Elena Grushina
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| Olympic medal record | |||
Competitor for  Ukraine |
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| Figure skating | |||
| Bronze | 2006 Turin | Ice dancing | |
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| Grushina & Goncharov in 2004. | ||
| Personal Info | ||
| Country: | Ukraine |
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| Date of birth: | January 8, 1975 | |
| Height: | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | |
| Partner: | Ruslan Goncharov | |
| Former Partner: | Mikhail Tashlitzky | |
| Former Coach: | Nikolai Morozov, Tatiana Tarasova, Natalia Linichuk, Gennadi Karponossov, A.Tumanovski |
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| Skating Club: | Sport Military Club Odessa | |
| Retired: | 2006 | |
| ISU Personal Best Scores | ||
| Ice Dance Total: | 213.95 | 2005 Worlds |
| Comp. Dance: | 41.30 | 2005 Worlds |
| Original Dance: | 63.23 | 2004 Cup of Russia |
| Free Dance: | 109.48 | 2005 Worlds |
Elena Grushina (Ukrainian: Елена Грушина; born January 8, 1975 in Odessa, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian figure skater. She competed in ice dance with Ruslan Goncharov. They began skating together in 1990. The pair captured a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics and retired from competition soon after.
She and Goncharov have been married since 1995. They live in Connecticut, USA, and train at the International Skating Center of Connecticut in Simsbury under the coaching of Nikolai Morozov.
[edit] Competitive highlights
(with Goncharov)
- World Championships - 18th
- European Championships - 14th
- World Championships - 22nd
- European Championships - 13th
- World Championships - 16th
- European Championships - 13th
- Olympics - 15th
- World Championships - 13th
- European Championships - 7th
- World Championships - 8th
- European Championships - 8th
- World Championships - 7th
- European Championships - 7th
- World Championships - 8th
- European Championships - 8th
- Olympics - 9th
- World Championships - 6th
- European Championships - 4th
- World Championships - 5th
- European Championships - 3rd
- World Championships - 4th
- European Championships - 2nd
- World Championships - 3rd
- European Championships - 2nd
- Olympics - 3rd
[edit] External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
- Official site
- Elena Grushina at the International Skating Union biography page
- Care to Ice Dance? - Grushina & Goncharov
Categories: 1975 births | Figure skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics | Figure skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics | Figure skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics | Ice dancers | Living people | Ukrainian figure skaters | Winter Olympics medalists | Olympic bronze medalists for Ukraine | Olympic figure skaters of Ukraine | People from Odessa | Ukrainian sportspeople stubs | European figure skating biography stubs
