Svetlana Boginskaya - one of the mostartistic, graceful athletes of the world and just a beautiful woman. Her skill and achievements admire many fans of this sport all over the world. And what is the famous Belarusian gymnast doing today?
Svetlana Boginskaya: biography
Born in Minsk 09.02.1973.Since childhood, Svetlana grew up harmful, withdrawn and persistent child. Constant complaints to the girl in the kindergarten prompted her mother, Anna Danilovna, to direct the child’s energy in the right direction, and at the age of 4 she took her to gymnastics. The girl was not taken due to age. Then there was figure skating, Sveta was accepted, but she was not trained for long.
One day, going to the gym of the local school, a girlI saw bars. The child's heart stopped and she told her mother that she wanted to become just a gymnast. Mom did her best to arrange Light in the sports section. The girl began to change eyes. From the age of 6 she was engaged in gymnastics professionally. In those years, a new star was lit on the sports sky - Svetlana Boginskaya. The gymnast will more than once prove to the whole world that she has come to this sport seriously and for a long time.
First achievements
Her first coach was Love Savina.Daily classes began, junior competitions and the first medals won. At the age of 14, for her conscientious work and success, Boginskaya Svetlana got into the national team of the USSR. In 1987 in Rotterdam, she received her first adult medal - it was bronze in exercises on a log.
At the age of 15 she first participated in the OlympicsSeoul These competitions brought 4 medals to her piggy bank: 2 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze. Her achievements at this Olympics did not appreciate the country, and the coach of Boginskaya, Lyubov Maksimovna Miromanova, committed suicide because of such an injustice to the athlete.
Olympic awards
На этом достижения великой спортсменки не ended, she stubbornly walked forward. In 1989, the first places were taken at the World Championships in Stuttgart and three times at the European Championship. In Athens, in all disciplines Boginskaya Svetlana took all the first places. In 1992 she conquered the Olympics in Barcelona, took the gold in command.
После Барселонской Олимпиады Светлана сделала a break in his career and resumed it only in 1995 as part of the national team of Belarus. Preparation for the European Championship began, and for her work, Boginskaya received a well-deserved second place.
In the life of Boginskaya was the third Olympiad in Atlanta, in which she received only 5 prizes and 6 in the team standings of the national team of Belarus.
Japanese groom
When the gymnast was only 18 years old, behind hercourting the Japanese from the kind of founders of Suzuki Motor Corporation. Arriving in Minsk, he presented Svetlana with an expensive piece of jewelry worth $ 4,000, indicating to her this amount on a piece of paper.
The second time he came with an offer to choosecar, and a year later - with a wedding ring and a marriage contract. They spoke different languages, he was not at all in her taste, so further relations did not develop. Svetlana Boginskaya - gymnast, for which at that time in the first place was the sport.
Life in America
After the Barcelona Olympics, the heroine of our articleleft her homeland and left for permanent residence in Houston, USA. In America, Boginskaya Svetlana met her future husband, William. Three months after they met, William made a beautiful marriage proposal in Paris on the Eiffel Tower. Svetlana accepted the ring, but refused to marry. They still live in a civil marriage!
A few years later, the athlete appeared onthe light of her firstborn - daughter Anna. After 5 years, Boginskaya gave her husband a son, Brandon. The children of the spouses did not go to the big sport and only occasionally, but with pleasure they play golf on weekends.
In America, you can not work, so BoginskayaSvetlana and her husband went into business. I must say, they do it. The family lives comfortably and at a good level by American standards. Svetlana has her own gymnastics shop, but this does not prevent her from working with children. She is the organizer of training camps for young gymnasts. From May to September, she travels around several states to work with children. In each city, rents a comfortable room and invites deserved coaches. A week-long training of one young gymnast brings up to $ 1,000 to the family budget. It is worth noting that about 100 people participate in the same camp.
Уильям долгое время проработал в кадровом agency. He helped oil companies select suitable candidates. His income was variable, and everything depended on the number of people arranged. Therefore, he decided to quit and go into the restaurant business. Why the restaurant? The offer came from a close friend of William, who had a good profile experience, but had no initial capital. They opened a gourmet pizza chain. Svetlana loves to help her husband in the pizzeria. If one of the workers is sick, then she comes out and is happy to work at the cashier or waiter.
Minsk holidays
In 2013, for the first time in 15 years, Boginskaya flew to her homeland in Minsk. Here lives her mother, her brother Igor and nephews. Every day she walked through her native streets, recalled her childhood.
Now Boginskaya is an American low-key business woman and a legendary athlete who was included in the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2005!
