The biography of Irina Viner is an example of how successfully the fate of a real woman can turn out. In addition to the fact that Wiener has made an excellent career in sports, she managed to successfully marry a billionaire and give birth to his child. How did Irina Viner manage to become a champion in rhythmic gymnastics three times and a lucky lady in her personal life?
Irina Viner-Usmanova: biography, childhood
From the very beginning, fate did not predict any special status or position in society for little Irina. The biography of Irina Viner begins in Samarkand (Uzbekistan) in 1948.
Irina’s father was an Honored Artist of Uzbekistan and was enrolled in the Academy of Arts. The girl's mother was an ordinary doctor. In addition to little Wiener, her brother, Boris, also grew up in the family.
Passed on from Irina's father good taste, the ability to see beauty and create beauty, which soon came in handy for the girl in creating artistic performances. Mother remained for Wiener best friend and advisor.
Until the age of 11, the girl studied at the Samarkand Palace of Pioneers in a dance club, and then her family moved to Tashkent.
Sports career
In Tashkent, Irina Viner became seriously interested in rhythmic gymnastics. The girl was trained by Soviet champions Liliya Petrova and Eleonora Sumarokova. Even before graduating from school, Irina became the champion of Uzbekistan three times.
After the girl graduated from school, she didn’t think twice about future profession and went to study at the Uzbek Institute physical culture.
Wiener’s coaching career began when, after college, she entered the Tashkent Olympic Reserve Youth School. For 22 years, Irina Aleksandrovna Viner, whose biography is inextricably linked with sports, coached the Uzbekistan rhythmic gymnastics team. During this time, under her strict leadership, several champions in this sport were trained, but Vera Shatalina, Venera Zaripova, Elena Kholodova and Marina Nikolaeva are considered the most famous students of Wiener.
During the Barcelona Olympics '92, Irina is invited to the UK to prepare Debi Southwick and Viva Cifer for the competition. After the end of the Olympics, the coach returns to Moscow, and not to Tashkent, and becomes the official coach of the Russian rhythmic gymnastics team.
Irina Viner: biography, first husband
It was hard not to notice the bright appearance of the young athlete and coach. Therefore, Irina Viner’s biography was probably rich in victories over men’s hearts.
But the woman entered into her first serious marriage at the age of 23, after graduating from college and starting her coaching career. In this marriage she was born The only son- Anton.
The first lady of rhythmic gymnastics does not talk about her first husband. And even Anton has long been bearing the name of his mother, not his father.
When Irina went to London in 1992 to train English gymnasts, she was already officially divorced. To Tashkent to ex-husband the woman never returned, and having moved to Moscow, she soon became the wife of Alisher Usmanov.
Irina Viner - talented teacher
The biography of Irina Viner is rich happy moments and lucky turns of fate. However, this woman is famous, first of all, as a talented teacher and mentor.
Her students do not need advertising, the whole country already knows about them: absolute European champion Alina Kabaeva, world champion Irina Chashchina, European champions Zarina Gizikova, Laysan Utyasheva and Vera Sesina.
Everyone who knows Irina personally notes her determination, her intention to perform her work to the limit of human capabilities and receive only amazing results from her students. Therefore, it is not surprising that this moment the post of President of the All-Russian Federation of Rhythmic Gymnastics is occupied by such outstanding woman. It is worth noting that Russian athletes under the leadership of Irina Viner continue to regularly take first places in international competitions.
Irina Viner and her second marriage
Alisher Usmanov and Irina Viner - the biography of these people could form the basis of a good book.
Usmanov and Viner first met in Tashkent when they were still teenagers. Young Irina practiced rhythmic gymnastics, and in the same hall of the House of Pioneers, Usmanov practiced fencing. That's when they became friends. Usmanov was just a young man who was passionate about sports - no one suspected then that this man would become a billionaire.
Then throughout for long years Usmanov helped Irina when problems arose financial questions, preventing Wiener’s students from preparing for competitions: Alisher rented gyms for training, etc.
When Viner returned to Moscow after London as a divorced woman, she again met her old friend, but Alisher Usmanov now treated her somewhat differently and began to actively court the woman. And although Irina now had a prejudiced attitude towards marriage, she agreed to become his common-law wife.
