Nina Ulanova
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Nina Ulanova (Template:Langx; occasionally romanised French-style as Oulanova;[1] born 31 May 1978) is a Russian ice dancer. With former partner Michail Stifunin, she is the 1997 World Junior champion and 1998 Nebelhorn Trophy champion.
Personal life
Nina Ulanova was born in 1978 in Moscow.[2] She is the niece of Alexei Ulanov.[3]
Career
Competitive career
Having started skating when she was four, Ulanova trained in single skating under Rafael Arutyunyan until age 11 and then began ice dancing in Andrei Filippov's group.[3]
Ulanova and her partner, Michail Stifunin, placed fifth at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Brisbane, Australia. In the 1996–97 season, they won gold at the 1997 World Junior Championships in Seoul, South Korea.[1] After the event, Filippov moved to Australia and Ulanova/Stifunin joined Alla Belyaeva.[3] They skated together until 1999, placing as high as fifth at the senior Russian Championships.
During the 1999–2000 season, Ulanova competed with Alexander Pavlov. They placed fourth at the 2000 Russian Championships. Their partnership ended around 2001.
Professional career
After joining Holiday on Ice, Ulanova performed with Martin Šimeček for seven years and then with Michał Zych for three years.[3] In 2011, Ulanova appeared on series 6 of ITV's Dancing on Ice, partnered with Steven Arnold. They were voted off in episode 4. She took part in the 2011 Dancing on Ice Tour and partnered with professional skater Matt Evers. In 2012, she appeared on series 7 partnered with Matthew Wolfenden and won the series.[4][5]
Ulanova did not appear in series 8 due to her pregnancy. She was partnered with Kyran Bracken for the 2014 series of Dancing on Ice.
Competitive highlights
GP: Grand Prix
With Pavlov
| International[6] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Event | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />1999–00Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 2000–01 |
| GPScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Skate America | 11th | |
| Nebelhorn Trophy | 10th | |
| Tallinn Cup | 2nd | |
| National[7] | ||
| Russian Championships | 4th | |
With Stifunin
| International[8] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 1995–96 | 1996–97 | 1997–98 | 1998–99 |
| Nebelhorn Trophy | 2nd | 1st | ||
| Golden Spin | 2nd | |||
| Skate Israel | 3rd | 2nd | ||
| St. Gervais | 1st | |||
| Winter Universiade | 2nd | 2nd | ||
| International: Junior[8] | ||||
| Junior Worlds | 5th | 1st | ||
| Blue Swords | 1st | |||
| National[7] | ||||
| Russian Champ. | 5th | 6th | ||
| Russian Jr. Champ. | 2nd | 1st | ||
References
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- 1978 births
- Russian female ice dancers
- Living people
- Figure skaters from Moscow
- World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists
- Winter World University Games medalists in figure skating
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Russia
- Competitors at the 1997 Winter Universiade
- Competitors at the 1999 Winter Universiade