Allan Kournikova | |
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Personal information | |
Born | Russia | September 22, 2004
Residence | Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. |
Career | |
Status | Amateur |
Allan Kournikova (Russian: А́ллан Ку́рников, romanized: Allan Kournikov; born September 22, 2004)[1] is a youth golfer.[2] He won the U.S. Kids Golf European Championships in 2011–2015, and the U.S. Kids Golf World Championships from 2011 to 2013 and in 2015.[3][4] He was also featured in the 2013 documentary film The Short Game.[5] He is the half-brother of former professional tennis player Anna Kournikova.[6]
Allan Kournikova was born in Russia on September 22, 2004, to Alla Kournikova and composer/instrumentalist Baron Michael Moog de Medici.[7][6]
At age two, he took lessons in horseback riding and competed in international show jumping events.[6]
Golf professionals began to take notice of Kournikova at age 4, marveling at his skill.[8]
When he was eight, Kournikova took classes at Palm Beach Virtual School to allow time for golf training.[9]
Kournikova won the U.S. Kids Golf European Championships in 2011–2015 and the U.S. Kids Golf World Championships from 2011 to 2013 and in 2015.[3][4]
By 2012, his repeat world championships in golf were mentioned in The Wall Street Journal.[10]
His defense of his title at the 2012 U.S. Kids Golf World Championship was chronicled in the 2013 documentary film The Short Game.[11]
In June and August 2013, Kournikova won three consecutive titles in the European and world championships in the division for 8-year-olds.[12] In May 2014, Kournikova won the European championship by 22 strokes.[13] He won the 10-year-old divisions of the 2015 European World Championship and 2015 U.S. Kids World Championship by four strokes and nine strokes, respectively.[14][15]
In January 2010, Kournikova's mother, Alla Kournikova, was convicted of third-degree felony child neglect for leaving him at home without supervision while she ran errands. The 5-year-old jumped from a second-floor window and was found wet, crying, bruised and bleeding by a neighbor, who called police.[16] Kournikova was treated at a local hospital.[16]