Together, this couple survived Usmanov’s imprisonment, high-profile scandals, ups and downs. But in the end, both Alisher and Irina emerged victorious from all life's vicissitudes and today it is difficult to imagine a stronger and more successful couple than them.
Children of Irina Viner
Irina’s son Viner, whose biography is not so well known, followed in the footsteps of his stepfather and went into business. Since 2011, he has been at the head of a large development company.
The boy graduated from high school high school in Tashkent. And by the time the time came to go to college, Wiener was a fairly wealthy person and was able to organize her son’s studies in Germany. Anton then studied in London and finally at the Moscow Financial Academy.
Irina Viner-Usmanova, a famous former athlete, and now a coach and teacher, was born in 1948 on July 30 in the city of Samarkand, Republic of Uzbekistan.
The personal life and biography of Irina Viner began after birth. Irina together with younger brother and her parents moved to the capital of Uzbekistan. Alexander Efimovich, Irina’s father, the culprit of her success, has been involved with his daughter since childhood. Irina’s mother, Zoya Zinovievna, who worked in the medical field, also helped with this.
The girl’s dream was to study at a theater school, but her parents’ opinion did not at all coincide with her daughter’s wishes. But in order to curb her appetite for creativity, Irina was placed in the hands of experienced gymnastics coaches, who helped her get gold in Uzbekistan.
Sports career
After Irina Viner did not enter medical school in 1965, the girl submitted her documents to the Institute of Physical Education. After graduation educational institution And sports career, Irina Aleksandrovna quickly began coaching at the Children's Youth Sports School and helped many young gymnasts achieve success.
Until 1992, she honed the skills of the Uzbekistan national team. During this time, the following gymnasts came out from under her wing:
- Venera Zaripova - became the champion of the Soviet Union five times;
- Nikolaeva Marina - World Cup winner;
- Elena Kholodova - champion of the Soviet Union;
- Shatalina Vera is the winner of the main prize for performances at the Intervision Cup.
For producing talented athletes, Wiener received the title of honorary coach of the republic.
Since the early 90s, she began training British women, in parallel with the team from Uzbekistan. Thanks to her, the English women took prizes for the first time in the history of the games.
To fully understand the merits of Irina Viner, it is enough to know that her student was Alina Kabaeva.
"I love her. I love it very much. This is my daughter,” Irina Viner said about Alina Kabaeva.
Public life
After many years of work as a trainer, Irina Aleksandrovna turned towards the problems of education and defended her scientific dissertation. And in 2013, after another defense, she became a Doctor of Science in Pedagogy.
Irina Viner is also interested in social aspects Russia. Vladimir Putin appointed her as an authorized person while still in his post as Prime Minister of the Russian Federation. At the end of winter 2016, she joined the ruling party and joined the ranks of the high council.
Thanks to her high position, Irina Alexandrovna managed to open a training center for high-class gymnasts and give it a name - the Olympic Village of Novogorsk. The “International Sports Academy of Irina Viner” began its existence here. In her opinion new project will be able to provide the country with good athletes and Olympic reserves.
“Every candidate for the national team must be able to overcome herself, not be led by her mood and emotions.”
The early life of Alisher Usmanov
Alisher Burkhanovich Usmanov was born on September 9, 1953 in the Uzbek SSR, in the city of Chust, Namangan region. He was the eldest son in the family. His father, Burkhan Usmanov, was the prosecutor of the city of Tashkent. Thus, Alisher Usmanov can be considered a representative of the Soviet golden youth.As a child, after reading Alexandre Dumas’s novel “The Three Musketeers,” Alisher became interested in musketeer fights and swords. His parents sent him to the fencing section. In fencing he achieved great success. After two years of training in the section, he was accepted into the youth fencing team, and later he received the title of master of sports and joined the command staff of the USSR national team.
The richest Russians: Alisher Usmanov
In 1976 he graduated from the most prestigious institute of the USSR - MGIMO with a degree in " international law" The future student studied on the same course with Usmanov statesman and diplomat - Sergei Yastrzhembsky.
