ICE DANCE
Date of birth: 25.04.1994 Elena ILINYKH
RUS
Place of birth: Aktau KAZ
Height: 164 cm
Home town: Moscow
Profession: athlete
Hobbies: literature, arts, fashion, motorcycle, cars
Start sk. / Club: 1998 / Sport School No. 2 Moscow
Internet / Social Media contact: http://shindlerlist.blogspot.ru/; http://vk.com/shindlerlist; www.fskate.ru/skaters/110.html
Former Partners Nikita Katsalapov, Ivan Bukin
Date of birth: 25.09.1992 Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN
RUS
Place of birth: Moscow
Height: 177 cm
Home town: Moscow
Profession: athlete
Hobbies: being with friends
Start sk. / Club: 1996 / Sport School No. 2
Internet / Social Media contact: http://www.fskate.ru/skaters/117.html; http://vk.com/id4822965; Twitter: Zhiganshin_Rus
Former Partners Victoria Sinitsina
Coach: Svetlana Alexeeva, Elena Kustarova, O. Riabinina
Choreographer: Elena Kustarova, Antonio Najarro, Igor Shpilband
Former Coach: Igor Shpilband
Practice low season: h / week Moscow
Practice high season: h / week Moscow
Music Short Program / Short Dance as of season 2016/2017
Blues: Big Bad Love performed by Ray Charles, Diana Ross
Swing: Sing Sing Sing by Louis Prima
Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2016/2017
Slumdog Millionaire (soundtrack)
Ang Laga De by Aditi Paul
Personal Best Total Score185.1922.11.2016 ISU CS Tallinn Trophy 2016
Personal Best Score Short Dance76.0421.11.2016 ISU CS Tallinn Trophy 2016
Personal Best Score Free Dance109.1522.11.2016 ISU CS Tallinn Trophy 2016
 
10/11
 
11/12
 
12/13
 
13/14
 
14/15
 
15/16
 
16/17
 
17/18
Olympic Games
World Champ.
European Champ.
Four Continents
World Juniors
National Champ.
 
7.(1)
4.(1)
 
 
3.S(1)
 
5.(1)
3.(1)
 
1.(2)
2.S(1) / 1.J(2)
 
9.(1)
2.(1)
 
 
2.S(1) / 5.S(2)
3.(1) / 16.(2)
4.(1) / 7.(2)
2.(1) / 4.(2)
 
 
2.S(1) / 3.S(2)
 
7.
4.
 
 
1.S
 
 
 
 
 
4.S
 
 
 
 
 
4.S
 
 
 
 
 
 
S=Senior; J=Junior; N=Novice
International CompetitionYearPlace
ISU GP Rostelecom Cup 2014 Moscow 2014 2.
ISU Grand Prix Final 2014/15 Barcelona 2014 6.
ISU CS Mordovian Ornament 2015 Saransk 2015 1.
ISU GP Audi Cup of China 2015 Beijing 2015 3.
Internation CompetitionYearPlace
ISU GP Rostelecom Cup 2015 Moscow 2015 5.
ISU GP 2016 Progressive Skate America Chicago, Il. 2016 5.
ISU GP Trophee de France 2016 Paris 2016 4.
ISU CS Tallinn Trophy 2016 Tallinn 2016 1.
(1): Elena ILINYKH / Nikita KATSALAPOV (RUS), (2): Victoria SINITSINA / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN (RUS)
Ilinykh/Zhiganshin teamed up in spring 2014. Ilinykh is the 2014 Olympic bronze medalist with Nikita Katsalapov as well as a gold medalist in the Olympic team event 2014 while Zhiganshin is the 2012 World Junior Champion with Victoria Sinitsina. His older sister Nelli competed in Ice Dance at the World and Olympic level, representing Germany.
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