Olga Sharutenko

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Olga Sharutenko
Personal information
Country represented Russia
Born (1978-04-01) 1 April 1978
Yekaterinburg, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Former partner Dmitri Naumkin
Former coach Oleg Epshtein
Alexei Gorshkov

Olga Sharutenko (Russian: Ольга Шарутенко; born 1 April 1978) is a Russian ice dancer. She competed with partner Dmitri Naumkin. After becoming the 1995 World Junior champions,[1] they turned senior and won the Nebelhorn Trophy in 1995 and 1997, the Karl Schäfer Memorial in 1996, and the Winter Universiade in 1997 and 1999. They skated together for 15 years.[2]

Sharutenko began skating when she was six years old, like her mother, and was training twice daily, six days a week by the age of eight.[2][3] She currently skates professionally with The Imperial Ice Stars.[2] and is touring the UK with Sleeping Beauty.[3] Later in 2013, she will appear in The Nutcracker in Southampton and Cardiff with her Dancing On Ice Partner Keith Chegwin. In 2006, she skated with John Barrowman in series 1 of ITV's Dancing on Ice. She was paired with TV presenter Keith Chegwin in series 8 (2013) – they came 7th overall.[4][5]

Competitive highlights

(with Naumkin)

International
Event 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99
GP NHK Trophy 7th
GP Skate Canada 6th
GP Sparkassen Cup 7th
Karl Schäfer 1st
Nebelhorn Trophy 1st 1st
Skate Israel 3rd
Lysiane Lauret 3rd
Winter Universiade 1st 1st
International: Junior
Junior Worlds 1st
National
Russian Champ. 2nd 4th 5th
GP = Became part of Champions Series from 1995–1996;
renamed Grand Prix from 1998–1999

References

  1. World Junior Figure Skating Championships: ISU Results: Dance PDF (11.0 KB)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Chilling with a rising star". Cape Times. January 13, 2012. Archived from the original on January 13, 2012. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Dancing On Ice star Olga Sharutenko brings Sleeping Beauty On Ice to Edinburgh". Edinburgh Evening News (Scotsman.com). 16 April 2013. 
  4. "Dancing on Ice: Keith Chegwin – the second chance". STV. 18 December 2012. 
  5. "Sharutenko backs Beth to win Dancing on Ice". RTE. 26 February 2013. 

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