After graduating from the institute, he joined the USSR Academy of Sciences as a junior research fellow. He was also a senior referent of the Communist Youth Union of Uzbekistan, and later took the position general director Foreign Economic Association of the Soviet Peace Committee.
Alisher Usmanov in prison
Alisher's life began very successfully, but suddenly his luck ended. In 1980, 27-year-old Usmanov was arrested along with his friend, the son of a high-ranking KGB official. Usmanov was charged with extortion, theft and fraud and sentenced to 8 years in prison. After which his father was removed from his prosecutorial position.In 1986, Alisher Burkhanovich was released on parole from prison. Usmanov later stated that he had been subjected to political repression. In 2000, Usmanov was completely rehabilitated by the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The criminal case was declared fabricated.
Future billionaire Alisher Usmanov
After his release, Alisher Usmanov decided to go into business. At first, he founded a company that organized tours for wealthy foreigners who wanted to hunt in the Pamir Mountains. This would not have happened without connections at the top.Later Usmanov moved to Russia. Here, his first business was a workshop for the production of polyethylene products at the Ramensky Plastics Plant. In addition, he was engaged in the supply of tobacco to Russia.
From 1990 to 1998, he was the first deputy general director of Intercross CJSC, a manufacturer of telecommunications equipment.
In December 1992, he established Firm Bars LLP
Since June 1993, Usmanov took the position of head of the financial and investment company JSC PRNB-Invest.
In the same year he became a member of the board of directors of the First Russian Independent Bank. He began to be perceived as a serious figure in Russian business.
In August 1993, Usmanov became a co-founder of MAPO Bank. From 1994 to 1995 he worked as an adviser to the general director of the Moscow Aviation production association. From 1995 to 1997 - first deputy chairman of the board of MAPO Bank.
From 1995 to 1998, he held the position of General Director of the Interbank Investment and Financial Company Interfin-Service.
In 1997, he graduated from the Financial Academy under the Government of Russia with a degree in Banking.
From 1997 to 2000, he worked as Deputy General Director of CJSC Gazprominvestholding, and since February 2000 he himself became General Director.
From 1997 to 2001, he was a member of the board of directors of OJSC Arkhangelskgeoldobycha.
In 1999, Usmanov became a member of the board of directors of Arkhangelsk Diamonds CJSC. From November 2000 to July 2001, he was an adviser to the chairman of the board of OAO Gazprom.
In 2005, Alisher Burkhanovich became one of the owners of Metalloinvest CJSC, which had previously been management company Mikhailovsky GOK.
In August 2006, he became the owner of the Kommersant publishing house. Usmanov acquired 100% of the shares from Badri Patarkatsishvili and Boris Berezovsky
In 2006, Usmanov acquired 75% of the shares of the Muz-TV television channel and 50% of the shares of the 7TV television company.
In 2007 he acquired shares of the London football club Arsenal, becoming its co-owner.
In August 2008, he became a shareholder in the investment company Digital Sky Technologies. In 2008, Alisher Usmanov acquired part of the shares of the Russian operator from Danish lawyer Jeffrey Galmond cellular communications"Megaphone".
According to Forbes magazine, Usmanov's fortune in 2013 was estimated at $17.6 billion. In the ranking of the richest people in the world, he took 34th place and first place in Russia.
The secret of Alisher Usmanov’s success is that he is able to combine the incongruous. His assets include significant shares of the Russian metallurgical industry, as well as shares in various media companies. Alisher Burkhanovich himself says that he became an entrepreneur against his will. During perestroika, he wanted to go into law, but at that time this activity did not provide good income. So he started doing business. Having huge fortune and being a highly respected person, Alisher Usmanov calls himself a simple person. In his opinion, money is simply a function, it makes it possible to achieve certain goals, can be a measure of achievement, or, conversely, by its quantity one can judge failures.
Personal life and family of Alisher Usmanov
While studying in the fencing section, Alisher Usmanov met Irina Viner, his future wife, who practiced rhythmic gymnastics in the same sports complex. He proposed to her while in prison, sending her a scarf, which, according to Uzbek traditions, means an offer to become his wife. She accepted his offer. Their marriage took place in 1992.Today the name of Irina Viner is known to everyone; she is the president of the All-Russian Federation of Rhythmic Gymnastics.
