Elena Vodorezova
Elena Vodorezova (Buianova) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Elena Germanovna Vodorezova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alternative names | Elena Germanovna Buianova / Buyanova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Moscow, Soviet Union | 21 May 1963||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Moscow, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Stanislav Zhuk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former coach | Galina Vasilkevich | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Skating club | CSKA Moscow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Elena Germanovna Vodorezova (Russian: Елена Германовна Водорезова; married name: Buianova Russian: Буянова; born May 21, 1963), is a Russian figure skating coach and retired competitive skater who represented the Soviet Union. She is the 1983 World bronze medalist and three-time European medalist.
Career
Elena Vodorezova was coached by Stanislav Zhuk at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow. A gifted free-skater, she represented her country at the 1976 Winter Olympics aged just 12. She was the first skater to complete a double flip, triple toe loop combination. She was noted for a spectacularly high double axel and fast spins. She won the bronze medal at the 1978 European Championships; it was the first time a Soviet ladies' single skater had won a medal at the event. She missed the 1979–1981 seasons completely due to severe juvenile arthritis, which prevented her from even walking for months in 1979.
She won a second bronze medal at the 1982 Europeans and silver at the 1983 event. She also won bronze at the 1983 World Championships – the first World medal for a Soviet female single skater. Vodorezova placed 8th at the 1984 Winter Olympics.[1] She retired from competition in 1984. She married a former skater and in 1987 gave birth to a son, Ivan.
She began coaching at the CSKK Club in Moscow. Irina Tagaeva often choreographs for her students.[2] Her former pupils include:
- Elene Gedevanishvili
- Olga Markova
- Andrei Griazev
- Artem Borodulin
- Artur Dmitriev Jr
- Denis Ten
- Alexander Samarin
- Maxim Kovtun[3]
Buianova's current students include:
Competitive highlights
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Event | 1975–76 | 1976–77 | 1977–78 | 1979–80 | 1981–82 | 1982–83 | 1983–84 |
Olympics | 12th | 8th | |||||
Worlds | 11th | 7th | 6th | WD | 5th | 3rd | |
Europeans | 8th | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | WD | |
Moscow News | 1st | 1st | |||||
National | |||||||
Soviet Champ. | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||
WD = Withdrew |
References
- ↑ "Elena Vodorezova". Sports-reference.
- ↑ Tagaeva, Irina (6 November 2012). Действие происходит на льду: Особенности работы ледового хореографа с фигуристами. Moskovskiy Figurist (in Russian). Federation of Figure Skating in Moscow.
- ↑ Maxim Kovtun at the International Skating Union
- ↑ Adelina Sotnikova at the International Skating Union
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