Elena Leonova
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Personal life
Leonova was born on 12 July 1973 in Moscow.[1][2] She married her skating partner Andrei Khvalko, with whom she has two daughters.[3]
Career
As a young child, Leonova trained under Elena Loboda. Vladimir Zakharov became her coach when she switched from singles to pairs, in 1983.
Leonova's first skating partner was Gennadi Krasnitski. The pair won gold at the 1986 World Junior Championships, held in December 1985 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, and successfully defended their title at the 1987 World Junior Championships, held in December 1986 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.[4]
Leonova/Krasnitski won their first senior international title at the 1987 NHK Trophy. In their final season as a pair, 1989–1990, they received three gold medals — at the Skate Canada International, Nebelhorn Trophy, and Grand Prix International St. Gervais — and bronze at the Soviet Championships.
From 1990 to 1992, Leonova trained in Alexander Zaitsev's group. Skating with Sergey Petrovskiy, she placed fifth at the 1991 Skate America.
After Leonova ended her ISU competitive career, she toured with a show produced by Tatiana Tarasova.[3] She teamed up with Andrei Khvalko in 1995.[2] The pair competed at four World Professional Championships and won it twice, in 1999 and 2000.[3]
She appeared twice on the ice show contest Ice Age.
Results
With Krasnitski
| International[5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />85–86Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 86–87 | 87–88 | 88–89 | 89–90 |
| NHK Trophy | 1st | ||||
| Skate Canada | 1st | ||||
| Nebelhorn Trophy | 1st | ||||
| St. Gervais | 1st | ||||
| International: Junior[4] | |||||
| World Junior Champ. | 1st | 1st | |||
| National[1] | |||||
| Soviet Champ. | 5th | 3rd | |||
With Petrovskiy
| International | |
|---|---|
| Event | 1991 |
| Skate America | 5th |
With Khvalko
| International | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />97–98Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />98–99Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />99–00Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />00–01Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| World Professional Championships | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st |
References
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External links
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