Viner and Usmanov do not have their own children. Irina Viner has a son from her first marriage - Anton.
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Charitable activities of Alisher Usmanov
In 2007, Alisher Burkhanovich purchased the collection of art of Galina Vishnevskaya and Mstislav Rostropovich put up for sale at Sotheby's auction for $72 million (100 million including all taxes). Usmanov officially announced the gratuitous transfer of this collection to the Konstantinovsky Palace in St. Petersburg. In the same year, the entrepreneur bought the rights to a huge collection of Soviet cartoons from the American company FBJ (Films by Jove), after which he transferred the rights to the children's channel "Bibigon".According to The Sunday Times, Alisher Usmanov entered the top five largest philanthropists in 2011, spending $126.5 million for these purposes.
Awards of Alisher Usmanov
On March 17, 2004, Alisher Burkhanovich Usmanov was awarded the Order of Honor by presidential decree.In 2011, he received the Order of Friendship of the Republic of Kazakhstan. In May 2011 he was awarded the Order of Honor of South Ossetia.
Told about the ceremony Tatler magazine. According to the publication, the new leader Forbes rating married for the second time three months after divorcing his first wife, the mother of his three children, Natalia Potanina. About new wife Very little is known about the richest businessman in Russia. According to rumors, she is 39 years old and was a subordinate of Potanin. Due to lack of information, Ekaterina Potanina was not included in our list.
Irina Viner, wife of Alisher Usmanov
Husband:, founder and main shareholder of USM Holdings, net worth $14.4 billion (No. 3 in the ranking richest Russians according to Forbes).What he does: Main coach Russian rhythmic gymnastics team, trained several Olympic champions, including Alina Kabaeva.
How we met: Irina Viner-Usmanova and Alisher Usmanov met in a gym in Tashkent, where she practiced rhythmic gymnastics from the age of 11, and he practiced fencing. They later met in Moscow, when Wiener was already working as a gymnastics coach, and Usmanov was a student at MGIMO. Soon they began to live together. Usmanov made a marriage proposal while sitting in prison, after he was sentenced to 8 years in prison in the so-called “cotton case” (In 1989, the court cleared Usmanov’s conviction, and in 2000 Supreme Court Uzbekistan admitted that the 1980 conviction was unfair. Thus, the billionaire was found innocent of the crimes charged against him and has no criminal record). From the conclusion, Usmanov sent Wiener a handkerchief, which, according to Uzbek custom, means a marriage proposal. They got married in 1992.
Children: Irina has a son, Anton Viner, but no children together. [...]
Marina Dobrynina, wife of Viktor Vekselberg
Husband: Victor Vekselberg, chairman of the board of the Renova group of companies, fortune $14.2 billion (No. 4 in the ranking of the richest Russians according to Forbes).What he does: heads the “Good Century” charitable support foundation (founded in 2002), which helps children and adults with mental disorders. The main work of the foundation is to support state and public organizations; the foundation oversees more than 100 projects for the rehabilitation of mental patients, helps create rehabilitation centers. The foundation holds a festival of creativity for people with mental disorders “Ariadne’s Thread”. Since 2008, together with the Nikita Mikhalkov Foundation, “Urga-Territory of Love” has been helping film veterans. Vekselberg also has his own charitable foundation, “Link of Times.”
How we met: Marina and Victor studied together at MIIT, met on a student trip, got married after graduating from university.
Children: daughter and son. [...]
Lyudmila Lisina, wife of Vladimir Lisin
Husband: Vladimir Lisin, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Novolipetsk Iron and Steel Works, fortune $11.6 billion (No. 8 in the ranking of the richest Russians according to Forbes).What he does: owner of the Seasons gallery on Sretensky Boulevard. “Seasons” is a chamber gallery where, as a rule, works from closed forums are exhibited. general public private collections. Lyudmila gathers Russian artists late XIX and 20th century. The hobby is already more than ten years old; the impetus for the collection was a painting by her favorite artist Petrov-Vodkin, a gift from her husband.
