Ekaterina Gordeeva Net Worth 2024, Age, Height, Bio, Birthday, Wiki!

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Ekaterina Gordeeva Biography

Ekaterina Gordeeva is one of the most popular and richest Figure Skater who was born on May 28, 1971 in Moscow, Russia. Russian figure skater who skated with her husband Sergei Grinkov. Together, they were the 1988 and 1994 Olympic Champions.

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Often called “Katia,” Gordeeva was born in Moscow, Soviet Union (now Russia) to Elena Lvovna Gordeeva, a teletype operator for TASS, and Alexander Alexeyevich Gordeev, a dancer for the Alexandrov Song and Dance Ensemble. Gordeeva said, “[My father] worked with me on movement very often when I was little.” Gordeeva has a younger sister, Maria Alexandrovna Gordeeva (born 1975), who lives in Moscow.

Gordeeva began figure skating at age four, when she entered Children and Youth Sports School of CSKA Moscow. She wore multiple pairs of socks inside skates many sizes too big because skates small enough for her feet were unavailable in the Soviet Union. She was not a particularly strong jumper, and in August 1981, coach Vladimir Zaharov paired the 11-year-old Gordeeva with the 15-year-old Sergei Grinkov. Because Grinkov frequently missed practice, their coach eventually insisted that Gordeeva pair with someone else, but she refused. Instead, the pair changed coaches.

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.

NameEkaterina Gordeeva
First NameEkaterina
Last NameGordeeva
OccupationFigure Skater
BirthdayMay 28
Birth Year1971
Place of BirthMoscow
Home Town
Birth CountryRussia
Birth SignGemini
Full/Birth Name
ParentsElena Lvovna Gordeeva, Alexander Alexeyevich Gordeev
SiblingsMaria Alexandrovna Gordeeva
SpouseIlia Kulik , Sergei Grinkov
Children(s)Daria Sergeyevna Gordeeva-Grinkova, Elizaveta Kulik

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Gordeeva and Grinkov won almost every competition they entered. In the 31 competitions whose results are known at the senior and professional levels, they finished first 24 times and never lower than second place from the time they won their first senior world title. They are one of the few pair teams in history to successfully complete a quadruple twist lift in international competition. They landed the difficult element with ease at the 1987 World Championships. They also completed the element at the 1987 European Championships, but due to a problem with Grinkov’s boot strap and a misunderstanding about the rules (the referee signaled them to stop, going so far as to turn off their music, but they continued skating), they were disqualified from that event. They stopped performing the quad twist because it made no significant improvement to their marks, making the added physical stress unnecessary. Katia writes in her book, “My Sergei: A Love Story,” that this element raised her heart rate and blood pressure to levels that alarmed the Soviet team’s doctors. “That summer we had learned a very difficult move called the quadruple split twist,” she wrote, “in which Sergei threw me in the air, I did a split, then closed my legs and made four turns before he caught me. We were the only pair to do this quadruple element, and it was very exhausting—more exhausting than difficult, really. Soviet doctors had measured my pulse rate as exceeding two hundred beats per minute when I did it.”

Ekaterina Gordeeva Net Worth

Ekaterina Gordeeva is one of the richest Figure Skater from Russia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ekaterina Gordeeva's net worth $10 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

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

Grinkov died from a heart attack in 1995 and she became a widow at the young age of twenty-four.

Ekaterina “Katia” Alexandrovna Gordeeva (Russian: Екатерина Александровна Гордеева ; born 28 May 1971) is a Russian figure skater. Together with her partner and husband, the late Sergei Grinkov, she was the 1988 and 1994 Olympic Champion and four-time World Champion (1986, 1987, 1989, 1990) in pair skating. After Grinkov’s death, Gordeeva continued performing as a singles skater.

Net Worth$10 Million
SalaryUnder Review
Source of IncomeFigure Skater
CarsNot Available
HouseLiving in own house.

