Anton Sikharulidze Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Anton Tarielyevich Sikharulidze (Russian: Антон Тариэльевич Сихарулидзе, born 25 October 1976) is a Russian former pair skater of Georgian origin. With Elena Berezhnaya, he is the 1998 and 1999 World champion, 1998 Olympic silver medalist and 2002 Olympic champion.His first partner was Maria Petrova, with whom he became the 1994 and 1995 World Junior Champion. He began competing with Berezhnaya in 1996 after helping her recover from an accident with her previous partner. Within two years of the accident, Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze had established themselves as one of the best pair teams in the world. During their competitive career, they were coached by Tamara Moskvina at the Yubileyny Sports Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and the Ice House in Hackensack, New Jersey. Their Olympic gold medals are shared with Canadian pair Jamie Salé and David Pelletier.
His pairs partner, Elena, calls him Kislota, which means acid in Russian, while he calls her Kisa--kitten.
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Currently performing with "Stars on Ice" during their 2003-2004 touring season.
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Parents Lyudmila and Tehreeal, brother and sister (both older).
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Coach is the legendary Tamara Moskvina.
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He was voted "most sexy male athlete" by readers of the Russian newspaper Arguments and Facts in 1999.
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Elena and Anton are each others' second pairs partners. With Maria Petrova, Anton was a top-ranked junior skater and the pair won the 1994 and 1995 World Junior Championships. Maria went on to become the 2000 World Champion with Aleksei Tikhonov.
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His father is from Georgia, a small country just south of Russia in Caucasus mountains. He moved to St. Petersburg as teenager.
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Since they won the Olympic silver medal in 1998 and none was awarded in 2002, Elena and Anton could be called the reigning Olympic gold and silver medalists!