The hottest figure skater evar

Massive props to The Big Lead (where they have video of her) for bringing Russian figure skater, Anna Semenovich, to our collective attentions. Unfortunately, she no longer skates competitively. In 2001, she was among the leaders of Russian figure skating, now at age 27, she is basically just modeling and singing... their loss, our gain, I guess.



From an interview in 2005 ---

You had success in figure skating. What forced you to quit the big sport?
Actually, there is a lot to tell in this area. For example, the judging is prejudiced in figure skating. It is not a secret for anyone, we saw it even in last Winter Olympic Games. Somehow to get up in the ranks one needs connections. I did not have those. Therefore, although our pair was second in the Russian rankings after Ilya Averbuh and Irina Lobacheva, we were seldom in first place. For example, it was very insulting, when I skated in international competitions with Denis Samokhin, and the other contenders skated with serious mistakes. They even fell down. But in the end, we were only in second place, and they in the first. I was tired of such unfair refereeing. Besides, the big role in my decision to quit was certainly my trauma. I had a meniscus operation.

Damn meniscuseses... Well, so much for me watching the Olympics. They had me there for a minute.



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