On June 3, two-time Olympic champion and pole vaulter Elena Isinbaeva turns 35. A year ago she left big sport. But Elena is a media personality, and therefore is still in the field of view of the press and fans. And around her, like around any celebrity, there is always a lot of speculation, including not the most flattering ones. On the birthday of the famous athlete, “AiF-Volgograd” remembered and debunked five myths about Elena Isinbaeva.

Myth No. 1. Doesn't like his native Volgograd, lives in Monaco

Elena Isinbaeva indeed periodically lives in Monaco. There, the eminent athlete gave birth to a daughter, Eva, in 2014; the girl’s father was Russian track and field athlete Nikita Petinov. The athlete officially announced her plans to leave her native Volgograd at a press conference in 2013. Her about:

“We are happy to stay, but, firstly, conditions need to be created here. There is no base in Volgograd, not only for athletics, but also for other sports. All this needs to be developed, as, for example, in Kazan,” the athlete said. - What to do here in the city, when we have just a poor Volgograd? Scary, Old city became. Degraded. The roads are terrible - you’ll be tortured to repair your car.”

However, Isinbayeva explained that, on the contrary, she wanted to help. “She simply said that we need to pay attention to the condition of the roads, to the lack of sports infrastructure,” supported her coach Evgeniy Trofimov. - So that local residents have a beautiful modern city that other people would like to visit. Lena did not want to insult Volgograd, but to confess her love to him and wish him to change for the better.”

Elena Isinbaeva herself denied rumors about her great dislike for Volgograd not in words, but in deeds - after all, she now lives mainly in her hometown. In her homeland, the Olympic champion holds competitions for young athletes and is involved in charity work - the foundation named after her has already donated many playgrounds to the Volgograd region, including for special children.

Myth No. 2. Suffering from star fever

Elena Isinbayeva has been accused of “star sickness” for several years now. However, people from the athlete’s circle say the opposite - she does not forget about “her own people”. And if she does have a “star fever,” then it lies only in helping others.

Already at the peak of her career, Isinbaeva did not forget about Youth Sports School No. 5 in Volgograd, where. Back in 2012, the deputy director of the school was happy to show how the premises were updated thanks to the efforts of the famous pupil. According to the head of the institution, the regional authorities allocated 7 million rubles for the reconstruction of the school, although according to a targeted program, but not without the participation of Isinbayeva. Also, athlete Isinbayeva helped to reconstruct the athletics arena in Volgograd. It took 27 million rubles, and they were found using her name.

Her childhood friend Dina Shataeva also spoke warmly about the world-famous jumper: “Simple, open. Now he easily comes here and takes pictures with the children. One day she climbed onto a log in front of everyone and said: “I’ll remember my youth!” - and went…” she said.

The latest wave of accusations of stardom arose after Elena Isinbayeva’s statements in pole vaulting.

“Without a fight with Isinbayeva, this cannot be a full-fledged Olympic gold medal. I will congratulate the winner, but she herself will have a bad feeling, I’m sure. After all, goal number one is to defeat Isinbayeva,” the athlete commented.

However, this position can be easily explained by ordinary logic, and not by “star fever.” Greek Katerina Stefanidi won the gold medal with a result of 4.85 m. At the same time, at the Russian Championship 2016, held in June in Cheboksary, Elena Isinbaeva showed a result of 4.90 m. And this is after maternity leave. And Elena’s personal record is a height of 5.06 m.

By the way, now at the opening of sports grounds in the Volgograd region, Elena Isinbaeva appears in person and behaves affably, without any hint of “stardom.”

Myth No. 3. Intolerant of sexual minorities

The basis for talking about the athlete’s intolerance was her statement in Russia. Her speech referred to attempts by female athletes to promote homosexuality at the Winter Games in Sochi.

“If we allow this culture to be promoted and all this to be done on the streets, it will become scary for our country. After all, we consider ourselves normal, standard people. Our boys live with girls, girls live with boys. This is how it happened historically. Russia has never had such problems, and we do not want them to appear in the future,” the media quoted her as saying. For these words, the athlete was even threatened with deprivation of her status as an ambassador of the Youth Olympic Games.

However, Elena Isinbaeva herself later emphasized that she stands for a person’s freedom of choice in terms of “with whom he builds his relationship” and did not at all intend to offend anyone with her words.

