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Olympic medal record Figure skating Competitor for the Unified Team Gold 1992 Albertville Pairs Competitor for Russia Silver 1994 Lillehammer Pairs Natalia Mishkutenok Personal information 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 SSRHeight 5'3" (159 cm) Former partner Artur Dmitriev Coach Tamara Moskvina Skating club Yubileyny Sport Club Retired 1994 Medal recordCompetitor for Unified Team Pairs' Figure skating Olympic Games Gold 1992 Albertville Pairs Competitor for Soviet Union World Championships Gold 1992 Oakland Pairs Gold 1991 Munich Pairs Bronze 1990 Halifax Pairs European Championships Gold 1992 Lausanne Pairs Gold 1991 Sofia Pairs Bronze 1990 Leningrad Pairs Bronze 1989 Birmingham Pairs 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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Biography
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.
Programs
Season Short program Long program Exhibition 1993–1994 Don Quixote
by Ludwig Minkus
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
by Sergei RachmaninovPiano Concerto #2 ("The Symphony of Emotions")
by Sergei RachmaninovFlute Dance
Nostalgia1990–1992 Don Quixote
by Ludwig Minkus
The Swan
by Camille Saint-SaënsLiebestraum
by Franz LisztSomewhere in Your Heart
by Frank Sinatra
War Drums
Peasant Dance1988–1990 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 drumsCompetitive highlights
(with Artur Dmitriev)
Event 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 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 Winter Universiade 1st - 1st, 1994 Goodwill Games, Saint Petersburg, Russia
- 1st, 1993 Piruetten, Hamar, Norway
- 3rd, 1992 World Professional Championships, Landover, Maryland
- 3rd, 1992 World Challenge of Champions, Los Angeles, California
- 1st, 1992 US Open Pro, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- 2nd, 1990 Goodwill Games, Seattle, Washington
References
- ^ a b Rutherford, Lynn; Leamy, Liz (January 21, 2008). "Past, present and parents at U.S. Champs". IceNetwork. http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080121&content_id=41116&vkey=ice_news. Retrieved June 23, 2011.
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Olympic champions in figure skating - Pairs 1908: Anna Hübler & Heinrich Burger • 1920: Ludowika Jakobsson & Walter Jakobsson • 1924: Helene Engelmann & Alfred Berger • 1928: Andrée Joly & Pierre Brunet • 1932: Andrée Brunet & Pierre Brunet • 1936: Maxi Herber & Ernst Baier • 1948: Micheline Lannoy & Pierre Baugniet • 1952: Ria Baran & Paul Falk • 1956: Sissy Schwarz & Kurt Oppelt • 1960: Barbara Wagner & Robert Paul • 1964: Ludmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov • 1968: Ludmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov • 1972: Irina Rodnina & Alexei Ulanov • 1976: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev • 1980: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev • 1984: Elena Valova & Oleg Vasiliev • 1988: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov • 1992: Natalia Mishkutenok & Artur Dmitriev • 1994: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov • 1998: Oksana Kazakova & Artur Dmitriev • 2002: Elena Berezhnaya & Anton Sikharulidze and Jamie Salé & David Pelletier • 2006: Tatiana Totmianina & Maxim Marinin • 2010: Shen Xue & Zhao Hongbo
European champions in figure skating – Pairs 1930–31: Olga Orgonista & Sandor Szalay • 1932: Andrée Brunet & Pierre Brunet • 1933: Idi Papez & Karl Zwack • 1934: Emília Rotter & László Szollás • 1935–39: Maxi Herber & Ernst Baier • 1947: Micheline Lannoy & Pierre Baugniet • 1948–49: Andrea Kékesy & Ede Király • 1950: Marianna Nagy & László Nagy • 1951–52: Ria Baran & Paul Falk • 1953: Jennifer Nicks & John Nicks • 1954: Silvia Grandjean & Michel Grandjean • 1955: Marianna Nagy & László Nagy • 1956: Sissy Schwarz & Kurt Oppelt • 1957–58: Věra Suchánková & Zdeněk Doležal • 1959–64: Marika Kilius & Hans-Jürgen Bäumler • 1965–68: Ludmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov • 1969–72: Irina Rodnina & Alexei Ulanov • 1973–78: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev • 1979: Marina Cherkasova & Sergei Shakhrai • 1980: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev • 1981: Irina Vorobieva & Igor Lisovsky • 1982–83: Sabine Baeß & Tassilo Thierbach • 1984–86: Elena Valova & Oleg Vasiliev • 1987: Larisa Selezneva & Oleg Makarov • 1988: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov • 1989: Larisa Selezneva & Oleg Makarov • 1990: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov • 1991–92: Natalia Mishkutenok & Artur Dmitriev • 1993: Marina Eltsova & Andrei Bushkov • 1994: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov • 1995: Mandy Wötzel & Ingo Steuer • 1996: Oksana Kazakova & Artur Dmitriev • 1997: Marina Eltsova & Andrei Bushkov • 1998: Elena Berezhnaya & Anton Sikharulidze • 1999–2000: Maria Petrova & Alexei Tikhonov • 2001: Elena Berezhnaya & Anton Sikharulidze • 2002–06: Tatiana Totmianina & Maxim Marinin • 2007–09: Aliona Savchenko & Robin Szolkowy • 2010: Yuko Kavaguti & Alexander Smirnov • 2011: Aliona Savchenko & Robin Szolkowy
Categories:- Russian pair skaters
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- Olympic silver medalists for Russia
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- American people of Belarusian descent
- Russian emigrants to the United States
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- Living people
- 1970 births
- People from Minsk
- Russian people of Belarusian descent
- Olympic medalists in figure skating
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