Natalia Dubova
| Natalia Dubova | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Natalia Ilinichna Dubova |
| Other names | Natalia Ilinichna Bakh |
| Born | 31 March 1948 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
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| Retired | 1969 |
Natalia Ilinichna Dubova (Russian: Наталья Ильинична Дубова; born 31 March 1948) is a Russian ice dancing coach and former competitive ice dancer.
Career
[edit]Competing as Natalia Bakh with partner Vladimir Pavlikhin, she won the bronze medal at the 1965 Soviet Championships. In 1969, she began coaching at the Sokolniki Arena in Moscow.[1][2] In September 1992, she moved to Lake Placid, New York.[3][4] She has coached the following ice dance teams:
- Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko (from 1979 to 1991)[5]
- Maya Usova / Alexander Zhulin[3][6] (from 1980 to 1994)
- Oksana Grishuk / Evgeny Platov[3] (from mid-1989 to mid-1992)
- Tatiana Navka / Samuel Gezalian
- Zhang Weina / Cao Xianming
- Elizaveta Stekolnikova / Dmitri Kazarlyga[6]
- Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhnovski
- Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz[7]
- Siobhan Heekin-Canedy / Alexander Shakalov[8]
- Jenette Maitz / Alper Ucar
Dubova was also a consultant for Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat during the 2001–02 season.[9]
She was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honour and the Medal "For Distinguished Labour". She was also granted the title of Honored Artist of Russian Federation.
Personal life
[edit]Dubova is Jewish.[10] She met her husband, Semyon Belits-Geiman, a former Olympic swimming medalist, when he came to one of her competitions as a sportswriter.[11] In 1999, they moved to Stamford, Connecticut.[12][13]
References
[edit]- ^ Verezemskaya, Olga (6 November 2012). Выйти из тени: Старейшая школа «Сокольники» решила начать заново [Emerging from the shadow: Old school "Sokolniki" decides to start anew]. Moskovskiy Figurist (in Russian). Federation of Figure Skating in Moscow.
- ^ "Современный музей спорта".
- ^ a b c Hersh, Phil (22 February 1994). "Love Triangle (plus 1) Tops Torvill And Dean". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- ^ Vaytsekhovskaya, Elena (1993). Наталья Дубова: «ДЕЛИКАТЕС - ЭТО НЕ ПРОСТО ХОРОШАЯ ЕДА» [Natalia Dubova interview] (in Russian). Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- ^ Vaytsekhovskaya, Elena (1991). Марина Климова, Сергей Пономаренко: «ЗА ВСЕ НАДО ПЛАТИТЬ САМИМ. ЗА ОШИБКИ ТОЖЕ» [Klimova & Ponomarenko interview] (in Russian). Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- ^ a b Reiter, Susan (1 March 1995). "Ice dancing: a dance form frozen in place by hostile rules". Dance Magazine. The Free Library. (FindArticles)
- ^ Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz at the International Skating Union
- ^ Siobhan Heekin-Canedy and Alexander Shakalov at the International Skating Union
- ^ Наталья ДУБОВА: "Фигурное катание "под шубой" заканчивается" (in Russian). 1 February 2002.
- ^ Jews in Sport in the USSR Archived 29 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Wells, Judy (30 April 2000). "Famed skating coach takes to the ice with local talent". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ Davis, Harold (20 September 2009). "From Russia with love: Olympic champ and wife still live sporting life in Stamford". Connecticut Post. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ Mittan, Barry (1 November 2003). "Australian Dancers Flourish Under Dubova". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
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