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Marina Eltsova Personal information Full name Marina Alexeevna Eltsova Country represented Russia
Former country(ies) represented Soviet Union
Born February 4, 1970
LeningradHeight 5'2" (157 cm) Former partner Andrei Bushkov
Sergei ZaitsevFormer coach Natalia Pavlova Medal recordCompetitor for Russia
Pairs' Figure skating World Championships Silver 1997 Lausanne Pairs Gold 1996 Edmonton Pairs Bronze 1994 Chiba Pairs European Championships Gold 1997 Paris Pairs Gold 1993 Helsinki Pairs Grand Prix Final Bronze 1996–1997 Hamilton Pairs Silver 1995–1996 Paris Pairs Marina Alexeevna Eltsova (Russian: Марина Алексеевна Ельцова) (born 4 February 1970 in Leningrad) is a Russian pair skater. She represented the Soviet Union until its fall, and, after that, Russia. With partner Andrei Bushkov, she won the 1996 World Figure Skating Championships and the 1993 and 1997 European Figure Skating Championships. The pair competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics, where they placed seventh.
She had previously skated with Sergei Zaitsev, representing the Soviet Union.
Eltsova is married and has a daughter[citation needed]. She currently is a figure skating coach at Pepsi Ice Midwest in Overland Park, KS.
Competitive highlights
(with Bushkov)
Event 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 Winter Olympic Games 7th World Championships 6th 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 6th European Championships 1st 4th 4th 1st WD Russian Championships 2nd 4th 1st 2nd 1st 1st 4th Soviet Championships 4th 3rd Grand Prix Final 2nd 3rd Cup of Russia 2nd 1st 5th Trophée Lalique 2nd 1st 3rd Skate America 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st Skate Canada International 3rd 2nd Nations Cup 1st 2nd NHK Trophy 4th 3rd 2nd 1st Winter Universiade 1st - WD = Withdrawn
(with Zaitsev)
Event 1988-1989 Winter Universiade 3rd Skate America 2nd Prize of Moscow News 3rd References
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
Russian champions in figure skating – Pairs 1993: Evgenia Shishkova & Vadim Naumov · 1994: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov · 1995: Marina Eltsova & Andrei Bushkov · 1996: Evgenia Shishkova & Vadim Naumov · 1997–98: Marina Eltsova & Andrei Bushkov · 1999–2002: Elena Berezhnaya & Anton Sikharulidze · 2003–05: Tatiana Totmianina & Maxim Marinin · 2006: Maria Petrova & Alexei Tikhonov · 2007: Maria Mukhortova & Maxim Trankov · 2008-10: Yuko Kavaguti & Alexander Smirnov · 2011: Tatiana Volosozhar & Maxim Trankov
Categories:- 1970 births
- Living people
- Russian pair skaters
- Soviet pair skaters
- Figure skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Olympic figure skaters of Russia
- Sportspeople from Saint Petersburg
- Russian figure skating biography stubs
- Soviet figure skating biography stubs
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