Tatiana Totmianina
Tatiana Totmianina
Tatiana Ivanovna Totmianinais a Russian pair skater. With partner Maxim Marinin, she is the 2006 Olympic Champion, two-time World Champion, and five-time European Champion. The pair began skating together in 1996 and retired from competition in 2006...
ProfessionFigure Skater
Date of Birth2 November 1981
believe champions olympic
I still can't believe we are Olympic champions because it was such a long, long way.
feeling good looks means
Sometimes it looks good but you are not feeling comfortable inside. But if it looks good, it means it is good.
best easiest emotions explain olympic personal thrilled
I can't even explain the emotions because they are very, very high. It was a long, long way, and it wasn't the easiest way. I'm just thrilled with everything. We've done so well, our personal best at the Olympic Games.
emotions explain perfect skating
It was perfect skating to end a perfect career. I can't explain the emotions I feel right now.
best performance
It was the best performance of our whole lives.
best performance programs short
It was the best performance of all our short programs this season.
clear happy mean people seemed skated
We are just happy to have skated clear and people seemed to like it. We are world champions, but that doesn't mean that everything is easy.
chance weeks
Two weeks ago there was a chance we wouldn't be here.
best good performance proud
Actually it was our best performance of our whole lives. I'm really, really happy. I'm proud because we made a good performance for our country.
days nice terrible
After going through all these terrible days it's nice that we're now here.
felt free happen problems small
There are small problems in the program, but I felt great. I don't know what will happen in the free skating, so let's just wait.
clean gold skated thrilled
I'm just thrilled with everything. We did everything that we can do, we skated clean and got the gold medal.