Viktoria Volchkova

Infobox Figure skater
title= Viktoria Volchkova


caption= Viktoria Volchkova at the 2004 World Championships in Dortmund
country= RUS
dateofbirth= birth date and age|1982|7|30
residence= Moscow, Russia
height= convert|168|cm|ftin|abbr=on
coach= Marina Kudriavtseva
skating club= Sport Club Moskvitch
retired =
combined total= 154.16
combined date= 2004 Cup of China
SP score= 57.08
SP date= 2006 European Championships
FS score= 101.02
FS date= 2004 Cup of China

Viktoria Yevgenyevna Volchkova ( _ru. Виктория Евгеньевна Волчкова) (born July 30, 1982) is a Russian figure skater. Born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), Volchkova has never won a major championship, but she is the only woman to win four consecutive bronze medals at the European Championships. She is also a two-time World Junior bronze medalist, two time Goodwill Games bronze medalist and seven-time Russian Nationals medalist. She is an Olympian and has placed in the top 10 at five World Championships. She was often overshadowed by Maria Butyrskaya and Irina Slutskaya during the beginning of her career (1999-2002), and by Elena Sokolova in 2003. She strugled with injuries in 2004, 2005 and 2006. Her current coach is Marina Kudriavtseva.

She withdrew from the 2006 Winter Olympics due to inflammation in her right arm.

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