Natalia Linichuk and Gennady Karponosov – one of the few champions who managed to become less legendary coaches. During their sports career, they have won absolutely all the titles, including the Olympic gold in Lake Placid.
In 1981, Natalya and Gennady officially became husband and wife, and then they began training. The Linichuk/Karponosov duo has trained many champions – Oksana Grischuk/Evgeny Platov, Anzhelika Krylova/Oleg Ovsyannikov, Irina Lobacheva/Ilya Averbukh, Albena Denkova/Maxim Stavisky, Oksana Domnina/Maxim Shabalin and others.
Linichuk and Karponosov lived in marriage for more than 30 years, their daughter Anastasia was born. In the 90s, the family moved to the USA – there were problems with finances in Russia, and the Americans promised to take care of all financial matters. But 8 years ago, Karponosov returned to his homeland, the reason was the divorce.
“After 32 years of marriage, Natasha Linichuk said that she no longer wants to be with me. It was a blow for me, I fell into depression… Then I realized that I had to turn this page and returned to Moscow. Here I received an offer to become the head coach of the Russian national team, which I gratefully accepted.– The Olympic champion said in an interview with AiF.
It did not proceed amicably, the property was divided through the court. In the total living space, the cost of which was 49 million rubles, the former spouses received an equal share, but Natalya insisted that she invested 4 million more in the repair and improvement of the apartment than Gennady. The hearings lasted three years and ended with the appeal being dismissed.
“There is the concept of the cost of an apartment and there is the concept of the cost of furniture. If evidence was presented that as a result of the repair the apartment has become more expensive, then it would still be possible to talk about something, and the apartment cost 49 million and is worth it. Otherwise, any cosmetic repair will result in an increase in the denominator – this is unfair and wrong ” – announced the representative of Karponosov Maria Fedotova.
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