Ekaterina Alexandrovna “Katia” Gordeeva was born on 28 May 1971, in Moscow, Russia, and is a retired figure skater, best known for being the partner of then husband, the late Sergei Grinkov; they became the 1988 and 1994 Olympic Champions in pair skating. She’s been skating since she was four years old, and all of her efforts have helped put her net worth to where it is today.
How rich is Ekaterina Gordeeva? As of late-2017, sources inform us of a net worth that is at $10 million, mostly earned through success in figure skating, as she is also a four-time World Champion in pair skating, and also had a solo career. As she continues her endeavors, it is expected that her wealth will also continue to increase.
Ekaterina Gordeeva Net Worth $10 million
Ekaterina started to pursue figure skating from the age of four when she joined the Children and Youth Sports School at CSKA Moscow. In 1981, she was first paired with Sergei Grinkov, and four years later, the two would win the World Junior Championships, and this would lead them to their first World Championship win the following year. Her net worth started to increase, and the couple became one of the few pairs to win back-to-back junior and senior World Championship titles. In 1987, they won gold at the Winter Olympics despite an accident, the youngest pair to ever win Olympic Gold. The pair then took back their World Championship title in 1989 after losing the previous year,. and would successfully defend it in 1990, before winning their first World Professional Championship in 1991, a competition they would win two more times in the next few years.
Gordeeva and Grinkov would become one of the most dominant pairs on the skating scene, winning 24 times out of 31 competitions. In 1989, their partnership became romantic and they would marry two years later. They toured with Stars on Ice for the next few years, although returning to ostensibly amateur competition in 1993, and the following year win their second Olympic gold. After the Olympics, they returned to professional skating and also continued to tour with Stars on Ice. They were then inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame. In 1995, Sergei would pass away from a heart attack while practicing on the ice.
The following year, Ekaterina became a solo performer – her first performance was a tribute to her late husband. She continued to produce good performances, and would also release the book “My Sergei: A Love Story”, also publishing a second book entitled “A Letter for Daria”. She also returned as a solo skater in Stars on Ice, touring with them until 2000; she’s returned frequently since then, but never full time, performing with other pairs as part of the show. In 2008, she appeared in the reality television show called “Ice Age 2”, and would win it alongside actor Egor Beroev.
Gordeeva has also been involved in various endorsements, including for Target and Rolex. She also started performing with her daughter Daria, but Daria would stop figure skating in 2007. Three years later, Katie performed with Stars on Ice on their Anniversary Tour, then joined the figure skating reality show “Battle of the Blades”. Her net worth continued to grow thanks to these numerous opportunities.
For her personal life, it is known that Gordeeva married Sergei Grinkov in 1991 and they had a daughter one year later. In 2001, she then had a daughter with 1998 Olympic men’s singles champion Ilia Kulik; the two married in a private ceremony one year later. The family now resides in Newport Beach, California, although Gordeeva also travels to Russia frequently.
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