Editing Irina Privalova (section)

== Personal life ==
Privalova originally competed under her married name of Sergeyeva. Her first pregnancy forced her to miss the 1988 Olympics.<ref name="wsj1">{{cite news |last1=Lilley |first1=Jeffrey |title=A Must See, but Not On NBC: Irina Privalova |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB838674021474826000 |access-date=13 April 2021 |publisher=Wall Street Journal |date=30 July 1996}}</ref> After a separation and divorce, she competed under her maiden name of Privalova.<ref name="shero1"/><ref name="indoor1"/>

Privalova married her coach, Vladimir Paraschuk, and in 2000 they lived in Moscow with sons from previous marriages. Paraschuk was also, at that time, coach of track and field at [[Moscow State University]] from which Privalova has a degree in journalism (graduated in 1995).<ref name="wa_400h"/> Under the tutelage of Paraschuk, Privalova trained alone, using the somewhat spartan facilities of the university, rather than attending a sports institute like most of her compatriots.<ref name="wsj1"/>

In 2008, she is described as the mother of three children: Alexei, aged 20; Maria, aged 6; and Katya, then 2 years old.<ref name="reuters"/><ref name="reuters2"/>