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Natalia Dubova Personal information Full name Natalia Ilinichna Dubova Alternative names Natalia Ilinichna Bakh Born March 31, 1948
MoscowResidence 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:
- Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko (from 1979 to 1991)[4]
- Maya Usova and Alexander Zhulin[2] (from 1980 to 1994)
- Oksana Grishuk and Evgeny Platov[2] (from mid-1989 to mid-1992)
- Tatiana Navka and Samuel Gezalian
- Galit Chait and Sergei Sakhnovski
- Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz[5]
- Siobhan Heekin-Canedy and Alexander Shakalov[6]
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
- ^ http://www.smsport.ru/expo/katalog/f-kat/dubova/
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz at the International Skating Union
- ^ Siobhan Heekin-Canedy and Alexander Shakalov at the International Skating Union
- ^ http://www.sports.ru/others/2865474.html
- ^ Jews in Sport in the USSR
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
Categories:- 1948 births
- Living people
- Soviet ice dancers
- Russian figure skating coaches
- People from Moscow
- Soviet Jews
- Jewish sportspeople
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