Nataliya Ischenko

Natalia Ishchenko is a Russian athlete, one of the main stars of the national and Olympic synchronized swimming teams. During her career, the synchronized swimmer became the world champion 19 times, conquered the top of the European championship 12 times and climbed to the top step of the Olympic podium five times. She is the only female athlete in the history of European Championships to have won all four events in one tournament.

Natalia was born in the city of Smolensk, but she considers Kaliningrad to be her home, where the future champion spent her childhood and early youth. The girl was five years old when her mother took her daughter to the Yunost sports complex, which produced many professional athletes. At first, Ishchenko was engaged in two disciplines at once - rhythmic gymnastics and synchronized swimming.

Then, at the age of nine, after her parents divorced, she began to spend more time in the pool and gym than at home. Then it became clear that sports for her could be not just a hobby, but a future profession. Natasha had to make a difficult choice between a gymnastic carpet and a swimming pool.

The girl stopped at synchronized swimming. First of all, there Natasha was supported by honored Kaliningrad coaches Svetlana Ustyugova, Lada Stepanovich and Lyudmila Mizina. In addition, it turned out that Ishchenko's body itself seemed to be designed for water sports.

The girl's lung capacity is approximately 6.5 liters, which is almost three times that of the average person. Thanks to this, the synchronized swimmer is able to easily hold her breath underwater for at least 3.5 minutes.

When Natalya Ishchenko turned 14, the girl was noticed by the leaders of the Moscow Olympic Center for Water Sports, which trains future champions in synchronized swimming, diving, speed swimming and other types of competitions. Later Natalya entered and graduated from the Immanuel Kant Russian State University in Kaliningrad.

The first big competition where Natalia Ishchenko's talent was revealed was the European Championship in Madrid, Spain. There, a young synchronized swimmer won the first medal in the adult championship. A successful start led to the fact that today 19 gold and 2 silver awards of the world championships, which she brought from Montreal and Melbourne, Rome and Shanghai, Yokohama, Chanshu and Kazan, have gathered in the athlete's piggy bank.

The girl also won the European Championships in Budapest, Eindhoven and London. Highlighted in the Ishchenko career in 2010. She has set a record by winning all kinds of disciplines that are played in synchronized swimming - combination, group, solo and duet. The girl herself believes that she is comfortable performing alone in a solo program, since she does not need to follow the actions of her partner.

However, experts highly appreciate the duet performances of the athlete with her team colleague Svetlana Romashina. At the 2012 London Olympics, the synchronized water dance took the pair to the main rung of sports Olympus. Moreover, Natalya demonstrated a victorious performance, being unhealthy: the day before she caught a cold and entered the pool with a temperature of 38 degrees.

Sports fans from Russia hoped that Ishchenko would help win new awards for the Russian team at the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil. And the girls completed the program to the maximum, winning gold in group and duet competitions. Natalia Ishchenko became a five-time Olympic champion.

2010 in the life of Natalia Ishchenko became a landmark, not only because she set a record in Budapest, winning everything that was possible. At the same time, she also changed her marital status, getting married in mid-December. Sergei Anikin became the chosen one of the synchronized swimmer. He is also an athlete, a silver medalist at the European Diving Championships. After completing his career he took up entrepreneurship.

Together with his wife, Sergei opened a school for the preparation of future champions "START!"

The future spouses met in the 10th grade at school. Over time, the couple's relationship moved to a new level and eventually grew into a family.

And three years after the wedding, Natalya and Sergey became parents: a son was born, who was named Semyon. Surprisingly, Ishchenko did not interrupt training in the pool until the last months of pregnancy. Perhaps this helped the young mother to quickly recuperate and return to big sports. According to the synchronized swimmer, the girl and her husband are planning to send the child to sports, but in which one, let Semyon choose.

After the birth of her son, Natasha won another Olympic medal. The girl's husband did not go to the competition: the man traditionally watched the broadcast on TV.

Thousands of subscribers on the Instagram social network watch the life and career of a synchronized swimmer. The girl regularly shares personal and work photos with followers.

In their free time, the family loves to travel or spend time with friends outside the city. Natalia is also a good cook. The girl herself prepares casseroles, pancakes, yoghurts. The synchronized swimmer tries to eat correctly, which she also teaches her beloved son.

Natalia Ishchenko on training days could only be seen in tracksuits. But later the champion admitted that she looks different on the weekend: the girl loves dresses and heels.

In 2017, the athlete's career biography made a new round. In April, the girl was appointed to the post of interim deputy chairman of the government of the Kaliningrad region. Natalya began to supervise agencies for sports and youth affairs. Since it is problematic to combine such a position and synchronized swimming, Ischenko decided to end her sports career.

Already in October of the same year, the governor of the Kaliningrad region signed an order on the appointment of Natalya Ishchenko to the post of deputy chairman of the government of the Kaliningrad region.

In April 2018, a total dictation took place. In Kaliningrad, the athlete tried herself as a dictator.

From 2 to 4 June Kaliningrad became one of the venues for the event called "Media Expedition". The goal of this international company is to bring together young leaders in television, photo and radio journalism. 10 bloggers from different countries became participants. Young people have created a media guide for foreign fans.

On June 3, Natalya Ishchenko met with the project participants and in an interview shared that she was glad to be the ambassador of the World Cup and a part of this important event for the country.

2004 - European Championships in Madrid, silver 2005 - World Championships in Montreal, gold 2006 - European Championships in Budapest, gold 2007 - World Championships in Melbourne, gold 2008 - European Championships in Eindhoven, silver 2008 - Olympic Games in Beijing, gold 2009 - World Championship in Rome, gold 2010 - European Championship in Budapest, gold 2011 - World Championship in Shanghai, gold 2012 - European Championship in Eindhoven, gold 2012 - Olympic Games in London, gold 2015 - World Championship in Kazan, gold 2016 - European Championship in London, gold 2016 - Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, gold

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