January 13, 2003
From People Magazine
EKATERINA GORDEEVA
by Jason Lynch and Susan Horsburgh
It's been seven years since Sergei Grinkov, Gordeeva's husband and fellow Olympic pairs gold medalist in 1988 and '94, died of a heart attack at 28. Gordeeva, then 24, was shattered. "She's moved on since then and is so happy," says long-time pal Lea Ann Miller. Last June 10, in a private ceremony in San Francisco, Gordeeva, now 31, wed Ilia Kulik, 25, whom she had met on tour in 1998 after he mined Olympic gold in men's figure skating. Now looking toward a possible coaching career, Gordeeva has scaled back her performances and practices to stay closer to the four-bedroom L.A. home she and Kulik share with their 18-month-old daughter Elizaveta and Daria, 10, Gordeeva's daughter with Grinkov. "I'm trying to live more for the kids," she says. Reuniting with her former rivals on Divas, she says, "It was nice to talk about families.
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