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Anna Kournikova Starts New Career Geared toward Kids The Atlanta-based Cartoon Network's "Get Animated" program is Kournikova's current push. "I've shot a DVD with Cartoon Network to be distributed to all the Boys and Girls Clubs, and basically the Get Animated campaign is about encouraging kids to get active, to get them off the couch and get them really involved in sports activities, exercises and a healthy lifestyle," she said. Kournikova had little choice about exercise as a young child in Russia. Her mother, Alla, was a former 400-meter runner. Her father, Sergei, was a Greco-Roman wrestler and a physical education professor. Kournikova was 5 when she was given her first tennis racket. By 8 she began playing in junior tournaments. A year later, her family moved to Florida, where she was enrolled in Nick Bollettieri's tennis academy. She turned professional at 14. She says wanting to spend time with kids is not an attempt to recapture childhood years that were largely devoted to tennis. Read and see more of Anna Kournikova along with her videos.
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