The words that caused so much controversy were spoken by the Olympic champion in English language: “English is not my first language, I think my speech yesterday might have been misunderstood. “I wanted to say that people should respect the laws of the countries in which they are visiting,” she later noted. The jumper emphasized that she opposes discrimination against people due to their sexual orientation.

Myth No. 4. Hides Dagestan roots

Another popular misconception is that Elena Isinbaeva does not like mention of her Dagestan roots. In fact, the famous athlete is a fairly frequent guest in the republic. The Minister of Physical Culture and Sports of Dagestan, Magomed Magomedov, personally stated that the athlete “periodically comes to Dagestan, because this is her second homeland.” Not long ago, the Olympic champion took part in a meeting with Dagestanis - excellent students of Moscow universities, which was also attended by the head of the Republic of Dagestan. Moreover, at Elena Isinbaeva’s wedding in 2015

The republic is also proud of the famous athlete. So, in March it was announced that the Trud athletics stadium in Makhachkala would be named after her.

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The baby took part in the “Star Race” of children, which was captured on video and posted online by Olympic champion Elena Slesarenko. Many have noticed that the participant in children's competitions is very similar to Elena Isinbaeva. And the baby behaved with Elena the way children behave with their mother. For example, at the finish line of the race, a girl rushed to hug the Olympic champion crying - as many assumed, upset that she did not become the first in the race.

The bright and world-famous athlete Elena Gadzhievna Isinbaeva conquers the top of sports podiums in high vaulting. A woman often notices that she, in the literal sense of the word, was born with a pole in her hands, since she got into this sport when she was barely five.

Elena is grateful to her parents, because they not only brought her into big sports, but also because they helped her survive the bitterness of defeat and the fact that she was expelled from school with the stigma of professional unsuitability. Isinbayeva claims that athletic heights can be achieved only with a reliable support in the form of parents, spouse and children.

Height, weight, age. How old is Elena Isinbaeva

For sports and for victories, you should know body parameters such as height, weight, age. How old is Elena Isinbayeva? This is a question that every fan of this famous athlete has asked himself at least once.

The future champion Elena Isinbaeva was born in 1982, she was already thirty-five. The zodiac celestial circle hastened to give the girl the sign of Gemini, which is characterized by intelligence, high level intelligence, talent, endurance, duality of nature. At the same time, the eastern horoscope indicates that the champion received the sign of a devoted, observant, resourceful, fair and friendly Dog.

There is a lot of controversy over what nationality Elena Gadzhievna has, since her patronymic and surname are Eastern. It is worth clarifying that her family included not only Russians, but also Dagestanis, and even Tabasarans. According to her father, she just belongs to this strange nation; their noun has 52 cases.

Elena Isinbaeva: photos in her youth and now are identical, since sports makes her skin toned, which contributes to natural beauty. He is 174 centimeters tall and weighs only 55 kilograms.

Biography and personal life of Elena Isinbaeva

The biography and personal life of Elena Isinbaeva are not much of a secret, since the girl believes that the abundance of information eliminates the emergence of ridiculous rumors and gossip.

The baby was born in Volgograd, she was flexible and artistic. She admired the gymnasts, so she was taken to this section along with her one year younger sister, to make it easier to take the little ones to the section. When the girl turned sixteen, the coach advised her to try herself in a discipline such as pole vaulting. The parents supported their daughter in everything, although they had nothing to do with sports.

Her father, Gadzhi Isinbaev, is a plumber, and her beloved mother, Natalya Isinbaeva, is a heater in a local boiler room, who soon became an ordinary housewife.

The younger sister, Inessa Goleva, was born in 1983, but changed her commitment to gymnastics, becoming a circus performer, marrying her colleague. Currently, Inna is married, has two children, and works as a fitness trainer.

Lena did not study in the most ordinary high school, but a prestigious Volgograd lyceum, where one could master the profession of an engineer. She graduated from the Olympic Reserve School and the Academy of Physical Education and Sports.

The most interesting thing is that Isinbayeva served in the Russian army and even achieved the rank of major, therefore she is legally an instructor at a military school.

The woman has lived in Monaco since 2008, participating in the Olympic Games and world Grand Prix, and also setting a huge number of records. It is worth clarifying that the main record of five meters and nine centimeters was set at the Pole Stars tournament, held in Donetsk. Currently, the number of records has reached thirty-six.

