Petrov at the Chen Lu International Skating Club |
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| Full name | Denis Alekseyevich Petrov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | Unified Team CIS Soviet Union |
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| Born | March 3, 1968 Saint Petersburg |
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| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former partner | Elena Bechke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach | Tamara Moskvina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Profsoyuz Leningrad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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| Competitor for the Unified Team | ||
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| Silver | 1992 Albertville | Pairs |
Denis Alekseyevich Petrov (Russian: Денис Алексеевич Петров; born March 3, 1968 in Saint Petersburg) is a Russian pair skater who competed for the Soviet Union, the Commonwealth of Independent States, and the Unified Team. With partner Elena Bechke, he is the 1992 Olympic silver medalist, the 1989 World bronze medalist, and the 1991 & 1992 European silver medalist.
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Denis Petrov and Elena Bechke began skating together in 1987, and trained with the legendary Russian pairs coach Tamara Moskvina. Their first win was at the 1988 Trophée Lalique. They went on to win the bronze medal at the 1989 World Championships, silver medals at the 1991 and 1992 European Championships, and the silver medal at the 1992 Olympic Games. They retired from amateur competition after the Winter Olympics.
Bechke and Petrov competed for several years as professionals. They won the World Professional Championships in 1996, as well as a number of other professional competitions in the mid- and late-1990s. They placed second at their last World Professional Championships, in 1999.
They toured with Stars on Ice for seven years (1994–2000), and also coached together in Virginia.[1] Bechke retired from skating after the 1999–2000 season, while Petrov continued to skate with Stars on Ice for two more years.
Bechke and Petrov married in 1990, but divorced in 1995.
In July 2005, Petrov married Chinese figure skater, Chen Lu. They live in Shenzhen, China, where Chen manages the World Ice Arena and Petrov is the head coach of its skating academy.[2] Their son, Nikita, was born on June 27, 2006, and their daughter, Anastasia, on July 8, 2009, both in Shenzhen. Both Chen and Denis are naturalized citizens of the United States due to their extensive professional engagements in America.
(with Bechke)
| Season | Short program | Long program | Exhibition |
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| 1999–2000 | Eva Csárdás Snowstorm |
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| 1998 | Joue Jusqu'au Matin Liebestraum Whole Lotta Love |
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| 1996 | The Lady and the Hooligan by Dmitri Shostakovich |
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| 1995 | Spartacus | ||
| 1994 | ? by Giuseppe Verdi Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix by Camille Saint-Saëns You Don't Bring Me Flowers by Barbra Streisand |
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| 1992–1993 | Pas de Deux from The Nutcracker by Pyotr Tchaikovsky |
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| 1991–1992 | Pas de Deux from The Nutcracker by Pyotr Tchaikovsky |
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| 1990–1991 | Money Money Money performed by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
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| Event | 1987–88 | 1988–89 | 1989–90 | 1990–91 | 1991–92 |
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| Winter Olympic Games | 2nd | ||||
| World Championships | 3rd | 4th | 4th | ||
| European Championships | 2nd | 2nd | |||
| Soviet Championships | 4th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 1st |
| Nations Cup | 1st | ||||
| Trophée Lalique | 1st | 1st | |||
| NHK Trophy | 2nd | ||||
| Prize of Moscow News | 2nd |
| Event | 1991–92 | 1992–93 | 1993–94 | 1994–95 | 1995–96 | 1996–97 | 1997–98 | 1998–99 |
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| World Pros | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd |