Natalia Dubova

Natalia Dubova
Personal information
Full name Natalia Ilinichna Dubova
Alternative names Natalia Ilinichna Bakh
Born March 31, 1948 (1948-03-31) (age 63)
Moscow
Residence Stamford, Connecticut
Former partner Vladimir Pavlikhin

Natalia Ilinichna Dubova (Russian: Наталья Ильинична Дубова; born March 31, 1948 in Moscow) is a Russian ice dancing coach and former competitive ice dancer.

Career

Competing as Natalia Bakh with partner Vladimir Pavlikhin, she won the bronze medal at the 1965 Soviet Championships. In 1969, she began coaching at the Sokolniki Arena in Moscow.[1] In September 1992, she moved to Lake Placid, New York.[2][3] She has coached the following ice dance teams:

She was also a consultant for Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat during the 2001-02 season.[7]

Personal life

Dubova is Jewish.[8] She met her husband, Semyon Belits-Geiman, a former Olympic swimming medalist, when he came to one of her competitions as a sportswriter.[9] In 1999, they moved to Stamford, Connecticut.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ http://www.smsport.ru/expo/katalog/f-kat/dubova/
  2. ^ a b c Hersh, Phil (February 22, 1994). "Love Triangle (plus 1) Tops Torvill And Dean". The Chicago Tribune. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994-02-22/sports/9402220310_1_bronze-medalists-jayne-torvill-zhulin-usova. Retrieved September 9, 2011. 
  3. ^ Vaytsekhovskaya, Elena (1993). "Наталья Дубова: «ДЕЛИКАТЕС - ЭТО НЕ ПРОСТО ХОРОШАЯ ЕДА» [Natalia Dubova interview]" (in Russian). http://www.velena.ru/skating/ND_1993.html. Retrieved September 9, 2011. 
  4. ^ Vaytsekhovskaya, Elena (1991). "Марина Климова, Сергей Пономаренко: «ЗА ВСЕ НАДО ПЛАТИТЬ САМИМ. ЗА ОШИБКИ ТОЖЕ» [Klimova & Ponomarenko interview]" (in Russian). http://www.velena.ru/skating/MKSP_1991.html. Retrieved September 9, 2011. 
  5. ^ Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz at the International Skating Union
  6. ^ Siobhan Heekin-Canedy and Alexander Shakalov at the International Skating Union
  7. ^ http://www.sports.ru/others/2865474.html
  8. ^ Jews in Sport in the USSR
  9. ^ Wells, Judy (April 30, 2000). "Famed skating coach takes to the ice with local talent". The Florida Times-Union. http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/043000/dss_2945594.html. Retrieved August 2, 2011. 
  10. ^ Davis, Harold (September 20, 2009). "From Russia with love: Olympic champ and wife still live sporting life in Stamford". Connecticut Post. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CTPB&p_theme=ctpb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=12ADD612A67AEBF0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved August 2, 2011. 
  11. ^ Mittan, Barry (November 1, 2003). "Australian Dancers Flourish Under Dubova". The Florida Times-Union. http://www.goldenskate.com/2003/11/australian-dancers-flourish-under-dubova/. Retrieved September 9, 2011.