It was only in 2011 that Lena managed to start winning again after failures in Doha and Berlin. At the same time, Isinbayeva is actively involved in helping orphans and disabled people, involving them in sports, having organized the Elena Isinbayeva Charitable Foundation.

Lena's personal life was not too active and scandalous, and now she is successfully married. Isinbaeva was in love with Ukrainian DJ Artem Khmelenko, and then her future husband appeared in her life. The fact is that the athlete trained little and devoted herself love relationships, losing in competitions, and the guy just cheated on her.

Family and children of Elena Isinbaeva

Elena Isinbayeva’s family and children occupy a huge place in the gymnast’s life, as they are her reliable support. At the same time, the gymnast’s family was complete, very friendly and happy, and also international. Everyone there supported and helped each other in difficult times.

In order for children to develop in in the right direction, their mother and father spared neither time nor money from their meager salaries.

The gymnast is loving mother, she is raising a little daughter. At the same time, information constantly appears that Elena Isinbaeva is pregnant with her second child.

By the way, in the middle of this summer, many noticed that Elena’s tummy was rounder, so they demanded comments, which, however, no one was going to give.

Daughter of Elena Isinbaeva - Eva Petinova

Elena Isinbaeva’s daughter, Eva Petinova, was born in 2014 before her parents got married, so her dad had to prove his paternity. The baby was born in one of the maternity hospitals in French Monaco.

The little daughter is an active lady; her mother, despite her busy schedule and sports career, breastfed for a long time. At the same time, as soon as Evochka turned a couple of years old, she began to stay at home with her grandmother, waiting for her mother from training camps and competitions.

Eva is involved in gymnastics and running, so she recently took part in a race in which there were children of the stars of this industry. This action took place at the Cup named after her famous mother.

Elena Isinbaeva's husband - Nikita Petinov

Elena Isinbaeva’s husband, Nikita Petinov, began an affair with the track and field star around 2010, but the young people did not think of him as something serious. However, soon information appeared on the Internet that Nikita Petinov and Elena Isinbaeva’s wedding took place, but this happened only four years after they went through correspondence on social networks.

By the way, Petinov is a fairly promising athlete who competes in javelin throwing. The guy is about eight years younger than his chosen one, but is incredibly happy with her.

The young people got married in Monaco, France, after their little daughter was born.

Elena Isinbaeva in Maxim magazine

Elena Isinbaeva has never appeared in Maxim magazine, although she herself would not be at all opposed to being placed on the cover or pages of this publication. By the way, the gymnast is one of the most beautiful Russian women.

Naked Elena Isinbaeva often appears in photos and videos on the Internet, however, these are not real materials. The gymnast declares with full responsibility that she has never posed nude for any websites, and such photographs are a talented fake.

By the way, the Russian athletics star often appears in photos on the Internet in a swimsuit. The fact is that training and performances take place only in these “working” clothes closed type. Moreover, recently a woman appeared in a thin white T-shirt without a bra at the airport.

Instagram and Wikipedia Elena Isinbaeva

Instagram and Wikipedia of Elena Isinbayeva are officially confirmed, so you can completely trust the information presented on them. On Wikipedia it is possible to clarify for yourself data about her sports, personal and family life, records, and also about his wife and beloved daughter.

About one hundred and ninety thousand fans were subscribed to the official Instagram profile. At the same time, Elena constantly pampers them with high-quality photographs and videos from her personal and sports archives. She rejoices at every comment from her fans, communicates with them and even wishes good morning and good night.

Isinbaeva’s hometown is Volgograd, she was born on June 3, 1982. Her father is from Tabasaran and moved to Volgograd from Dagestan. He was a plumber, his mother worked in the boiler room. The family lived simply.

Elena has a sister who is one year younger. The sisters were sent to a sports school, where they practiced gymnastics. Elena was 5 years old then, and Inna was 4. Elena’s sister is not involved in sports now.

In 1989, Isinbayeva began studying at the lyceum. In 1991, Alexander Lisovoy became her coach, and under his mentorship Elena received the title of Master of Masters.

Sports biography

After sports school, Elena entered the Olympic reserve school, but she was expelled, considering her unpromising. However, Lisovoy decided that she could pole vault perfectly and turned to Evgeniy Trofimov for help. He coached Isinbayeva until 2005, and also in the period 2010-2013.

Elena's first achievement was the victory at the World Youth Games in 1998, the athlete jumped 4 m. In 1999, Isinbayeva became the winner of the World Championships in Seville, taking her first record. Elena became the world champion in 2000.

