Elene Gedevanishvili

Infobox Figure skater
title= Elene Gedevanishvili


caption= Elene Gedevanishvili at the 2007 European Championships
country= GEO
dateofbirth= birth date and age|1990|1|7
residence= Georgia
Hackensack, New Jersey, USA
height= convert|153|cm|ftin|abbr=on
weight= convert|41|kg|lb|abbr=on
coach= Roman Serov, Viktor Kudriavtsev
formercoach=Elena Buianova, Tamara Anjaparidze, Galina Zmievskaya
choreographer=Elena Blagova
skating club= Dinamo Tbilisi
retired =
combined total= 153.27
combined date= 2006 Europeans
SP score= 60.19
SP date= 2006 Europeans
FS score= 93.66
FS date= 2008 Europeans

Elene Gedevanishvili (Lang-ka|ელენე გედევანიშვილი) (born January 7 1990 in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Georgian figure skater.

Career

Gedevanishvili used to train in "CSKA Moscow" in Moscow with Elena Buianova and Tatiana Tarasova. She is the first Georgian to medal at a Junior Grand Prix Event in figure skating.

At the European Figure Skating Championships 2006, her senior level debut, she placed 5th. Gedevanishvili placed sixth after the short program at the 2006 Winter Olympics, her second senior competition, and finished tenth overall.

In November 2006, Gedevanishvili was forced to leave Moscow when her mother's visa was revoked [ [http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/10/d5902e62-9500-4b08-b7d7-16ec45a30698.html "Georgia: Russia's Crackdown Sends Olympian Packing"] . Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, October 20, 2006.] and find a different training center. Shortly thereafter, she contracted a case of whooping cough that went undiagnosed for several months. Because of these problems, Gedevanishvili withdrew from both of her Grand Prix events. She moved to Wayne, New Jersey to train with coach Galina Zmievskaya, former coach of Olympic gold medalist Oksana Baiul, but left Zmievskaya in April, 2007 due to a personality conflict. She currently trains at the Ice House Arena in Hackensack, New Jersey with coach Roman Serov and works part-time with Viktor Kudriavtsev.

Elene was awarded the Order of Honor by Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili for her achievements as an athlete and in recognition of her treatment in Russia. Her younger brother, Dmitri Gedevanishvili, is a competitive alpine skier representing Russia.

She can execute the "double Biellmann spin" with a foot change.

Competitive highlights

Programs

:"incomplete list"

Season 2007/2008
*SP : "Cabaret" (musical) by "John Kander"
*LP : "Pretty Story" by "Francis Lai"
*EX : ?

Season 2006/2007
*SP : "Two Guitars" by "Paul Mauriat
*LP : "Flamenco Fantasia"
*EX : ?

Season 2005/2006
* SP : "Granada"
* LP : "Armenian Rhapsody " "by Ara Gevorkian"
* EX : ?

Season 2004/2005
* SP : "The Mexican Hat Dance"
* LP : "Ballet Egyptian" "by Luigini"
* EX : ?

Season 2003/2004
* SP : "The Mexican Hat Dance"
* LP : "Ballet Egyptian" "by Luigini"
* EX : ?

References

External links

* [http://www.gedevanishvili.ru/english/ Official Homepage]
*
* [http://www.torino2006.org/ITA/IDF/ATH/100811.html Torino 2006 - Profile]
* [http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2006/040107.shtml Biography]

Persondata
NAME=Gedevanishvili, Elene
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Georgian figure skater
DATE OF BIRTH=January 7 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH=Tbilisi, Georgia
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=