Anna Pogorilaya is a top skater

After leaving from the big sport of Irina Slutskaya in the Russian women's figure skating, a period of timelessness has come. The best result of domestic athletes became hits in the top ten, they did not even dream about more.

But gradually, and at the same time, unexpectedly, the domestic coaches prepared a whole galaxy of insanely talented young figure skaters. In 15-16 years they began to take one title after another, for some years rewriting the statistics of the national sport. One of the brightest stars of this generation is Anna Pogorilaya. The figure-skater already became the prize-winner of the World championship, the European superiority. Ahead - victory at the Olympics.

Childhood, the beginning

To achieve serious success, figure skating should be started from early childhood. Anna Pogorilaya came to this choice at the age of 4 years. She herself came, as her mother could not decide for a long time where to give her daughter. The decisive word was left for Anya, and the Pogorilyh family did not fail.

The first school of figure skating for Ani was the "Constellation" rink. She was trained in Anna Kharchenko's group.

One of the main events in Anna's life was the opening of a specialized complex for skaters. At the same time, young coach Anna Tsareva started her career. So I met my head coach Anna Pogorilaya in my life. The figure skater has been working with the young mentor for more than 10 years.

The girl worked slowly and methodically in conditions of crazy competition. One and a half hours in the morning, the same evening. This was a hard time limit for training on the rink. There were many prospective athletes, and time was written down literally in seconds. At first, Anna seemed to be hiding behind the backs of more brightly launched contemporaries. Sotnikova, Tokhtamysheva - these athletes began to perform stronger and were considered the main potential stars. To that and physical data is not what Anna Pogorilaya can boast of. Her height is 167 cm. For a single female figure skating, this is a little too high.

Breakthrough

The first years Anna Pogorilaya did not stand out among her contemporaries. The figure skater was several times in the top three of the winners of the Moscow tournaments, a couple of times was selected for the Russian championship. A turning point for her was 2013. Almost by accident, she is sent to the Grand Prix stage in Zagreb. At that moment, there were simply no free skaters, and the choice fell on Anya. After receiving her chance, she used it with brilliance. Pogorilaya took the bronze, letting ahead only strong American women Young and Miller.

Not stopping at the achieved, it is in combat mode, on the move it develops new elements. Already in the finals of the Grand Prix, having performed a new cascade of jumps of lutz-sheepskin coat, she rolls back both parts of the program without gross mistakes and takes the third place.

Strengthens its success at the junior world championships, where Anna Pogorila plays for the first time. Figure skater in the spring of 2013 in a tough fight with other Russian women again takes bronze.

The pre-Olympic season 2013-2014 Anna Pogorilaya continues in the same spirit. The most beautiful victory comes to her at the Grand Prix stage in China. There she is ahead of the legendary Caroline Costner and Adeline Sotnikova. As a result, he seeks to participate in the finals of the Grand Prix in Fukuoka. Despite the sixth place, it was a serious success. It seemed, it was already seriously entrenched in the world elite.

A difficult Olympic year and a revival

All skaters have difficulties during the transition period due to the rapid restructuring of the body. Anna Pogorilaya did not escape this either. Age played with the skater a cruel joke in the Olympic year. She failed at the Russian Championship in Sochi, taking only the eighth place. A series of failures continued. Only in 2015, it begins to return to confidence. She takes the stage of the Grand Prix in Canada, passes to the final. There Pogorilaya is unsuccessful, left without prizes.

She again experiences difficulties in the Russian championship, skipping ahead and more young rivals. However, this time helps Anna Pogorila. Some of the rivals who avoided her, young age was not allowed to perform at the European Championships. From Russia goes and Anna Pogorilaya. It was a triumph of domestic women's skating. The whole pedestal was taken by Russian figure skaters. Only girlfriends on the team inferior Anya.

Even more consolidates his success Pogorilaya at the World Championships in Boston. This time it was necessary to fight and with American skaters, and they have at home. But, rolling back without any questions and a short, and arbitrary program, Anna Pogorilaya again takes a bronze medal, this time already of world dignity.

Anna Pogorilaya. Personal life

In the back of the young figure skater breathe even more young and athletes striving for victories. To keep up with the modern requirements, most of the time Anna devotes training. Thinking about the future life, she also receives higher education at the Institute of Physical Education.

With such a frantic rhythm of time, little is left for personal life. Anna communicates with her friends on the team. A close language, she said, she found with Elizaveta Tokhtamysheva, Elena Ilinykh. She likes Carolina Costner from foreign sportswomen. According to her, the great Italian is for her an example for imitation in the human plan.

Parents of Pogoriloy come from Ukraine. The passion for cooking is in her blood, and she likes to spend time cooking.

Today, Anna is 18 years old. Her skating comes out of the girlish category and gradually becomes feminine. Knowing her fighting nature, we can say that she will be able to overcome all the difficulties of growth and transition to another level.