- Natalia Bestemianova
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Olympic medal record Competitor for the Soviet Union
Figure skating Silver Sarajevo 1984 Ice dancing Gold Calgary 1988 Ice dancing Natalia Bestemianova Personal information Full name Natalia Filimonovna Bestemianova Alternative names Bestemyanova Country represented Russia
Former country(ies) represented Soviet Union
Born 6 January 1960
MoscowHeight 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Former partner Andrei Bukin Former coach Tatiana Tarasova Medal recordFigure skating Ice dancing Competitor for Soviet Union
Olympic Games Gold 1988 Calgary Ice dancing Silver 1984 Sarajevo Ice dancing World Championships Gold 1988 Budapest Ice dancing Gold 1987 Cincinnati Ice dancing Gold 1986 Geneva Ice dancing Gold 1985 Tokyo Ice dancing Silver 1984 Ottawa Ice dancing Silver 1983 Helsinki Ice dancing Silver 1982 Copenhagen Ice dancing Bronze 1981 Hartford Ice dancing European Championships Gold 1988 Prague Ice dancing Gold 1987 Sarajevo Ice dancing Gold 1986 Sarajevo Ice dancing Gold 1985 Gothenburg Ice dancing Silver 1984 Budapest Ice dancing Gold 1983 Dortmund Ice dancing Silver 1982 Lyon Ice dancing Natalia Filimonovna Bestemianova (or Bestemyanova [1]) (Russian: Наталья Филимоновна Бестемьянова) (born 6 January 1960 in Moscow[2]) is a Russian ice dancer who represented the Soviet Union in her competitive career. With her partner Andrei Bukin, she is the 1988 Olympic Champion, 1984 Olympic silver medalist, four-time World champion, three-time World silver medalist, and five-time European champion.
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Biography
Bestemianova was coached by Tatiana Tarasova. In 1984 she became the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR.[2] She competed in ice dance with Andrei Bukin. The duo capped their lengthy career by winning the gold medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics and that year's World Figure Skating Championships. The Besti Squat was her signature move and is unofficially named for her.
In 1983, Bestemianova married Igor Bobrin. After she finished her career she performed in the Ice Miniature Theater, led by her husband.[2]
In 2006-2008 acted as a coach and show-host in Russian version of the British show Dancing on Ice, shown on Russian RTR (РТР).
In early 2007, she appeared as a member of the ice panel for the British show Dancing on Ice, shown on ITV1.
Competitive highlights
(with Bukin)
Event 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 Olympics 8th 2nd 1st World Championships 10th 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st European Championships 6th 4th 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st Soviet Championships[2] 3rd 4th 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 2nd 1st Skate America 2nd NHK Trophy 1st 1st Prize of Moscow News 4th 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st References
- ^ http://ice-theatre.com/about/
- ^ a b c d Great Russian Encyclopedia (2005), Moscow: Bol'shaya Rossiyskaya enciklopediya Publisher, vol. 3
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See also
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
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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