In 2001, Isinbayeva won the European Championship, in 2002 she took 2nd place at the European Championships, and in 2003 she won gold. The athlete became famous throughout the country in 2004, winning gold at the Olympics and achieving a record of 4.91 m.

In 2005, Isinbaeva began training with Vitaly Petrov, who was the mentor of the famous Sergei Bubka. In 2005, Elena jumped 5 m. At the 2008 Olympics, she received gold by jumping 5.05 m.

In 2009 came black line. The athlete did not achieve a single height at the World Championships. In 2010, she was defeated and took a time out.

A year later, she jumped 4.81 m, this happened at the Russian Winter competition. In 2012, Elena set a new record - 5.01, and took 3rd place at the London Olympics (4.90 m). Then she took a break, Isinbayeva had a daughter, Eva.

Isinbayeva's last competition was the Russian Championship, where she achieved the best world result for the season - 4.90. In 2016, Russian track and field athletes were suspended from participation in the Olympics due to a doping scandal. The date of completion of Isinbayeva’s sports career was August 19, 2016.

Elena Gadzhievna got busy social activities. She organized a foundation that began to support children interested in sports. Every year in Volgograd the Isinbayeva Athletics Cup is held, where teenagers participate.

Personal life

For some time, Isibaeva dated a young man named Artyom, who was a DJ. They met in Donetsk in 2006.

Elena Gadzhievna’s husband is Nikita Petinov, an athlete. The name of the chosen one became known to journalists only in 2014, when the champion’s daughter Eva was born.

Nikita is also from Volgograd, he has known Isinbaeva for a long time. Nikita is 8 years younger. For some time, Elena lived in Monaco, continuing to communicate with Petinov. She returned to Volgograd in 2011.

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Biography, life story of Elena Gadzhievna Isinbayeva

Elena Gadzhievna Isinbaeva is an Olympic champion in pole vaulting. Multiple European and world champion. Has 28 world records. Honored Master of Sports of the Russian Federation.

Childhood and youth

Elena was born in Volgograd on June 3, 1982. Gadzhi Gafanovich, her father, moved from Dagestan to Russia and worked as a plumber, her mother Natalya Petrovna was a boiler room worker and later took care of the house.

Elena's family lived quite modestly; her parents always supported Elena and her younger sister Inessa. Mom raised the girls strictly and dreamed of their sports career, since in her youth she herself played basketball.

Elena started going to school at the age of 5 sports school, where she studied gymnastics with famous Lisov coaches. The future champion studied at the Olympic Reserve School, then she entered the Academy without exams physical culture In Volgograd.

Isinbayeva received the rank of senior lieutenant and then captain. The girl was also awarded the rank of major. Isinbayeva has an agreement with the Ministry of Defense, so Elena is obliged to conduct training at a military school.

Career in sports

In 1997, the girl passed the standards and received the title of master of sports. But she was unable to continue her career in artistic gymnastics due to her too tall height, which is 174 cm. At that time, Isinbayeva’s coach watched the performance of track and field athletes with a pole and suggested Elena take up this sport. She agreed because she realized that she would not be able to become a successful gymnast, but the new role provided an opportunity to remain in the sport.

Changing a sport at the age of 15 is quite a risky endeavor, but the girl decided to do it and started working from scratch. She was trained by the famous trainer Evgeniy Trofimov. In 1998, the athlete performed at the World Youth Games and showed a jump result of 4 meters. A year later, Elena again participated in the games, where she jumped 4.10 meters, receiving her first gold and setting a record.

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A short time later, the athlete again received a gold medal at the junior games, breaking her own record. When the pole vault was added to the list of disciplines at the Olympic Games, Elena got the chance to take part in the most prestigious competition of the four years. But during the qualifications, Elena did not perform very well and did not make it to the finals of the games.

Over the course of several years, Elena Gadzhievna received a large number of medals. So, in 2001, she took gold at the European Championships, and a year later won a silver medal in Munich. In 2003, the girl set a world record.

In 2005, Elena was able to break her previous record and jump exactly 5 meters. Then the athlete admitted that such a height was intermediate for her, and she was capable of setting at least 36 world records. At the same time, the champion changed her coach, Vitaly Petrov became the new mentor.

