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Oksana Grishuk
Grishuk and Platov at the 1994 European ChampionshipsPersonal information Full name Oksana Vladimirovna Grishuk Alternative names Oksana Grishchuk/Grischuk
Pasha GrishukFormer country(ies) represented Russia
Soviet UnionBorn March 17, 1971
OdessaHeight 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) Former partner Evgeny Platov
Alexandr ChichkovFormer coach Tatiana Tarasova
Natalia Linichuk
Gennadi Karponosov
Natalia DubovaSkating club Sportsclub Moskva Retired March 1998 Medal recordFigure skating Ice dancing Competitor for Russia Olympic Games Gold 1998 Nagano Ice dancing Gold 1994 Lillehammer Ice dancing World Championships Gold 1997 Lausanne Ice dancing Gold 1996 Edmonton Ice dancing Gold 1995 Birmingham Ice dancing Gold 1994 Chiba Ice dancing Silver 1993 Prague Ice dancing Bronze 1992 Oakland Ice dancing European Championships Gold 1998 Milan Ice dancing Gold 1997 Paris Ice dancing Gold 1996 Sofia Ice dancing Silver 1994 Copenhagen Ice dancing Silver 1993 Helsinki Ice dancing Bronze 1992 Lausanne Ice dancing Grand Prix Final Gold 1997-1998 Munich Ice dancing Gold 1995-1996 Paris Ice dancing Competitor for Soviet Union World Junior Championships Gold 1988 Brisbane Ice dancing Silver 1987 Kitchener Ice dancing Olympic medal record Competitor for Russia Figure skating Gold 1994 Lillehammer Ice dancing Gold 1998 Nagano Ice dancing Oksana (Pasha) Vladimirovna Grishuk (Russian: Оксана (Паша) Владимировна Грищук; born March 17, 1972 in Odessa, USSR) is a Russian ice dancer. She is best known for her partnership with Evgeny Platov from 1989–1998. With Platov, she is a two-time Olympic champion (1994, 1998), four-time World champion (1994–1997), and three-time European champion (1996–1998). With previous partner Alexandr Chichkov, she is the 1988 World Junior champion.
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Career
Grishuk began skating at the age of four. Her father abandoned the family when she was a child.[1] She moved to Moscow in 1981 and began training under Natalia Linichuk and Gennadi Karponossov in 1984. She initially competed with Alexandr Chichkov for the Soviet Union. In 1987, they won the silver medal at the World Junior Championships. The following year, they won gold at the event as well as the Soviet Championships. They competed one more season and won bronze at the Grand Prix International de Paris (now known as Trophée Eric Bompard). He retired in summer 1989 due to injury.
Grishuk was invited to join Natalia Dubova's group where she was partnered with Evgeny Platov. They trained in Moscow.[2] Three months later, in December 1989, they won the bronze medal at the Soviet Championships. They were fifth in the World Championship debut in 1990. Their first European and World medals, both bronze, came at the 1992 European Championships and 1992 World Championships.
Due to tensions between Grishuk and Maya Usova, Dubova allegedly threw Grishuk out of her group in mid-1992,[2] although Grishuk said she chose to leave.[1] Dubova found a new partner for Platov while Grishuk briefly searched for a new partner in Germany before returning to Moscow and her previous coach, Natalia Linichuk.[2] Platov decided not to follow Dubova and re-teamed with Grishuk in the fall of 1992.[2]
During the 1992–93 season, Grishuk and Platov won European and World silver medals. In 1993–94, they won silver at the European Championships. They won their first Olympic title at the 1994 Olympics.[3] They ended the season with their first World title at the 1994 World Championships. They then left Russia and moved with Linichuk to Newark, Delaware for better training and living conditions.[1]
Grishuk and Platov missed most of 1994–95 due to injury but returned to win the 1995 World Championships. They had a full season in 1995–96 and won another set of European and World titles.
