Despite his bitter divorce from Olympic ice skater-turned-TV personality Johnny Weir, Victor Voronov is headed back down the aisle.
Voronov, 32, has fallen for 20-year-old Joti Polizoakis, an ice dancer for the German national team.
“It’s just a little bit ironic that it happened this way,” Voronov told Page Six, adding that Polizoakis, who proposed, is the opposite of his last beau.
In March 2014, Weir and Voronov called it quits after two years of marriage. In the following weeks there were allegations of animal abuse, rape and spreading of STDs. There was also a physical altercation during a period of reconciliation at their New Jersey home, from which Voronov says he sustained several injuries.
Come winter 2014, Voronov and Polizoakis met at the airport in Atlanta. “He recognized me. We started talking. Exchanged numbers. Went very slowly. And one thing led to another,” Voronov recalled. “After a while, months and months of speaking, I developed trust.”
Voronov, now the vice president and legal consultant for a real estate company, lives in Michigan where his fiancé trains.
Polizoakis, who is converting to Judaism for Voronov, aims to compete in the upcoming 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympic Games.
“The plan is to have children after the first Olympics, which is 2018,” Voronov added. “That’s the plan right now.”
While the infamous Fabergé egg at the center of Voronov and Weir’s marriage is still making headlines, Voronov can only look ahead.
“I learned that love and passion are very important in a relationship, but for a marriage to work there needs to be trust, respect and compatibility,” Voronov said.
Of his fiancé, Voronov said, “This person is the most genuine, kind, honest and sweet person. I’ve never been treated better in my life. Anybody would be lucky to know a person like this.”
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