Elena lived in Monaco for some time, where she set a record at the Super Grand Prix. Isinbayeva convincingly won the Olympics, setting a jump result of 5.5 meters.

In 2009, the athlete managed to set two records at once at competitions in Zurich and Donetsk. However, the World Championships in Berlin turned out to be a failure for the athlete; she failed to receive any awards. Isinbayeva did not hide her disappointment and sadness, declaring in an interview that she felt uncomfortable in front of the coach for her defeat.

In the spring of 2010, Isinbayeva failed to even get bronze at the competition in Doha; she was surpassed by her longtime competitor Svetlana Feofanova. After this failure, Isinbayeva wanted to pause her career.

In 2010, Elena returned to Volgograd to her mentor Trofimov. After a long break, the girl participated in the “Russian Winter” competition, where she unconditionally won. Then there was a series of both successful performances and completely fruitless struggles.

A few years later, the champion announced that she was going to end her career after participating in the World Athletics Championships. This decision was explained by the decline in the champion’s activity, the desire to have a child and start a family.

Doping scandal

Isinbayeva has been preparing for the 2016 Olympic Games for at least four years. Unfortunately, there was a scandal at the Games where Russian athletes were accused of doping, and the IOC decided to suspend the entire Russian athletics team from the competition.

The famous athlete expected to triumphantly end her professional career at the 2016 Olympics. Elena was not involved in the doping scandal, so she persistently challenged the unfair verdict of the IOC. Isinbayeva filed claims in many instances. On July 29, she was finally rejected by the International Association of Athletics Federations.

Private life

Isinbayeva never advertised her personal life. Elena and DJ Artem met in 2006 at a training camp in Donetsk. But after some time, the young people broke off the relationship.

Several times Elena stated that she dreams of having a child. Her dream came true in 2014, the girl gave birth to a daughter, Eva.

For the sake of the desire to become a mother, Isinbayeva gave up sports for some time and left for Monaco to escape prying eyes. It is known that Eva’s father is Nikita Petinov, an athlete whom Isinbaeva married in the winter of 2014.

• Name: Elena
• Surname: Isinbaeva
• Date of Birth: 03.06.1982
• Place of Birth: Volgograd
• Zodiac sign: Twins
• Eastern horoscope: Dog
• Occupation: athlete (pole vault)
• Height: 174 cm
• Weight: 55 kg

Yelena Isinbayeva- famous Russian athlete. Pole vaulting became a part of her life, her achievements and awards at various championships elevated her to the rank of great athletes of our time. Elena proved to the whole world that she has no equal in this discipline.

Photo by Elena Isinbaeva

Sports childhood and youth

Elena Isinbaeva’s hometown is Volgograd. His father, a native of Dagestan, Gadzhi Isinbaev, worked as a plumber, and his mother, Natalya Petrovna, worked in a boiler room. There were two girls in the family: Elena and her sister Inessa.

According to her mother, she raised her children in strictness and dreamed of a sports career for them. Therefore, at the insistence of her mother, at the age of 5, Elena was sent to the gymnastics section. 10 years of training and hard work have not passed without a trace, at the age of 15 she became a master of sports. But it so happened that the girl’s tall height became an obstacle to her gymnast’s career. Coach Alexander Lisovoy advised Isinbayeva to try her hand at athletics, namely pole vaulting. He recommended his colleague Evgeniy Trofimov to pay attention to the young athlete. So, At the age of 15, the gymnast switched to athletics and began to stubbornly and persistently move towards the Olympic podium. The apparent ease with which she now conquers incredible heights is, in fact, incredible work and daily exhausting training.

Elena Isinbaeva in childhood

After graduating from a lyceum with a technical focus, in 2000 the future famous jumper entered the Volgograd Academy of Physical Education. This was facilitated by her visit to the Olympic Reserve School.

First victories

Coach Evgeniy Trofimov turned gymnastics into a professional in the track and field discipline of pole vaulting. Sports training has become good foundation in order to quickly master the basics of a new sport. Of course, at the age of 15, changing direction was risky, but the girl made every effort to become a famous track and field athlete.

In 1998, Isinbayeva won her first victory in the pole vault. The World Youth Games brought her a gold medal, and she also set her first world record by jumping 4 meters 10 centimeters. A year later she was conquered new peak of 4.4 meters at the World Championships among juniors. 2001 brought her a silver medal at the European Championships, where she was beaten by another Russian athlete, Svetlana Feofanova. Year after year, Isinbayeva competes in the most important world championships, and in 2003 she set a new record: jumping over the bar set at a height of 4 meters 82 centimeters at the British Grand Prix in Gateshead.

