Elena Garanina

Elena Anatolyevna Garanina (Russian: Елена Анатольевна Гаранина; born 19 October 1956)[1] is a former ice dancer who represented the Soviet Union. With Igor Zavozin, she is the 1978 Nebelhorn Trophy[2] and 1981 Winter Universiade champion. They never made it to the World Figure Skating Championships due to the depth of the Soviet dance field.[3] After turning pro, the duo performed in Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean's ice shows.

Elena Garanina
Personal information
Native nameЕлена Анатольевна Гаранина
Full nameElena Anatolyevna Garanina
Country representedSoviet Union
Born (1956-10-19) 19 October 1956
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Former partnerIgor Zavozin

Garanina currently works as a coach. Her students have included:

Garanina was formerly married to Igor Zavozin.[7] Their son, ice dancer Maxim Zavozin, was born on 2 March 1985 in Moscow.[4] Garanina's second husband, Valery Spiridonov, also competed in ice dancing. She gave birth to their son, Anton Spiridonov, on 5 August 1998 in the United States.[8]

Competitive highlights

(with Igor Zavozin)

International
Event 75–76 76–77 77–78 78–79 79–80 80–81 81–82 82–83
Skate America2nd2nd
St. Ivel2nd
Moscow News2nd
Nebelhorn2nd1st
Universiade1st
National
Soviet Champ.5th2nd4th5th5th6th
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References
  1. "Елена Анатольевна Гаранина" [Elena Anatolyevna Garanina]. fskate.ru (in Russian).
  2. "NHT-Rückblick/History". Deutsche Eislauf-Union. Archived from the original on 19 August 2010.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  3. "Our Coach". Morgan Matthews & Max Zavozin :: Official website. Archived from the original on 18 January 2008.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  4. "Morgan MATTHEWS / Maxim ZAVOZIN". International Skating Union.
  5. "Katherine COPELY / Deividas STAGNIUNAS". International Skating Union.
  6. "Kayla Nicole FREY / Deividas STAGNIUNAS". International Skating Union.
  7. Reynolds, Marge (January 2003). "Matthews and Zavozin Capture Junior Dance Gold". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30.
  8. "Leticia MARSH / Anton SPIRIDONOV". International Skating Union.
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