A person who accidentally stumbles upon a broadcast of a curling match is likely to briefly keep his attention on it. Already painful at first glance, non-dynamic and strange is the game.
However, the successes of the women's team in international tournaments, broadcasts of matches from the Olympics aroused some interest among fans in this sport. The main character is Anna Sidorova. The biography of this athlete could have developed differently, if she had not received an ankle injury in childhood.
From figure skating to curling
Anna Sidorova, a native Muscovite, was born in 1991. From the age of 6, she was engaged in a more usual sport for a Russian girl - figure skating.
At age 14, she could no longer seriously train due to a leg injury. Mom took the girl to the curling section. At first, Anna Sidorova was depressed by such a change of activity and was not eager to continue training. The transition from bright and spectacular figure skating to such a seemingly boring and incomprehensible curling turned out to be too sharp.
However, she soon became involved in training and realized the essence of this mysterious game. In 2008, she began performing at international competitions.
Sports career and awards
Soon Anna Sidorova became the skip of the youth team of Russia. Skip in curling is the main character, the brain center of the team. At one of the tournaments, young girls under the leadership of Anna beat the main team of the country. After that, Sidorova was immediately taken to the main team. So a girl who four years ago did not know about the existence of such a sport as curling goes to the Olympics in Vancouver as part of the national team.
In 2011, Anna Sidorova became the winner of the Universiade in Turkish Erzurum. A year later, the Russian team makes a quantum leap in its development - a victory at the European Championship. At this tournament, Anna Sidorova is already a team skip, the main character.
Given the obvious progress of the national team, the fans expected a successful performance at the 2014 Olympics at home. However, the youngest team of the tournament, including Sidorov, could not stand the tension and tritely “burned out”. Without showing everything that they were capable of, the Russians did not even leave the group.
Anna was not defeated by the defeat in Moscow, and already this year she and the team took medals for the first time in history at the World Cup. A year later, the girls will repeat their success, and in the interval they also take silver medals of the European Championship.
Athlete’s personal life
The interest in curling that has arisen is not least due to the identity of the skip of the main women's team. Bright, spectacular appearance is what distinguishes Anna Sidorova. Photos with her images constantly flash in the ratings of the most beautiful athletes of the Olympics.
All this constantly raises questions for the athlete about her personal life, to which she succinctly answers that she is still not married.
However, in fact, Anna is a very serious, purposeful girl. Being engaged in curling, she simultaneously gets higher education. And studying, unlike most athletes, not at the Institute of Physical Education, but at the Faculty of Political Science and Law.
In 2013, she successfully completed her studies.
Anna is in excellent shape, and all her personal fans can only wait for new victories from the team, which leads a wonderful skip.