after talking with a girl, decided to experiment - training the first choreographer capable of creating performances on ice.
Studying at GITIS took Elena all the time, so she left the big sport. Thanks to the perseverance and full dedication of the student, the results of the experiment turned out to be brilliant. Subsequently, GITIS will create a faculty for the training of ice choreographers involved in the training of athletes in figure skaters' schools. This faculty is still headed by professor and brilliant coach Elena Chaikovskaya.
Coaching
More than 50 figure skaters, trained by Elena Anatolyevna, have become outstanding masters of sports of international class. Her first students, Tatyana Tarasova and Georgy Proskurin, stopped a step away from champion titles. Tatyana Anatolyevna, having received a serious injury, could no longer go on the ice. After parting with big sports, she went to coaching. T. A. Tarasova raised many great figure skaters.
The first titled athletes brought up by Elena Anatolyevna were Lyudmila Pakhomova and Alexander Gorshkov. They, together with the coach, managed to create a unique Russian style of ice dancing. In 1976, the couple climbed to the top step of the podium, winning the title of "Olympic champions".
To the nextOlympiad Chaikovskaya Elena Anatolyevna prepared one more champions, Natalia Linichuk and Gennady Karponosov. They conquered the jury with a completely new style and style of ice skating. In addition, Tchaikovskaya was able to bring up outstanding masters of single skating. Her student Vladimir Kovalev managed to win the title of European and world champion, get a silver medal at the 1976 Olympics.
Vladimir Kotin four times became the silver medalist of Europe. He has competed at the World Championships and the Olympics. His bright performances to this day are imitated by many single skaters. Now the outstanding figure skater works at the school created by Elena Chaikovskaya, he is her close assistant.
She took under her wing Maria Butyrskaya, a single skater labeled "loser". After working out for a year with the great coach, the athlete won first place at the European Championships. And then luck smiled at her at the World Cup. Maria won gold.
Moscow School "Tchaikovskaya's Horse"
The great figure skater Elena Chaikovskaya, whose biography is a great role model, created an amazing school where amazing champions grow up. Two bright stars of figure skating were released from its walls: Yulia Soldatova and Kristina Oblasova.
It's not just Russian athletes who learn ice skating within the walls of the school. Polish, Lithuanian and Italian figure skaters come here. Its doors are open to CIS athletes. Margarita Drobiazko and Povilas became bronze medalists of the European and World ChampionshipsVanagas playing for Lithuania.
