Elena Garanina

Elena Garanina
Personal information
Native name Елена Анатольевна Гаранина
Full name Elena Anatolyevna Garanina
Country represented Soviet Union
Born (1956-10-19) 19 October 1956
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Former partner Igor Zavozin

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.

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, Valeri 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 America 2nd 2nd
St. Ivel 2nd
Moscow News 2nd
Nebelhorn 2nd 1st
Universiade 1st
National
Soviet Champ. 5th 2nd 4th 5th 5th 6th

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.
  3. ↑ "Our Coach". Morgan Matthews & Max Zavozin :: Official website. Archived from the original on 18 January 2008.
  4. 1 2 "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.
  8. ↑ "Leticia MARSH / Anton SPIRIDONOV". International Skating Union.
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