Beautiful tennis player Anna Kournikova
Beautiful tennis player Anna Kournikova
Famous Russian tennis player Anna Kournikova was born on 7 June 1981. Her beauty and celebrity status made her one of the best known tennis stars worldwide. Noteworthy, Anna was the youngest participant of the Olympic Games in the history of Russia (in all sports). And at the time of her debut at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta Anna was 15 years and 47 days old. Meanwhile, Kournikova’s tennis career has been curtailed, and possibly ended, by serious back and spinal problems in the past several years.
Speaking about her personal life, noteworthy is her relationship with Pavel Bure, an NHL ice hockey player. Bure and Kournikova became engaged in 2000. Interestingly, a reporter took a photo of them together in a Florida restaurant just at the moment when Bure asked Kournikova to marry him.
However, later Kournikova started dating pop star Enrique Iglesias in 2001. In fact, Kournikova and Iglesias have been in a long term relationship for more than 12 years now. In May 2013 she married him.
Meanwhile, in September 2010, Kournikova received U.S. citizenship. She spoke about it in October issue interview for magazine “Maxim”, published the same month. According to Kournikova, she always felt like a half-Russian and half-American, and it did not matter, she had a passport or not. However, having started to work with organizations that help the U.S. military overseas, she decided that obtaining U.S. citizenship – the “next logical step”. In November 2010, she became an American citizen. In 2011, Men’s Health named her one of the “100 Hottest Women of All-Time”, ranking her at No. 29.
update:
Enrique Iglesias and Anna Kournikova have been dating for 12 years, and clearly the love between Enrique Iglesias and Anna Kournikova is stronger than ever. The singer whisked his tennis playing girlfriend away in a speed boat for a romantic ride around Biscayne Bay in Miami.
Beautiful tennis player Anna Kournikova
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