Olympic glory

In 2000, the women's pole vault discipline was included in the Olympic Games for the first time. But the first Olympics ended in failure. Elena failed to overcome the qualifying round. But for the 18-year-old athlete this was not critical; her career was just beginning.

Olympic gold 2004

Four years later, at the Olympics in Athens, Isinbayeva had truly great success. Years of training helped her become an Olympic champion and set a new world record. The fight for gold then began in earnest: the confrontation between two Russians, Isinbayeva and Feofanova, ended in Elena’s victory. Olympic gold helped the athlete become one of the most beloved and popular in her homeland.

In 2005, the athlete went under the leadership of Vitaly Petrov, who at one time coached the world famous athlete Sergei Bubka. At the next 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Isinbayeva repeated her success. Gold Award ended up again in the hands of a Russian athlete. Of course, there was a new world record: a height of 5.05 meters was conquered.

Elena prepares herself before the final jump at the 2008 Olympics

In 2012, the fourth Olympics for Elena Isinbayeva started. Competitions in London brought her a bronze medal, and the jumper herself stated that she wanted to temporarily leave the sport to devote herself to motherhood. However, the break did not last long and she set off to conquer new heights. She left her participation in the 2016 Olympics in doubt.

Victories and records in other competitions

In the inter-Olympic cycles, Elena Isinbaeva participated in almost all prestigious competitions on the planet.

• 2002 – “silver” at the European Championships;
• 2003 – bronze medal at the World Championships;
• 2005 – Grand Prix tournament “Atletissima 2005” and a new record of 4.93 cm;
• 2005 – track and field competition at the London Grand Prix, where Elena overcame a five-meter height;
• 2008 – participation in the Super Grand Prix series in Monaco, world record 5.04 m;
• 2011 – Stockholm Grand Prix, world record in indoors 5.01 m;
• 2013 – “gold” at the World Athletics Championships in Moscow.

Of course, this is only part of the merits of the great athlete. To be fair, it must be said that not all sporting battles were successful. But Elena accepted failures with dignity and nobility. She did not make excuses after mistakes, but said that she would thoroughly analyze her mistakes. This makes fans even more respectful of the great athlete.

In 2007 and 2009, the World Academy of Sports Glory named the Russian jumper “The Best Athlete on the Planet.” In 2015, a contract was signed between the Russian Ministry of Defense and Elena Isinbayeva. The new position involves providing instruction in athletics at CSKA.

Doping scandal on the eve of the 2016 Olympics

The two-time Olympic champion’s desire to compete at her last Olympics in Rio, Brazil in 2016 was not destined to come true. And neither injuries, nor health, nor personal circumstances were to blame. The doping scandal that erupted on the eve of the Olympic Games became the reason for the International Olympic Committee to suspend the entire Russian track and field team from participation in the national team.

The famous jumper fought until the last for her right to participate in the main games of the four-year anniversary. Her reputation has always been high and she has never been involved in doping scandals. But the final decision International Association athletics federations were not in her favor.

Two-time Olympic champion could not hold back her tears as she saw off the athletes in Rio

In August 2016, Elena Isinbaeva announced that she was leaving big-time sports.

Activities outside the stadium and personal life

Immersed in sports, Elena Isinbaeva always relegated her personal life to the background. But by the age of 30, family happiness still found the athlete. Her chosen one and the father of her daughter turned out to be Nikita Petinov, also an athlete who competes in the javelin throwing discipline. Elena initially hid her affair.

But the relationship between the couple turned out to be strong, and when she had a baby bump, there was no point in hiding. In 2014, Eva was born. The first time after the birth of her daughter, the athlete decided to live in Monaco, away from prying eyes. Now she is in her homeland and is engaged in social activities.

In 2014, Elena was appointed to the position of mayor of the Olympic Village.

Mayor of the Olympic Village with Vladimir Putin

After the doping scandal and ban on participation in the 2016 Olympics, Elena is often interviewed, and I invite her to TV shows so that she can share her opinion. Isinbayeva states that she will always fight for the rights of honest athletes. In August, by a general vote of participants olympic games she was elected to the athletes' commission of the International Olympic Committee. Now she remains in Russia to continue the fight for justice.