Skater's Biography: The Interesting, The Weird, and The Wacky

[Figure_Frenzy]

On 11/1/2017 at 1:16 AM, LadyLou said:

Well he belongs to the sport division of penitentiary police  ("fiamme azzurre") but I don't think he actually has anything to do with jails (not while he's still competing anyway). And he's in good company, with Anna, Luca and Caro. As to why penitentiary police, too, has a sport division...no idea  Take this as some delicious italian weirdness 

...Matteo Rizzo too is in Fiamme Azzure, I think?

Also this sort of arrangement (being an army/police officer while being an athlete) is found not only in Italy, but also Germany (afaik — tell me if there are other countries that financially compensate their athletes in this way) — still in Italy we have Valentina Marchei as an Air Force officer (though lately she is also in the Italian Olympic committee — not sure if she is financially compensated from that though ). In Germany Aljona is an officer in the Bundeswehr (army branch), along with other German pair skaters (Annika Hocke/Ruben Blommaert) and ice dancers (I forgot their names, but they have actually split now ) that also went to Pyeongchang

[kaeryth]

 

[Guest turquoiseblue]

On 9/10/2018 at 4:26 AM, turquoiseblue said:

Nikolaj Majorov's hobbies are photography and fire art

 

http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00054796.htm (last update: 08.09.2018)

 

Here are some videos! It looks a little bit scary but cool 

 

 

 

Here is a video of Nikolaj's debut performance as a fire artist   

 

 

[Guest turquoiseblue]

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[kaeryth]

Extreme ironing...

 

[Moria Polonius]

On 11/16/2018 at 4:28 PM, kaeryth said:

Extreme ironing...

 

 

It's not the first time I see extreme ironing as a hobby in isu bios, it made me look the sport up. I couldn't believe it sort of really exists!

[anski]

On 10/29/2018 at 8:18 AM, turquoiseblue said:

 

Here is a video of Nikolaj's debut performance as a fire artist   

 

 

 

https://twitter.com/FSIgstories/status/1088250053955854336

 

The ISU actually featured him in their stories and he said he was also a fire artist and that among other things he eats fire, to the amusement of the person who handles the ISU's social media  seems like Nikolaj is going to be an absolute gem just like Uncle Majorov. 

 

[kaeryth]

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