| Fedor Emelianenko was born in Rubizhne which is | | | | Judo instructor, but after a little bit of time he turned |
| now considered a part of the country of Ukraine. His | | | | to Vladimir Mihailovich Voronov who is his coach |
| family moved to a town called Stary Oskol in Russia | | | | today. Voronov started training with Fedor |
| when he was two years old where his mother | | | | Emelianenko when he was young boy and often likes |
| worked as a teacher and his father was a steel | | | | to regal about when he was weak and did not have |
| worker. Emelianenko grew up in a full house with one | | | | the talent he possesses today. The greatest thing |
| older sister and two younger brothers. One of his | | | | about Fedor is that he has always had an innate |
| younger brothers also became a professional mixed | | | | perseverance and strong will. |
| martial artist and he was Aleksander Emelianenko. His | | | | Emelianenko was granted the official certification of a |
| other brother, Ivan, is currently training to be a | | | | Master of Sports in 1997 for both Sambo and Judo |
| mixed martial artist as well, so it is clearly something | | | | where he then became a part of the Russian national |
| that pumps through the blood in the family. | | | | team. Fedor has competed on a very high |
| Emelianenko went on to graduate from high school in | | | | professional level for Judo and in 1998 he even won |
| 1991 and even graduated from a professional trade | | | | a bronze medal in the Russian Judo Championship. |
| school in 1994 with honors. Fedor was a firefighter in | | | | This is when he started studying under Alexander |
| the Russian Army for two years, but he realized it | | | | Vasilievich Michkov where he learned techniques of |
| was not for him. He married his wife in 1999 and | | | | striking with his arms and legs. It was not until the |
| they had one child, a daughter and they just | | | | 21st century though when Fedor Emelianenko ran out |
| welcomed their second daughter in 2007. His interest | | | | of money that he decided to compete in combat |
| and enthusiasm for fighting began with Judo which is | | | | Sambo. He was 25 years old at the time, married |
| a modern Japanese martial art and combat sport. It | | | | with a child and really needed a better source of |
| began in the late nineteenth century in Japan and it is | | | | income for him and his family. |
| extremely competitive. He began training under a | | | | |