Post by Angela on Feb 5, 2006 2:10:41 GMT -5
Birthdate: May 14, 1987 in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Danil Andropov came to the United States from St. Petersburg, Russia when he was 15 to train under coach Parker Janson. Parker rescued Danil from the abusive clutches of legendary coach Ivan Shotsky, and shortly after bringing Danil to the States brought charges against him for mental, physical, verbal and sexual abuse. After a long, drawn out battle, Danil, Parker, and their fellow witness Evgeny Potemerrenko won, and Shotsky was imprisoned.
Danil had seen his mother brutally murdered when he was 12, by jewel smugglers. She possessed unknowingly a jeweled rosary worth millions of dollars. His father was always cold to him afterwards, convinced that he didn't have what it took to properly care for the boy. Danil has never gotten over the horror of that night. His mother's killers followed him to America and stalked him. They attacked him in the middle of the night, and Parker saved his life. The men were arrested and are now in Russian prison.
After the trial against his former coach, Danil went on a vacation. While hw as there, he met a French painter named Stefan Richard. They became great friends, and soon after Stefan confessed that he was gay. Danil didn't let that bother him, in fact shortly afterward the two became involved in an intimate relationship. However, there were several students in school who didn't like the idea of him being gay, even though they had no evidence to go on. One night, they attacked Danil, and Parker saved his life once more.
Still, Danil and Stefan were not meant to be. When it was revealed that Stefan was addicted to cocaine, Danil's father forbade him from seeing him again. Though it crushed him, Danil found a way to muddle through, and soon met another man, Peter Zemeckis. They started dating a few months after the breakup. Though they had some time apart to clear their heads about things, they got back together the fall of 2005 and have been together ever since.
Danil has two pets: a golden retriever by the name of Zoloto, who is 4 years old, and a black and grey tabby cat by the name of Vaska, who is about a year and a half.
Zoloto is purebred, and Danil plans on entering her in dog shows at the end of the season.
