Svetlana Masterkova is a renowned Russian athlete who became the Olympic champion in the 800m race. What is interesting about her biography and the personal life of an athlete?
Biography of Masterkova
Svetlana was born in the small town of Achinsk in the Krasnoyarsk Territory on January 17, 1968. From the very birth, the girl was characterized by fullness of the body. Therefore, she was very constantly teased by her peers and did not want to be friends. The parents were imbued with this problem of the child and sent Svetlana to the athletics section.
The girl's results weren't impressive at first. But the first coach Masterkova saw great potential in her and began to train hard. This immediately helped Svetlana not only cope with excess weight, but significantly improve her personal performance in running.
At this moment, the girl is offered to move to live in Moscow in order to continue to train and participate in competitions. Svetlana goes to the capital and immediately shows a high result. She becomes the champion of Russia in running at a distance of 800 m. This allows her to try her luck at the 1991 World Cup in Japan. There she performs unsuccessfully and takes only 8th place. But on the other hand, he gains experience and makes a big step forward to new victories.
Then Masterkova took several prizes at international competitions, but in 1993 she moved to live in Spain and stopped training for a while.
Two years later, Svetlana resumes her career as an athlete and immediately goes to the Olympic Games in Atlanta. These competitions are considered the peak of the career of an outstanding athlete. She first wins at a distance of 800 meters, and a few days later adds gold to her piggy bank at a distance of 1500 meters. No one expected such success from her. At the end of the year, Masterkova becomes the best athlete in Russia.
Then there were not very successful years in her career. But Svetlana was able to recover from her injuries and regained her optimal shape. This allowed her to become European champion in 1999 and world champion in the same season. But on this, Masterkova's successes in big sports ended, and in 2003 she announced the end of her career.
In addition to sports, Svetlana always devoted a lot of time to her education. She successfully graduated from the Moscow Humanitarian Institute, as well as the Pedagogical University of the capital.
After completing her career, Masterkova has been working as a sports commentator on television for several years. Then she heads the Moscow Palace of Children's Sports. But after a series of scandals, he leaves his post in 2012.
Then Svetlana becomes a deputy of the Tagansky District of Moscow and joins the United Russia party.
The personal life of the athlete
Svetlana devoted a lot of time to her sports career, so she rarely thought about her personal life. But in 1993 she met the cyclist Asyat Saitov, with whom she immediately fell in love. These feelings were reciprocal, and a year later the young people enter into a legal marriage.
And already in 1995 they had a child, daughter Anastasia. Since then, there have been no changes in the athlete's personal life. She is still happy with her husband and is waiting to finally become a grandmother.