In 1996, Grishuk and Platov split from Linichuk and moved to Tatiana Tarasova in Marlborough, Massachusetts.[1] Injury kept them out of competition in the first half of the 1996–97 season but they returned to win their second European and fourth World title. In September 1997, she changed her first name to Pasha after being repeatedly confused with Oksana Baiul,[1] but later went back to Oksana. In 1997–98, Grishuk and Platov won their third European Championships. At the event, they were slashed in a practice collision with Anjelika Krylova and Oleg Ovsiannikov but were not seriously hurt and both teams said it was an accident.[4] Grishuk and Platov competed at their third Olympics in 1998 in Nagano, where they became the first ice dancers to repeat as gold medalists.[1][5]
Grishuk and Platov won 20 consecutive competitions from 1994 to 1998.[1] They were entered in the Guinness Book of World Records in 1998 for becoming the only team in the history of ice dancing to win Olympic gold twice. Grishuk and Platov combined speed and difficult elements, and displayed their mastery of numerous styles of dance.[1][6] On their partnership, Platov said in 1998: "It's like being a husband and a wife. Sometimes, you fight. Sometimes, you walk away and calm down. I met her a long time ago, and I still remember her as a little girl on the ice. She was so little. So active. Usually, little girls are boring. But that girl. Oh, there was a fire on ice."[4] He also said: "It's hard to change her mind. She fights every step. But it works out. That's why she is so good."[1]
Grishuk and Platov retired from competition and did not compete at the 1998 World Championships. They skated together in shows until the summer of 1998. Platov then decided to skate with their former rival Maya Usova. Grishuk teamed up with Alexander Zhulin with whom she skated one year.
In 1994, Russian President Boris Yeltsin awarded Grishuk with a government medal of Friendship for highest achievement in sport. In 1998, Yeltsin awarded Grishuk with a government medal of Labor also for highest achievement in sport.
In 2006, Grishuk was a celebrity judge on the WE tv series Skating's Next Star, created and produced by Major League Figure Skating and hosted by Kristi Yamaguchi. Also in 2006, Grishuk won Dance on Ice, a Russian celebrity skating show in Moscow, and was third in 2007. Grishuk and Platov reunited in February 2008 in Nagano, Japan for their ten-year anniversary of winning the 1998 Olympic gold medal.[7]
Personal life
Grishuk studied at the Sport University of Moscow from 1988 to 1992. She has a daughter, Skyler Grace.
Programs
(with Platov)
Season Original dance Free dance Exhibition 1997–1998 - Memorial Requiem
by Michael Nyman
- Frozen
by Madonna
- You'll See
by Madonna
1996–1997 - The Feeling Begins
by Peter Gabriel
- You'll See
by Madonna
1995–1996 - Muchachita
by Perez Prado - Mambo Jambo
(a.k.a. Que Rico El Mambo)
by Perez Prado - Bogota
by Gil Ventura
- I Will Always Love You
by Whitney Houston
1994–1995 1993–1994 - Historia de um Amor
- Rock Around the Clock
(vocal version)
1992–1993 - Aquarell
- Aquarell
- Viennese Waltz
1991–1992 - Schön Rosmarin
- Liebesleid
by Fritz Kreisler
performed by Kryzler & Kompany
1990–1991 1989–1990 - Sirtaki from Zorba the Greek
by Mikis Theodorakis
(with Zhulin)
Season Programs 1998–1999
- Enigma
Results
(with Platov)
Event 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 Winter Olympic Games 4th 1st 1st World Championships 5th 4th 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st European Championships 5th 5th 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st Russian Championships 1st 1st Soviet Championships 3rd 2nd 1st Grand Prix Final 1st 1st Skate America 1st Trophée Eric Bompard 1st 1st NHK Trophy 2nd 2nd 1st 1st (with Chichkov)
Event 1986–1987 1987–1988 1988–1989 World Junior Championship 2nd 1st Soviet Championships 1st Trophée Eric Bompard 3rd Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Longman, Jere (January 2, 1998). "SKATING; Dancing on the Sharp Edge of Her Skates". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/02/sports/skating-dancing-on-the-sharp-edge-of-her-skates.html?pagewanted=all. Retrieved 2009-05-22.
