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Elena Borisovna Batanova (Russian: Елена Борисовна Батанова) is a former competitive ice dancer for the Soviet Union. She is a two-time (1980, 1981) World Junior champion with partner Alexei Soloviev. [1] On the senior level, they won the 1982 NHK Trophy and 1984 Soviet national title.
Since figure skating was held during the Summer Olympic Games in 1908 and 1920 before being moved to the Winter Olympic, three skaters won medals in figure skating at both the Summer and Winter Games. Men's singles skater Gillis Grafström's first gold medal was earned at the 1920 Summer Olympics. His other three medals were won at the 1924 ...
Wednesday night's plane crash outside Washington, D.C., that killed a yet-unknown number of U.S. figure skaters, coaches and family members was devastating news for the skating community. It also ...
Figure skating coach Inna Volyanskaya, 59, was among the skaters and coaches aboard the plane that collided with a military helicopter Wednesday night, according to Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Virginia.
Coaches Naumov and Shishkova, originally from Russia, were the 1994 world pairs skating champions. They leave a 23-year-old son, Maxim, another promising talent from Boston who finished fourth in ...
With an overall score of 224.59 points, seventeen-year-old Adelina Sotnikova became one of the youngest figure-skating Olympic champions, edging out silver-medalist and defending-champion Yuna Kim and bronze-medalist Carolina Kostner. [2] After the short program, Kim was in first place, .28 points ahead of Sotnikova. [2]
Elena Germanovna Buianova (Russian: Елена Германовна Буянова, née Vodorezova, Водорезова; born 21 May 1963) is a Russian figure skating coach and retired competitive skater who represented the Soviet Union. She is the 1983 World bronze medalist and three-time European medalist.
Russian ice skater Elena Gouliakova was reportedly found living on the streets of Mexico, years after a successful career in the sport and performing with Holiday On Ice. The former figure skater ...