Ekaterina Gordeeva

About

Russian figure skater who skated with her husband Sergei Grinkov. Together, they were the 1988 and 1994 Olympic Champions. They were also 4-time World Champions in pair skating. 

Before Fame

She started so young that she had to wear multiple pairs of socks to fit the oversized skates. 

Trivia

Grinkov died from a heart attack in 1995 and she became a widow at the young age of twenty-four. Her skating fame has earned her more than 50,000 followers on Instagram. 

Family Life

She had her first daughter Daria with Grinkov in 1992. She then married Olympic gold medalist Ilia Kulik in 2002 and had a second daughter with him named Liza. 

Associated With

American Nancy Kerrigan also competed at the 1994 Olympics, taking home the silver medal.