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ Harvey, Randy (February 22, 1994). "'94 WINTER LILLEHAMMER OLYMPICS : Torvill and Dean Must Face Music as Russians Win : Ice dancing: British routine doesn't go over with judges. Gritschuk and Platov get gold.". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/1994-02-22/sports/sp-25648_1_winter-olympic-ice-dancing-competition. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
- ^ a b Glauber, Bill (February 12, 1998). "Grishuk, fire on and off ice, dances to own beat in Games; Never a dull moment in Russian's career as she, Platov pursue gold". Baltimore Sun. http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1998-02-12/sports/1998043170_1_pasha-grishuk-oksana-grishuk-oksana-baiul. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
- ^ Frey, Jennifer (February 16, 1998). "Basic Instinct for the Gold, and an Oscar". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/sport/figskate/articles/dance15.htm. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
- ^ "Olympic Insider". TIME. February 16, 1998. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,987831,00.html. Retrieved 2009-05-22.
- ^ Lifeskate.com, January 2, 2009
References
- World Junior Figure Skating Championships: ISU Results: DancePDF (11.0 KB)
- Sports-reference: Pasha Grishchuk
- "Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov". IceNetwork.com. http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=39172&mode=P.
External links
Olympic champions in figure skating – Ice dancing 1976: Lyudmila Pakhomova & Aleksandr Gorshkov • 1980: Natalia Linichuk & Gennadi Karponossov • 1984: Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean • 1988: Natalia Bestemianova & Andrei Bukin • 1992: Marina Klimova & Sergei Ponomarenko • 1994: Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov • 1998: Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov • 2002: Marina Anissina & Gwendal Peizerat • 2006: Tatiana Navka & Roman Kostomarov • 2010: Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir
European champions in figure skating – Ice dancing 1954–1955: Jean Westwood & Lawrence Demmy • 1956: Pamela Weight & Paul Thomas • 1957–1958: June Markham & Courtney Jones • 1959–1961: Doreen Denny & Courtney Jones • 1962: Christiane Guhel & Jean Paul Guhel • 1963: Linda Shearman & Michael Phillips • 1964–1965: Eva Romanová & Pavel Roman • 1966–1969: Diane Towler & Bernard Ford • 1970–1971: Lyudmila Pakhomova & Aleksandr Gorshkov • 1972: Angelika Buck & Erich Buck • 1973–1976: Lyudmila Pakhomova & Aleksandr Gorshkov • 1977–1978: Irina Moiseeva & Andrei Minenkov • 1979–1980: Natalia Linichuk & Gennadi Karponossov • 1981–1982: Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean • 1983: Natalia Bestemianova & Andrei Bukin • 1984: Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean • 1985–1988: Natalia Bestemianova & Andrei Bukin • 1989–1992: Marina Klimova & Sergei Ponomarenko • 1993: Maya Usova & Alexander Zhulin • 1994: Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean • 1995: Susanna Rahkamo & Petri Kokko • 1996–1998: Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov • 1999: Anjelika Krylova & Oleg Ovsyannikov • 2000: Marina Anissina & Gwendal Peizerat • 2001: Barbara Fusar-Poli & Maurizio Margaglio • 2002: Marina Anissina & Gwendal Peizerat • 2003: Irina Lobacheva & Ilia Averbukh • 2004–2006: Tatiana Navka & Roman Kostomarov • 2007: Isabelle Delobel & Olivier Schoenfelder • 2008: Oksana Domnina & Maxim Shabalin • 2009: Jana Khokhlova & Sergei Novitski • 2010: Oksana Domnina & Maxim Shabalin • 2011: Nathalie Péchalat & Fabian Bourzat
