Kashkarov Yuri Biography

Interview Olympic champion Yuri Kashkarov: “We are proud of our exclusive family! Both people are strong -willed and accustomed to win. Can ambitiousness be an obstacle to family happiness? Yuri Kashkarov and Oksana Kazakova are sure: no! But for a long time he had his own Olympic Company, and I had his own. So communication was at the level of "Hello" and "so far." But the trip to Sochi changed everything to the next master class.

Yuri had to fly there - unlike me. And suddenly SMS suddenly comes from him: "I'm going too." Like a polite person, I could not help but answer! I sent a short "cheers" in response. And this is the very “Hurray” inspired by Yuri Fedorovich clearly perceived in his own way. As a guide to action. And he began active courtship already in Sochi. And I, the girl, really liked it. Over time, I got used to turning to others only “you” - even to those who are much younger.

Why with patronymic? When we just started to communicate, age and these noble gray-haired ones were somehow more striking. And you, the famous biathlete, are friends with skates? We played hockey in childhood, for example? But ... without skates. I grew up in Khanty-Mansiysk, the skating rink was there on the other side of the city. The puck was driven only in the yard - and in felt boots.

The situation has changed when I had already hit 50, playing hockey in our country has become fashionable. And even more so the wife - constantly on ice. Somehow it became uncomfortable to lag behind her ... When he got used to skates, he dared to join the hockey team. Then in the Soviet Union hockey and figure skating all watched. When Rodnina and Zaitsev performed, the streets were empty.

And we also gathered with the whole big family at a black and white TV-with a colored film glued to the screen. But in the post -perestroika years, I cooled to figure skating and hockey broadcasts. The fact is that the skaters, the acting biathlete, seemed to be glamorous guys - everything on the ice looked so easily and simple. Moreover, dancing came to the forefront in figure skating, I did not count them for the sport at all!

Is the business we, the biathletes, with our difficult training ... - Oksana, and your attitude in the school years to ski and shooting? The most unpleasant children's memory. In our school in Petrogradka in the winter we made dual physical education lessons so that we “ride in the fresh air” longer. And here you are, hungry, tired, drag with these skis, sticks ... and to this day I do not approach them!

The most difficult and numerous elements, and even at frantic speed ... - O. is rooting for ours and the Frenchman Fourcade. And he can confidently say before the start of whether this or that athlete will be successfully performed or not. Hold on the manner before the start. Everything is visible in the palm of your hand - a person is relaxed, confident in his abilities or clamped ...

- a delicate question: how did your daughter from a previous marriage perceive the appearance of a new person in the family? Until I had a frank conversation with Ksenia, I could not decide on a new family. Another fundamental nuance was the expectation while Yuri Fedorovich would make a divorce from his previous wife. I was afraid of my husband’s decisive meeting with my parents.

Dad is a military man, a man of strict principles. And my mother, at one time, having learned that I had an affair with a married man, the father of three children, in general cut off: “Forget it! And we are also proud that we have an absolutely exclusive family. From the Olympic Champions in various sports. They specially found out: there are definitely no analogues.

Sometimes, whatever one may say, family disputes arise? But both are used to win! Over the years, the general opinion is used to develop ... - O. The Golden Olympic medal has both my husband, but Yuri Fedorovich also five -time world champion! And when we suddenly argue in mutual excitement, I immediately say: “All-all, you're right. You are five times!

Oksana Kazakova, in turn, won Olympic gold in the year at the Games in Japanese Nagano. I was always easy to climb. Unlike Oksana. Waking her early in the morning is more expensive for yourself!