How we met: Lyudmila and Vladimir Lisin, classmates, sat at the same desk.
Children: three sons [...]
Elena Timchenko, wife of Gennady Timchenko
Husband: Gennady Timchenko, member of the board of directors of OJSC Novatek, net worth $10.7 (No. 9 in the ranking of the richest Russians according to Forbes)What he does: co-founder charitable foundation"Elena and Gennady Timchenko." Elena Timchenko is a citizen of Finland. Several years ago, she was listed as the president of the Swiss foundation for socio-cultural orientation Foundation Neva, registered in 2008. Together with her husband, she was co-director of the Luxembourg companies Carring Finance S.A., Maples S.A. and Sogeco Holding S.A., and also owned with him on a parity basis the company Sogeco Perticipation S.a.r.l. In December 2012, Elena Timchenko and her daughter Ksenia Frank received the Order of Friendship for strengthening cooperation with Russia.
How we met: no information
Children: son and two daughters, youngest daughter- Ksenia Frank, Gleb Frank's wife, son of the general director of Sofcomflot Sergei Frank. [...]
Alexandra Melnichenko, wife of Andrei Melnichenko
Husband: Andrey Melnichenko, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Eurochem, fortune $9.1 billion (No. 13 in the ranking of the richest Russians according to Forbes)What he does: Alexandra Melnichenko, nee Sandra Nikolic, - former model and the lead singer of the Belgrade group Models. Now he takes care of his family and enjoys fashion and design. Alexandra loves Moscow and plans to open a boutique restaurant in the city that will sell eco-products and eco-cosmetics.
How we met: with friends in the south of France in 2003. Then the businessman came to visit his friend, whose girlfriend invited Sandra for company. In 2005, Melnichenko and Nikolic played gorgeous wedding on Cote d'Azur, which cost the groom $30 million. A copy of the ancient Russian chapel where they got married was built especially for the newlyweds. For three hundred guests, planes and a five-star hotel in Cannes were ordered, in the rooms of which guests were expected evening dresses and tuxedos for men. Julio and Enrique Iglesias, Whitney Houston and Christina Aguilera performed at the wedding. The famous French chef Alain Ducasse was in charge of the treats.
Quote:“The wife of a billionaire is a full-time job! Every day is a working day for me: I think about, plan and create the style and lifestyle that suits both of us. We have three houses in three countries - and every chair, every plate was chosen by me” (in an interview with Tatler magazine).
Elena Perminova, wife of Alexander Lebedev
Husband: Alexander Lebedev, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Reserve Corporation, fortune $0.4 billion (No. 188 in the ranking of the richest Russians according to Forbes)What he does: Common-law wife Alexandra Lebedeva model Elena Perminova 27 years younger than the billionaire. Perminova was born in the city of Bersk, began working as a model early, and at the age of 16 she got a job in one of the capital's modeling agencies. Perminova still participates in fashion shows, is photographed for glossy magazines. In 2011, the model replaced Dasha Zhukova at the main post of Pop magazine. Elena Perminova lives with her children in London.
How we met: According to one version, Elena’s father wrote to Lebedev, who at that time was a deputy working on a bill on witness protection. When Perminova was 17 years old, she was charged with drug distribution, which threatened her with a criminal sentence of up to 6 years in prison. The father asked the deputy to help his minor daughter get out of the situation. The billionaire not only saved Elena from criminal liability - she was sentenced to probation - but also eventually started a family with her.
Children: three children together, two sons and a daughter [...]
Dasha Zhukova, wife of Roman Abramovich
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What he does: founder of the Garage Center for Contemporary Art museum, was editor-in-chief of the fashion magazine Pop, heads Garage Magazine, one of the creators of the Kova & T clothing brand.
How we met: Before meeting Abramovich, Dasha dated Russian tennis player Marat Safin. Zhukova and Abramovich met in 2005 at a party in Barcelona, at the Hilton Hotel, after the victory of the Chelsea football club, owned by a businessman, over Barcelona. Neither Zhukova, nor Abramovich give interviews about their personal life together. Only in January 2015 did Zhukova mention in a conversation with the editor of The Wall Street Journal that they got married a couple of years after we met, that is, about six years ago.
