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| Full name | Marina Alexeevna Eltsova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former country(ies) represented | Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 4, 1970 Leningrad |
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| Height | 5'2" (157 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former partner | Andrei Bushkov Sergei Zaitsev |
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| Former coach | Natalia Pavlova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marina Alexeevna Eltsova (Russian: Марина Алексеевна Ельцова) (born 4 February 1970 in Leningrad) is a Russian pair skater. She represented the Soviet Union until its fall, and, after that, Russia. With partner Andrei Bushkov, she won the 1996 World Figure Skating Championships and the 1993 and 1997 European Figure Skating Championships. The pair competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics, where they placed seventh.
She had previously skated with Sergei Zaitsev, representing the Soviet Union.
Eltsova is married and has a daughter. She currently is a figure skating coach at Pepsi Ice Midwest in Overland Park, KS.
(with Bushkov)
| Event | 1990-91 | 1991-92 | 1992-93 | 1993-94 | 1994-95 | 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 |
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| Winter Olympic Games | 7th | ||||||||
| World Championships | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 6th | |||
| European Championships | 1st | 4th | 4th | 1st | WD | ||||
| Russian Championships | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 4th | ||
| Soviet Championships | 4th | 3rd | |||||||
| Grand Prix Final | 2nd | 3rd | |||||||
| Cup of Russia | 2nd | 1st | 5th | ||||||
| Trophée Lalique | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | ||||||
| Skate America | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||||
| Skate Canada International | 3rd | 2nd | |||||||
| Nations Cup | 1st | 2nd | |||||||
| NHK Trophy | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | |||||
| Winter Universiade | 1st |
(with Zaitsev)
| Event | 1988-1989 |
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| Winter Universiade | 3rd |
| Skate America | 2nd |
| Prize of Moscow News | 3rd |
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