Grand Prix Final Champions in Figure Skating – Ice Dancing 1995–96: Oksana Grishuk & Evgeni Platov • 1996–97: Shae-Lynn Bourne & Viktor Kraatz • 1997–98: Pasha Grishuk & Evgeni Platov • 1998–99: Anjelika Krylova & Oleg Ovsyannikov • 1999–2000: Marina Anissina & Gwendal Peizerat • 2000–01: Barbara Fusar-Poli & Maurizio Margaglio • 2001–02: Shae-Lynn Bourne & Viktor Kraatz • 2002–03: Irina Lobacheva & Ilia Averbukh • 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06: Tatiana Navka & Roman Kostomarov • 2006–07: Albena Denkova & Maxim Staviski • 2007–08: Oksana Domnina & Maxim Shabalin • 2008–09: Isabelle Delobel & Olivier Schoenfelder • 2009–2010, 2010–11: Meryl Davis & Charlie White
World Junior champions in figure skating – Ice dancing 1976: Kathryn Winter & Nicholas Slater • 1977: Wendy Sessions & Mark Reed • 1978–1979: Tatiana Durasova & Sergei Ponomarenko • 1980–1981: Elena Batanova & Alexei Soloviev • 1982: Natalia Annenko & Vadim Karkachev • 1983: Tatiana Gladkova & Igor Shpilband • 1984–1986: Elena Krikanova & Evgeny Platov • 1987: Ilona Melnichenko & Gennadi Kaskov • 1988: Oksana Grishuk & Alexandr Chichkov • 1989: Angelika Kirkhmaier & Dmitri Lagutin • 1990: Marina Anissina & Ilia Averbukh • 1991: Aliki Stergiadu & Yuri Razguliaiev • 1992: Marina Anissina & Ilia Averbukh • 1993: Ekaterina Svirina & Sergei Sakhnovski • 1994: Sylwia Nowak & Sebastian Kolasiński • 1995: Olga Sharutenko & Dmitri Naumkin • 1996: Ekaterina Davydova & Roman Kostomarov • 1997: Nina Ulanova & Michail Stifunin • 1998: Jessica Joseph & Charles Butler Jr. • 1999: Jamie Silverstein & Justin Pekarek • 2000–2001: Natalia Romaniuta & Daniil Barantsev • 2002: Tanith Belbin & Benjamin Agosto • 2003: Oksana Domnina & Maxim Shabalin • 2004: Elena Romanovskaya & Alexander Grachev • 2005: Morgan Matthews & Maxim Zavozin • 2006: Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir • 2007: Ekaterina Bobrova & Dmitri Soloviev • 2008: Emily Samuelson & Evan Bates • 2009: Madison Chock & Greg Zuerlein • 2010: Elena Ilinykh & Nikita Katsalapov • 2011: Ksenia Monko & Kirill Khaliavin
Russian champions in figure skating – Ice Dancing 1993: Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov • 1994: Anjelika Krylova & Vladimir Fedorov • 1995: Anjelika Krylova & Oleg Ovsyannikov • 1996: Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov • 1997: Irina Lobacheva & Ilia Averbukh • 1998–1999: Anjelika Krylova & Oleg Ovsyannikov • 2000–2002: Irina Lobacheva & Ilia Averbukh • 2003–2004: Tatiana Navka & Roman Kostomarov • 2005: Oksana Domnina & Maxim Shabalin • 2006: Tatiana Navka & Roman Kostomarov • 2007: Oksana Domnina & Maxim Shabalin • 2008-2009: Jana Khokhlova & Sergei Novitski • 2010: Oksana Domnina & Maxim Shabalin • 2011: Ekaterina Bobrova & Dmitri Soloviev
Soviet champions in figure skating – Ice Dancing 1958–1959: Svetlana Smirnova & Leonid Gordon • 1960: ? & ? • 1961: ? & ? • 1962: ? & ? • 1963: Nadezhda Velle & Alexander Treshchev • 1964–1966: Liudmila Pakhomova & Viktor Ryzhkin • 1967–1968: Irina Grisheva & Viktor Ryzhkin • 1969-1971: Liudmila Pakhomova & Alexander Gorshkov • 1972: Tatiana Voitiuk & Viacheslav Zhigalin • 1973-1975: Liudmila Pakhomova & Alexander Gorshkov • 1976: Natalia Linichuk & Gennadi Karponosov • 1977: Irina Moiseeva & Andrei Minenkov • 1978: Natalia Karamysheva & Rostislav Sinitsyn • 1979: Natalia Linichuk & Gennadi Karponosov • 1980: Natalia Karamysheva & Rostislav Sinitsyn • 1981: Natalia Linichuk & Gennadi Karponosov • 1982-1983: Natalia Bestemianova & Andrei Bukin • 1984: Elena Batanova & Alexei Soloviev • 1985-1986: Marina Klimova & Sergei Ponomarenko • 1987: Natalia Bestemianova & Andrei Bukin • 1988: Pasha Grishuk & Alexander Chichkov • 1989-1990: Marina Klimova & Sergei Ponomarenko • 1991: Maya Usova & Alexander Zhulin • 1992: Pasha Grishuk & Evgeni Platov
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