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| Competitor for the Unified Team | ||
| Gold | 1992 Albertville | Pairs |
| Competitor for Russia | ||
| Silver | 1994 Lillehammer | Pairs |
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| Full name | Natalia Yevgenievna Mishkutenok | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alternative names | Natalia Mishkutionok, Mishkutienok | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former country(ies) represented | Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 14, 1970 Minsk, Belarus SSR |
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| Height | 5'3" (159 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former partner | Artur Dmitriev | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Tamara Moskvina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Yubileyny Sport Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Natalia Yevgenievna Mishkutenok (Russian: Наталья Евгеньевна Мишкутёнок, born July 14, 1970 in Minsk, Belarus) is a retired Russian pair skater who now works as a coach. With former partner Artur Dmitriev, she is the 1992 Olympic Champion.
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Mishkutenok competed for the Soviet Union, Russia, and the Unified Team. She trained in St. Petersburg with renowned Russian pairs coach Tamara Moskvina. She skated with partner Artur Dmitriev from 1987 to 1994; together, they won the 1991 and 1992 World and European Championships, and Olympic gold in 1992. They performed to Franz Liszt's Liebestraum (Dream of Love), which became one of the most noted programs of their career and earned them four perfect 6.0 marks at the 1992 World Championships in Oakland, CA. They turned professional shortly after that championship.
Mishkutenok and Dmitriev chose to reinstate as amateurs after the ban against such actions was lifted. They attempted to defend their Olympic title in the 1994 Winter Olympics, where they delivered two strong programs. Their free skate to Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto earned a standing ovation and is considered one of their finest performances. The judges awarded the gold medal to Mishkutenok and Dmitriev's good friends and fellow countrymen Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov ("G & G").
This team was famous for their speed, power, intricate choreography, and flexibility. They regularly received standing ovations from audiences worldwide after their soulful and technically difficult performances. One hallmark of Mishkutenok and Dmitriev's style was their creative spins, especially one in which Mishkutenok would do a split and point her head down, with an arm around Dmitriev's calf so that they were both vertical and aligned; this signature move, called "Natasha's spin" was incorporated into virtually every one of their programs. Another signature move was a backwards inside death spiral in which Mishkutenok bent backwards, holding her foot behind and above her head while Dmitriev also held her raised skate blade and her free hand.
Mishkutenok and Dmitriev competed before, during, and after the breakup of the Soviet Union, which put them in the extraordinary position of competing for the Soviet Union, the "Unified Team" (a team made up of athletes from the nation states that were formerly part of the Soviet Union), and Russia all within a four year period.
Mishkutenok and Dmitriev amicably parted soon after the 1994 Olympics. Dmitriev went on to skate with Oksana Kazakova and won the gold at the 1998 Olympics. Mishkutenok settled in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1995 and moved to Texas in 2003.[1] She was formerly married to American hockey player Craig Shephard, with whom she skated professionally on occasion during the late 90s. She divorced Shepherd and remarried Alan Hainline. They had a daughter, Natasha Aleena Mishkutionok Hainline on January 16, 2006.[1] Mishkutenok is currently coaching pairs and singles skaters in Hurst, Texas. One of her students is the U.S. men's 2009 novice silver medalist Stevan Evans.
| Season | Short program | Long program | Exhibition |
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| 1993–1994 | Don Quixote by Ludwig Minkus Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninov |
Piano Concerto #2 ("The Symphony of Emotions") by Sergei Rachmaninov |
Flute Dance
Nostalgia |
| 1990–1992 | Don Quixote by Ludwig Minkus The Swan by Camille Saint-Saëns |
Liebestraum by Franz Liszt |
Somewhere in Your Heart by Frank Sinatra War Drums Peasant Dance |
| 1988–1990 | Let's Dance Together | Collection of Jewish folk music | Piano Piece ("The Death Spiral")
Peasant Dance Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninov War drums |
(with Artur Dmitriev)
| Event | 1987–88 | 1988–89 | 1989–90 | 1990–91 | 1991–92 | 1992–93 | 1993–94 |
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| Winter Olympic Games | 1st | 2nd | |||||
| World Championships | 3rd | 1st | 1st | ||||
| European Championships | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | |
| Russian Championships | 2nd | ||||||
| Soviet Championships | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | |||
| Skate America | 1st | 1st | |||||
| Nations Cup | 1st | ||||||
| Trophée Lalique | 1st | 1st | |||||
| NHK Trophy | 3rd | ||||||
| Prize of Moscow News | 1st | ||||||
| Goodwill Games | 2nd | 1st | |||||
| Piruetten | 1st | ||||||
| Winter Universiade | 1st | ||||||
| World Pro. Championships | 3rd | ||||||
| World Challenge of Champions | 3rd | ||||||
| US Open Pro. | 1st |
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