Children: Son Aaron Alexander (born in 2009) and daughter Leah (born in 2013). Roman Abramovich has 5 more children from a previous marriage.
Quote:“I can’t say if I’m a good cook. I don't cook at all. When I was in college, we cooked a lot of Mexican food: omelettes and simple snacks. But I love to bake, I love making cookies, cupcakes and cakes.”
“For me, work is not just work, it is always pleasure” (in an interview with The Guardian). [...]
Galina Tsvetkova, wife of Nikolai Tsvetkov
Husband: Nikolay Tsvetkov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of FC Uralsib, fortune $1.25 billion (No. 66 in the ranking of the richest Russians according to Forbes)What he does: since 2002 owner and chairman of the board of directors of OJSC Imperial Porcelain Factory. owner of the Lomonosov porcelain factory. It was Tsvetkova who returned it to the plant historical name"Imperial". In this position, she implemented several strategic projects related to the revival Russian art porcelain. In 2012 general meeting shareholders was elected a member of the board of directors of FC Uralsib.
How we met: When Galina and Nikolai met, he was a career military man. When Tsvetkov graduated from the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy, he was sent to serve in Far East. Galina went through all the difficulties of garrison life with him, the family lived in dormitories, and during the business trip the Tsvetkovs had children.
Children: Two daughters [...]
Ella Yakobashvili, wife of David Yakobashvili
Husband: David Yakobashvili, private investor, net worth $0.95 (No. 102 in the ranking of the richest Russians according to Forbes).What he does: Ella Yakobashvili is the niece of one of the founders of Wimm-Bill-Dann, Gavriil Yushvaev, lives in France.
How we met: In the 90s, Yakobashvili and her partners opened the Ginseng beauty salon and the Trinity company, where she came to work as a secretary future wife businessman. Ella and David got married in 1991.
Children: son
Quote:“All life is business. But what is a private life: eating, drinking, socializing and riding a motorcycle? Why divide it somehow, everything is too interconnected” (David Yakobashvili in an interview with Posta Magazine).
“My wife is in France. Whenever possible, I fly to her on weekends. I love being on the road. Besides, I have my own real estate business in Europe... I don’t feel lonely. We are talking. Now there are many electronic devices for this. Over these twenty years I have already gotten used to it. My whole life is in the office. I come home literally for a few hours - to sleep. I get up and go back to work. Work is the most important thing in my life” (David Yakobashvili in an interview with Itogi magazine).
Stella Kesaeva, wife of Igor Kesaev
Husband: Igor Kesaev, owner of the Mercury group of companies, fortune $3 billion (No. 34 in the ranking of the richest Russians according to Forbes)What he does: Collector of contemporary art, philanthropist, publisher. Founder of the Stella Art Foundation, commissioner of the Russian pavilion at the Venice Art Biennale. Owns the largest collection of Western and Russian artists in Russia, which includes 1,500 works. Stella’s husband helps finance the gallery. In 2004, Kesaeva organized the first exhibition of Ilya and Emilia Kabakov in Russia - “An Incident in a Museum and Other Installations” in the Hermitage.
Children: three children
Quote: “I grew up in the North, where my father worked as a geologist - there was no art there, only stones and the northern lights. During the holidays I went to Moscow and Leningrad, stood in lines at film festivals. And after getting married and moving to Moscow, there was absolutely nothing to do: children, housekeeping, no money, and it was unclear how to live further. In the early 1990s, we moved abroad, and I started visiting museums in New York and Geneva. Contemporary artists have become a real discovery for me. In general, what is more interesting to me is what cannot be explained, then the brain begins to work” (in
Alisher Usmanov’s wife is not used to sitting behind her husband’s back. She is a self-sufficient person who knows how to earn money with her talent. Irina Viner has dozens of famous gymnasts who have conquered and continue to conquer the podiums of the highest sports competitions in the world.