Gordeeva and Grinkov had a state wedding on 20 April 1991 and a church wedding on 28 April. Their daughter, Daria Sergeyevna Gordeeva-Grinkova, was born on 11 September 1992, in Morristown, New Jersey. On 20 November 1995, Grinkov died of a heart attack during practice in Lake Placid, New York.

By 1989, the skating partnership had grown into a romantic relationship. They shared their first kiss on New Year’s Eve 1988 and were married in April 1991. Their state wedding was on 20 April and the church wedding was on 28 April. From November 1991 through April 1992, they toured with Stars on Ice for the first time. On 11 September 1992, their daughter, Daria Sergeyevna Grinkova, was born in Morristown, New Jersey. Shortly after Daria’s birth, Gordeeva resumed training for the new season of Stars on Ice, which premiered in November 1992 and continued through the following April.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Gordeeva and Grinkov won the 1985 World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The following year they won the first of their four World Figure Skating Championships. They are one of the few pair teams to win back-to-back junior and senior world championship titles. They successfully defended their world title in 1987. In November 1987, Grinkov caught a blade on the ice during a practice session and dropped Gordeeva on her forehead. She was hospitalized for a time, but they were still able to compete in and win a gold medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics, which began the following February in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They remain the youngest pairs team ever to win Olympic gold. After a fall in their long program, they took silver at the World Championships in 1988, but reclaimed the title in 1989 and 1990. They turned professional in the fall 1990, winning their first World Professional Championship in 1991. They also won that title in 1992 and 1994.

After the Olympics, the pair returned to professional skating and moved to Simsbury, Connecticut. During the 1994–95 season, they toured with Stars on Ice, this time as headliners. That year, Gordeeva was named one of the “50 Most Beautiful People” by People Magazine. That summer, Gordeeva and Grinkov were chosen for induction into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame.

Who is Ekaterina Gordeeva Dating?

According to our records, Ekaterina Gordeeva married to Ilia Kulik , Sergei Grinkov . As of December 1, 2023, Ekaterina Gordeeva’s is not dating anyone.

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When a new ISU rule allowed professional skaters to regain their Olympic eligibility, Gordeeva and Grinkov decided to return to amateur competition for the 1993–94 season and skate in the Olympics. In 1994, the couple won their second Olympic gold medal in Lillehammer, Oppland, Norway.

Facts & Trivia

Ekaterina Ranked on the list of most popular Figure Skater. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Russia. Ekaterina Gordeeva celebrates birthday on May 28 of every year.

They planned to return to Stars on Ice for their fourth season with the tour. On 20 November 1995, while the pair were rehearsing in Lake Placid, New York for opening night of the upcoming tour, Grinkov collapsed on the ice and died at age 28 from a massive heart attack. Doctors later discovered that he had a congenital heart condition which caused his death.

Where is Katia Gordeeva now?

She and her partner, Russian actor Egor Beroev won the show. In November 2010, Katia and her partner hockey star, Valeri Bure, won season two of CBC’s hit reality show, Battle of the Blades. Currently, Katia resides in the L.A. area, where she and her husband Ilia Kulik raise two daughters, Daria and Elizaveta.

What happened to Ilia Kulik?

Kulik withdrew from the 1998 World Championships due to his recurring back injury. He retired from competitive skating and has focused on performing in shows. Kulik has skated with the Stars on Ice tour, shows in Russia, the 2009 Ice All Stars, the 2010 Festa On Ice.

When did Ekaterina and Sergei get together?

Gordeeva and Grinkov turned professional in 1990. They married in 1991 and had a daughter, Daria, in 1992.

How old were Gordeeva and Grinkov when they started skating together?

Gordeeva and Grinkov were teamed at age 11 and 15, respectively, and initially appeared to many critics as an awkward couple owing to a large disparity in height (Grinkov was about a foot [30 cm] taller than Gordeeva). In 1985 they proved the critics wrong by capturing the junior world championship pairs title.

What happened to Paul Wylie?

Paul Wylie, a silver medal figure skater at the 1992 Winter Olympics, received an ICD two years ago after a sudden cardiac arrest event nearly took his life.

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