Irina Viner – star of Uzbek gymnastics
Future wife famous billionaire, owner of the largest metallurgical enterprises, was born on July 30, 1948 in Samarkand, and soon moved with her parents to Tashkent. Irina grew up in intelligent family: his father was the People's Artist of Uzbekistan, a member of the Academy of Arts, and his mother was a doctor. Irina Viner’s childhood was no different from thousands of other girls in the USSR: she went to a simple school, participated in amateur performances, and attended a dance club in the Palace of Pioneers. It was with him that the career of the future star of rhythmic gymnastics began. The girl’s extreme plasticity attracted the attention of coaches, who invited Irina to try her hand at sports. She was already 11 years old then, which by the standards of gymnasts is considered a respectable age. Despite this, persistent training allowed the girl to become a star in rhythmic gymnastics of the USSR, because she became the winner of Uzbekistan three times. In 1965, Irina graduated from school with a gold medal and easily entered the Uzbek Institute of Physical Culture. Labor activity Wiener began in 1969. Since that time, the famous coach has hundreds of victories for her students. The first person she brought to the podium was Vera Shatalina. Such eminent gymnasts as Venera Zaripova, Elena Kholodova, Amina Zaripova, Yanina Batyrshina, Alina Kabaeva, Yulia Barsukova, as well as British athletes Debi Southwick and Viva Siefert considered her and still consider her their second mother.
Today Irina Viner is an honored coach of Russia, heads the All-Russian Federation of Rhythmic Gymnastics, and holds the post of vice-president technical committee in rhythmic gymnastics international federation gymnastics
Alisher Usmanov's wife seeks help from her husband in difficult times
The future spouses met in their youth. At that time, training for fencers and gymnasts took place in the same gym. Alisher was fond of swords, even reaching the level of a master of sports, and Irina conquered gymnastic apparatus. When Wiener became a coach, the young specialist’s path faced many difficulties. At that time, the competition among athletes was so great that it was very difficult to make your way to the podium with talent alone. The eminence of the coaches also played a role here, and own experience athlete. Wiener took on the impossible: she decided to lead her first ward, Vera Shatalina, to victory at any cost. And then her husband came to the rescue: he simply rented a two-story hotel room for the young athlete so that she could constantly practice throwing objects. So it has been since then that Alisher Usmanov tries to help his wife in everything. He more than once paid for the rental of gyms, sewing suits, and sponsored entire tournaments. Some accuse him of trying to launder illegal money in this way, but this is not at all the case, because today’s billionaire understands perfectly well that for a person who lives by sports, existence without victories is impossible. In addition, he engages in such charity because he loves his wife immensely and respects her talent. Irina Viner herself says that her main fan is her husband.
Irina Viner: “Children are the best people in the world”
Irina Viner perceives each of her students as her own child. It happened that young gymnasts they lived for a long time with the coach’s family, and she took care of them like a mother. But like any parent, Irina Viner raises her children with love and severity. For example, she penetrates into personal problems with all her heart, tries to follow their fate, but at the same time, she considers it necessary to teach them life and survival in our world. “Only by overcoming yourself can you achieve heights in life,” Usmanov’s wife is sure. Her colleagues note the strong and authoritative character of Irina Viner, and it cannot be otherwise, because dozens of followers and devotees will not follow the weak. She is always working and fighting, protecting her girls, protecting them like a lioness. And they reciprocate her feelings. Sometimes loved ones do not recognize Irina and do not understand how two hypostases can exist in this woman at the same time: on the one hand, she is soft, loving, optimistic, looking for bright impressions, and on the other hand, she is conservative, tough and straightforward.
In family relationships, everything is different, but here the lifestyle of Usmanov and Wiener plays a big role. The spouses simply cannot spend much time together and meet only 1-2 times a week. Perhaps in their case this is correct, because otherwise they both can suppress each other with their energy. Having lived together for many years, going through grief and joy, they learned to value personality in their soulmate. Spouses completely lack mistrust of each other, because respect for their partner makes their life stable and strong. Usmanov’s wife loves to give joy and love to her loved ones. Anyone who truly once entered Irina’s heart will remain there forever. This also applies family relations, because for Wiener, completely giving her feelings to her husband and son is perhaps the most important thing in life.
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